StormGrip Winter Golf Gloves vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Cobra StormGrip Winter Golf Gloves carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Cobra StormGrip Winter Golf Gloves

Cobra

StormGrip Winter Golf Gloves

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Bad 14/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

synthetic leather/microfiber with water-resistant treatment

Confidence

45%

LikelyFluorinated water-resistant (water-repellent coating) coating (PFAS-class)

PossibleSynthetic leather (polyurethane/PVC) degradation

PossibleMicrofiber shedding

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 Fluorinated water-resistant (DWR) coating (PFAS-class), Synthetic leather (polyurethane/PVC) degradation and Microfiber shedding on the Cobra and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Cobra is synthetic leather/microfiber 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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