Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's vs Transition Windstopper Gloves: which is safer?
Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's is the clear pick. Rab Transition Windstopper Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Patagonia
Better Sweater Gloves Patagonia Women's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metal pigments
PossibleMicroplastic shedding during wash
Rab
Transition Windstopper Gloves
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in membrane and water-repellent coating
PossibleCoating degradation and durability loss
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Azo dyes and heavy metal pigments and Microplastic shedding during wash on the Patagonia and not on the Rab.
- We flag PFAS in membrane and DWR coating and Coating degradation and durability loss on the Rab and not on the Patagonia.
- The Patagonia is Polyester fleece (recycled) where the Rab is Windstopper membrane with DWR-treated outer shell, 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 Rab grade, at 45% 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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