Women's Untracked Jacket vs Anyox Guide Gore Pro Shell Jacket Men's: 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
Volcom
Anyox Guide Gore Pro Shell Jacket Men's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish (included in separate PFAS grade)
PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from laminate adhesives
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 Volcom.
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish (included in separate PFAS grade) and Coating degradation and leachables from laminate adhesives on the Volcom and not on the Patagonia.
- The Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment where the Volcom is Gore-Tex Pro shell with DWR 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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