Originally Posted by WetMayo
Seriously the max circumference of condoms are only 5”. That is surprising for me. There are a lot of guys on here with more than 5” girths, so does that mean they all have to buy Magnums? Lol.
Thats a good point when people try to figure out the “real average penis size”. I made some personal survey about average girth with condoms some weeks ago (I know it’s insane :) ) I havent been wearing condoms for a long time due to relationships so I had no memory of what size they are. Anyway, I found out that normal-sized condoms don’t fit me at the base. I can try to roll it down but it rolls back up immediately like 1” or so. My base-girth is 5,4”. Also at midshaft the condom was skintight, my midshaft-girth is 4,8”. BPEL is about 6,7” (not relevant here but anyway).
I tried both Durex and RFSU (scandinavian brand). They both were exactly the same size. On the package it says 53mm in width. So I went to a more specialized store (sexshop) to find some larger condoms and bought ones that are 58mm in width and they fit my base better but still a bit tight, some veins were being pushed outside plus it was pressing a bit underneath my penis (no latex included so this one doesnt stretch).
Condoms are meant to go down all the way the shaft, otherwise it might slip off and into the vagina when going in all the way. Also I read that every 0,4” of extra penis-girth compared to condom-circumference increases the chance for the condom to break for 50-100%.
My conclusion about this is that my 5,4 eg at the base is more than average. I think if anyone then condom manufacturers want to find out the average penis-size, simply because of commercial interests. RFSU is a non-profitable organization but nevertheless they don’t want to make products that might slip off or break. Too much at steak in that.
I’m not saying this to boast that I’m larger than average in girth (and I’m not large at all compared to many people in here for example) but more like to point out that I think average erect girth is less than 5”. So anyone who is less than that shouldn’t feel like being smaller than most men. Theres a good article I read once about penis size, written by a professor of urology in Finland, saying that according to a study among 1000 european men the average erect length is 14,5cm (5,7”). Thats bone-pressed. And average erect girth at the base is only 11,2cm (4,4”). Later on I googled more about the subject and found out that they had pretty much the same results in the Andropenis-study, made in Spain. Possibly the same study.
Besides this both my wife-to-come and my ex thought I was somewhere above average but not really large. And they are trustworthy to me.
Just my 2 cents but I think the average is less than what men seem to think.