# Self-warming condoms? WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888 "2004-09-03T01:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/21 "2004-09-03T23:58:44Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > flaming man-brands Band name! Now I have some condom-related questions, but I don’t want to hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/22 "2004-09-04T04:57:13Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Now, a lot of folks figure, if we have saliva and her internal juices, we don’t need no stinkin’ bottle of lube. However, _Cosmopolitan_ magazine says personal lube is the best thing you can do for your sexual pleasure. Simply wet doesn’t even compare to sssssssslick. Although I have had subscriptions to COSMO in the past, I never would think anyone would take their advice seriously (although I thought it was great when they gave a sample of KY Jelly to all subscribers (and probably store copies too)). Especially when they recommend a product that has a full page ad somewhere in the magazine and most likely right next to the article. (to be sure, I’m not familiar with that paricular example, but in COSMO’s world, if it can be done well, it can be made better by shit (see special advertising section)). Harimad: hijack away! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/23 "2004-09-04T05:09:43Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > It’s the propylene glycol; I’m not sure if it’s an endothermic reaction or if it stimulates the nerve endings, but it definitely feels warm when it’s on the skin. Read the ingredients again. Both lubes have propylene glycol. Only one is warming. The only thing KY Warming Liquid® has, that isn’t contained in Astroglide® is the Acacia Honey Type O, whatever that is. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/24 "2004-09-04T05:11:12Z")
Thanks, **Chairman Pow**. OK. I have applied the K-Y Warming Liquid to the inside of my wrist. I blew on it. I rubbed it. It got a bit warmer. Then it got a little warmer than that. Interesting sensation, but as **CrazyCatLady** wisely pointed out, I don’t think it has too much potential to make sex hotter. However, I can’t prove it right now. As for condoms: anyone care to weigh in on flavored condoms for performing fellatio? I have, er, sampled one kind of flavored condom, though not while going down on anyone. One night I was sitting around with two of my friends (both females like myself) and we were rather bored. One friend produced a Kiss of Mint condom, took it out of the package, and tasted it. My other friend and I tasted it too. It was sort of toothpaste-flavored, in my opinion. I purchased other condoms later, flavored with different flavors, with flavored lubes instead of the Kiss of Mint’s powdered flavoring agent. Have not tried these, though, as opportunity has been lacking, and anyway, they make me snicker. So, are flavored condoms worth it, or should one simply try to tolerate the taste of the plain ones when used for safer oral sex? (I really hope this is an all right question to ask here.) ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/25 "2004-09-04T05:21:08Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > (I really hope this is an all right question to ask here.) Don’t know if you mean in this thread or in this board in general. Check the stickies for rules on posting in any of the forums, but the general rule is 1) don’t be a jerk 2) don’t ask for advice or offer advice on anything illegal 3) if a mod slaps you down, apologize and don’t do it again 4) if in doubt, email the appropriate mod. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/26 "2004-09-04T19:53:46Z")
If you mean an all right question for the board overall, I don’t really see why it wouldn’t be. I mean, this _is_ the board where we once had a pages-long thread about whether or not women liked to have fingers stuck up their asses during oral sex. If you mean all right for this thread, hijacks are generally fine unless you’re trying to stir the turd or shifting the conversation to something illegal. I would say that as long as you’re not planning to use said flavored condoms with a partner who is underage or a goat, your questions are probably fine. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/27 "2004-09-04T20:57:04Z")
Every time I read the thread title, I think it reads “Self- **Warning** condoms.” > [@](#): > > **No! Stop! Don’t do it with him! He’s probably got the clap, you know. Sure, just go right ahead and ignore my advice, you horny slut. We’ll see who’s laughing tomorrow when he doesn’t call!** ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/28 "2004-09-05T06:59:27Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > If you mean an all right question for the board overall, I don’t really see why it wouldn’t be. I mean, this _is_ the board where we once had a pages-long thread about whether or not women liked to have fingers stuck up their asses during oral sex. If you mean all right for this thread, hijacks are generally fine unless you’re trying to stir the turd or shifting the conversation to something illegal. I would say that as long as you’re not planning to use said flavored condoms with a partner who is underage or a goat, your questions are probably fine. Nah, at this point, it’s pure curiosity, but I do not plan on doing anything at all with underage folk, or goats, or underage goats. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/29 "2004-09-05T07:09:45Z")
I can see the appeal of these. One of the aspects of sex that’s missing when you use a condom is body heat transmission: latex insulates you from your partner. Supposedly, polyurethane is better for transmitting heat, but it has its own problems. This could help simulate body heat with a latex condom. ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888/30 "2004-09-05T21:06:08Z")
I seriously doubt that whatever it is that creates the “warming sensation” actually increases the temperature. To wit, “warming **sensation**.” I recall one creative encounter wherein brandy was applied liberally and then licked off; there was a definite “warming sensation” that was fabulous in context without being harmful. As with most aspects of sex, it’s all in the nerve endings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-warming-condoms-wtf/262888.md?page=1)