Beta SV Jacket Men's vs Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Arc'teryx
Beta SV Jacket Men's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedPFAS in water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in nylon finishes
PossibleAzo dyes in nylon shell coloring
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness
PossibleAntimony in polyester fiber
Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in durable water repellent (DWR) coating, Formaldehyde resins in nylon finishes, Azo dyes in nylon shell coloring and Microplastic shedding from synthetic fibers on the Arc'teryx and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Antimony in polyester fiber, DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals and Unverified DWR chemistry on the Patagonia and not on the Arc'teryx.
- The Arc'teryx is Gore-Tex membrane with nylon shell where the Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Arc'teryx 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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