Tag: Green

Thrust – briefs – Orange//Green – Large//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

Andrew Christian – Almost Naked Freedom Jock w/ Show-It – Lime – Small

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, and unsurprisingly feels very soft and cotton-y while also having a nice bit of stretch – but more on that later. Very lightweight and breathable.
Aesthetic: Lime green main fabric with a deep purple hem and a rainbow waistband can only be summed up by saying “Candy Pop!”. Bright with just the right of amount of intentional jarring, this pair absolutely demands to be looked at. And once you do look, you notice the lack of straps or anything on the back at all, which can absolutely catch you off-guard if you’re not used to seeing sling underwear (a.k.a. strapless jocks, “socks”, or however you want to categorize them).
Waistband: Softer and stretchier than some other waistbands, but otherwise pretty typical. Two-part tag in the back; I don’t recall exactly what it felt like when new, but by now it’s all quite soft (and the hanging part of the tag on my pair is uniformly frayed now).
Pouch: This pair is listed as both “Almost Naked” and “Show-It”, which I generally feel like are two non-compatible styles of AC’s design inventory, as the Show-It necessitates an inner C-ring that conflicts with the free-movement, feels-line-wearing-nothing idea behind Almost Naked, but here I can at least see when they’re both listed. Ahead of the inner C-ring, the pouch itself is fairly large and loose, which does fit that Almost Naked ideology. Still, the Show-It tech limits movement and definitely feels like it’s there, so it’s definitely not Almost Naked. The other big issue that I personally have with this pair is a common worry with slings that, for me, has been exacerbated by sizing, and that’s under-scrotum cut-in. In order for slings to stay on during the day, they usually have to have some level of grip on your anatomy, and sometimes that grip can be too strong, particularly under your junk, which is obviously undesired. You can see in the second picture above that the purple lower hem has come way up high between my thighs, and that’s not even where the underside of the internal C-ring is (see below). My balls have been pulled up incredibly far, giving that cut-in feeling below, meaning I can’t wear this pair for very long at all, and I think part of the reason that the bottom hem of this pair has come up so high is that the pair has stretched horizontally a fair amount to fit around my hips – if I had a larger size, the vertical compression in response to the horizontal stretch wouldn’t be nearly as much, and this pair would probably be a lot more comfortable. That’s why I’m selling this pair, so hopefully someone slimmer than me can really make this pair shine.

Backside/Legs: NA
Overall: 2.5/5 – I mostly rate this on the lower side simply for poor fit, which I don’t normally do, but I’m also not as much a fan of AC’s Show-It design either. It does have its place, though! (Which I may feature in a future review.) In the meantime, I do think this pair is easily a 4/5 or 4.5/5 on looks alone, so that’s on the fun site.
Great for: Sexy wear, Sex wear
Good for: Activewear(?)

If you haven’t encountered Addicted before, they’re a really – um – LOUD underwear brand that isn’t scared to lean into the lust. And it’s not just in suggestive advertisement pictures like what’s shown here; basically, don’t go to their official Twitter account if you don’t want to see outright R- and X-rated stuff! They freely flaunt their OnlyFans account and readily share content created by anyone wearing their undies doing whatever they want to do.

Anyway, as per the underwear in the above pic: we’ve got one style in three different cuts on three different guys, all of which look great! The color of the pairs here is nice and loud, contrasted by the bold, black name ADDICTED branding on the waistbands, which look maybe just a bit taller than other waistbands tend to be. Every single pair looks like it has an impressive pouch to go with – and the guys are filling out those pouches quite nicely too. It’s a bit hard to tell what that material is here, but the giant stretch being applied to the brief in the middle is more than enough to tell us that the pairs can give that kind of stretch and are probably rather durable!

Combine that sturdy construction and the taller waistband and maybe semi-thick-looking fabric and it’s clear this brand intends for you to put their underwear through its paces… Which is entirely in line with their emphasis on AD/fetish content to begin with, I guess! And yes, they have many pairs that are far more risque than these available on their site!

