It’s the sterilising effect of copper that works the cleansing magic. The copper underwear is made by merging copper with polyamide to produce an oil that’s turned into wire. The wire is then woven inside your tightie whities so that the copper stays in contact with your skin so it can kill fungus and resist odour. So fresh and so clean! Of course, even if you do own copper boxers (or panties), please still wash them. It’s not an excuse not to. [Guanabee via Geekologie]
Mr Biggles
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:41 AMSo that’s fine for my dirty arse, but what about your dirty arse…?
Dude
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:55 AMso one good fart and it oxidizes, then on i will have a green stained hiney
EckyThump
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:04 PMHeh,.. you still have to scrape off the skid marks, otherwise that copper green oxidation will make it look really off..! #]
chrisp
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:56 PMWeren’t these invented by Nicholas Coppernickers in the 16th century?
EckyThump
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 1:15 PMHa! +1 #]
DNR
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 3:12 PMThis isnt a new invention, the British armed forces apparently have been using nano silver technology infused underwear for years to make underwear stay clean for upto 3 months at a time.
Brendan
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 6:32 PMWell we all know how well known the British are for lathering up the soap and getting rid of built up scum. Anything to get out of having a bath!
Stephen
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 4:20 PMSo – can these be incorporated into your local network? They look very attractive. How much do they charge?
WTF
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 5:14 PMThey keep telling the crooks to come clean. Explains all those copper thefts.
I bought a pair of aussie Holeproof Explorer socks 4 or 5 years ago that were copper infused. NO difference in odour prevention and they’re not holeproof, either.
Michael
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 6:51 PMI have a pair of those to, bought them around the same time. Odour resisting? Yes. Hole proof? No way. Still the best socks ever, and comfy too.
Magnetic motors
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 8:00 PMNeed a pair of these to stop my chaffing.
olearymo
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 8:52 AMeugh. oh, the comments. I knew it was a bad idea to look at this story. But ‘Dude’ comment made me guffaw.
Lillee
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 9:50 AMIt should come with a cable and plug to increase mobile reception during emergencies
Simon
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 3:31 PMI have some of them too, they work well and still going strong, although I was a bit sceptical at first if they would work (love Explorer socks anyway though, so had nothing to lose). Check the holeproofexplorer site in Australia. Using metals like this is not uncommon, they also use silver in bandages as an antibacterial that actually promotes healing. I can attest that they work well, it was the only thing that stopped the staph infection I got after heart surgery!
Simon
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 3:33 PMThay was a reply to the socks comments above by the way, not the underwear!
Mary Glen
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 4:44 AMWow that’s quite something. And as yeast is a type of fungus (basically a single celled fungal organism) it may help with genital yeast infections.