Women's Untracked Jacket vs Men's Monterosa Jacket: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Untracked Jacket is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Untracked Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastics shedding from polyester
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Spyder
Men's Monterosa Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish
PossibleAntimony in polyester
PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) from finish
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microplastics shedding from polyester and Coating degradation and leaching on the Patagonia and not on the Spyder.
- We flag Antimony in polyester and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from finish on the Spyder and not on the Patagonia.
- Both carry a flag for PFAS in DWR finish, so neither choice avoids it.
- The Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment where the Spyder is Polyester with DWR water-repellent finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
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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