Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs KORE 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 Women's Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finishing
PossibleVOC off-gassing from synthetic materials
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 PFAS in DWR finish, Formaldehyde resins in finishing and VOC off-gassing from synthetic materials on the Head and not on the Allbirds.
- The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Head is Polyester shell with DWR finish (composition 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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