Men's 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.

Top Flite Men's Golf Glove

Top Flite

Men's Golf Glove

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 73/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

leather or synthetic leather with adhesives

Confidence

70%

PossibleAdhesive residues and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants

PossibleSkin sensitization from grip coatings

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 Adhesive residues and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Azo dyes and synthetic colorants and Skin sensitization from grip coatings on the Top Flite and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Top Flite is leather or synthetic leather with adhesives 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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