Is this a safe way to store a condom?

[electric-colors.livejournal.com]

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I acquired this keychain from my friend who got it in Germany. It holds one condom folded in half. It's made of hard plastic and I carry my keys in my front pocket of my jeans. My question is, is the plastic sufficient enough to protect the condom from my body heat? Or should I just use it as a keychain and not a condom carrier?

Comments

[robynchick.livejournal.com]

Can you clip your keys to your belt or belt loop? Or carry them in a book bag/purse/backpack of some kind?

The body heat could degrade the condom unless it was used immediately.

[geminigirl]

If you were tucking a condom in there to keep in your pocket when you went out on Friday night and were expecting to use it later that night, after only a few hours, it's probably fine. If it's the kind of thing where you're carrying a condom in there for days or months, in your pocket, and have no idea when you might use it, I'd advise against it.

[letsdisappear.livejournal.com]

I'd think not. It's just like how guys shouldn't keep condoms in their wallets.

[emmycantbemeeko.livejournal.com]

It's probably fine for carrying a condom out on a specific occasion, like put it in there before you leave the house and use it that day. But I wouldn't just leave a condom in there. Especially given that in addition to your body heat, there are probably times you leave your keys in the car, in the sun, on top of a radiator, on a nightstand over a heater... you get the idea. Probably less than ideal condom storage, that.

[indreamsx.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't risk it if at all possible. On the other hand, if you find yourself in a situation where you're dumb like me, get too hot & heavy & don't use anything...well then a possibly damaged condom is better than no condom.

[spunky-nikki.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't use it if the condom has been exposed to any kind of heat. Also, if the condom is folded/bent in half..I wouldn't risk it.

I have a similar keychain, except it's like those clear photo keychains. On one side it says "Some Girl's have all the fuck" (it's a band) and the other side is a condom.