Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket vs Antora Rain Hoodie The North Face Men's: 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

Antora Rain Hoodie The North Face Men's

The North Face

Antora Rain Hoodie The North Face Men's

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

nylon shell with water-repellent coating treatment

Confidence

45%

LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating

PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metals in colorants

PossibleVOC off-gassing from synthetic fiber and coatings

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 The North Face.
  • We flag PFAS in DWR coating, Azo dyes and heavy metals in colorants and VOC off-gassing from synthetic fiber and coatings on the The North Face and not on the Patagonia.
  • The Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish where the The North Face is nylon shell with DWR treatment, 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 The North Face 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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