You can’t have a pool party every weekend, sometimes you need the Pool boy to come by and take care of the pool so you can get it ready for the next party. Note the pool boy is in his proper uniform to be a pool boy.

Now we get to the meat of the survey. We will delve into what you spend and what you wear. I decided to use my art in the presentation, and Finding the perfect picture is not easy at times, so I hope you enjoy these slides.

We are always curious whether you buy at regular price, on sale, or both; as I expected, you guys buy a mix of sale and reg price. I am going to post what brands you guys buy at regular prices, but I haven’t found a word cloud creator that makes ones that will not put “N2N Bodywear” as “N2N” and “Bodywear.”

How much do you guys spend on a pair of underwear? We all have our sweet spot; while we hope to get it cheaper, we all know men’s underwear is not cheap. Most of you will spend $20-25 on a pair of underwear. You can get some great brands at that price point. The second price point that you guys like is $15-20, which still has a lot of great brands at this price point.

The first time I asked what your favorite style is, I forgot to make it so you can choose just one! But now we have it, so we want to know your favorite style overall. I know it’s shocking that the Thong tops the list this year. Thongs have been growing more and more. The second is my favorite, the Bikini Brief, followed by the Brief as the third. One that got no votes is the Jocks Brief. We will be taking that style off the next survey unless it picks up steam this year.

Now we break it down into individual styles.

THONGS – As you can see from Sometimes to Always wear, about 60% of you guys wear thongs. Not daily, but pretty often. No wonder the Thong is the favorite!

JOCKS – I have to say that Jocks have lost some steam over the last few years. Back in 2009, jocks exploded, and everyone had multiple styles of jocks, from classics to fashion to erotic. I don’t think this is in any way the demise of the jock; it will always have its fans, but it’s fashion, and we’ll see it rise again!

Briefs – Briefs are the third most popular in the favorite style. It’s only slightly lower than Thongs. We all have some great briefs in our collection that fit great. We want something that gives good support, and the top three do just that.

BIKINIS – I thought this slide was wrong but notice the Always wear and Most always wear are two of the highest in the survey. You guys love bikinis. I love them, and they have always been my choice. I think we are going to see Bikinis grow more and more over the next few years. Not just with us underwear lovers but also the general public.

BOXER BRIEFS – Show of hands who’s surprised. Almost a majority of you guys never wear boxer briefs. I occasionally wear them, but they are similar to those in the picture. Very tight and almost like bike shorts with a pouch. If you give me the ones in the big box store, I’d instead go without, and it seems you guys do go without this style.

TRUNKS – again not much to say here that I didn’t say above.

JOCK BRIEFS – Over 50% of you guys don’t wear this style, and it received no votes in our “favorite style.” I think this means we will retire this style from our survey; unless there is some significant Jock Brief renaissance, it won’t return.

I hope you enjoy these results! We have a ton more coming. I’m trying to get this done. I have almost all the questions tabulated, and I have to get the drawing!

It should come as no surprise but the majority of our readers come from the US. However, We have very strong Europe and Canadian readers. I was hoping for more of a wide appeal of countries but maybe next year.

One of the most important questions we have is how big is your underwear collection. Well, I”m definitely an outlier but most guys have 21-70 pairs. I know we all want very large collections but it’s very costly! I am working on compiling all our surveys together to see the trends over time to see if this number has gone up or down. But if memory serves me correctly, this is about what we had in previous years.

How often do you guys buy undies? With the current economy and such it’s no surprise that most buy every few months. I think that this number has gone up slightly but most guys have been in the past month or every few months. Very few buy weekly,

These are some of the results. I hoped to have more done but I”m tabulating and creating the images as I go. By this weekend I hope to have most of the spreadsheet done and the images mostly done! Stay tuned to more

Here are the first of the UNB Reader Survey results. We will cover the Demographics of the survey part 1 and more on Tuesday.

The majority of our readers are from 25-54. I’m surprised we don’t have younger readers but it’s great to see a good range of people.

It comes as no surprise that 99% of respondents were men. The “other” left this question blank. I would assume that it means men as well. One year we are going to get one or more women to take the survey.

We had a big growth in guys who Identify as bi, we grew to 24% and our straight guys held steady at 32% and gay guys are still the most at 39%

The last of this section is marital status. Over half of you guys are married! I didn’t expect that at all. 31% said they were single. 11% have a significant other, 3% are divorced and 1% are widowed.

More coming this week

This week the Pool Party series is a laid-back get-together featuring a lazy day with friends. It’s a small group but to hang out all day and relax there is nothing better

Over the last two weeks, I have been reaching out to guys on social media to come on the podcast. Most of these guys are guys I have never talked to or interacted with, and it’s gone as you would think. Some guys think it’s fantastic to be asked to join, and others are unsure about it and are reluctant to say no. This got me thinking, what kind of guys do we want on the show?

• Regular guys – We want just down-to-earth guys. Guys who are talkers and wish to have a great conversation about underwear. Some guys think we want the “hot” guys with muscles and big bulging briefs. Nothing is further from the truth; those guys are welcome but don’t think you have to be super buff to be on the show.
• Loves to talk – I love to speak, as you can tell on the podcast! Guys who love to talk about undies are most definitely welcome. I want the podcast to be a conversation, not an interview. When I think of interviews, I think of stiff discussions with questions, answers, etc. I send out the questions ahead of time, but I will mix them up and even ask more as we talk.
• A love of gear – When I say a love of gear, I want them to love thongs, underwear, speedos, spandex, etc.; no matter what it is, I want a guy to share his passion for the gear he loves. Some of my favorite podcasts were with guys who shared their love.

There are several things guys put up as objections to doing the podcast and let me run through some and say why you should do it

• I hate my voice – OMG, everyone hates their voice! I don’t hate mine because I have podcasted and heard my voice since 2005. But when I first started, I went “OMG do I sound that gay?” Even the guys on the group show still hate their voices, so just forget about that issue.
• I’ll be Nervous – Most guys are nervous when coming on and it’s natural to feel this way. When you come on I have a podcasting spiel I give. First, just relax and have fun. Second, don’t worry about messing up or tripping over words, that’s what editing is for, and if you say “um” “so” and more I cut those out in editing. Trust me editing can do a lot for a show. Plus we can talk prior to the show for as long as you want to calm your nerves. But it’s natural to be nervous about doing something you have never done before.
• I don’t have any special equipment – Well, you only need a phone! We used to record on Skype and Zoom, but I have a new program that records via the phone! So all you need is your smartphone and the rest you leave up to me.

We want more guys to come on the podcast and share your story and love. If you want to come on, just contact me here or IG or Twitter @unbtim, DM me!