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

Salomon Venom Full Zip Jacket Men's

Salomon

Venom Full Zip Jacket Men's

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nylon with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating (unspecified chemistry)

Confidence

45%

LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating (fluorinated water repellent)

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in nylon finishing

Possiblewater-repellent coating degradation and reapplication exposure

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 Salomon.
  • We flag PFAS in DWR coating (fluorinated water repellent), Formaldehyde resins in nylon finishing and DWR coating degradation and reapplication exposure on the Salomon and not on the Allbirds.
  • The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Salomon is Nylon with DWR water-repellent coating (unspecified chemistry), 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 Salomon grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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