Once you have your dick size (most importantly, its girth or circumference), you would think it would be easy peasy matching this information to the correct condom. Nope. Herding cats would be easier!
By way of an example, let’s use Fred (one of our volunteers) who kindly volunteered his dick stats:
- His length erect: 14.4cm (5.7 inches)
- His girth or circumference: 12.2cm (4.8 inches)
Even if Fred applies his measurements to website condom calculators, results usually show only those brands the site sells. Also, he’s wary about buying a brand he’s not heard of before, or he might already prefer a brand they don’t sell.
The most useful figure to look for is nominal width, usually given in millimetres (mm). This is the width of the condom when laid flat, not the circumference of your dick. It makes comparing brands easier, though there’s no single calculation that guarantees a perfect fit.
Made to measure condoms | Condomerie | NLCondom Calculator | condomsizes.org
Many websites have ‘helpful’ charts showing at a glance that if your dick is ‘X’ wide and ‘Y’ long, your condom size is ‘Z’. But when we compared six sites, we found five different condom width recommendations for a dick with a 155mm girth, with an 8mm difference between the smallest and largest! That’s quite a variation when you’re trying to find something that fits.
Condom brands
Even when you work out your condom size, the information supplied by many major condom manufacturers tends to be variable, confusing or does not exist.
Here is a selection of larger condom brands, though there are many more. The trick is to find a condom that fits and meets a recognised standard. Check the actual measurements rather than relying on labels such as Large, XL or Magnum.
DurexLelo Hex
Mates
Pasante
Skins
Skyn
Trojan Condom standards | MEN R US
Latex, non-latex, lambskin and vegan condoms | MEN R US
