Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, but while this blend is common, they way it’s been done here is definitely not. The fabric here feels somewhat synthetic despite being mostly cotton, and feels oddly slick and tight, and also incredibly thin. In fact, everything about these pairs just feels a bit tight, even with the Large, which is a bit odd and a tad restrictive to me.
Aesthetic: Ho boy, these briefs are the embodiment of “loud and proud”! While I’ve talked multiple times about the red-white-black color combination before, it’s possible to get similar effects with any strong, saturated color in place of the red, and that’s exactly what’s happened here. The racing stripes going vertically down the front absolutely draw your eye to the curve of the pouch – these pairs are entirely about having that “in your face” look, it absolutely demands to be noticed.
Waistband: Very nicely stretchy though maybe a tad bit sturdier than normal, and a bit taller than some other waistbands, but otherwise pretty typical. What’s not typical here is the fact that the tags are actually affixed to the left hip instead of the small of the back – and it absolutely works.

Pouch: The pouch has a relatively nice shape to it, though nothing incredibly promoting. As with the fabric in general, the pouch does feel a bit on the tight side even with the larger pair, which has its pros and cons. On one hand, having the pair stretch tightly over your junk can make your bulge look more impressive, and having everything strapped down can be great for athletic activity too; on the other hand, being constantly squeezed can also just be generally uncomfortable. Still, almost always looks great, no matter how you try positioning your junk. The construction of the pair makes it such that wearing your willie up or willie down doesn’t actually seem to have much effect on the presentation of your bulge when looking at it from the front, which is an interesting consequence of the fabric pattern and stitching. (The positioning is clearer when viewed from the side, of course.)

Backside: Plainest part of the pairs, but the strong color and big brand print across the waistband make it look nice enough. Not quite full coverage, and the tightness of the pair lets the lower part of your cheeks separate a bit as the fabric comes up between them – nowhere near the point of a wedgie, of course; only just enough to have that visual representation.
Legs: As with much of the pair, the leg openings feel a bit tight and restrictive, though even with the Medium for me, it’s not to the extent of being deal-breaking by any means – it’s just a bit tight, and probably not something you’d want to wear for an extended amount of time.
Overall: 3/5 – I’d say these are an absolute 5/5 for looks, but only a passable 25 for comfort. Excellent pairs to wear to a club or maybe to the gym, but probably not something I’d recommend wearing for a full day unless you definitely like having that tighter feel for your undies.
Great for: Sexy wear
Good for: Activewear

Good Devil – GDJ017 Pecker Brief – Red – Medium

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Material: 86% Polyamide, 14% Spandex, which may have a somewhat synthetic feel but is very soft and stretchy, with a semi-slick, veneer-like quality to it as well. It feels a little thick from the synthetic build, so isn’t very breathable, but holy hell is it stretchy!
Aesthetic: This brief has a very bikini-like look to it with there being only waistband for much of the front; it gives a “stronger” look than a normal bikini, though, with the waistband having a very square look to it. And then, of course, there’s the eponymous pecker itself… You can’t say this pair isn’t a looker! It certainly embodies the sexy, somewhat-sinful nature of the brand name – which is aided by that red-white-black color scheme I’ve mentioned before.
Waistband: The waistband here is a hair shorter than a lot of others you might come across, and it feels oddly plain and homogeneous – but that’s not a bad thing by any means! I do love how stretchy it is, and it still comes in holding on to your waist (or, rather, holding on to your hips due to being very low-rise) quite nicely. I have at times worn the pair higher up, so the waistband more closely follows the v-lines, and that works equally well.
Pouch: Well now… Obviously the big thing here is that the “pouch” is less of a pouch than it is a highly intentional tube of fabric jutting straight forward meant to hold your willie and nothing else! To be fair, there is a slight curve to the pouch beneath the “pecker” itself, and the fabric is fairly stretchy, so it’s not like the pair is flat lower down and overly constraining on your balls – but that effect is ever so slightly present. Now, since the fabric feels somewhat low-friction to being with, you might think it’s easy to fill out the pecker; actually, the slight thickness of the fabric makes it not so easy, especially if your willie is on the girthier side. It’s possible that you may have to get mostly hard in order to stick your willie in, and even then you’ll probably need give some manual effort to fully fill our the tube as the base may rather want to pull away from your crotch, and no one wants to see a limp tip at the end of your underwear. That said, while it may take some effort to wear this pair as fully intended, it’s a great wear once you get it on properly!
Backside: It’s a plain, solid-color backside, but it’s not full coverage, so that’s already some extra contrast to look at. The semi-veneer of the fabric also gives the pair some visual flair, and of course the waistband adds a strong, square top border too. There is a small and very soft tag hanging on the inside in back.
Legs: Since the design is very bikini-based, it’s really not that appropriate to talk about the “leg openings” here as both the front and back panels end before the thighs begin.
Overall: 3.5/5 – 3/5 for general wearability, but 5/5 on looks!
Great for: Sexy wear
Good for: Everyday wear, Loungewear(?)

