Cantilever Umbrella 10 Ft Red vs Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella: which is safer?
Totes Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
National Outdoor Living
Cantilever Umbrella 10 Ft Red
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 8/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Polyester fabric with undisclosed water-repellent coating
Confidence
35%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating
PossibleCoating degradation and particulate shedding
PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing
Our pick
Totes
Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 12/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating
Confidence
35%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating
PossibleCoating degradation and microplastics
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in water-repellent coating, Coating degradation and particulate shedding and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing on the National Outdoor Living and not on the Totes.
- We flag PFAS in DWR coating and Coating degradation and microplastics on the Totes and not on the National Outdoor Living.
- The National Outdoor Living is Polyester fabric with undisclosed water-repellent coating where the Totes is polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating, 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: 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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