Vintage Dunlop Maxfil Deluxe All Weather Women’s Left Hand Large Golf vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Vintage Dunlop Maxfil Deluxe All Weather Women’s Left Hand Large Golf carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Vintage Dunlop Maxfil Deluxe All Weather Women’s Left Hand Large Golf

Dunlop

Vintage Dunlop Maxfil Deluxe All Weather Women’s Left Hand Large Golf

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Poor 28/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

synthetic leather or nylon glove with water-resistant treatment

Confidence

35%

Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) fluorocarbon coating composition

PossibleCoating degradation and leaching over time

PossibleSynthetic-leather plasticizer migration

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 DWR (durable water-repellent) fluorocarbon coating composition, Coating degradation and leaching over time and Synthetic-leather plasticizer migration on the Dunlop and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Dunlop is synthetic leather or nylon glove 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 Dunlop 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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