NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls vs Men's Profile Complete Golf Set: which is safer?

Wilson Men's Profile Complete Golf Set is the clear pick. Nike NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Nike NDX Turbo Distance Golf Balls

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

Wilson Men's Profile Complete Golf Set

Wilson

Men's Profile Complete Golf Set

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 73/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Steel clubheads, graphite shafts, rubber grips

Confidence

78%

PossibleGraphite shaft resin degradation and fiber exposure

PossibleRubber grip deterioration and skin contact

PossibleNickel or chromium sensitivity from steel clubheads

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 and not on the Wilson.
  • We flag Graphite shaft resin degradation and fiber exposure, Rubber grip deterioration and skin contact and Nickel or chromium sensitivity from steel clubheads on the Wilson and not on the Nike.
  • The Nike is Surlyn/synthetic polymer core with dimple coating where the Wilson is Steel clubheads, graphite shafts, rubber grips, 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 Wilson is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Nike grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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