Vice Drip Golf Balls vs Feel Plus Golf Gloves: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

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%
Wilson Feel Plus Golf Gloves

Wilson

Feel Plus Golf Gloves

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

leather palm, synthetic fabric back

Confidence

72%

PossibleHeavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium)

PossibleFormaldehyde-based fabric finishes

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Heavy metals in leather tanning (chromium, cadmium) and Formaldehyde-based fabric finishes on the Wilson and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover where the Wilson is leather palm, synthetic fabric back, 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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