Vortex 62 in Golf Umbrella vs Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella: which is safer?
Totes Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
ShedRain
Vortex 62 in Golf Umbrella
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Polyester canopy with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating treatment unspecified)
Confidence
45%
LikelyFluorochemical water-repellent coating (PFAS risk)
PossibleCoating degradation and particle shedding
Our pick
Totes
Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 12/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating
Confidence
35%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating
PossibleCoating degradation and microplastics
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fluorochemical DWR coating (PFAS risk) and Coating degradation and particle shedding on the ShedRain and not on the Totes.
- We flag PFAS in DWR coating and Coating degradation and microplastics on the Totes and not on the ShedRain.
- The ShedRain is Polyester canopy with water-repellent coating (DWR treatment unspecified) where the Totes is polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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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