Every condom I have seen has a stamped "expiry date". Is it true that the condom does not self-destruct the day after the stamped expiry date but is actually still good for another 12 months?
Condom Expiry Date
- Thread starter Rockslinger
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Better yet is there anybody here that lets the expiry date come up before use? Not too likely.
BTW I wouldn't use beyond its date, as well as if they are stored in a hot or moist location, cut down that date. That one you have been carrying in your wallet isn't too good beyond 3 months either.
GDL
BTW I wouldn't use beyond its date, as well as if they are stored in a hot or moist location, cut down that date. That one you have been carrying in your wallet isn't too good beyond 3 months either.
GDL
expirations on condoms
Every time I look at the expiry date on a condom I can't help but think of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer gives George expired or defective condoms... ah, Classic, mindless television.
G
Every time I look at the expiry date on a condom I can't help but think of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer gives George expired or defective condoms... ah, Classic, mindless television.
G
You better find a woman and get it done by midnight September 21, 2009 or no nookie for you.
Two things are breaking down: the latex, and any active ingredients on the latex.
Would you use a condom which didn't meet specs? If the rubber was imperfect and instead of having nothing larger than 2-micron holes it had thousands of 4-micron holes? Maybe a couple such defects have joined together and become a dozen 10-micron holes (I don't know what the tolerances and specs are; I'm just pulling numbers out for the example. Substitute with real specs if you care) You couldn't see the difference with your own eyes, but rather than being 99.9% effective at capturing ejaculate, maybe it's only 95% effective. Or 90%.
And maybe the spermicide, rather than killing 99.9% of the sperm which escape through those imperfections, only kill 95%, or 90%.
Would you use that condom?
An expiry date is calculated as the date after which the condom likely no longer meets the specifications and tolerances for effectiveness, based on the calculated rate of decay of the substances involved, under "normal" conditions. As noted above, there are conditions which can accelerate that decay.
Thanks for the lucid explanation. Guess this is one product where it is best to use it before its best before date. Guys, do you actually check the expiry date prior to use?