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

Separatec – Cotton Functional Fly Boxer Briefs – Maroon/Olive/Blue stripes – M

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Material: 96% Cotton, 4% Spandex, which generally comes across as very soft (and is) but the fabric on these pairs is somewhat thin and sleek. Very good stretch. The website says these are “designed for daily wear” and I think they pretty well nailed it. You know it’s underwear, and it’s comfortable underwear.
Aesthetic: The striping on the pairs, combined with the darker waistband and leg openings, provides a nice bit of visual appeal, more to look at that a solid plain color, but done in a very reserved way. Going with the “designed for daily wear” thing, I can absolutely see these as a pair you would be wearing under your pants at your desk at work, or maybe on a lazy weekend when you’re trying to impress absolutely no one but still feel slightly stylish for yourself. That all said, the choice to pipe the “functional fly” part of the pair (we’ll get to that in a bit) with the darker fabric of the waistband & leg hems gives and impressive visual draw, with the shape almost insinuating a slimming effect or natural curves on its own.
Waistband: Pretty typical as waistbands go; good stretch and soft enough while also staying on fairly well. Wears at or above the hips.
Pouch: Back when I introduced Saxx and Sheath to my blog, I had the impression that they were relatively unique in the men’s underwear market at putting lots of thought and specialized architecture into making their pouches as fancy as some women’s bras were – lift and separate! In the two years since, I’ve now seen a ton of brands that really cater to the male anatomy, and Separatec is one of several brands to advertise a “dual pouch” design, intended for keeping your boys comfy. For Separatec, this means that your balls are taken care of in a nice, rounded protrusion pouch at the bottom of the pair, which doesn’t have any extra structure inside to separate your balls from your thighs, but the shape of this pouch means any extra structure isn’t needed, as it holds your balls forward quite nicely. Your willie slides through a small hole in the inner layer of fabric to fill down into the main pouch, and I mean down – the pouch is incredibly generous below, but it fairly slim against your body up top. This, along with the fact that the fly openings don’t provide a ton of side-to-side stretch on their own, actually means that the “functional fly” isn’t all that functional – it would take some force to hold the hems open enough to let your dick through, especially if you’re still soft, due to the fact that these openings are also somewhat high up the pair. No need to fret, though – the main pouch is actually open at the bottom, and the pouch is so shapely itself that the amount of fabric there makes is very easy to just slip your willie out from below with the pouch fabric bunched up and out of the way for you to do whatever you want. So, in essence, this pair does have a fairly functional fly – just with the general Separatec pouch design and not with two openings specifically made for this pair.

Backside: Fairly plain, but the stripes make it nice to look at nonetheless, especially with a fairly good under-cheek shape. You can kinda see the “tag” that’s printed on the inside of the back, but unlike other print-on “tags”, this one never feels sticky or sweat-inducing.
Legs: Very nice! I like the length, and the leg openings themselves are quite soft, comfy, and stretchy while basically always staying in place. They may feel just a hair tight at times, but this is rare and barely noticeable.
Overall: 4.5/5 – these are amazing boxer briefs, and I think the 3-pack was so incredibly worth it. Especially living in a world where WFH is the norm, these are great everyday pairs – just as was apparently intended. Although the visuals aren’t the sexiest around, a full pouch on these boys certainly will draw some attention – and Separatec makes both trunks and briefs with these pouches as well, so those will likely look even sexier when full. Not a full 5/5 only because the intended “functional fly” isn’t, and also because the fabric does have a bit of thickness/weight to it. X-D
Great for: Everyday wear, Loungewear
Good for: Sleepwear, Sexy wear(?), Sex wear(?)

I don’t think I’ve reviewed Private Structure before, but I’ve seen them around multiple times. They’re a fairly no-nonsense brand in the sense that they don’t produce anything super-flashy but cover the basic necessities and then give them just enough color (with options) to be functionally stylish.

Most of the underwear – briefs and trunks, largely – have a typical waistband that sits fairly low. The pair here certainly fits all points – fairly basic design, color but not over the top, normal waistband, at the hips – and here we also get to see a bit of the bulge as well. Seems like it stretches enough to hold this guy in, but it’s fairly snug. Not necessarily in a bad way, but it is something I would think about when considering purchasing a pair of my own.

I don’t know why this guy is wearing the waistband flipped down… Maybe he has a really short torso that the picture angle is masking, since the Armachilo line from Duluth doesn’t sit super-high in most of the pictures I’ve seen. That said, Duluth makes a ton of different cuts under each of their lines (Armachillo, Buck Naked, and Free Range) so it could be expected for one of the cut.

The picture here is juuuust blurry enough that I can’t make out the seams very well, (meaning I can’t quite tell which cut this pair is,) especially with how many folds there are in the fabric here. I think this guy bought a pair that was a bit too big for him… Then again, he’s filling out that pouch really well, so if that drove the purchase, I can’t blame him too much!

At the very least, this looks like an incredibly comfortable pair even with all the folding going on! It certainly doesn’t look overly tight anywhere, and the fabric seems pretty soft. Also, this green is a fun color that you don’t see very often.

