Versa 3 Smart Watch vs Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch: which is safer?

Fitbit Versa 3 Smart Watch is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Fitbit Versa 3 Smart Watch

Fitbit

Versa 3 Smart Watch

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 63/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Aluminum case, elastomer band

Confidence

45%

PossibleNickel or trace heavy metals in aluminum alloy case

PossibleElastomer band degradation and plasticizer leaching

ReportedBacterial or fungal growth in band material

X-Doria Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch

X-Doria

Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Stainless steel, magnetic closure

Confidence

82%

PossibleNickel leaching from stainless steel

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nickel or trace heavy metals in aluminum alloy case, Elastomer band degradation and plasticizer leaching, Bacterial or fungal growth in band material and Allergic contact dermatitis from unknown additives on the Fitbit and not on the X-Doria.
  • We flag Nickel leaching from stainless steel on the X-Doria and not on the Fitbit.
  • The Fitbit is Aluminum case, 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 Fitbit 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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