Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs PICTURE Men's OBJECT 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

Allbirds

Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester)

Confidence

72%

Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition

PossibleSynthetic fill microplastic shedding

PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining

PICTURE Men's OBJECT JACKET

Picture Organic Clothing

PICTURE Men's OBJECT JACKET

PFAS grade

Poor 45/100

Overall grade

Bad 15/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Organic cotton/synthetic blend with water-repellent coating treatment

Confidence

35%

Possiblewater-repellent coating treatment chemistry (non-PFAS)

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in synthetic portions

PossibleAzo dyes in dyeing and printing

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 Picture Organic Clothing.
  • We flag DWR treatment chemistry (non-PFAS), Formaldehyde resins in synthetic portions, Azo dyes in dyeing and printing and Coating degradation and reapplication on the Picture Organic Clothing and not on the Allbirds.
  • The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Picture Organic Clothing is Organic cotton/synthetic blend with DWR treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • We are less certain about the Picture Organic Clothing 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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