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Good Devil – GD1018 C-String – White Leopard – One Size

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Material: 100% Polyester, which doesn’t necessarily sound great as it’s all synthetic, but it’s honestly done quite well! Not listed here is the fact that a huge component of this underwear is a set of stiff wires that provide the main support (for the pair, not for your junk).
Aesthetic: Skimpy and frisky! The fact that it’s just a pouch means you’re revealing about as much skin as possible, and the white leopard print adds to the “wild side” look all the more. Then, if you do look around back, you can usually see the “string” wire peeking out from the top of your cheeks, which further compounds the feeling of naughty playfulness.
Pouch: I’ll talk just about the pouch itself here, and the wire “string” support in the next section. The pouch here is cool to the touch, (which is almost always very nice,) lightweight, and quite breathable for being 100% synthetic. It also has a great shape to it, though it does include a little bit too much space on the lower end of the pouch before it narrows between your legs. (You can see the looseness of the lower pouch in the second photo above.) This isn’t too much of an issue, and might be for the better for breathability’s sake, but it’s a bit odd. Overall, though, very nice pouch.
String: With no waistband and no straps, all pouch underwear needs some way of actually staying on your person. Usually this is accomplished by having the ring of the main opening either have a drawstring to narrow it around the base of your junk or snap in place there. Instead, Good Devil here has designed an entirely rigid framework that covers your crotch with a single thin wire slipping between your thighs and butt cheeks in such a way that the front and back of the wires – in theory – grip your torso from both sides to stay in place. In practice, this works well enough, and is usually aided by the fact that the “string” wire in back also is simply held in place by being wedged between your cheeks – basically, a very solid G-string. (And yes, the stiff wire is covered in fabric all the way around so it’s relatively comfortable.) Ideally, the lowest part of the wire would stay right up against the underside of your torso, but I’ve found that it tends to slide down half an inch or so, giving a slightly open feeling between your legs; part of this may be due to the fact that the tapering from the pouch loop to the single wire happens somewhat slowly, pushing back against your thighs a little bit right where they’re trying to meet your crotch. This can be a tad uncomfortable since you can’t fully bring your thighs together without the wire digging in a little. Also, depending on your rear, the tip of the “string” wire may stick up a bit too much, which can interfere with your pants and/or your seat back if you’re sitting down. Still, I think this is a very fun design, and one I’ve worn several times on days I just feel like exciting myself a little bit.
Overall: 3/5 – I think this is a very situational pair, and I’m sure there will probably be a number of guys who just don’t like the idea of stiff underwear (or of something, stiff or not, going between their cheeks). This pair isn’t for those guys, obviously, but I think it’d be fun for people to try out if they can get one.
Great for: Sexy wear
Good for: Everyday wear(?)

Going a bit more “typical” with this reblog review, focusing on a basic Papi jockstrap! I love the sky blue color here, and the material of the pouch looks very nice – looks quite soft, maybe a high percentage of cotton? The pouch is also holding this guy’s junk down fairly well, which doesn’t always happen with the more fashion-forward jockstraps out there, i.e. this pair would probably actually do a very good job of preventing your junk from moving around too much and getting squeezed between your legs or hit by what’s going on outside while you exercise. The straps also look more comfortable than what you find with more traditional jockstraps. As such, I think that this would be an excellent pair to wear if you knew you were going to work out but also had to wear that pair throughout the work day.

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(?)

I love seeing really traditional-looking jockstraps like this! That telltale pouch material, the really-tall waistbands… It’s a nice look! And the solid red here is bold look without being too loud, too.

I first encountered Gruff Pup as a distribution site for other brands, generally along the Nasty Pig line of thought, but soon discovered that they do in fact have their own items to sell as well. I have one of their singlets that I keep meaning to review at some point…

Clever – Kiwi Open-fly Brief – Grape Stripe – M

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Material: 94% Nylon, 6% Spandex, and though it very clearly and unsurprisingly feels synthetic, it’s a few soft and mostly breathable kind of “synthetic” that I can’t say I’ve felt before! It’s also ever so slightly sheer in the “darker” stripes of the pair – not very much, only easy to tell when held up to the light, but still fun (and probably why it feels more breathable than other clearly-synthetic pairs I’ve encountered).
Aesthetic: It’s a mix of darker colors, which gives it a somewhat muted look, and yet it’s simultaneously a fairly bold combination with the purple, maroon, and navy. The striping is also a huge plus, as it gives the pair a very stylish touch.
Waistband: Fairly typical as waistbands go. Sits at or maybe even slightly above the hips.
Pouch: This is where I’m really surprised with this pair! There’s not a huge amount of definition or shape to the pouch, (though it’s spacious enough, especially lower,) which can be somewhat expected of a brief with a vertical fly like this pair has. But look at the fly’s orientation – it opens to the LEFT instead of the RIGHT! I’ve literally never encountered a “left-handed fly” before. X-D Unfortunately for all you lefties out there, the outside and inside panels of the fly have such a large overlap that the fly is somewhat uncomfortable to use, even though each opening itself is quite forgiving. (Then there’s also the issue that the zipper flies on most pants are still right-opening themselves, so there’s a bit of a zig-zag to navigate there even in typical usage.)
Backside: Simple enough! Full coverage, done well. The stripes here are particularly useful for making the backside, espeically a big one like this, look nice. The tag hangs down in the back; it’s very soft and basically not noticeable.
Legs: Nothing major to write home about with the leg opennigs here. Like the openings to the fly, the hems to the legs are soft and very forgiving – to much better effect here, obviously.
Overall: 4/5 – despite the big issues with the orientation and usability of the fly, I’m going out on a limb and giving this a 4/5 because it’s honestly a really comfortable and fairly good-looking pair.
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Activewear, Loungewear, Sexy wear

