Men's Tourstage Golf Gloves vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Bridgestone Men's Tourstage Golf Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Bridgestone
Men's Tourstage Golf Gloves
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Bad 14/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Synthetic leather or polyurethane with water-repellent treatment
Confidence
45%
LikelyWater-repellent fluorinated coatings (PFAS)
PossiblePolyurethane coating degradation and VOC release
PossibleSkin contact allergens and irritants
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 Water-repellent fluorinated coatings (PFAS), Polyurethane coating degradation and VOC release and Skin contact allergens and irritants on the Bridgestone and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Bridgestone is Synthetic leather or polyurethane with water-repellent 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.
- We are less certain about the Bridgestone grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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