Golf StaSof Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. FootJoy Golf StaSof Glove carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
FootJoy
Golf StaSof Glove
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleHeavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium)
ReportedUndisclosed water-resistant chemical treatment (non-PFAS durable water repellents or PFAS
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in leather finishing
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Heavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium), Undisclosed water-resistant chemical treatment (non-PFAS durable water repellents or PFAS , Formaldehyde resins in leather finishing and Coating degradation and particulate shedding on the FootJoy and not on the Vice Golf.
- The FootJoy is Leather 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 FootJoy 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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