Fall Line Leather Ski Gloves vs Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's: which is safer?
Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's is the clear pick. Hestra Fall Line Leather Ski Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Hestra
Fall Line Leather Ski Gloves
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish (fluorinated water repellent)
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching over time
PossibleAzo dyes in leather coloring
Our pick
Patagonia
Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metal pigments
PossibleMicroplastic shedding during wash
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish (fluorinated water repellent), Coating degradation and leaching over time and Azo dyes in leather coloring on the Hestra and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag Azo dyes and heavy metal pigments and Microplastic shedding during wash on the Patagonia and not on the Hestra.
- The Hestra is leather with water-repellent treatment where the Patagonia is Polyester fleece (recycled), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
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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