Men's Emergency 3 Rain Jacket vs Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Castelli
Men's Emergency 3 Rain Jacket
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 16/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Polyamide/nylon fabric with water-repellent finish
Confidence
35%
Possiblewater-repellent coating degradation and unknown byproducts
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket
PFAS grade
Poor 45/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
polyester shell with water-repellent coating finish
Confidence
72%
PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness
PossibleAntimony in polyester fiber
Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals
Where these two actually differ
- We flag DWR coating degradation and unknown byproducts on the Castelli and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Antimony in polyester fiber, DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals and Unverified DWR chemistry on the Patagonia and not on the Castelli.
- The Castelli is Polyamide/nylon fabric with water-repellent finish where the Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Castelli grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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