Barclay Rain Jacket Men vs Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket: which is safer?
La Sportiva Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Canada Goose
Barclay Rain Jacket Men
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
Nylon shell with water-repellent coating water-repellent finish
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish (legacy concern)
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finishes
PossibleNylon degradation under heat or UV
Our pick
La Sportiva
Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 6/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
GORE-TEX (Teflon-family coating membrane)
Confidence
50%
PossibleAntimony in polyester
ReportedMicrofiber shedding and textile degradation
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish (legacy concern), Formaldehyde resins in fabric finishes, Nylon degradation under heat or UV and Microplastic shedding during washing on the Canada Goose and not on the La Sportiva.
- We flag Antimony in polyester and Microfiber shedding and textile degradation on the La Sportiva and not on the Canada Goose.
- The Canada Goose is Nylon shell with DWR water-repellent finish where the La Sportiva is GORE-TEX (fluoropolymer membrane), 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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