Vice Drip Golf Balls vs Vivid Soft Star Wars Darth Vader Pack Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Volvik Vivid Soft Star Wars Darth Vader Pack Golf Balls carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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%
Volvik
Vivid Soft Star Wars Darth Vader Pack Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Good 50/100
Overall grade
Poor 38/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Synthetic rubber/elastomer core with unspecified surface coating
Confidence
32%
PossibleCoating degradation and unknown chemical exposure
PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing
PossibleMicroplastic shedding from surface wear
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating degradation and unknown chemical exposure, Volatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing and Microplastic shedding from surface wear on the Volvik and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover where the Volvik is Synthetic rubber/elastomer core with unspecified surface coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 35 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 Volvik grade, at 32% 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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