Women's Untracked Jacket vs Longo Gore-Tex 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
Longo Gore-Tex Jacket Men's
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAntimony in polyester (flame retardant catalyst residue)
PossibleVOC off-gassing (membranes, adhesives, dyes)
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 Antimony in polyester (flame retardant catalyst residue) and VOC off-gassing (membranes, adhesives, dyes) on the Volcom and not on the Patagonia.
- The Patagonia is recycled polyester with DWR treatment where the Volcom is Gore-Tex membrane with DWR-treated outer layer, 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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