I feel I was very luck to find pics of two very different guys wearing apparently the same AC camo brief! Or, maybe – the exact pattern of the camo is different, but IDK if that means these are from entirely different production runs, or if there was simply no attempt made to keep the exact pattern consistent.

Anyway, this is a fairly basic AC brief as far as cut goes. This brief is no longer available from the AC site (of course), but from what I can tell on other sites that had previously sold it and not taken the info down, I believe these briefs use the “Show-It” design (as opposed to the “Almost Naked” design) – though I can’t find what the fabric is.

Still, both of these men are wearing the pair very well, and it look comfy enough!

Sheath – 3.21 Dual Pouch Boxer Brief – Grey – M

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Material: 95% Modal, 5% Elastane, really sleek feeling, and also done here to be a bit thicker than a lot of other pairs that have similar material. Not super-thick to the point of being builky, but definitely intended to have a sense of “solid” to it, as opposed to similar-fabric fashion pairs where the material is lightweight and show-off-y-thin. It certainly helps with a bit of extra warmth in this cooler season! Though it’s not hot in warmer wearing either.
Aesthetic: Solid color, plain and utilitarian. You won’t turn any heads with this pair, but that’s not a bad thing – especially for a pair that’s all about comfort and functionality.
Waistband: A nice middle-height waistband that’s covered with an extension of the fabric. Low-rise but can also be worn a bit higher if you want.
Pouch: Like the previously-reviewed Saxx, Sheath Underwear is known for – and heavily markets – its unique inner pouch design, made with the intent of providing nuanced support and separation for the male anatomy. And even though it’s focused on a bunch of inside design elements, it also somewhat does shape the profile of your bulge, so there’s a little bit of showing-off involved. But it’s mostly meant to compartmentalize “willie and the boys” such that there’s no skin-on-skin contact (and in a way to eliminate chafing, which is probably why the fabric is nice and low-friction itself). While Sheath started with their “Zen” single-pouch design, which is a loose panel of fabric on the inside of the pouch meant to come up under the boys and make a little “cup” for them to hang inside, almost all of Sheath’s men’s boxer-briefs now have their “Dual Pouch” design, which takes the entire height of the pouch (inside the cup) and adds an extra top-to-bottom panel of fabric with a single circular hole (nicely hemmed) for your willie to stick through as well. This, per their website, is “for a gentle and unobtrusive separation between the penis and testicles”.

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A nice benefit of this is that it’s allowed them to take the outside layer of the pouch and add a very-easy-access fly on the edge of the pouch, which (to me at least) is a massive bonus. It also lets the outside and middle panels to be loosely shaped – it’s the inside panel of the cup that’s up against the body – so it has a slight advantage over Saxx’s flat, single-panel design in that regard. Both brands are incredibly successful at well-providing a highly comfortable environment for your family jewels. While I would say that Sheath is even more effective in this regard, it does come at a small price of effort: the main cup of the inner pouch doesn’t naturally come up under your balls just from pulling the pair on, and even if it did, your willie isn’t likely to slot right into its intended hole either. So you’ll have to take an extra second or two when pulling them on in the morning or after going #2 (but not going #1, thankfully!) but I think that’s a small price to pay for how nicely these fit and feel.
Backside: Not too much to speak of back here! Which is understandable; like with Saxx, all of the design effort went into the front. The fabric here isn’t as tight as the material Saxx used, so there’s a little less natural shaping here as it’s not holding your cheeks in place as much, but that’s fine by me. At the very least, there’s enough shape that it looks like it has some nice separation between the legs. And, for once, there isn’t a tag at all! I’m not sure how they got away with that…
Legs: Not loose-loose, but definitely not what you’d call tight; the legs here are sized just enough to lie against your thighs without providing any real squeeze – so there’s not a ton of support here, but they won’t bunch up when pulling your pants up, or anthing like that. Side note: while most of Sheath’s underwear are “boxer-briefs” with 3.5 inch inseams, they also offer “trunks” with 1.5 inch legs and “sport performance boxers” with great 8 inch inseams (as well as full-leg-length pants).
Other: The pair I have is marketed as grey, but to me it seems to have a definite greenish shade to it.
Overall: 4.5/5 – I love this pair and you will too! The only minor drawback – and the only reason I’m not giving it a full 5/5 – is that the unique inner pouch design (and nice fabric) drives up the price a little bit. You can get a pair with the Zen single pouch for less than $25, but you won’t get below that price for the double pouch unless you splurge on a multipack.
Great for: Everyday wear, Activewear, Sleepwear
Good for: Loungewear, Sex wear(?)