Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket vs Men's Hooded Rain Jacket: which is safer?
Eddie Bauer Women's Packable Rainfoil Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
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
Nautica
Men's Hooded Rain Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde resins (finish treatment)
PossibleAzo dyes and reactive dyes
ReportedTeflon-family coating 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 Nautica.
- We flag Formaldehyde resins (finish treatment), Azo dyes and reactive dyes, Fluoropolymer coating degradation and Formaldehyde volatilization (heat exposure) on the Nautica and not on the Eddie Bauer.
- The Eddie Bauer is Nylon with DWR water-resistant coating where the Nautica is polyester with waterproof 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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