Used Top Flite 12 Ball Assorted 12 Pack - Golf Balls vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Used Top Flite 12 Ball Assorted 12 Pack - Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Used Top Flite 12 Ball Assorted 12 Pack - Golf Balls

Top Flite

Used Top Flite 12 Ball Assorted 12 Pack - Golf Balls

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Bad 22/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Synthetic rubber/polymer core with plastic coating

Confidence

35%

PossiblePFAS in water-resistance coatings

PossiblePolymer coating degradation

ReportedIngestion hazard

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 PFAS in water-resistance coatings, Polymer coating degradation and Ingestion hazard on the Top Flite and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Top Flite is Synthetic rubber/polymer core with plastic coating where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Vice Golf is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Top Flite grade, at 35% 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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