9-pack Golf Balls; Chromax Metallic, Nike Juice Plus 312, & Nitro vs Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls: which is safer?
Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls is the clear pick. 9-pack Golf Balls; Chromax Metallic, Nike Juice Plus 312, & Nitro carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Nike Golf
9-pack Golf Balls; Chromax Metallic, Nike Juice Plus 312, & Nitro
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorinated water-resistant coating (PFAS implied)
PossiblePolymer coating degradation and microplastic shedding
PossibleDyes and pigments in metallic finishes
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 Fluorinated water-resistant coating (PFAS implied), Polymer coating degradation and microplastic shedding and Dyes and pigments in metallic finishes on the Nike Golf and not on the Nike Golf.
- We flag Microplastic shedding on the Nike Golf and not on the Nike Golf.
- The Nike Golf is Synthetic polymer cover, waterproof coating unspecified 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 45 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 Nike Golf 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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