Adrenaline GTS 10 vs Chuck Taylor All Star Cx Exp2 4.5 Men A07199C: which is safer?

These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10

Brooks

Adrenaline GTS 10

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Mesh textile upper, foam midsole, rubber outsole

Confidence

45%

PossibleFoam midsole off-gassing or degradation products

PossibleBacterial or fungal colonization in worn shoe

Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Cx Exp2 4.5 Men A07199C

Converse

Chuck Taylor All Star Cx Exp2 4.5 Men A07199C

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Canvas upper, rubber sole

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes in canvas

PossibleFormaldehyde resin finishing on canvas

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Foam midsole off-gassing or degradation products and Bacterial or fungal colonization in worn shoe on the Brooks and not on the Converse.
  • We flag Azo dyes in canvas and Formaldehyde resin finishing on canvas on the Converse and not on the Brooks.
  • The Brooks is Mesh textile upper, foam midsole, rubber outsole where the Converse is Canvas upper, rubber sole, 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.
  • We are less certain about the Brooks grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, 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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