A Taiwanese designer has created a range of vegetable-themed condom packaging to ensure users always buy the correct fit
Condoms come in a variety of styles, but when it comes to size, most men opt for the one-size-fits-all approach.
However, according to research published by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, condoms fall off during sex over five per cent of the time. Another study, conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research, claimed that up to 20 percent of condoms do not work properly because they are the wrong size for the men wearing them.
Now, a Taiwanese designer, Guan-Hao Pan, has created a range of condoms which will ensure men always choose the correct size. The Love Guide condoms are packaged in brightly coloured tubes, the girth of which correspond to that of the condoms inside.
They come in five size, each represented by a phallic vegetable, from cucumber (the smallest, measuring three centimetres across) up to zucchini, at five centimetres. Other sizes are represented by banana, carrot and turnip.
'Studies show that more than 60 per cent of users choose a wrong size while shopping for condoms' Photo: Guan-Hao Pan / Love Guide Condoms
Condoms come in a variety of styles, but when it comes to size, most men opt for the one-size-fits-all approach.
However, according to research published by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, condoms fall off during sex over five per cent of the time. Another study, conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research, claimed that up to 20 percent of condoms do not work properly because they are the wrong size for the men wearing them.
Now, a Taiwanese designer, Guan-Hao Pan, has created a range of condoms which will ensure men always choose the correct size. The Love Guide condoms are packaged in brightly coloured tubes, the girth of which correspond to that of the condoms inside.
They come in five size, each represented by a phallic vegetable, from cucumber (the smallest, measuring three centimetres across) up to zucchini, at five centimetres. Other sizes are represented by banana, carrot and turnip.
Is that a banana in your pocket? Photo: Guan-Hao Pan / Love Guide Condoms
Each tube contains 12 individually packaged condoms, which are designed to look like slices of the fruit or vegetable in question.
Speaking to Dezeen magazine, Pan said, "Studies show that more than 60 per cent of users choose a wrong size while shopping for condoms. In addition to discomfort, wrong size selection increases the risk of slippage and rupture.
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"A condom becomes much less effective if it is the wrong size, or its tip is not squeezed when worn," he added. "It may cause pregnancy and/or sexually-transmitted diseases."
Pan's design is not yet in production, but would it catch on? An unscientific straw poll among women in the Telegraph office suggested that bashful, deluded men would never be brave enough to take the cucumber tube to the chemist checkout - although the zucchini variety would probably fly off the shelves.
Others have pointed out that, in the UK at least, cucumbers, carrots, bananas and turnips are all roughly the same size, and that no one seems to know the definitive difference between a zucchini and a courgette.
Each tube contains 12 individually packaged condoms, which are designed to look like slices of the fruit or vegetable in question.
Speaking to Dezeen magazine, Pan said, "Studies show that more than 60 per cent of users choose a wrong size while shopping for condoms. In addition to discomfort, wrong size selection increases the risk of slippage and rupture.
• Would you trust a spray-on condom?
"A condom becomes much less effective if it is the wrong size, or its tip is not squeezed when worn," he added. "It may cause pregnancy and/or sexually-transmitted diseases."
Pan's design is not yet in production, but would it catch on? An unscientific straw poll among women in the Telegraph office suggested that bashful, deluded men would never be brave enough to take the cucumber tube to the chemist checkout - although the zucchini variety would probably fly off the shelves.
Others have pointed out that, in the UK at least, cucumbers, carrots, bananas and turnips are all roughly the same size, and that no one seems to know the definitive difference between a zucchini and a courgette.
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