Contour – Basic Brief – Grey – M

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Material: 100% Cotton, woven into a rather “flat” style of fabric, to the point where it doesn’t really feel like 100% cotton. It’s certainly not as soft and comfy as the fabric of Contour’s “Prive Full” Brief I reviewed the other day, and it feel like it won’t be as warm either (an important consideration as we move into the cooler time of year).
Aesthetic: Very plain. Really lets you notice the shape and texture of the underwear, which in both cases is not quite as good as the Prive Full option. Still fairly good, just not quite as good in comparison.
Waistband: Not really there! I mean, it is, but it’s wrapped in more of the general fabric itself, which is pretty nice. Same as before!
Pouch: Again, very simple, but effective as such! Kinda flat, but can contour enough to give a good bulge if you wear your willie downward. Definitely comfortable; like many of the pairs I’ve reviewed, the pouch has a double layer of fabric, in contrast to the single layer through most of the pair.
Backside: Just a plain expanse of fabric – so it’s comfortable enough, though not a ton to look at. Also a bit more obvious that you’re wearing it during general wear due to the “flat” feel of the fabric. This pair has a more traditional tag hanging just under the middle-back of the waistband, but it’s soft enough that you definitely don’t notice it, so that’s a plus.
Legs: The leg openings on this are a bit more obvious than those on the Prive Full brief, but this M pair has the leg openings very nicely sized.
Other: If you’re wondering if there might be a price difference between the Basic brief and the Prive Full brief that explains how the Prive Full is just a bit better in almost every department – there is. When I bought these on CheapUndies, the Basic was $6 and the Prive Full was $7 (versus original prices of $15 and $22 respectively). Certainly worth it to get the Prive Full in either case. When buying these Contour pairs, I had *wanted* an M Prive Full, but those were sold out, which is why I bought the Prive Full at either size around M and also the basic at M. I think it’s let me make a very nice comparison.
Overall: 2/5 – not really a bad pair of briefs, but it certainly fails in comparison to both the Prive Full and to other simple briefs that I’ve rated as 3/5 or 3.5/5 previously.
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Loungewear, Activewear

Contour – Prive Full Brief – Navy//White – L//S

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Material:

98% Cotton, 2% Elastane, and it feels like it – almost but slightly not

quite like pure cotton. There’s definitely a slight stretch holding the

material together, and a small cooling effect.
Aesthetic:

Single color, slight texturing, no waistband – they went for simplicity

here, and the effect was well-executed! Nothing here greatly grabs your

attention, but it’s a big enough cut to give a somewhat slimming effect,

and the pouch will get your attention with the lack of anything else

doing so.
Waistband: Not really there! I mean, it is, but it’s

wrapped in more of the general fabric itself, which is pretty nice.

Interestingly, even though I got two noticeably different sizes for this

design, (they didn’t have M available when I ordered but I really

wanted to try this design,) there was almost no difference in how tight

the waistband felt. The difference in size made itself more known in the

backside than in the waistband.

Pouch:

Again, very simple, but effective as such! Kinda flat, but can countour

enough to give a good bulge if you wear your willie downward.

Definitely comfortable; like many of the pairs I’ve reviewed, the pouch

has a double layer of fabric, in contrast to the single layer through

most of the pair.
Backside: Just a plain expanse of fabric – so it’s

comfortable enough, though not a ton to look at, although you can see

the texturing of the fabric. The contrast between the L and the S makes

itself obvoius here (and not the waistband, interestingly) with how that

“expanse” stretches over your ass (or not). You can see that the L navy

pair covers my whole ass fairly well, while the S white pair is very

clearly stretched tight over my cheeks, and the back of the waistband

comes up lower; it’s meant to be “full coverage”, but it’s having

trouble doing so… So it all really depends on the look or feel you

want to have, whether you pick S, M, or L with this pair. The “tag” is

just printed on the insde of the back, as you can kinda see in the pics

below. Not something to worry about! Unless you happen to get sweaty for

whatever reason.

Legs:

Similar to the issues with the backside, the fit/comfort on the legs

depends on which size you’re talking about here. The leg openings on the

L navy pair were almost loose, while they were definitely tight (though

not cutting) on the S white pair. Either way, the leg openings

themselves are designed pretty well, and like the waistband are just

more of the general fabric, just slightly smaller overall and fairly

comfy.
Overall: 3/5 – like the AC Basix pair, I think this

Countour Collection is a great addition to your collection just as an

everyday, general wear pair of undies. Unlike the Basix, though, it

doesn’t seem like a ton of extra design thought was put into it – i.e.

it’s a little on the plain side. But plain can be good!
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Sleepwear, Loungewear

Another new order!

Forgot to mention, I made another CheapUndies order the other week, too!

Some sizing experimentation going on (or, simply because I wanted that cut of briefs but they were out of Mediums). X-D Got this order in the other day, so will be able to try them out fairly soon.

My other new order (from Oh My Underwear) is coming in – from China, apparently – piece by piece, so it’ll be a while before I can try those pairs on. I only have one of them so far.