Organic Cotton Mattress Cover and Pad Protector vs Ultra-cool Cooling Waterproof Mattress Protector: which is safer?

Organic Cotton Mattress Cover and Pad Protector is the clear pick. Coop Home Goods Ultra-cool Cooling Waterproof Mattress Protector carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Avocado Green Mattress

Organic Cotton Mattress Cover and Pad Protector

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Excellent 85/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

none flagged

Material

organic cotton

Confidence

78%
Coop Home Goods Ultra-cool Cooling Waterproof Mattress Protector

Coop Home Goods

Ultra-cool Cooling Waterproof Mattress Protector

PFAS grade

Poor 30/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Polyester fabric with waterproof coating (type unspecified)

Confidence

35%

LikelyUndisclosed waterproof coating chemistry (PFAS risk signal)

PossibleCoating degradation and particle shedding

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in dyes or finishes

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Undisclosed waterproof coating chemistry (PFAS risk signal), Coating degradation and particle shedding, Formaldehyde resins in dyes or finishes and Polyurethane or silicone coating off-gassing (if alternative to PFAS) on the Coop Home Goods and not on the Avocado Green Mattress.
  • The Avocado Green Mattress is organic cotton where the Coop Home Goods is Polyester fabric with waterproof coating (type unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 55 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Avocado Green Mattress is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Coop Home Goods grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, 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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