Women's Untracked Jacket vs Men's Rival 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
Poor 35/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
recycled polyester with water-repellent coating treatment
Confidence
42%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating finish
ReportedMicroplastics shedding from polyester
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Spyder
Men's Rival Jacket
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Polyester shell with water-repellent (water-repellent coating) treatment
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating treatment
PossibleMicrofiber shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish, Microplastics shedding from polyester and Coating degradation and leaching on the Patagonia and not on the Spyder.
- We flag PFAS in DWR treatment and Microfiber shedding on the Spyder and not on the Patagonia.
- The Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment where the Spyder is Polyester shell with water-repellent (DWR) treatment, 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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