Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Men's Khroma Diffuse GORE-TEX Ski 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

Rab Men's Khroma Diffuse GORE-TEX Ski Jacket

Rab

Men's Khroma Diffuse GORE-TEX Ski Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 2/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

GORE-TEX membrane (polytetrafluoroethylene-based) with water-repellent coating treatment

Confidence

45%

Reportedwater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) fluorinated treatment

PossibleNylon/polyester base fabric degradation and microfiber shedding

PossibleSeam seal degradation over time

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 Rab.
  • We flag DWR (durable water repellent) fluorinated treatment, Nylon/polyester base fabric degradation and microfiber shedding and Seam seal degradation over time on the Rab and not on the Allbirds.
  • The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Rab is GORE-TEX membrane (polytetrafluoroethylene-based) with DWR treatment, 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 Rab grade, at 45% 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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