Laddie Extreme Personalized Golf Balls vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

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

Precept Laddie Extreme Personalized Golf Balls

Precept

Laddie Extreme Personalized Golf Balls

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Excellent 77/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Surlyn ionomer resin cover, solid core

Confidence

72%

PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) from personalization inks/paints

PossibleMicroplastic shedding from cover wear

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 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from personalization inks/paints and Microplastic shedding from cover wear on the Precept and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Precept is Surlyn ionomer resin cover, solid core 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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