Piaro Touring Jacket Men vs Women's Untracked Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Untracked Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Bogner
Piaro Touring Jacket Men
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Likelywater-repellent coating (undisclosed chemistry)
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in dyes and finishes
PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metals in pigments
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Untracked Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastics shedding from polyester
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag DWR coating (undisclosed chemistry), Formaldehyde resins in dyes and finishes, Azo dyes and heavy metals in pigments and Polyamide degradation and microfiber release on the Bogner and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish, Microplastics shedding from polyester and Coating degradation and leaching on the Patagonia and not on the Bogner.
- The Bogner is Polyamide/nylon blend with DWR finish where the Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
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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