Trail Craft Jacket Women's vs Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Trail Craft Jacket Women's is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Patagonia
Trail Craft Jacket Women's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemical exposure
PossibleHeat sensitivity of nylon and water-repellent coating
ReportedUnverified water-repellent coating chemistry hazard profile
Patagonia
Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness
PossibleAntimony in polyester fiber
Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals
Where these two actually differ
- We flag DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemical exposure, Heat sensitivity of nylon and DWR coating and Unverified DWR chemistry hazard profile on the Patagonia and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Antimony in polyester fiber, DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals and Unverified DWR chemistry on the Patagonia and not on the Patagonia.
- The Patagonia is nylon with DWR finish where the Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
- We are less certain about the Patagonia grade, at 42% 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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