Yeah I used regular condoms all for about 30 minutes one night. I could never even get them over my head w/o strangulating it or ripping the condom, much less figure out if they were long enough! :tongue: I know some regular condoms are 6", some 7", and some 8"... so who knows which ones you had.
I'm just saying that 'in general' when people are claiming they need bigger condoms it's more times than not due to a girth issue and not a length one.
I personally use Magnum XLs, have been for about 7 years now. They seem to accomodate me pretty well, without being a huge distraction. Although there is about .5-1" at the bottom that doesn't get fully covered due to my curve and even though they are pretty thick I still get a red ring at the bottom of my cock and lots of squeezing in the head area.
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You mentioned STDs as well in this day and age and that is great to be concerned about them.
However, the 2 main ones that people would be worried about getting from skin-to-skin contact are HPV and Herpes... BOTH of which are not 100% preventable by condoms.
Meaning you can have 100% of your cock covered with a condom, but any rubbing/touching/etc. in your pubic area has a chance to transmit either.
So definitely fully cover your cock with a condom, but don't expect that to be fail safe when it comes to preventing STDs. :smile: