

If you find that you have sensitive skin or that soft skin irritates your body, silicone packers might be a good fit for you. The pros of silicone packers are that they can be sterilized and are much easier to keep clean than soft skin. This means that they can also feel denser and heavier in your pants. Soft-silicone packers also tend to be less flexible and firmer than softskin/elastomer packers due to differences in the materials. These packers are typically made out of porous materials like soft skin, thermal gel, elastomer, while others are made out of soft silicone. Most people use a soft packer or a stand-to-pee/STP packer for general day-to-day packing. These are called “soft packers” because they’re flaccid and limp, mimicking the anatomy of a penis (and/or scrotum) when not erect. Soft packers are the type of packer most commonly used for the purpose of creating a realistic bulge. To find out more about the other types of packers available, read on. The downside with using socks as a packer is that they may not feel realistic or the extra material/fabric may become uncomfortable against your crotch. If you’re using this DIY method, you might try using a jockstrap or packing boxers to keep the socks in place or fixing them inside regular boxer briefs with pins. You can also use a homemade packer, such as a pair of rolled-up socks, to create a bulge. Packers can come circumcised or uncircumcised, depending on your preference. Packers can range anywhere from $10 to over $100. The most common styles of packers are soft packers, hard packers (or pack-and-play prosthetics), STPs (stand-to-pee devices), and 3-in-1 packers. Packers can come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors to match your skin tone. What are the different types of transgender packers?Īnything can be used as a packer. No matter the reason or the occasions when you pack, packing is a personal choice and whether or not you decide to do it, is entirely up to you and has no impact on the validity of your gender identity. Packing can help create gender euphoria in these situations similar to chest binding.įor some transgender and/or nonbinary people, their packer isn’t just a thing to take on and off, but rather an extension of their own body.

Some transgender men may feel compelled to pack due to dysphoria or just to feel more at home in their bodies. Some people pack while swimming or in the locker room, when wearing jockstraps, swimsuits, or just underwear, while others have realistic medical prosthetics that can be affixed to the skin for both day-to-day wear and while sleeping.

Some people pack only when wearing tight-fitting pants. Some trans people pack to create a bulge for safety reasons while others may pack for aesthetics. It’s important to know that some transgender men don’t pack at all-some find it uncomfortable, inconvenient, or unnecessary. Transgender people pack for all sorts of different reasons. Packers come in all different shapes and sizes they can range from anything homemade, such as a pair of rolled-up socks to medical or aesthetic prosthetics worn inside packing underwear. Some cisgender men might also pack to create a bigger bulge, but packers are most often worn by transgender men, nonbinary people, and other gender variant people. The term “packing” refers to the process of adding a packer to one’s crotch to create a bulge and achieve the look and feel of having a penis.
