Vice Drip Golf Balls vs GOLF Rain GOLF Gloves: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. WILSON GOLF Rain GOLF Gloves 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%
Wilson
GOLF Rain GOLF Gloves
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Bad 4/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
Synthetic leather or polyurethane with water-resistant coating
Confidence
45%
LikelyFormaldehyde in synthetic leather finishing
PossibleAzo dyes in colorants
Reportedwater-repellent coating durability and unknown chemistry
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde in synthetic leather finishing, Azo dyes in colorants, DWR coating durability and unknown chemistry and Synthetic material degradation and particulates on the Wilson and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover where the Wilson is Synthetic leather or polyurethane with water-resistant coating, 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 Wilson grade, at 45% 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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