Women's All Seasons Pull-On Pants vs Abisko Hike Trousers Men's: which is safer?

Columbia Women's All Seasons Pull-On Pants is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Columbia Women's All Seasons Pull-On Pants

Columbia

Women's All Seasons Pull-On Pants

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 47/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nylon/polyester blend knit, no stated water-repellent finish

Confidence

72%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins (anti-wrinkle, sizing)

ReportedMicroplastics shedding

PossibleAntimony in polyester

Fjallraven Abisko Hike Trousers Men's

Fjallraven

Abisko Hike Trousers Men's

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 8/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

G-1000 HeavyDuty fabric (65% polyester, 35% cotton), water-repellent coating unspecified

Confidence

42%

Possiblewater-repellent coating leachability and unknown chemistry

PossibleAntimony residue in polyester fiber

PossibleMicroplastic shedding during washing

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde resins (anti-wrinkle, sizing), Microplastics shedding and Antimony in polyester on the Columbia and not on the Fjallraven.
  • We flag DWR coating leachability and unknown chemistry, Antimony residue in polyester fiber and Microplastic shedding during washing on the Fjallraven and not on the Columbia.
  • The Columbia is Nylon/polyester blend knit, no stated water-repellent finish where the Fjallraven is G-1000 HeavyDuty fabric (65% polyester, 35% cotton), DWR coating unspecified, 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 Columbia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Fjallraven grade, at 42% 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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