Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs KORE II Women's Jacket: which is safer?
Allbirds Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Allbirds
Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition
PossibleSynthetic fill microplastic shedding
PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining
Head
KORE II Women's Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Likelywater-repellent coating fluorochemical (PFAS) in coating
PossibleCoating degradation and microfiber shedding during wash
PossibleBreath-ability loss if water-repellent coating fails unevenly
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Durable Water Repellent (DWR) coating composition, Synthetic fill microplastic shedding and Coating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining on the Allbirds and not on the Head.
- We flag DWR fluorochemical (PFAS) in coating, Coating degradation and microfiber shedding during wash and Breath-ability loss if DWR fails unevenly on the Head and not on the Allbirds.
- The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Head is Synthetic blend with DWR coating (unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Allbirds is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Head grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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