Forclaz Travel 100 Compact Waterproof vs Goforth Dry Duffel: which is safer?

Watershed Goforth Dry Duffel is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Forclaz Travel 100 Compact Waterproof

Decathlon

Forclaz Travel 100 Compact Waterproof

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

polyester with unspecified waterproof water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating

Confidence

42%

Possiblewater-repellent coating degradation and re-application residue

PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating (primary hazard, graded separately)

Our pick

Watershed Goforth Dry Duffel

Watershed

Goforth Dry Duffel

PFAS grade

Poor 45/100

Overall grade

Poor 33/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Naturally textured cotton blend with proprietary waterproofing

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and hazardous colorants

PossibleCoating degradation and microparticle shedding

PossibleResidual processing chemicals (waterproofing treatment)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag DWR coating degradation and re-application residue and PFAS in DWR coating (primary hazard, graded separately) on the Decathlon and not on the Watershed.
  • We flag Azo dyes and hazardous colorants, Coating degradation and microparticle shedding and Residual processing chemicals (waterproofing treatment) on the Watershed and not on the Decathlon.
  • The Decathlon is polyester with unspecified waterproof durable water repellent (DWR) coating where the Watershed is Naturally textured cotton blend with proprietary waterproofing, 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 Watershed is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Decathlon 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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