Golf Stormgrip Rain Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Cobra Golf Stormgrip Rain Glove carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Cobra Golf Stormgrip Rain Glove

Cobra

Golf Stormgrip Rain Glove

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Poor 28/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Synthetic leather/polyurethane with water-resistant treatment

Confidence

45%

PossiblePolyurethane degradation and microparticle shedding

PossibleWater-resistant (water-repellent coating) treatment composition unknown

PossibleContact dermatitis from glove material or finishes

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 Polyurethane degradation and microparticle shedding, Water-resistant (DWR) treatment composition unknown and Contact dermatitis from glove material or finishes on the Cobra and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Cobra is Synthetic leather/polyurethane with 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.
  • We are less certain about the Cobra 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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