Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella vs Vented Auto Open Stormbeater Golf Stick Umbrella: which is safer?
Totes Vented Auto Open Stormbeater Golf Stick Umbrella is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Totes
Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 12/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating
Confidence
35%
PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating
PossibleCoating degradation and microplastics
Our pick
Totes
Vented Auto Open Stormbeater Golf Stick Umbrella
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 16/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Polyester or nylon fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
Confidence
45%
Possiblewater-repellent coating composition (PFAS uncertainty)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in DWR coating and Coating degradation and microplastics on the Totes and not on the Totes.
- We flag DWR coating composition (PFAS uncertainty) on the Totes and not on the Totes.
- The Totes is polyester/nylon fabric with unspecified water-repellent coating where the Totes is Polyester or nylon fabric with durable water repellent (DWR) 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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