Vice Drip Golf Balls vs GOLF Winter Adult GOLF Gloves: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. WILSON GOLF Winter Adult 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 Winter Adult GOLF Gloves
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Poor 32/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
synthetic leather or polyurethane with thermal lining, likely water-repellent coating-treated
Confidence
45%
Possiblewater-repellent coating (PFAS content and leaching)
PossibleThermal lining degradation and fibrillation
Where these two actually differ
- We flag DWR coating (PFAS content and leaching) and Thermal lining degradation and fibrillation 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 thermal lining, likely DWR-treated, 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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