Condom advice, please! Help us choose one!

[Tybee Swing]

Hey everybody,

I've already searched the archives and read many condom threads. Some answered parts of my question, but not specifically. So here goes:

Even though we're a condoms-always couple for penetration, many people we meet aren't, so much. So, we've decided to buy our own condoms for others to use when they're with me. Mr. Tybee wears Trojan Magnum XL, but we've found that this is too big for most and I don't want to put my hubby's condom on other men, only to have it slip off!!! So, I'm looking for a standard-size condom to carry, that will be suitable for most guys to wear.

Not having experience with many types of condoms, I'm seeking your expertise in choosing a brand that will work best. Can you tell us what you think the best brand-name and style will be, based on the following?

1. We want to get a condom that gives enough sensitivity that the man will have a better chance of staying hard with it. Some men have difficulty maintaining an erection with a condom due to decreased sensitivity. Which brand have you found that offers the best sensitivity for the man?

2. Some condoms make me really itchy. Maybe it's the non-oxynol 9 (I'll avoid those). For sensitive women, which brands have you found that cause the least irritation? Brand-names, please.

3. Which condom is likely to be the best bet for a one-size-fits-all approach, such as what we need them for (others)?

4. Is there such a thing as a condom that tastes less icky than others, or do they all have the same degree of icky taste? We don't use condoms during oral. I'm referring to how the penis tastes after the condom's off, and also how I taste after a condom's been in me. I'm sure you get what I mean. Any way to avoid tasting like a condom after it's off? I know there are flavored condoms, but I've heard these taste icky. What do you think?

In summary, I'm looking for a one-size-fits-all, thin with good sensitivity for the man, non-irritating, and tasteless (or less icky-tasting) condom. I know I want it all and probably won't get it all.....but what comes closest to what I want?

Thanks, you wonderful people! You're always so helpful.

P.S. Most of us are going to parties tonight, I'm sure....have FUN!

[JP51]

Hey, go to Adam and Eve...and just buy the sampler pack....it is what we are taking to Desire TOMMAROW"...then they can pick what they like...and you can toss out of your mix later ones that are a problem for you...make it part of the play...

[Thrax]

I think JP51 has a great idea there.

If you still want to get a specific brand and style I would recommend either of these two for the "average" guy (and that's just the kind of guy I am): LifeStyles Ultra Sensitive and Durex Extra Sensitive. As their names suggest, they are good for the sensitivity issue. They are very thin but I've never had either type break.

Okay, with that being said, you also might want to get some LifeStyles X-tra Pleasure condoms. This style isn't as thin as the other two, but it has a bulb-like shape -- a little more material -- at the head. It fits securely on the shaft, but the extra material at the top slides a little around the head. That feels gooooood!

Good luck!

Thrax

[ohash01]

As, I have been with J. for so long, we no longer use them...but there were these Trojans in a silver-ish/grayish box. I want to say they were "extra pleasure" or "sensitive" or something. They're the thinner ones that transmit body heat better. As far as I know, they do NOT have nonoxynol-9 on them...however...as they are latex...they will probably taste poopy. Not much we can do about that. Durex (I think) makes some specialty minty condoms...they don't taste BAD...but they don't taste great...however...they aren't the thinner more sensitive kind.

I'm not totally sure you'll be able to get EVERYTHING into one condom...unless you market your own...then that'd be awesome.

[Tybee Swing]

Originally Posted by ohash01

I'm not totally sure you'll be able to get EVERYTHING into one condom...unless you market your own...then that'd be awesome.

Maybe a condom manufacturer will catch on to all of our wishes and make it happen someday!

[Tybee Swing]

Thanks for the input so far. We had to go shopping (no time for Adam & Eve right now), to have our bag ready for tonight.

Originally Posted by Thrax

LifeStyles Ultra Sensitive and Durex Extra Sensitive. As their names suggest, they are good for the sensitivity issue. They are very thin but I've never had either type break.

Thanks, Thrax! We didn't read this answer before we went shopping, but amazingly, these were the two we ended up with our hands on, going back and forth to choose between them. We went with the Durex Extra Sensitive. The package says they're 20% thinner than most, but just as durable. It says that Durex is the #1 best-seller world-wide, so we figured consumers know what they like. The head of this condom is shaped for more room in the head, too.

I don't know yet how the taste will be, probably the same as usual, but it seems like a good one for most of the other needs. No spermicide in them, either. So far, so good!

[Thrax]

Tybee, I'm very concerned that even those are great recommendations that they might not be the right condoms for your purposes. However, since I am very familiar with their use I would be in a very good position...ahem...to demonstrate their functionality.

Please contact me about potential testing, which can be done at your convenience. I've been to the OBX many times, so I'm sure a few more hours drive to a test site would NOT be a problem.

Let me know.

Thrax

[Tybee Swing]

Thrax, I would LOVE to participate in clinical studies with you. It's important to not only test their functionality and fit, but also their endurance. For example, exactly how many thrusts is the condom good for, before it's completely worn out? It's all in the name of science, of course.

[edmustang]

Would he have to wear an owl mask? Like in those old Tootsie-pop commercials?

Oh wait! As I recall, that commercial ended very badly for the Tootsie-pop! Run Thrax, run!!

[Tybee Swing]

LOL!!!! No worries, I'd never bite the testing equipment. Not unless I was specifically requested to!

[CuriousInOregon]

You know you can get a Female Condom for those guys who dont like to use them then you dont have the worries

[edmustang]

How well do the female condoms work? Anyone ever use one? How do they feel, ladies?

[Tybee Swing]

Originally Posted by edmustang

How well do the female condoms work? Anyone ever use one? How do they feel, ladies?

Dito I'd like to hear the answers to these questions, too.

[prettylady]

Ha that is funny.
Dog and I found ourselves at the condom section the other day. Two grown adults standing there scratching our heads like a couple of young virgins. :rollseyes
There are way to many to choose from.
As for the yucky taste, don't know about you, but I love a sponge bath. do it all sexy like and the motor can stay runnin. facelick
*prettylady shakes her head, "all sexy like" I have no clue about sexy*
Your friend,
Prettylady

[CuriousInOregon]

I have Used the Female Condom and tey work great, they just get pushed up inside the vaginal cavity till you hit cervix and it sits there almost like the Instead cup but it doesnt slip out of place I couldnt feel that it was ever there when your done you just kindof push with your pubic muscles and it slips down you reach in and take it out Some are reusable o thers are tossers made of the same material as a male condom