Golf Soft Grip Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Bridgestone
Golf Soft Grip Glove
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 63/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
leather, synthetic leather, or fabric grip with elastomer overlay
Confidence
72%
PossibleElastomer leachates and plasticizers
PossibleAzo dyes in leather or synthetic leather
PossibleFormaldehyde in textile backings
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 Elastomer leachates and plasticizers, Azo dyes in leather or synthetic leather, Formaldehyde in textile backings and Contact dermatitis or skin sensitization on the Bridgestone and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Bridgestone is leather, synthetic leather, or fabric grip with elastomer overlay 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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