Are your condoms falling off? Not feeling right? Feeling too tight? You may be using the wrong size and type of condom.
Here’s a brief guide to choosing the correct condom for you or your partner - your sex life will thank you!
Speaking on condoms, Melissa White, the founder and CEO of Lucky Bloke, a fit-focused purveyor of condoms that offers everything from Caution Ware’s Iron Grip for a snugger fit to Okamoto’s Mega Big Boy XXL, has given her advice.
“A standard fit condom only fits 50 per cent of men, so right away you have 50 per cent of the men who are going to find it either too big or too small, and then that experience informs them to think condoms are all too loose, condoms are all too tight,” says White.
“Right out of the gate, most people's first experience with condoms is mediocre, and they don’t have access to the information that a condom should be pleasurable.”
She advises one of the best ways to make sure a condom fits you is to measure yourself.
Focusing on girth over length, White recommends using an old toilet roll tube to test out your size.
Just take any old empty roll of toilet paper and slide it around an erect penis. If there’s extra space, you may want to look into a slimmer fit. If it fits about right, standard is a safe bet. If it’s way too tight, that’s when you venture into a larger territory. These are some solid options if you fall into that final, well-endowed category.
The second thing White recommends is to leave your ego out of it.
Kimberly Ardwell, the CEO of Glyde America, estimates that 30 to 35 per cent of men should actually be wearing slimmer fit condoms, so don’t be too proud to get what works. Not all brands carry them, and you may not see them at your local bodega, but you can snag them all online, like these.
And that’s all there is to it, other than testing out lots of different condoms - but that can end up costing a bit!
Written by VavaViolet Magazine’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Sophie Blackman.
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