Amazon.com Customer Reviews
Good quality and comfortable - Review written on March 04, 2006
Rating: 4 out of 5
18 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
Though I prefer flannel and cotton boxers, I needed silk boxers for a long hiking and camping trip. (Silk has great moisture-wicking and quick-drying properties.) Under nylon shorts, the Intimo silks managed to keep my Special Fun Area reasonably dry even while hiking in driving rain. When they did get wet, they dried much, much faster than cotton boxers do.
They lasted a couple of months before falling apart - a pretty good show of durability, actually, given the amount of punishment they took. I had only two pair and I alternated them, often with a full week between washings. Obviously they got kinda crusty, but that couldn't be helped. Under the circumstances they held up well. I would recommend them.
As for this boxer/brief/thong controversy, I believe a man should wear whatever type of underwear he finds most comfortable. If that means boxers, fine. If it means a thong, fine. What women consider stylish should be at the very bottom of a man's list of concerns. Women consider all kinds of ridiculous things stylish, such as hairless pets, square-toed shoes, pointy-toed shoes, the Monochromatic Look and the music of Andrea Bocelli.
Too much hassle - Review written on May 29, 2005
Rating: 1 out of 5
21 customers found this review helpful, 8 did not.
I don't like these one bit. They move around far too much and end up getting stuck in uncomfortable places. I often find myself looking for a public toilet just so I can straighten myself out. This usually means de-twisting them or pulling them down because they've bunched up and are starting to look more like baggy briefs than boxer shorts. As a matter of fact, these boxers need constant adjustments throughout the day. The first comes in the morning when you put your pants on. No matter how careful you are, unless you wear huge clown pants and don't make contact with the boxers on the way up, they inevitably bunch. Several more adjustments will follow over the course of a normal day because they don't stay in place. Finally, (assuming you haven't become overwhelmed by the urge to yank them off and tear them to pieces), you'll need to adjust them after you've changed out of your pants. Unfortunately, gravity alone won't solve the problem because by now they're likely to be stuck in your crotch and/or butt.
And that's on a normal, uneventful day!
Don't even think about wearing them for sports or on hot days. All that fabric (basically you're wearing a pair of shorts under your clothes) makes it hot and restrictive. The worst thing is there's no support whatsoever, so your boys will be sticking to your thighs all day. Expect a lot of discreet leg-parting in order to correct it.
Wearing these boxers has become a chore and I can't think of a single good thing to say about them. I'd rather go without underwear than endure anymore of their discomfort and hassle.
Boxers good, thong bad. - Review written on April 07, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
20 customers found this review helpful, 7 did not.
Ok, first of all, rating Intimo Boxers. Silk is generally a more delicate fabric than say cotton. with this in mind I would like to say that I have maintained my intimo silk boxers for many years. Used to be in the army and would occasionally wear them under BDUs (a very bad idea, especially in a field environment). Given the "abuse" that I've put them through, they've held up admirably. In other words, these are some good boxers.
If you want a thong, get a thong.
If you want support, get some boxerbriefs.
If you want to remind women of their grandpa, get some "tighty-whiteys".
If you want underwear you can loan to a girl when she spends the night, get boxers. I don't know of a single girl who wants to sleep in a man's thong.