Men's Thermal Grip Golf Gloves vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Callaway Men's Thermal Grip Golf Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Callaway
Men's Thermal Grip Golf Gloves
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Poor 32/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Leather palm, synthetic backing with thermal grip treatment
Confidence
55%
PossibleThermal grip coating composition (undisclosed)
PossibleCoating degradation and microparticle shedding
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 Thermal grip coating composition (undisclosed) and Coating degradation and microparticle shedding on the Callaway and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Callaway is Leather palm, synthetic backing with thermal grip 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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