I was faced with a tough deci­sion this past week as I strolled through the local drug store. I was in the con­dom aisle and was con­fronted with over 40 dif­fer­ent con­doms to choose from: ribbed, lubri­cated, polyurethane, etc. I pre­fer the ultra thin kind but even that didn’t nar­row down my selec­tion. To top it off, there were two new mod­els that must have just come on the mar­ket. I was stuck between my tried and true work­horse the Tro­jan Ultra Thin latex con­dom and one of these new­fan­gled options. What to do? What to do? So I did what EVERY hot-blooded guy with a blog would and bought all three to do an in depth com­par­i­son test. Here are my find­ing. Please enjoy because the tests for this post were the most tir­ing three min­utes of my life.

Tro­jan Ultra Thin

Details:

Latex Con­doms
Width: 2 in
Length: 7.6 in
Thick­ness: 0.0024 in
Lubri­ca­tion: Water Based
Sper­mi­cide: No
Spe­cial Fea­tures: Reser­voir Tip

Claims:

“Our Thinnest Latex Con­doms Ever!“
“For Ulti­mate Sensitivity”

• Thinnest TROJAN Latex Con­dom — Designed for a more nat­ural feeling
• Over 25% Thin­ner than Stan­dard Condoms
• Made from Pre­mium Qual­ity Latex — To help reduce the risk
• Low Latex Odor
• Spe­cial Reser­voir End — For extra safety

For Him:

These are my tried and true stand bys. They’re thin­ner and trans­mit more sen­sa­tion than reg­u­lar latex con­doms. I can’t say they give that noth­ing but skin feel­ing but it’s a good deal closer.  One of the big bonuses is that they don’t give off that funky latex smell.

For Her:

Bet­ter than reg­u­lar con­doms. Do I really have to do this? I’m so embarrassed.

Tro­jan Supra

Details:

Microsheer Polyurethane Con­dom
Width: 2.25 in
Length: 7.87 in
Thick­ness: .0015 in
Sper­mi­ci­dal: No
Lubri­ca­tion: Yes
Spe­cial Fea­tures: Reser­voir Tip

Claims:

“Ulti­mate Sen­sual Pleasure!”

For Him:

These con­doms didn’t have the same tex­ture as reg­u­lar latex con­doms. They felt a lit­tle harder/rigid and not as stretchy or flex­i­ble. They def­i­nitely felt thin­ner than the ultra thin latex con­doms and in my opin­ion were able to trans­fer more sen­sa­tion through to my skin. I felt like the con­doms could have had a lit­tle more lubri­cant on them but you can always buy extra. And although it didn’t feel as good as noth­ing at all, these con­doms came closer than the Ultra-Thin latex condoms.

For Her:

The Supra had a more pla­s­ticky (is that a word?) feel­ing which resulted in fric­tion. Which …is a good thing.

LifeStyles SKYN

Details:

New Poly­iso­prene Mate­r­ial
Width: 2.13 in
Length: 7.48 in
Thick­ness: 0.0028 in
Lubri­ca­tion: Yes
Sper­mi­ci­dal: No
Spe­cial Fea­tures: Reser­voir Tip

Claims:

“Clos­est thing to wear­ing nothing”

• New SKYN con­doms pro­vide a softer, more nat­ural feel and have been clin­i­cally proven to enhance sensation.
• Com­bines the strength of pre­mium latex with the sen­si­tiv­ity of an ultra thin con­dom for that Skyn-to-Skyn sensation.
• Long-lasting, ultra smooth lubri­cant enhances the experience
• Tech­no­log­i­cally advances Poly­iso­prene mate­r­ial that is strong and sensitive.

For Him:

At .oo28”, these are actu­ally as thick as reg­u­lar con­doms. The poly­iso­prene mate­r­ial had a more nat­ural sup­ple feel­ing to it. Maybe it’s the stuff they make sex toys out of. I’d say they feel bet­ter than reg­u­lar con­doms and the mate­r­ial def­i­nitely trans­fer sen­sa­tion bet­ter than polyurethane. But because of the thick­ness, I still liked the polyurethane bet­ter. If they made these in ultra-thin, I think they’d be the clear wiener. (hehe, I’m punny.)

For Her:

Seemed thin­ner than a reg­u­lar con­dom even though it wasn’t. There wasn’t as much sen­sa­tion as the Polyurethane Supra but way bet­ter than a reg­u­lar con­dom. I hate you for mak­ing me do this and I hate your blog.

And the win­ner is:

Tro­jan Supra!!!

My new go-to work horse. Actu­ally when I started look­ing online for specs on con­doms, I kept see­ing sites rec­om­mend these Japan­ese brands, “Beyond Seven” and “Crown Skin­less Con­dom”. So I guess I’ll with­hold my true deci­sion until I’ve tried those. But on another note, I have a rant:

Who the hell buys reg­u­lar con­doms any­more? I don’t under­stand why they just don’t make ultra-thin con­doms and call THEM reg­u­lar? Who are these peo­ple? “Hi, I’d like a box of your thick­est con­doms please. Actu­ally, can I just get a plas­tic gro­cery bag? I don’t like to feel ANYTHING when I’m hav­ing sex.” I mean seri­ously, it’s either that or these peo­ple are hav­ing sex with the skeezi­est sluts on earth and are super scared of catch­ing an STD. To me, using reg­u­lar con­doms is like play­ing Counter-strike with oven mitts on. You can mash on the con­trols and maybe win a game or two. But in the end, you’d be bet­ter off just play­ing with yourself.