Tw-x Yellow Golf Balls vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Honma Tw-x Yellow Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Honma
Tw-x Yellow Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Good 50/100
Overall grade
Poor 42/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Ionomer resin core, synthetic rubber/polymer cover
Confidence
45%
PossiblePaint/coating pigments and additives (heavy metals, allergens)
PossibleVolatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing from cover and adhesives
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 Paint/coating pigments and additives (heavy metals, allergens) and Volatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing from cover and adhesives on the Honma and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Honma is Ionomer resin core, synthetic rubber/polymer cover 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 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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