Eight Dunlop 65 Golf Balls In Original Wrapper With A Vgc Box Made In vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Eight Dunlop 65 Golf Balls In Original Wrapper With A Vgc Box Made In

Dunlop

Eight Dunlop 65 Golf Balls In Original Wrapper With A Vgc Box Made In

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Excellent 77/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Rubber and synthetic polymer cover, standard golf ball core

Confidence

72%

PossiblePolymer cover degradation and particle shedding

PossibleWater contamination from ball loss

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 cover degradation and particle shedding and Water contamination from ball loss on the Dunlop and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Dunlop is Rubber and synthetic polymer cover, standard golf ball core where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

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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