Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket vs Men's Evolve Corsa All-Season Windbreaker: which is safer?

Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Patagonia Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket

Patagonia

Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket

PFAS grade

Poor 45/100

Overall grade

Bad 17/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

polyester shell with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness

PossibleAntimony in polyester fiber

Reportedwater-repellent coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals

Shimano Men's Evolve Corsa All-Season Windbreaker

Shimano

Men's Evolve Corsa All-Season Windbreaker

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Polyester with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating

Confidence

45%

ReportedPFAS in water-repellent coating

PossibleAntimony in polyester base

LikelyCoating degradation and leachables

Where these two actually differ

  • 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 Shimano.
  • We flag PFAS in DWR coating, Antimony in polyester base and Coating degradation and leachables on the Shimano and not on the Patagonia.
  • The Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish where the Shimano is Polyester with DWR water-repellent coating, 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 Patagonia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Shimano grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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