Tour B RX Quadfecta Golf Balls vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Bridgestone Tour B RX Quadfecta Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Bridgestone Tour B RX Quadfecta Golf Balls

Bridgestone

Tour B RX Quadfecta Golf Balls

PFAS grade

Good 50/100

Overall grade

Poor 32/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Synthetic polymer cover, ionomer/urethane core, unknown surface treatment

Confidence

35%

PossiblePolymer off-gassing (volatile organic compounds)

ReportedIngestion hazard (small children)

PossibleDimple coating degradation and microparticle release

Our pick

Vice Drip Golf Balls

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 Polymer off-gassing (volatile organic compounds), Ingestion hazard (small children) and Dimple coating degradation and microparticle release on the Bridgestone and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Bridgestone is Synthetic polymer cover, ionomer/urethane core, unknown surface 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 35 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 35% 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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