Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set vs Nylon Tool Set of 4: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is the clear pick. OXO Nylon Tool Set of 4 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Our Place
Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set
PFAS grade
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 82/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Silicone utensils, no coating
Confidence
85%
PossibleMicroplastic generation
PossibleBacterial colonization
OXO
Nylon Tool Set of 4
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Nylon utensils, uncoated
Confidence
75%
PossibleThermal degradation of nylon polymer
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microplastic generation and Bacterial colonization on the Our Place and not on the OXO.
- We flag Thermal degradation of nylon polymer on the OXO and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating where the OXO is Nylon utensils, uncoated, 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 Our Place is the one to buy.
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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