Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket vs Vancouver Rain Jacket: which is safer?
These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.
Eddie Bauer
Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating (fluorinated compounds)
Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and shedding
PossibleNylon microfiber shedding from abrasion
Helly Hansen
Vancouver Rain Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde finishing resins
PossibleAntimony catalyst residues in polyester
Reportedwater-repellent coating durability and degradation
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR coating (fluorinated compounds), DWR coating degradation and shedding and Nylon microfiber shedding from abrasion on the Eddie Bauer and not on the Helly Hansen.
- We flag Formaldehyde finishing resins, Antimony catalyst residues in polyester and DWR coating durability and degradation on the Helly Hansen and not on the Eddie Bauer.
- The Eddie Bauer is Nylon with DWR water-resistant coating where the Helly Hansen is polyester with durable water repellent (DWR) 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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