Nike NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls vs Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls: which is safer?
Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls is the clear pick. Nike NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Nike Golf
Nike NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Bad 8/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Surlyn/synthetic polymer core with dimple coating
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in waterproof coatings
ReportedMicroparticle shedding from cover degradation
PossibleIndirect ingestion by children or wildlife
Our pick
Nike Golf
Nike Power Distance Long Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Excellent 81/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Synthetic rubber/elastomer golf ball core and cover
Confidence
72%
PossibleMicroplastic shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in waterproof coatings, Microparticle shedding from cover degradation and Indirect ingestion by children or wildlife 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 Surlyn/synthetic polymer core with dimple 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 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 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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