ProSense GPS Running Watch vs Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch: which is safer?
ProSense GPS Running Watch is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Epson
ProSense GPS Running Watch
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Excellent 81/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Plastic housing, elastomer band
Confidence
45%
PossibleElastomer degradation and sweat bacterial colonization
X-Doria
Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Stainless steel, magnetic closure
Confidence
82%
PossibleNickel leaching from stainless steel
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Elastomer degradation and sweat bacterial colonization on the Epson and not on the X-Doria.
- We flag Nickel leaching from stainless steel on the X-Doria and not on the Epson.
- The Epson is Plastic housing, elastomer band where the X-Doria is Stainless steel, magnetic closure, 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.
- We are less certain about the Epson grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, 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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