Men's Highest Peak 3L Jacket vs Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket: which is safer?

Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Jack Wolfskin Men's Highest Peak 3L Jacket

Jack Wolfskin

Men's Highest Peak 3L Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

3-layer textile with water-repellent coating finish, specific chemistry undisclosed

Confidence

35%

LikelyFluorinated water-repellent coating chemicals (PFAS class)

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in textile finishing

PossibleAzo dyes in colorants

Our pick

Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket

Patagonia

Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket

PFAS grade

Poor 45/100

Overall grade

Bad 17/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

polyester shell with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness

PossibleAntimony in polyester fiber

Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluorinated DWR chemicals (PFAS class), Formaldehyde resins in textile finishing, Azo dyes in colorants and Synthetic fiber shedding (microfiber) on the Jack Wolfskin and not on the Patagonia.
  • We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Antimony in polyester fiber, DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals and Unverified DWR chemistry on the Patagonia and not on the Jack Wolfskin.
  • The Jack Wolfskin is 3-layer textile with DWR finish, specific chemistry undisclosed where the Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Jack Wolfskin 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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