Women's Nike ACG Phantazma Storm-FIT ADV 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.

Women's Nike ACG Phantazma Storm-FIT ADV Jacket

Nike

Women's Nike ACG Phantazma Storm-FIT ADV Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Polyester nylon blend with Storm-FIT water-repellent coating

Confidence

35%

LikelyFlame retardants and chemical coatings (water-repellent coating/Storm-FIT)

PossibleAzo dyes and colorfast stability

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finishing treatments

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 Flame retardants and chemical coatings (DWR/Storm-FIT), Azo dyes and colorfast stability, Formaldehyde resins in finishing treatments and Microfiber shedding during laundering on the Nike 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 Nike.
  • The Nike is Polyester nylon blend with Storm-FIT DWR coating 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 Nike 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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