2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078 vs Company Fire Hose Everyday Apron: which is safer?

Dickies 2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078 is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Dickies 2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078

Dickies

2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

100% canvas cotton, uncoated

Confidence

82%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins (fabric sizing and finishing)

Duluth Trading Company Fire Hose Everyday Apron

Duluth Trading

Company Fire Hose Everyday Apron

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

100% cotton canvas (Fire Hose fabric)

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes (synthetic dye residue)

PossibleFormaldehyde resins (sizing and finish)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde resins (fabric sizing and finishing) on the Dickies and not on the Duluth Trading.
  • We flag Azo dyes (synthetic dye residue) and Formaldehyde resins (sizing and finish) on the Duluth Trading and not on the Dickies.
  • The Dickies is 100% canvas cotton, uncoated where the Duluth Trading is 100% cotton canvas (Fire Hose fabric), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

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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