Pikante – Battle Submarine Thong – Black – M

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Material: 88% Nylon, 12% Spandex, overall fairly comfy! Not super-soft or super-smooth, but definitely nicely functional.
Aesthetic: Well, it’s Pikante… Having sailor faces all over the pouch is certainly a fun take! X-D The small horizontal mesh panel also adds to Pikante’s risque M.O.
Waistband: The waistband itself it pretty good, material-wise, though this thong suffers from a symptom I’ve seen among many more “stylish” underwear pairs in that the stitching that connects the waistband to the rest of the pair causes that lowest sliver of the waistband to be much less elastic than the rest of the waistband overall. This makes it a bit of a pain to pull on or off, with the one thin but strong section of the pair that is much less forgiving than the material around it. Always makes you worry about tearing something important. And although it’s not shown in the pictures above, that lowest edge of the waistband has a tendency to roll up over the rest of the waistband above each hip.
Pouch: Very nice shape, especially the lower part of the pouch! That is, it forms a really nice little pocket for your balls; doesn’t “lift” them a lot, but keeps them very well separate from your legs. The pouch overall also wiggles nicely. The pouch fabric also has lines of “breathing holes” throughout it, so that in theory makes the pair very comfy to wear long-term. And of course, the peekaboo mesh panel across the top is a sexy little touch; conveniently, you don’t really notice the difference in fabric at all while wearing the thong. The only downside is that the pouch isn’t incredibly wide against your body, and might but in a little bit with long-term wear; that latter fact might be a function of the theme I’ve noticed with Pikante often being under-sized.
Backside/String: This thong has one of the widest “straps” I’ve ever seen! You might think that means it’s uncomfortable between the cheeks, but the fabric is thin and comfy enough that it simply folds up, and you don’t really notice it! The tag in back is moderately large and moderately stiff, but thankfully is attached in a place and way that you don’t really notice it either (i.e. the edges aren’t annoying at all.)
Other: This is the first Pikante pair I’ve ever bought where the sizing is moderately correct versus what I expect. X-D I may get to reviewing some of old purchase attempts, but they’ve almost always run too small for me, as alluded to earlier.
Overall: 2/5 – I hesitate to call this a “bad” pair, so I feel a bit bad about giving it just a 2, but the waistband issue is just a bit much for me to overlook. Were it not for that, this could be a 3.5/5. Still a very fun pair, and if you like thongs and can get the sizing correct, definitely worth wearing!
Great for: Sexy wear
Good for: Everyday wear

Papi – Cotton Stretch Thong – Black – Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, nothing really extraordinary about it.
Aesthetic: I’m generally not a fan of pure black, since it hides any contouring, and there isn’t enough fabric with a thong to really make use of black’s slimming effect. However, the white stripe and text on the waistband are nice and crisp, giving the pair a bold, almost-formal look.
Waistband: The general feel of the waistband is pretty typical, but the elastic inside might be a tad bit too strong, particularly around the lower hem of the waistband, as it got uncomfortably tight after a while.
Pouch: Like Papi’s Force Boxer, the pouch here is only slightly contoured, giving you enough room but nothing to really show off. I will mention that I broke one of my guidelines when ordering this: while my thighs and ass are on the bigger side, which makes me usually order mediums, I’ll often order smalls for thongs and jockstraps since you don’t have to worry about the ass or legs for those, unlike with briefs, trunks, boxers, etc. Considering the waistband, I’m glad I didn’t order a small, but I’ve always though the purpose of a thong (aside from showing off your cheeks and giving a fun feeling between them) was to show off your package a bit, and ordering the medium for this pair provided a pouch that I think was designed to be snug but ultimately was on the roomier side of comfy instead of the snugger side.
Backside/String: The thongs strap itself was interesting in how wide it was; it was somewhere between a true string width and a true strap width, so it didn’t have an easy fold down its length while as the same time didn’t quite just slip up between your cheeks. The transition from the back panel to the strap was also a little tight against your tailbone, which combined with the slightly-too-tight waistband and slightly-not-tight-enough pouch to give the feeling that it just wasn’t a good fit.
Overall: 2/5 – some slight fit issues that make me feel like there are plenty of better options out there. However, nothing wrong with the material, and still a classy look, so a moderately good option overall, especially if you like thongs.
Great for: Everyday wear, Sexy wear
Good for: Activewear, Sleepwear

Papi – Force of Nature Brazillian Boxer – Blue – Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, smooth but not entirely slick. Relatively soft and lightweight, though with a clear balance with athleticism and movement in mind.
Aesthetic: The blue camo overlaid with a net-like pattern is very sleek and slimming, plus just simply cool to look at. There’s some complimentary orange included in the waistband, giving a small pop of color that really makes the pair attractive. (Side note: my camera HATED focusing on the camo/net pattern!)
Waistband: Feeling-wise, what you expect of most waistbands. Sits between the hips and waist; good size.
Pouch: Slightly contoured, just enough to give you some room and shape for your package, but it’s clearly not a focus of the pair either.
Backside: Like the waistband, relatively what you’d expect! Not a ton of shape, but it does separate your cheeks a bit, which is nice. No tag, as the vital information is printed on the inside of the back panel and is unnoticeable.
Legs: Also pretty run-of-the-mill in a comfortable way. Good length, not too loose or too tight.
Overall: 3.5/5 – nothing too incredible, but an overall solid, reliable, practical pair that will always be a good pick when you’re getting ready in the morning.
Great for: Everyday wear
Good for: Loungewear, Activewear, Sleepwear