Golf Men's Tour Premium Golf Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Bridgestone Golf Men's Tour Premium Golf Glove carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Bridgestone
Golf Men's Tour Premium Golf Glove
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorocarbon-based water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
PossibleChromium salts from leather tanning
PossibleSynthetic textile backing degradation and microfiber shedding
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fluorocarbon-based durable water repellent (DWR) coating, Chromium salts from leather tanning, Synthetic textile backing degradation and microfiber shedding and Mold and bacterial colonization if stored damp on the Bridgestone and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Bridgestone is Leather palm with synthetic/textile backing, water-resistant treatment where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Vice Golf is the one to buy.
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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