Your PSA for the Day: Best Condoms (1150 hits)
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Submitted by Nicole <nakita963.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2005-01-05 10:18:16 EST
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=594&e=2&u=/nm/20050104/hl_nm/health_condoms_dc
Condom Testing Reveals Best Brands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The consumers group best known for rating cars and washing machines has turned its testing prowess to condoms to find out which ones measure up best and how other birth control methods compare.
The nonprofit Consumers Union says in a new guide to contraception that the seven top U.S. types of condom they studied did not burst despite vigorous testing, and all models met international standards.
But results showed that the top brand, able to take the most punishment, was the Durex Extra Sensitive Lubricated Latex, according to the report.
Other top-performers include the Durex Performax Lubricated, Lifestyles Classic Collection Ultra Sensitive Lubricated and TheyFit Lubricated.
A melon-colored model distributed by Planned Parenthood (news - web sites) performed the worst, bursting during a test in which the latex condoms were filled with air.
The group says its review of contraceptives was not politically motivated, although there is an intense debate among health professionals and advocacy groups about the focus on abstinence-only education by the Bush administration.
"We plan our testing programs quite a while in advance. This is purely accidental," said senior editor Nancy Metcalf.
Consumers Union uses standardized tests to rate the products it examines, which for latex condoms involves filling them with air. There is no accepted method to test silicon or non-latex condoms.
"You end up with a balloon 3 feet tall and a foot wide. They can really stretch an amazing amount," Metcalf said in a telephone interview.
The New York-based organization, which publishes the Consumer Reports magazine, also tested 16 other contraceptive choices.
"Condoms remain the only family planning and pregnancy prevention method that can help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV (news - web sites), which causes AIDS (news - web sites)," the group, which has issued similar reports on condoms periodically since 1979, said in a statement.
"Condoms have improved since the mid-nineties because industry manufacturing standards have become more universally used and more effective," added Edward Kippel, who led the condom test project.
Intrauterine devices or IUDs have also become safer than in previous years, as have birth control pills, including so-called emergency contraception, the group said.
While abstinence has a 0 percent failure rate, doing nothing to prevent pregnancy has an 85 percent failure rate, the group found.
A U.S. government report published last month shows 98 percent of all U.S. women who have had sex have used birth control.
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Remember "There is Sex, and then there is Durex" Anybody else absolutely hate those commercials?
User Reviews
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-01-05 16:10:18 EST (#)
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I am pretty much unable to use any of the brands listed.
I have to go with Durex allergy or a couple of lesser known brads.
Damn Nonoxynol-9 allergy.
-Dave
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2005-01-05 15:32:52 EST (#)
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ah, but Planned Parenthood would be more than happy to give you a free abortion if and when their melon-colored condoms break. Hmmm...
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2005-01-05 13:55:19 EST (#)
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"A melon-colored model distributed by Planned Parenthood performed the worst."
There's a sort of cosmic irony in that statement upon repeated reading.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-01-05 11:56:42 EST (#)
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We are all the rsult of failed melon colored condoms...
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2005-01-05 11:46:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:25:06 (#)
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Well, the 85% number is mostly due to the fact that women tend to have sex more on the 2-3 days that they are fertile. Remember, if she says yes, she has a pretty good chance of getting pregnant.
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that's what i told the detective... but i'm still serving 7-10.
probably shouldn't have used duct tape.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2005-01-05 11:21:52 EST (#)
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I really fucking hate them. Ive been forced to train my knob to disease dodge as well as learn fine arts such as the rythm method.. is that how you spell rythm? rythym rythim... nope what a strange word why the hell didnt webster change that one instead of his pathetic removal of U's from colour etc. What a cock. There is a fucking U sound in colour you twat.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2005-01-05 11:20:35 EST (#)
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The Lifestyles ones, if I've got to use one at all. I think we all prefer "none of the above"
I've tried 5 or 6 brands/styles, and the Lifestyles ultra-thin sensitive ones are best when it comes to feeling, but they tend to break when playing a little rough, so keep extras handy.
Or maybe thats just me.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-01-05 11:03:46 EST (#)
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Does anyone else think the "it's about suppression" commercials are doing more for abstinence then the abstinence programs at school?
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:59:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:47:35 (#)
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I blow them up and fill them with water to make a happy fun toy.
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Use Magnums....they're much BIGGER and they make a bigger splash!
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:48:59 EST (#)
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I've broken pretty much every type of condom, except for the Trojans in the green box. Although my favorite type of condom is none, I'd have to go with the Durex Ultra Thins as the best condom ever.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:47:35 EST (#)
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I blow them up and fill them with water to make a happy fun toy.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:31:11 EST (#)
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Well, I was actually thinking one at a time....
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:30:16 EST (#)
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it's small alright
schlongy's penis for the non-believers:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/55142
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:29:48 EST (#)
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What are these "condoms" of which you speak?
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:27:33 EST (#)
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Shlongy - You must have a very small penis if you can get all of the condoms on at the same time, so no thanks.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:25:12 EST (#)
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You can get a 40-pack of Trojans at Sam's for 9 bucks.
The downside of that is that I have an enormous box of condoms sitting in the drawer reminiding me of how much sex I'm not having.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:25:06 EST (#)
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Well, the 85% number is mostly due to the fact that women tend to have sex more on the 2-3 days that they are fertile. Remember, if she says yes, she has a pretty good chance of getting pregnant.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:24:53 EST (#)
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Nicole- let's test them all out together to make sure the government is trying to pull a fast one.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:22:11 EST (#)
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"While abstinence has a 0 percent failure rate, doing nothing to prevent pregnancy has an 85 percent failure rate, the group found."
Really? Abstinece prevents pregnancy? Amazing. What about the Virgin Mary???
I wonder how this "study" was done and how can I get involved in a thing like that...
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:20:20 EST (#)
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Cool. Good find.
Submitted by xenon (user info) at 2005-01-05 10:19:54 EST (#)
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Remember "There is Sex, and then there is Durex" Anybody else absolutely hate those commercials?
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