Vtg Titleist Acushnet Golf Glove Ladies Small Aa-b Left Hand Double-a vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Acushnet
Vtg Titleist Acushnet Golf Glove Ladies Small Aa-b Left Hand Double-a
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 5
Material
leather and synthetic leather
Confidence
72%
PossibleFormaldehyde resins (textile sizing and fabric treatments)
PossibleAzo dyes and colorants
PossibleHeavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium)
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Excellent 85/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover
Confidence
72%
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde resins (textile sizing and fabric treatments), Azo dyes and colorants, Heavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium) and VOC off-gassing from synthetic leather components on the Acushnet and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Acushnet is leather and synthetic leather where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, 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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