053

Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, which gives a nice, smooth, lightweight athletic-y feel to the pair. It’s also pleasantly tight all-around, holding all you in place very nicely.
Aesthetic: This pair starts with a general solid-black look, which is relatively sleek and slimming, so good start. It’s then accented with a blue-to-orange fade-though waistband and two lines of orange stitching as the edges of the pouch. The “sunset” waistband gives a look that I can only describe as “cool”, and the pouch seams are both eye-catching and classy. The simple but bold off-center statement of the brand name in black all-caps letters is also a confident touch.
Waistband: The waistband has a nice stretch to it, but the material feels a bit… stiffer? than the typical waistband. The edges are certainly more noticeable. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s not something I notice much while wearing the pair, at least. What I’m trying to say is that the waistband is perfectly comfy even though the material is a bit atypical.
Pouch: Saxx is know for its unique pouch design – it’s what they advertise about their brand – but notably the pouch is special on the inside, not on the outside. Outside, the pouch is fairly unremarkable. Comfortable size, no noticeable shape to write home about. But inside are two specially-designed mesh-y panels that come down from the waistband at both upper corners of the pouch area and meet at the bottom of the pouch in the middle right between your legs.

This “BallPark Pouch” was designed to be a no-hassle way of keeps your balls away from your thighs – and it’s a massive success in that regard in my experience! I specifically bought a pair of Saxx underwear to try out this comparatively high-tech way of reducing friction and chafing (I’ve also very recently bought a pair of Sheath brand underwear for the same reason) since you rarely see inside-the-pouch support features aside from built-in C-rings (which aren’t usually intended for the same effect). Unlike C-rings and highly-shaped pouches, there isn’t anything you need to do to make sure your boys correctly slip inside the BallPark hammock short of simply pulling the boxer-briefs on. The mesh-y side panels are also soft and incredibly lightweight, so you’ll barely ever notice that you even have fabric between your balls and your thighs. The only potential drawback about this pouch – and it’s incredibly minor – is that all of the design effort went into protection in the horizontal direction, and no design effort in the vertical direction; specifically, while you boys are protected from your thighs on both sides, there’s no real support to them from below, so if you don’t like having them “hanging” all the time, that can be one incredibly minor drawback (it’s a boxer-brief, so there’s not much “hang” to worry about – just a lack of any support above what the genearl overall cut already provides). This particular pair doesn’t have a fly, which I would think would be necessary for this pouch design, but apparently Saxx sells vertical-fly pairs too, so I’m curious how that works out.
Backside: Pretty plain! As mentioned before, the fabric itself is nicely supportive and holds you in place well. Tag is printed on the inside top of the back of the pair, and it’s also pretty unnoticeable.
Legs: Tight enough but definitely not a hassle at all. This pair, as a boxer-brief, doesn’t have legs quite as long as I would like, but the fabric is nice enough that it doesn’t seem to roll up my thighs much at all, which is nice.
Overall: 4.5/5 – I’m not giving this a 5/5 since there isn’t anything that really pushes it “over the top” at all, but it’s a damn good pair – I think everyone should try Saxx at some point.
Great for: Everyday wear, Activewear, Sleepwear, Loungewear
Good for: NA