Original Series Golf Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Bruce Bolt
Original Series Golf Glove
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 65/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 5
Material
Leather palm, synthetic/textile back
Confidence
72%
PossibleHeavy metals in leather tanning and finishing
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in synthetic textile back
PossibleAzo dyes and colorfast integrity
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 Heavy metals in leather tanning and finishing, Formaldehyde resins in synthetic textile back, Azo dyes and colorfast integrity and Bacterial and fungal growth if not dried properly on the Bruce Bolt and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Bruce Bolt is Leather palm, synthetic/textile back where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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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