Spalding Pack vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Spalding
Spalding Pack
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 63/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
nylon/polyester backpack fabric
Confidence
45%
PossibleVOC off-gassing from synthetic fabric manufacturing
PossibleFormaldehyde-based fabric treatments (wrinkle resistance, water repellency)
PossibleMicroplastics shedding from synthetic fibers
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 VOC off-gassing from synthetic fabric manufacturing, Formaldehyde-based fabric treatments (wrinkle resistance, water repellency), Microplastics shedding from synthetic fibers and Degradation of seams, zippers, and adhesives under UV and moisture on the Spalding and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Spalding is nylon/polyester backpack fabric 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.
- We are less certain about the Spalding 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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