Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket vs Men's Nike ACG Morpho Storm-FIT ADV Rain Jacket: which is safer?

La Sportiva Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

La Sportiva Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket

La Sportiva

Men's Aequilibrium Lite GTX Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 6/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

GORE-TEX (Teflon-family coating membrane)

Confidence

50%

PossibleAntimony in polyester

ReportedMicrofiber shedding and textile degradation

Men's Nike ACG Morpho Storm-FIT ADV Rain Jacket

Nike

Men's Nike ACG Morpho Storm-FIT ADV Rain Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Polyester with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating

Confidence

35%

PossibleAzo dyes in polyester

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finishing

Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and particle shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Antimony in polyester and Microfiber shedding and textile degradation on the La Sportiva and not on the Nike.
  • We flag Azo dyes in polyester, Formaldehyde resins in finishing, DWR coating degradation and particle shedding and Heavy metals in synthetic dyes on the Nike and not on the La Sportiva.
  • The La Sportiva is GORE-TEX (fluoropolymer membrane) where the Nike is Polyester with DWR water-repellent coating, 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.

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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