Men's Sub Temp RC Gore-Tex Jacket 2.0 vs Women's Untracked Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Untracked Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Oakley
Men's Sub Temp RC Gore-Tex Jacket 2.0
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating (water repellent finish)
PossibleCoating degradation and microplastic shedding
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in textile bonding
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Untracked Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastics shedding from polyester
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR coating (water repellent finish), Coating degradation and microplastic shedding, Formaldehyde resins in textile bonding and Polyester shedding and synthetic fiber pollution on the Oakley and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish, Microplastics shedding from polyester and Coating degradation and leaching on the Patagonia and not on the Oakley.
- The Oakley is Gore-Tex membrane with DWR finish where the Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
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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