Softfli Golf Balls vs Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls: which is safer?
Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls is the clear pick. Maxfli Softfli Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Maxfli
Softfli Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePolymer coating degradation and particulate release
PossibleUnknown additive chemistry in proprietary coating
PossiblePFAS in coating (proprietary unknown)
Our pick
Nike Golf
Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMicroplastic shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Polymer coating degradation and particulate release, Unknown additive chemistry in proprietary coating and PFAS in coating (proprietary unknown) on the Maxfli and not on the Nike Golf.
- We flag Microplastic shedding on the Nike Golf and not on the Maxfli.
- The Maxfli is Synthetic rubber/polymer core, proprietary cover coating where the Nike Golf is Synthetic rubber/elastomer golf ball core and 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 Nike Golf is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Maxfli 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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