# I pit the most overrated brand of condoms - TROJANS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 24, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661 "2006-03-24T01:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/21 "2006-03-24T07:46:26Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Where I come from, we call that odor “wet, dripping pussy juice.” **Askia** , I loves ya. I really do. But if I ever opened my legs and \*eau du Trojan \* wafted up to my nose, it would be my _duty_ to kill myself and spare my husband any further pain. Those condoms are _rank_. They out-stank the fishy odour of an infection or health problem. And I’ve smelled a woman with _parfum au poisson_. Trojans beat that, hands down. At least she had to be near me for me to smell it. I’ve smelled a couple using Trojans from the _opposite end of a house_. I thought they were lighting oily tires in there. And it wafted around them the rest of the night. Pa-_yuke_! ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/22 "2006-03-24T07:58:15Z")
Weird. I’ve never been able to get off with any brand of condom except Trojan. The scent could certainly be better but it’s just a slightly looser fit and I can actually feel something with them. Such is life. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/23 "2006-03-24T14:58:00Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Those condoms are _rank_. They out-stank the fishy odour Durex \> Trojan, yes. But I can’t agree with this one. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/24 "2006-03-24T15:17:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You know, if you are slightly more discriminating in your choice of partner, and stop going home with whatever skank is still upright at closing time, you won’t have to wrap your trousersnake in a steel-belted radial. 😃 Upright? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/25 "2006-03-24T15:21:15Z")
Ok…so I am assuming standards not in evidence. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/26 "2006-03-24T15:50:31Z")
My biggest gripe with Trojans is that they’re simply not long enough for some guys. It isn’t easy to enjoy the experience if you’re fretful because only 2/3 of your lover’s member is covered. The one and only time a condom slipped off in me, it was a Trojan. Never again! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/27 "2006-03-24T15:55:46Z")
If Trojan would offer a line of french ticklers, black mambos, and crocodile ribs, would you buy those? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/28 "2006-03-24T15:58:25Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > When you’re about to get into some suspect pussy that you have NO idea how many dudes been in recently, Trojans are the way to go. What’s that, Laocoon, beware of Trojan whores? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/29 "2006-03-24T18:00:26Z")
I agree with all the criticisms of Trojans. Vile, nasty smelling things that aren’t big enough and aren’t lubricated for shit. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/30 "2006-03-24T18:30:11Z")
Put some lube on the _inside_ as well as the outside of the condom. It increases sensativity. And this thread is making me feel good, because the last time I wore a Trojan, granted it was around 15 years ago, it was too tight. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/31 "2006-03-24T18:30:36Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I agree with all the criticisms of Trojans. Vile, nasty smelling things that aren’t big enough and aren’t lubricated for shit. Been trying them for a little backdoor action? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/32 "2006-03-24T18:41:01Z")
I’ve used Trojans almost exclusively since I was 17. I equate that odor with “protection.” I’m too focussed on sex to care about whatever incidental non-body odor might be wafting around. I mean, I smell it, somewhat: it just don’t _bother_ me. I’ve had a couple women complain about Trojans smell. We either used a substitute she had handy or did… other stuff. I’m all for making a woman feel comfortable but I find that a woman who’s overly bothered or distracted by that particular odor is probably nitpicky about a bunch of other things I find trivial. ("God, your mattress is lumpy. When did you last wash your sheets? This room is too cold. No, you can’t tape us doing that! What’s those stains on your ceiling? Hey, not all over my hair!) I like the length of Trogans. I’m wide enough they’re not going to just slip off. I’ve used thinner latex brands before and Lifestyles have split on me, too. Twice. That shit is NOT fun. That said, I guess I can try out Durex next time. EVERYBODY happy? (Opens wallet) Don’t worry, fella. I’ll never forsake you. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/33 "2006-03-24T18:54:10Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > Fuck Trojan condoms. How is this **not** their slogan? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/34 "2006-03-24T19:09:25Z")
I unfortunately used a Trojan the other night. My wife is winding down on the breast feeding of my youngest (a natural birth control), and I haven’t gotten a vasectomy yet, so I picked up a box of “Ultra-Thin” Trojans at the Stop n Rob. Ick. It smelled like some kind of school cleaning solution, it was too tight (and I’m just average sized), and I could hardly tell I was in, it was so thick. Not exactly a selling point for practicing safe sex. But it damn sure is a motivator for me to hurry up and get that vasectomy! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/35 "2006-03-24T19:57:30Z")
Well, really, what do you expect of a condom named after a group of people that was done in by an artificial device that got within the city walls by subterfuge, broke open and let out a lot of little guys running around everywhere wreaking havoc? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/36 "2006-03-24T21:05:14Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Where I come from, we call that odor “wet, dripping pussy juice.” As opposed to _dry_ dripping pussy juice? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/37 "2006-03-24T21:44:14Z")
As opposed to the “moist, colagulated, yeast-infected smegma” kind. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/38 "2006-03-24T22:02:03Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Well, really, what do you expect of a condom named after a group of people that was done in by an artificial device that got within the city walls by subterfuge, broke open and let out a lot of little guys running around everywhere wreaking havoc? That’s not confidence you’d be filled with, there. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/39 "2006-03-24T22:02:15Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > As opposed to the “moist, colagulated, yeast-infected smegma” kind. Ah, memories. I don’t miss college all that much after all. > [@](#): > > God, your mattress is lumpy. When did you last wash your sheets? This room is too cold. No, you can’t tape us doing that! What’s those stains on your ceiling? Hey, not all over my hair! Hah! Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-most-overrated-brand-of-condoms-trojans/349661/40 "2006-03-24T22:10:25Z")
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