Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant vs Men's Classic Fit Workday Khaki Smart 360 Flex Pants: which is safer?

Dickies Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Dickies Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant

Dickies

Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes and colorants

PossibleAntimony in polyester

PossibleHeavy metals in dyes and pigments

Dockers Men's Classic Fit Workday Khaki Smart 360 Flex Pants

Dockers

Men's Classic Fit Workday Khaki Smart 360 Flex Pants

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Cotton/polyester blend with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

45%

PossibleAzo dyes in polyester component

PossibleAntimony catalysts in polyester

Reportedwater-repellent coating finish degradation and off-gassing

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Azo dyes and colorants, Antimony in polyester, Heavy metals in dyes and pigments and Residual solvents or sizing agents on the Dickies and not on the Dockers.
  • We flag Azo dyes in polyester component, Antimony catalysts in polyester, DWR finish degradation and off-gassing and Microfiber shedding from polyester on the Dockers and not on the Dickies.
  • The Dickies is cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings where the Dockers is Cotton/polyester blend with 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 Dockers grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

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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