Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Picture Sylva 3L Jacket Women's: 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 Sylva 3L Jacket Women's

Picture Organic Clothing

Picture Sylva 3L Jacket Women's

PFAS grade

Poor 45/100

Overall grade

Poor 37/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Recycled polyester with water-repellent coating treatment

Confidence

42%

Possiblewater-repellent coating degradation and reapplication uncertainty

PossibleAntimony in recycled polyester

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 coating degradation and reapplication uncertainty and Antimony in recycled polyester 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 Recycled polyester with DWR treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • We are less certain about the Picture Organic Clothing grade, at 42% 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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