Accessory for Men Who Wear Hosiery

A great idea for men who may not be fully confident to wear hosiery in public is convertable pants. These are pants with a zipper around the leg mid thigh, so that one can zip them on and off as needed. These are great to have so that if your confidence is up, you can zip them off, and if you don't want to showcase your hosiery, you can zip the legs back on. This time of year, they are on clearance (at least here in the northern hemisphere). I found several varieties yesterday at Dick's Sporting Goods, a great accessory for the pantyhose wearing man.

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New hose with a Fly from Comfilon

Comfilon introduced a new style of mens pantyhose with a fly, A660, sheer to waist support pantyhose with a fly. Steve Katz, owner, said recently on the LAUF board, that there was going to be some new stlyes with a fly coming out to replace their flagship style A549, which is being discontinued.
Here is a description from the Comfilon website: "The Microfabric™ material is between opaque tights and sheer pantyhose in opacity, perfect for in-between weather and able to accommodate a wide temperature range for wearing under trousers or with shorts. The fabric is smooth and glides well under trousers, massaging your legs all day. The comfortable all-sheer brief minimizes moisture build-up and features a crotch gusset for added strength and durability, yet is inexpensive because it has no male-comfort front panel and no fly opening. The toe is not reinforced because with the heavier fabric, it doesn't need to be; it already has good durability. Compression AND coolness? Yeah, we can do that."
I always like seeing new styles come out with a fly. To me, we as men need a fly, it just makes things easier. I probably won't be placing an order right away, but when I do I will be sure to post a review of them here.

Manly_-Legs

Another interesting ebay find. I'm going to keep a watchful eye on this one. I like collecting old versions of mens tights/pantyhose. I just wonder if these Manly-legs have a fly?

Comfort4Men On Sale Soon at Shapings

Shapings now has the Comfort4Men hosiery listed, but not for sale yet, as they have not come in. The hose are listed at $49.95 in US dollars, yikes! I would love to try them out, but $50 is a lot for one pair of hose. I understand that they are compression grade, (and they have a fly, which is almost a MUST for me), but they would have to last a long time for me to spend that much on them. Heck, I could get three pairs of the Comfilon 549's for the same price!

This Summer Has Not Been the Summer for Legwear

Sorry to my readers, I have not posted a lot this summer. As they say, "It's been wicked hot!" Thankfully I've been wearing Comfilon knee high stockings this summer, so at least I have the feel of legwear on my feet.




I've been watching this manufacturer, Confort4men over the summer. Apparently in September (which by my calculations is tomorrow) Shapings will start carrying them. I'm interested in seeing what the price will be. They look as if they will be a little pricey, but they do have a fly, which I almost require in my legwear.

Don't fret, fall will be here soon, and maybe with wearing more, I'll have more to write about. It's not that I haven't wanted to write, I just haven't had anything to write about. Is no news good news?

Is Robin Wearing Pantyhose?

While looking at pictures on line, I thought I saw Robin from the Adam West TV show of the 60's wearing pantyhose. Kinda looks like it to me, what do you think?

New Body Stocking from Comfilon

Wow, I logged onto the LAUF forum, and found that Comfilon has finally finished and is now selling their body stocking for men! http://www.comfilon.com/catalogbodystockings.asp?SID=3D551652-CE4A-4498-8EE9-D42911242FB0 It is only available in the color shown for now, and offers their fly opening (a requirement on my hosiery). not sure If I'll be getting one of these, but I like the concept!

Newly Inspired

I was newly inspired to write more, after seeing this blog posted on eMANcipate.net, but then ran out of time and steam. I like to write, and include pictures, because I feel that Internet readers like pictures, and I also think that it adds to the story. Well, I have no pictures today. I've been scouring my sources for stories and pictures, but alas I have none.

When this blog started, it was supposed to be a collaboration between Mrs. PH (my wife ) and I. She didn't really get involved, and the blog kind of morphed into my reviews and ramblings. I wish she would get involved, but I know that she does not share my affinity of tights and pantyhose. She is OK with me wearing for practical reasons (ie in the cooler months for warmth under pants). She would not be OK, (I'm sure) with wearing under shorts for fashion, or for the other "f" word "Fetish"

I wear tights/pantyhose because I like to. I, probably like many others, tried on pantyhose at a young age, and was turned on by it. Do I wear for practical purposes, now yes. But, do I still get a thrill from wearing them? Absolutely.

This Blog is mentioned on e-Mancipate.net!

