Shock Doctor Athletic Supporter Jockstrap, For Sports Support, Football, Baseball, Lacrosse & More, Mens

This is a durable supporter. I use it under my competition-style swim suit for daily swim team workouts. With little or no daily rinsing it held it's elasticity for almost two years. Very impressive under these abusive conditions, and fits and performs very well.

I needed an athletic support for the recovery process after the ol snip snip procedure. It wasn't bad to wear. It crammed everything in there, but it wasn't pinching or making it too uncomfortable. I'd recommend it for any guys getting the same thing done.

A little tight for the size ordered. Could have went up one size but wasnt too bad. Good strong elastic waistband.

Okay, just in case you didn't pick it up from the title - this review is from a post-vasectomy perspective, not a sports perspective. Seriously, you want the support from an athletic supporter. Standard briefs or boxer briefs will not be enough. Fair warning, I'm going to use body part terminology below:While I already had a Franklin athletic supporter I had used for sports, I'm really glad I also bought this Shock Doctor to be able to swap out/wash the supporters with ease. The Shock Doctor won hands down on both comfort and frozen pea positioning. Fits as expected with good amount of elastic tension (not too much, not too little) and good, comfortable support whether empty or using the pea method below.A bit of digression: I've confirmed that the classic "frozen peas to keep down pain and swelling after a vasectomy" works well. The classic approach is to wrap a full 1-lb bag of frozen peas in something like a dish towel and apply. However, this typically requires frequent or constant use of one hand to keep it in place. I'd rather be able to type and play video games. I did use the whole bag method once, but the vast majority of my pea cooling was with the below method:Equipment: 1, 16 oz (1 lb, 454g) bag of loose frozen peas. 4 Ziploc style sandwich baggies. 1 athletic supporter (already worn for support). Procedure: Split the peas evenly between the 4 sandwich baggies and put 3 back into the freezer. Take the 4th and slide it into the cup pocket of the athletic supporter, adjusting for maximum scrotal contact. The layer of cloth was enough to prevent direct skin contact. If it's too cold for you, wrap the plastic bag in half a paper towel before slipping it into the cup pocket.By the time this quantity of peas mostly defrosts, you should probably take it out anyway. Be sure to spread out the peas in the bag to minimize clumping, and put the bag back in the freezer. YMMV depending on your freezer, but 4 sandwich bags was plenty for me - by the time I was ready to put the second one back in the freezer, the first had already refrozen.The Franklin supporter allowed for good top and mid-scrotal pea contact, but the Shock Doctor allowed me to wrap frozen peas all the way around the bottom of the scrotum - major plus. Even taking the pea positioning out of the equation, the Franklin just wasn't as comfortable for me - whether staying in place, or walking around.

If you buy this due to a surgery, you should buy 2, so you can swap them out while one is being washed. It's worthwhile, and is affordable enough.The support for this is nice. Not being someone who's used it previously for sports, I don't know if there are better alternatives, but it worked fantastic for me.

So the material is pretty high quality and snug. The waist and leg straps seem to be of good craftsmanship.I bought the L, having a waist size of 34". Unfortunately the pouch is tiny and the 34-36" L size is tight tight tight! Even before adding my cup to the pouch, I had parts sticking out the side, and my member was wanting to to a tuck due to the constricting nature of the jock.I might be able to use this at the gym sans cup as just a supporter. At the price point, I think I'll keep it, but my suggestion is to go a size up. At normal white guy size, I'm not sure the form fits the function

Slide an ice pack in where the cup would go and you are off to the races.Not the best fit for a guy with a huge butt, but it still served its purpose well enough.

Used this item for my post surgery vasectomy and it worked great.