Men's Pure Touch Limited 3-Pack Golf Gloves White vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. FootJoy Men's Pure Touch Limited 3-Pack Golf Gloves White carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

FootJoy Men's Pure Touch Limited 3-Pack Golf Gloves White

FootJoy

Men's Pure Touch Limited 3-Pack Golf Gloves White

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Bad 14/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Cabretta leather with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

62%

PossiblePFAS in water-repellent coating water-repellent finish

PossibleHeavy metals in leather tannery (chromium, lead)

LikelyDegradation of water-repellent coating over time and laundering

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 PFAS in DWR water-repellent finish, Heavy metals in leather tannery (chromium, lead) and Degradation of DWR coating over time and laundering on the FootJoy and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The FootJoy is Cabretta leather with DWR finish 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.

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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