Every few years or so, some condom company claims to have ‘revolutionized’ the condom, but they always turn out the same – thick, desensitizing, and flimsy. So why bother?
Well, STI and unintended pregnancies rates are skyrocketing, so if you don’t want a red, itchy sidekick, or don’t feel like buying $1000 in diapers any time soon, then you should maybe rethink your take on condoms, or at least the new Hex condom.
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The new Hex condom has been released after years of research by the Swedish sex toy boutique, LELO. What makes HEX so different from the rest of his less-than-satisfactory predecessors? Let’s make a list:
- First major condom innovation in over 70 years.
- Thinnest ‘feels-like-nothing’s-there’ condom on the market. Period.
- Strongest, most durable condom around.
HEX came to realize during the engineering of this new condom that there are three primary complaints for traditional condoms: sensation, strength, and intimacy, so they aimed to fix all three of these.
They looked at strong yet light structures around the world, such as different bridges and airplanes for inspiration, and came to the structure of graphene, “a hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms that’s 100 times stronger than steel.”
They took this ‘honeycomb’ concept and wove the honeycombed hexagons directly into the body of the condom itself, making it the strongest condom ever.
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The founder of LELO stated himself that, “Each condom has 350 individual hexagons and ultra-thin latex panels that mold to each guy’s unique shape. If you do manage to poke a hole in it – and it apparently takes serious force, since fingernails, nails, and pins have a hard time puncturing the latex – the damage will be confined to a single cell.”
You can’t find the HEX condom in your local pharmacy just yet (although LELO is in the process of integrating the product into retail stores), but you can get them online. They are currently selling for $19.90 for a pack of 12, or $34.90 for a pack of 36.
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