Super Glide All Temperature Ski Wax vs PS10 Yellow Wax: which is safer?
Swix PS10 Yellow Wax is the clear pick. Maplus Super Glide All Temperature Ski Wax carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Maplus
Super Glide All Temperature Ski Wax
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleVolatile organic compound (VOC) / thermal off-gassing
PossibleSkin irritation from residual coating and scraping byproducts
ReportedContamination of snow and water runoff
Our pick
Swix
PS10 Yellow Wax
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCombustion by-products during hot application
PossibleSkin and eye contact irritation
PossibleIngestion toxicity (accidental exposure)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Volatile organic compound (VOC) / thermal off-gassing, Skin irritation from residual coating and scraping byproducts, Contamination of snow and water runoff and Fluorocarbon additives and respiratory exposure on the Maplus and not on the Swix.
- We flag Combustion by-products during hot application, Skin and eye contact irritation, Ingestion toxicity (accidental exposure) and Microabrasive particulates from worn base or scraping on the Swix and not on the Maplus.
- The Maplus is Hydrocarbon blend ski wax (unspecified additives) where the Swix is Hydrocarbon-based ski wax (paraffin/synthetic blend), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 50 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Swix is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Maplus 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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