Discovery Dry Bag 20L vs Trailgate Gear Bin Green 140 L: which is safer?
REI Co-op Trailgate Gear Bin Green 140 L is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Cascade Designs
Discovery Dry Bag 20L
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorinated water-repellent coating coatings (PFAS family)
PossiblePVC polymer degradation and plasticizer leaching
PossibleCoating off-gassing and VOC release
Our pick
REI Co-op
Trailgate Gear Bin Green 140 L
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleUV degradation and additive leaching
PossibleMicroplastics from mechanical wear
PossibleOdor and volatile organic compounds from manufacturing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fluorinated DWR coatings (PFAS family), PVC polymer degradation and plasticizer leaching, Coating off-gassing and VOC release and Microplastic shedding from coating wear on the Cascade Designs and not on the REI Co-op.
- We flag UV degradation and additive leaching, Microplastics from mechanical wear and Odor and volatile organic compounds from manufacturing on the REI Co-op and not on the Cascade Designs.
- The Cascade Designs is PVC or polymer fabric with waterproof coating, unspecified where the REI Co-op is Polypropylene storage bin, no water-resistant coating mentioned, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the REI Co-op is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Cascade Designs grade, at 42% 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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