Men's Regular-Fit Wrinkle-Resistant Dress Shirt vs Men's Ultimate Shirt: which is safer?

Dockers Men's Ultimate Shirt is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Arrow Men's Regular-Fit Wrinkle-Resistant Dress Shirt

Arrow

Men's Regular-Fit Wrinkle-Resistant Dress Shirt

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Cotton blend with wrinkle-resistant and stain-resistant finish

Confidence

45%

LikelyFormaldehyde in wrinkle-resistant finish

PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metals in pigments

PossiblePolyester antimony catalyst residue

Our pick

Dockers Men's Ultimate Shirt

Dockers

Men's Ultimate Shirt

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Cotton and polyester blend

Confidence

72%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finish

PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants

PossibleMicroplastics shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde in wrinkle-resistant finish, Azo dyes and heavy metals in pigments, Polyester antimony catalyst residue and PFAS in stain-resistant finish on the Arrow and not on the Dockers.
  • We flag Formaldehyde resins in finish, Azo dyes and synthetic colorants, Microplastics shedding and Allergenic dyes or finishes on the Dockers and not on the Arrow.
  • The Arrow is Cotton blend with wrinkle-resistant and stain-resistant finish where the Dockers is Cotton and polyester blend, 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 Dockers is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Arrow 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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