Box Menswear – briefs – Pink – Small

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Material: 92% Cotton, 8% Spandex, which feels relatively solid and not as stretchy as some other pairs I’ve reviewed, but is still quite comfy and not “heavy” at all.
Aesthetic: Simple and owning it, which just enough hue and just the right shape to keep it fairly interesting. The black and white of the waistband with a big, bold BOX logo font and center, adds to that air of confidence.
Waistband: Maybe a bit taller than other waistbands I’ve seen, (the waistband is taller than the hip bands,) and also a bit more solid, but not to the point of being tough. Interestingly, the inside of the waistband has an unexpected grey-and-white banding pattern to it. Nor sure what that’s for, but it makes the pair that much more interesting for the wearer. I go back and forth between wearing this directly on the hips (lower front hems aligning with the hip-thigh fold) or between the hips and waist (thinnest part, just below the navel) and both work for me.

Pouch: The pouch doesn’t look like much at first glance, with relatively little shape built into the pair compared to many other “big pouch” pairs, but the rounded-out shape is there and it honestly works quite well. The fabric makes it so that the pouch forms around your junk fairly well and holds you in without feeling limiting, which is good.
Backside: Fairly plain, but the contrast between the white, almost-shiny waistband and the color of the fabric still lets it look nice enough. Definitely not full coverage! And you will occasionally feel the hems when you sit, but it’s a very small effect. A tag is printed on the inside of the backside and is somewhat visible from behind.
Legs: Quite good, especially considering that this is a Small and not a Medium! The one problem many people encounter with briefs is that the legs feel like they cut it a little bit, and Box avoids that completely with their briefs here somehow. That’s not to say they aren’t snug – they are – but you probably won’t ever feel the need to stretch things out or readjust at any point, which is very nice.
Overall: 4.5/5 – IDK if this is a slightly high rating for a rather plain pair, but it’s simply that good at what it wants to be. If you don’t like simple, everyday, fly-less briefs, then it won’t be for you, but if you go for that style, this is such a great pair.
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Sexy wear

Blanc – Enhance Briefs – Black – Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, which is Blanc’s well-made go-to.
Aesthetic: Black is supposedly a slimming color, which is hard to do with briefs, especially when they have relatively short hips bands, but this is still a fairly impactful pair visually! The black is fairly bold and strong, I like the color contrast from the waistband.
Waistband: As typical for Blanc pairs, the waistband is a bit sturdier than the main fabric but otherwise essentially has the same softness and stretchiness to it.
Pouch: While I think the Enhance design doesn’t work well for a boxer, I think it works amazingly well for briefs! With the lower edges of the pouch coming up right between your legs as the overall edges of the pair, there’s no question as to where your junk fits in the pair, and it typically fills the pouch up very well. Of note, the paneling that helps make up the pouch shape ends up in a noticeably different pattern compared to other briefs, with the pouch panel vertical edges much closer to the middle of the pair than with the standard fit briefs – a difference not seen between Blanc’s standard and Enhance boxers. Honestly, I really like this pouch, even though I’m not really a fan of being forced to wear my willie pointing down. It’s very grabbable. X-D And of course it does a good job of making your junk look nice and big. The downside here is that the willie-down design means lots of skin-on-skin contact with your balls inside the pouch, and if you’re not careful during the day, it’s possible to get your balls squeezed between your legs. So watch out for that! Despite these drawbacks, I think the Enhance pouch has more pros than cons on the briefs here.
Backside: Like the standard fit lilac brief, the backside is not full-coverage, so there are some cheek issues if you’re sensitive to that stuff. The print-on tag in back can be faintly seen in the right light, but it’s nowhere near as obvious as with the lilac brief.
Legs: Basically the same as the lilac brief here.
Overall: 4/5 – I wouldn’t say the Enhance pouch is strictly better than the standard fit pouch for these briefs – I think I like both equally – but it is a fun feature on its own, so I’m giving this brief a half point more.
Great for: Sexy wear
Good for: Everyday wear, Sleepwear

