Vice Drip Golf Balls vs Vivid Twilight Glow Golf Balls Starter Pack: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Volvik Vivid Twilight Glow Golf Balls Starter Pack carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Volvik
Vivid Twilight Glow Golf Balls Starter Pack
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePigment heavy metals (in glow coating/colorant)
PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing from polymer cover
PossibleSurface coating degradation and microparticle release
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Pigment heavy metals (in glow coating/colorant), Volatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing from polymer cover, Surface coating degradation and microparticle release and PFAS in surface treatments or mold-release agents 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 polymer cover, core composition unspecified, 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 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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