2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078 vs Company Makers 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
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
analysis pending
Verdict
pending
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
100% canvas cotton, uncoated
Confidence
82%
Duluth Trading
Company Makers Apron
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 8/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
cotton canvas with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) finish
Confidence
45%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
PossibleCoating degradation and fiber shedding
PossibleLeaching from water-repellent coating finish during washing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish, Coating degradation and fiber shedding and Leaching from DWR finish during washing on the Duluth Trading and not on the Dickies.
- The Dickies is 100% canvas cotton, uncoated where the Duluth Trading is cotton canvas with durable water-repellent (DWR) finish, 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 Dickies is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Duluth Trading grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, 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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