AG338 Ice Breaker Xtreme Performance Water Resistant Winter Lined Gloves - 4 Pair Pack vs Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's: which is safer?
Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's is the clear pick. AG338 Ice Breaker Xtreme Performance Water Resistant Winter Lined Gloves - 4 Pair Pack carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Icebreaker
AG338 Ice Breaker Xtreme Performance Water Resistant Winter Lined Gloves - 4 Pair Pack
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde or azo dyes in synthetic textile
PossibleWater-resistant coating degradation and off-gassing
PossibleAntimony in polyester synthetic base
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 Formaldehyde or azo dyes in synthetic textile, Water-resistant coating degradation and off-gassing and Antimony in polyester synthetic base on the Icebreaker 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 Icebreaker.
- The Icebreaker is Synthetic textile with water-resistant coating (type unspecified) 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.
- We are less certain about the Icebreaker grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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