It’s called being pro-phyl-active.
Tired of having to slow down just as things are revving up in bed? Colombia-based condom makers want to help you rubber her the right way — with competing “pre-erection” models that can be rolled on up to two hours before sex.
“This…makes lovemaking so much easier and more fun because you don’t have to interrupt your intimacy with the mundane task of putting it on — because you already wear it,” one manufacturer, Kamyra Condoms, said in a written statement.
Kamyra’s C2 Smart Condom stretches over a flaccid phallus, covering it like a sock, while a ring at the base helps the prophylactic adhere to the soft member, the Daily Mail reported.
When the penis gets erect, the condom sexpands to it size for up to seven inches, like the penile equivalent of a popcorn top.
Kamyra is competing with the makers of a similar preemptive prophylactic called the Uniq Smart, which boasts that users can slip on their product “before the erection and forget about it.”
One of the companies’ main selling points is that these smart condoms, which are made of a synthetic resin called AT-10, are a lot skinnier than the traditional latex typically used in rubber manufacturing.
Kamrya describes them as more like a second skin than a contraceptive.
Meanwhile, Uniq bills its condom as “one of the thinnest in the world at 0.01mm” and up to “8 times thinner than latex.”
This skinniness, in turn, purportedly helps maximize sensations in the sack. One online Uniq reviewer claimed that sex with the product was “even better than without it.”
Others compared the rice-paper-thin Johnson hugger to cling film, while others complained that they took “time to learn how to put it on comfortably,” the Daily Mail reported.
Despite the thinness, the manufacturers claim the product is more resistant than latex.
Meanwhile, the companies say their products can also help men overcome condom-related erectile dysfunction, said to be one of several reasons men avoid wearing them, despite their efficacy at preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
To test whether the condom was guilty of erection interference, a Colombian university reportedly tracked arousal levels of 82 males aged 18 to 30. Half of them wore the special rubbers, while the other went condom-free.
The different groups were tasked with watching erotic content and then rating their arousal levels on a scale from 1 to 25 in line with the International Index of Erectile Function.
Researches found that there was no “significant difference” in sexual arousal between the groups, suggesting that “pre-erection condoms do not have an effect on the erectile response.” The only downside — the sample size was said to be lacking somewhat in the size department.