Originally Posted by slipstream
I just don’t believe it. The global pool may explain part of the smaller size, but it would still be shocking. And why they wouldn’t choose to measure both BP and NBP is a terrible waste of an opportunity, IMO. I realize that BP isn’t terribly meaningful to a condom company, but making the distinction and requiring two different measurements would reduce the variability and influence of bone-pressing on the results.For everyone else’s benefit, I looked at theyfit.com to determine what “B77” meant. “77” is the width portion of the size on their “FitKit” and it corresponds to anywhere between 4 1/4” and 4 9/16”. The B corresponds to the length and it is between 4 11/16” and 5 1/8”. Maybe it is dicktator’s focus on length and not the survey, but I’m not sure why a condom company would care nearly as much about length as they would about girth. One must only unroll more or less of the condom to suit their size, but girth variability isn’t so easy to accommodate.
I don’t think I’ve ever said anything about my goals, but one of my big milestones has been to have twice the average volume, which I had based on Size’s DB at about 14 cubic inches. If I were to believe this data and theorize that the average fat pad is about 1.25”, the average would be closer to 10.5 cubic inches. That would mean I pretty much started out at 2x, which again, as the thread title predicted, I do NOT believe it. If this study really exists, I hope they provide a breakdown by country.
Length is very important because unused rolled up condom at the base acts as an uncomfortable clamp at the base, where the girth is usually the largest to begin with. Since condoms are designed for you to measure midshaft girth, condoms that are too long can cut off circulation and ruin the fit, even if the girth has been “sized” right.
Go to condomania.com and download the fit kit, search under theyfit condoms.
Length is just as important as girth.
The lady on the phone yesterday told me that the most common size gets 3% of the sales and it is their goal to have a more even distribution of sales, which she believes will happen with the expansion to 95 sizes.
In other words, many people have been forced to buy a condom whose length fits but whose girth is too tight or too loose. On the contrary, many people have been forced to buy a condom whose girth fits but whose length is too short or too long.
I fall into the last category, and have been forced to buy a condom that is too long for my girth.
Trojan Magnum XLs are way too long for me so they become too tight at the base due to the unrolled portion which is not only painful but cuts off my circulation and destroys my erection.
In theyfit size, I am really an O22, but they don’t currently make that size so I am forced to buy an O17 or a G22.
The O17 is good for my length but way too tight.
The G22 would be good for my girth, but is way too long, so it is not good for my girth because it kills my base.
Furthermore, nothing looks less appetizing than a condom that is too long — the sloppy long is very unbecoming.
Hope this helps.