Blanc – Standard Fit Briefs – Lilac – Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, soft enough with a very nice stretch!
Aesthetic: Blanc, as a line, goes for simplicity, and they honestly do it pretty darn well! The solid lilac on this pair is unique enough to give the pair a lot of visual interest even while being a single, solid color, the waistband color complimenting it nicely, and the stylized “Blanc” logo on the waistband gives a touch of fancy to the pair.
Waistband: Honestly quite similar to the main fabric in terms of softness and stretchiness, so that’s an interesting aspect.
Pouch: Being a “standard fit” brief, there’s nothing particularly exciting about the pouch here. By the nature of the fabric, it’ll conform to your natural shape fairly well, so that’s nice. Allows for good movement while also holding you in place when not moving.
Backside: The view of the backside is easily disrupted by the fact that the print-on case information on the inside is clearly seen on the outside as well, but at least with that “tag” it’s nice in how you don’t feel it at all, even if it’s really easy to see. The lower edges of the cheeks are designed to be a little high, so it’s not complete full-coverage – you’ll probably feel those hems across the lower rounds of your cheeks from time to time. (It’s worth noting that many – but not all – briefs on the Blanc site are listed as “slim fit”, with the suggestion to buy a size up. I don’t recall if these lilac briefs had that disclaimer.)
Legs: Fairly comfy, nothing above or below what you would expect for some nice, basic briefs.
Overall: 3.5/5 – as basic, featureless briefs go, these are really quite nice! Perfect for those grab-and-go mornings, especially if you want to feel just a bit special with your everyday pairs. Only reason I’m not giving them a 4 is because of the cross-cheek hem being clearly felt from time to time.
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Sleepwear

The weather’s getting warmer here in the Northern Hemisphere, so let’s take a look at some swimwear, shall we? =-D

This here is a Nasty Pig “Label Bikini”, which is obviously utterly plastered with the Nasty Pig name all over it, so there’s no confusion as to the brand. That is, unless someone looking at it hasn’t heard of the brand before and just thinks it’s a description of you!

The drawstring, though white, acts as a splash of color for an honestly somewhat chaotic, muddy-ish design. I like the more traditional application of a drawstring, where the string necessarily comes out of the pair on the visible side of the waistband, but there’s a recent trend for brands to make their drawstrings exit on the inside of the waistband, which I personally think is just entirely counterproductive. I guess people think it’s too suggestive to have something flopping around in front of your crotch? …okay, yes that’s entirely understandable if stated only like that. But I don’t think anyone is going to confuse drawstrings for a dick. I think some guys think it’s rude to have *anything* that draws peoples’ attention to your crotch. But yeah, my personal opinion is that it’s impossible to tighten the waistband properly if your hands have to be inside the pair to do the tying!

Ah well. Speaking of waistbands, this pair has theirs entirely hidden in the main material, as it’s supposedly a 1-inch tall waistband, but there’s clearly no distinction between waistband and the rest of the pair here. I kind like that look on swim briefs (e.g. a Speedo-ish look) but it’s not as good on swim squarecuts, trunks, or shorts though.

Jack Adams – Crew Brief – Lime – Medium

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Material: 92% Cotton, 8% Polyester, and so soft and lightweight!
Aesthetic: Loud but not fully in-your-face, it’s just a very fun pop of lime green color with the strong, obvious lines provided by the high-contrast black piping. The doulbe-line “railroad tracks” piping at the top corners of the fly on any Crew pairs are a really intriguing design choice that gives an athletic look to the pair, and the choice to make the right tracks white to contrast the rest of the piping just adds to the eye-catching nature of the design. The big, bold Jack Adams logo panel front-and-center on the waistband further adds to the confident, statement-making effect of the pair.
Waistband: Nice and stretchy with some good height to it!
Pouch: This is a fun one! There’s some nice but not overt contouring on both panels of the pouch/fly, such that you’re always going to get a fairly nice (but never really intensely defined) shape whether you like wearing your willie up or down. The Crew brief sports a U-fly design, which is generally very fun, though on this pair both openings are fairly far down your crotch, which makes it a tiny bit more work to whip your willie out if it’s naturally behind the inner panel to begin with. You might also think that the contouring would make it hard to pull your boy out for whatever reason, but the opening is not hemmed, letting the fabric stretch as much as it likes, and the fabric goes so far down that there’s plenty of fabric there, meaning it’s quite easy to manipulate honestly. (You can see how much kinda folded up there in the picture below; *warning* for shaft.) This also means that you don’t have to hold the fly open at all while you’re using it, which is a huge plus. The only real downside here is that you can’t let your willie sit in between the inner and outer openings of the fly, because once you’re past the inner opening, there’s very little fabric up front to hold you back any more.

