The Gray Barn Sleeping Hills 3M Microcell All Season Moisture Wicking Lightweight Sheet Set vs 400-Thread-Count Organic Percale Sheet Set: which is safer?
Pottery Barn 400-Thread-Count Organic Percale Sheet Set is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Bed Bath & Beyond
The Gray Barn Sleeping Hills 3M Microcell All Season Moisture Wicking Lightweight Sheet Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFormaldehyde-based finishing resins
PossibleUndisclosed proprietary coating chemistry (3M Microcell)
ReportedMicroplastic shedding from polyester fibers
Our pick
Pottery Barn
400-Thread-Count Organic Percale Sheet Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and colorant toxicity
PossibleResidual manufacturing odors and off-gassing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde-based finishing resins, Undisclosed proprietary coating chemistry (3M Microcell), Microplastic shedding from polyester fibers and Coating degradation and loss of water/stain repellency on the Bed Bath & Beyond and not on the Pottery Barn.
- We flag Azo dyes and colorant toxicity and Residual manufacturing odors and off-gassing on the Pottery Barn and not on the Bed Bath & Beyond.
- The Bed Bath & Beyond is Polyester blend with 3M Microcell moisture-wicking treatment where the Pottery Barn is 100% organic cotton percale weave, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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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