Distance Golf Balls Dozen vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Pinnacle Distance Golf Balls Dozen

Pinnacle

Distance Golf Balls Dozen

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Synthetic rubber core, ionomer/urethane cover

Confidence

72%

PossibleMicroplastics shedding from cover wear

ReportedChoking hazard for small children

Our pick

Vice Drip Golf Balls

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 Microplastics shedding from cover wear and Choking hazard for small children on the Pinnacle and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Pinnacle is Synthetic rubber core, ionomer/urethane cover 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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