BERES 5S Plus 6-Layer Golf Balls,Tour-Level Spin Control & Stable Flight Golfballs,Max Distance with Soft Urethane vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Honma BERES 5S Plus 6-Layer Golf Balls,Tour-Level Spin Control & Stable Flight Golfballs,Max Distance with Soft Urethane carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Honma
BERES 5S Plus 6-Layer Golf Balls,Tour-Level Spin Control & Stable Flight Golfballs,Max Distance with Soft Urethane
PFAS grade
Good 50/100
Overall grade
Poor 42/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Soft urethane cover, multi-layer core (unspecified)
Confidence
35%
PossibleUrethane cover degradation and water intrusion
PossiblePFAS in urethane coating or processing
Our pick
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 Urethane cover degradation and water intrusion and PFAS in urethane coating or processing on the Honma and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Honma is Soft urethane cover, multi-layer core (unspecified) 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 35 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 Honma 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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