Men's Cold-Weather Road Cycling Jacket vs Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant: which is safer?
Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Decathlon
Men's Cold-Weather Road Cycling Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes in polyester coloring
Likelywater-repellent coating treatment leaching and persistence
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finish
Our pick
Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition (non-PFAS hazards)
PossibleMicroplastic shedding from synthetic fabric
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Azo dyes in polyester coloring, DWR treatment leaching and persistence, Formaldehyde resins in fabric finish and VOC off-gassing from synthetic coating on the Decathlon and not on the .
- We flag Durable water-repellent (DWR) coating composition (non-PFAS hazards) and Microplastic shedding from synthetic fabric on the and not on the Decathlon.
- The Decathlon is Polyester with DWR water-repellent treatment where the is Synthetic fabric with water-resistant DWR coating, unspecified, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are 5 points apart, 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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