Runner GPS Watch vs Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch: which is safer?

TomTom Runner GPS Watch is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

TomTom Runner GPS Watch

TomTom

Runner GPS Watch

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 73/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Plastic casing, silicone band, electronic components

Confidence

35%

PossibleSilicone band degradation and skin irritation

PossiblePlastic case thermal instability

PossibleBattery leakage from sealed compartment

X-Doria Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch

X-Doria

Classic Plus Stainless Steel Magnetic Closure WatchBand for Apple Watch

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Stainless steel, magnetic closure

Confidence

82%

PossibleNickel leaching from stainless steel

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone band degradation and skin irritation, Plastic case thermal instability and Battery leakage from sealed compartment on the TomTom and not on the X-Doria.
  • We flag Nickel leaching from stainless steel on the X-Doria and not on the TomTom.
  • The TomTom is Plastic casing, silicone band, electronic components where the X-Doria is Stainless steel, magnetic closure, 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.
  • We are less certain about the TomTom grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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