Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant vs Men's Fast Days Jacket: which is safer?

Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant

Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 17/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Synthetic fabric with water-resistant water-repellent coating, unspecified

Confidence

35%

Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition (non-PFAS hazards)

PossibleMicroplastic shedding from synthetic fabric

New Balance Men's Fast Days Jacket

New Balance

Men's Fast Days Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Synthetic shell with water-repellent coating, lining unspecified

Confidence

35%

LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating

PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) and off-gassing

Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and reapplication

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Durable water-repellent (DWR) coating composition (non-PFAS hazards) and Microplastic shedding from synthetic fabric on the and not on the New Balance.
  • We flag PFAS in DWR coating, Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and off-gassing and DWR coating degradation and reapplication on the New Balance and not on the .
  • The is Synthetic fabric with water-resistant DWR coating, unspecified where the New Balance is Synthetic shell with DWR coating, lining unspecified, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are 5 points apart, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

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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