Men's Unbound Gore-Tex Shell 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 Unbound Gore-Tex Shell Jacket 2.0
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 6/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Gore-Tex membrane laminate with water-repellent coating treatment
Confidence
45%
PossibleAntimony in polyester
ReportedFiber shedding and microplastic release during wear and wash
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Untracked Jacket
PFAS grade
Poor 35/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
recycled polyester with water-repellent coating treatment
Confidence
42%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastics shedding from polyester
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Antimony in polyester and Fiber shedding and microplastic release during wear and wash 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 laminate with DWR treatment 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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