Backside: Clearly not a full-coverage pair, almost closer to a bikini than a regular brief! Of course, I have a fairly big backside myself, so it might work better for more toned guys. Plain-colored backsides can be unflattering, especially for full-coverage pairs, but the green-vs-black of this pair is still a nice contrast, and with the leg openings coming up over the cheeks themselves, you get more visual contrast than just a full expanse of lime. There is a finicky tag hanging down inside, and it’s probably the worst part of the pair, but that’s not saying much and can be dealt with easily enough if you wanted to do so.
Legs: A little on the tight side, especially going from the hips down front toward the crotch, but overall still fairly comfy (and probably just a sizing issue, as the pair overall is kinda tight anyway).
Overall: 4.5/5 – the only reason I’m not going a full 5 is because this pair, for me, is a bit small. I think I may try buying this again in a bigger size, because it’s pretty great!
Great for: Activewear, Sexy wear, Sex wear
Good for: Everyday wear

Thinking of summer! So let’s have some swim briefs, along with some rainbow patterning as a bit of a nod toward June as Pride Month. =-)

Speaking of the rainbows, the vertical stripes on this swim brief help highlight the pouch on this brief, especially with how the stripes turn into that yellow lens right across the front of the bulge. The brief itself seems very tight, and VERY low-riding, so I think it’d be very hard to pull off unless you have a body like this guy here – I don’t think I could wear this myself, for sure.

I’m not sure what you call the thing this guy is wearing around his neck, but it certainly adds to make this a very sport-y look! I wouldn’t go so far as to call this an “outfit”, but it still works MO.

T-shirt, briefs, and socks: simple, but effective!

Both the T-shirt and the majority of the briefs here are that casual grey hue and texture that I absolutely fall for, with the white of the waistband being an effective visual break line for the overall look – otherwise it would kinda look like a onesie (and, while I love this grey tone, I think an unbroken top-to-bottom pale grey outfit would look maybe a little slobby. No problem with that here, though!)

Interestingly, I don’t generally like those tall, generic white socks if you’ve got something more involved going on with the rest of your look. However, the fact that the waistband is also white actually gives a feeling (if probably unintentional) that the socks are intentionally matched to the briefs, instead of the “well these are just the socks I have” look that they would give otherwise.

I appreciate both the tightness of that T-shirt and the nice, shapely rounded package this bro is sporting… =3

AussieBum – Riot Brief – Black – M

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Material: 90% Polyester, 10% Elastane, all in a very breathable and stretchy soft mesh fabric! It feels a hint synthetic, though not anywhere near annoyingly so, and it’s definitely a lower-friction material.
Aesthetic: Sporty, and a bit naughty! Peekaboo holes in both the front and back definitely give the feeling of enticing closer looks, with that classic red/white/black combo I mentioned with the Breedwell brief the other week (and a similar mesh, too!). Loud and athletic, I can absolutely see a confident guy shamelessly parading around a gym locker room in these – or a bedroom.
Waistband: Pretty typical – good height, soft and stretchy enough. The lower hem, where most of the connective stitching is, is ever so slightly tighter and less stretchy than the rest of the waistband, but it’s no big deal. The waistband sits a little low, so if you’re like me with a bit of extra skin around that area, you might notice the waistband a bit more. Typical AussieBum big-panel tag in the back, with the associated possible scratchy-corner issues.
Pouch: Pretty nice! With the peekaboo window removing fabric and providing extra structure up near the waistband, general wear for this pair is more intended for a willie-down setup, and the pouch is shaped accordingly. Even as the mesh is fairly soft to the touch and generally forgiving for however you want to point, the overall pouch holds its shape quite well, keeping your junk forward (away from your thighs) fairly nicely. And yes, the peekaboo window is big, comfy, and stretchy enough for use as a fly if desired!
Backside: Fun look overall, I think! Of course, the peekaboo window is always enjoyable, and the red piping around the window and legs gives some nice, almost elegant curves to look at. Definitely not a “full-coverage” pair, as the backs of the leg openings go across the cheeks instead of reliably come up under them. The only small downside is that, even with the mesh theoretically helping with lighting and reveals, the black of the fabric just visually eliminates any shape for your rear.
Legs: Nothing of note here! Comfy and motion-friendly enough.
Overall: 5/5 – this pair is very similar to the Breedwell brief, except it’s more geared toward actual athletic activity instead of everyday wear, such that the comparative pros and cons balance out completely with the intended function in mind, so I think it makes sense to have it the same rating. Obviously, one or the other will be better depending on what you’re looking for in your briefs!
Great for: Activewear, Sexy wear, Sex wear(?)
Good for: Everyday wear