Norrøna Lyngen Windstopper Leather Gloves vs Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's: which is safer?

Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's is the clear pick. Norrøna Lyngen Windstopper Leather Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Norrøna Lyngen Windstopper Leather Gloves

Norrona

Norrøna Lyngen Windstopper Leather Gloves

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Leather with Windstopper membrane (unspecified coating); waterproof/windproof treatment

Confidence

35%

PossibleCoating degradation and leachate exposure

PossibleBacterial or fungal growth in membrane if wet

Our pick

Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's

Patagonia

Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 82/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Polyester fleece (recycled)

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metal pigments

PossibleMicroplastic shedding during wash

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Coating degradation and leachate exposure and Bacterial or fungal growth in membrane if wet on the Norrona and not on the Patagonia.
  • We flag Azo dyes and heavy metal pigments and Microplastic shedding during wash on the Patagonia and not on the Norrona.
  • The Norrona is Leather with Windstopper membrane (unspecified coating); waterproof/windproof treatment where the Patagonia is Polyester fleece (recycled), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Norrona 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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