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.
Dunlop
Vintage Dunlop Maxfil Deluxe All Weather Women’s Left Hand Large Golf
PFAS grade
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Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) fluorocarbon coating composition
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching over time
PossibleSynthetic-leather plasticizer migration
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
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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