Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant 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.

Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant

Mens Balance Made In Usa Cycling Jacket Windbreaker Water Resistant

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

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

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 Durable water-repellent (DWR) coating composition (non-PFAS hazards) and Microplastic shedding from synthetic fabric on the 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 .
  • The is Synthetic fabric with water-resistant DWR coating, unspecified 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 grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

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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