Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket vs KUTTER Anorak Jacket (Jet) — Keen Kutter USA: which is safer?

KEEN KUTTER Anorak Jacket (Jet) — Keen Kutter USA is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Eddie Bauer Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket

Eddie Bauer

Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 2/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nylon with water-repellent coating water-resistant coating

Confidence

45%

PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating (fluorinated compounds)

Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and shedding

PossibleNylon microfiber shedding from abrasion

Our pick

KEEN KUTTER Anorak Jacket (Jet) — Keen Kutter USA

Keen

KUTTER Anorak Jacket (Jet) — Keen Kutter USA

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Nylon with water-repellent coating

Confidence

45%

PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating

PossibleCoating degradation and microplastics

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 Keen.
  • We flag PFAS in DWR coating and Coating degradation and microplastics on the Keen and not on the Eddie Bauer.
  • The Eddie Bauer is Nylon with DWR water-resistant coating where the Keen is Nylon with 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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