Wow, I was farting around today, looking at men's pantyhose sites for anything new, when I decided to look at e-Mancipate.net. There in the links section, I found a link to our blog! http://www.e-mancipate.net/our-links-at-e-mancipatenet/58-mantyhose-related-blogs Does that mean that I am a true voice for men who wear pantyhose? I like the e-mancipate description of this blog: "Good and entertaining blog about the mantyhose with lots of product reviews" I guess I need to keep up the good work, and keep writing!

Sadly, there has been no input from Mrs. PH Balanced. I wish that would change, but I don't think she even reads the blog any more.

Also more disappointing news. I was contacted by someone who bought the Setal pantyhose off of ebay. They said that the "third leg" was way too small. Looks like the Doyeah Cool Trunk have been the only "Mantyhose" that are like the original, that are worth buying!

I'll try to post more now that I'm a voice for men who wear.

Collant Setal 20 Setificato

This Blog is not Dead Yet!

There just has not been a lot of men's pantyhose news or personal pantyhose happenings for me. Apparently there is an Italian brand of "Mantyhose": http://cgi.ebay.com/SHINY-PANTYHOSE-MEN-Tights-w-3rd-leg-Sheath-Tan-/140403741975?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_CSA_MC_Underwear&hash=item20b0b71517 I spoke of them a few posts ago, and thought that they were a match for my disappointing Chinese ebay purchase of last year.

Here's the ebay graphic view of them:

If anyone decides to purchase the last one, let me know what you think of them!

Death of a flagship style of mens pantyhose

I was shocked shortly after making my last post to get an email from Comfilon stating that they will be discontinuing their 549 mens pantyhose and 849 mens tights both with a fly. I have to place an order and stock up before they are all gone. As I have said before, I'm a sucker for hosiery with a fly, and those styles are my favorites, the fly just completes the package for me. I've tried other styles, but none come close. Maybe I should look for a replacement style / brand instead:(

Another New Doyeah Product

I know it's been over a month since I last posted, but there really has not been any new hosiery news. Today, after checking the Doyeah site, I found they have a new product out, mens capri's.

Doyeah also helped out by showing how they can be worn, bravo Doyeah!

Another new "Mantyhose"

I found two ebay auctions for "Mantyhose" mens pantyhose with a third leg. It says the brand is Itallia, "Cipry Setal 20" A Google search revealed nothing. Oh, here's the links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=140389316504&Category=11525

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=140389525293&Category=11525

After viewing the links again, they look an awful lot like this disappointing ebay purchase:

http://phbalancedblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/disapointing-ebay-purchase.html

14,991. That is what the counter reads. I wanted to put that number in this post for a reference. I know I haven't been posting a lot, but if no one is reading, I may as well quit posting. Is anyone still out there?

Mani-Hose

Another great ebay find! Looks like these may be from the early 70's, too bad they didn't catch on then. I was originally going to wait until the auction ended to post this, so that I could bid on them, but when Comfilon announced a sale on the style A876, I decided to spend my money on the modern version, instead of an antique pair, that I probably wouldn't wear. Good luck to the bidders!

Collanto Tights

Free yourself from ancient opinions !

Be man enough and explore new worlds
to get the feeling of wearing real men’s pantyhose and tights !

That piece of clothing is no longer for women only.

We have got the tights for real men !

Taken right from the Collanto site at http://collanto.de/English/english.html
I looked their site up after finding a new type of men's tights at Luxe Legwear http://www.luxelegwear.com/index.php
What I like best about these, is the fly! I like my hosiery with a fly, it just makes things better....

Are you getting hosiery for Valentines Day?

Or maybe giving hosiery? I know better than to do that, Mrs. PH would not be impressed. I, on the other hand wouldn't mind getting some!

Lately, I've been getting into footless hosiery. I've been wearing the Doyeah footless sheers, and Comfilon footless 876's, which are great. I want to try the Doyeah footless opaques, and found these on ebay:
They appear to be the same as the Doyeah style 03442's:
I like the option of wearing different socks or none at all. I also find that especially in sheer hosiery the toes/feet are always the first to go.

I have not forgotten about this blog, I just wrote so much last year, that I don't have as much to write about. Keep checking back, and replying to posts!

Pantyhose for men! Don't laugh, they're selling!

The title of this post is the title to an article I found from 1970, from the New York Times posted in the Ocala-Star Banner in December of 1970, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s5EUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PwUEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mens%20pantyhose&pg=7053%2C6516629 Several other news articles can be found by searching under "Mens Pantyhose" and "News" section on Google. I chose an early date on a whim, and came up with several, Happy Hunting.

Happy New Year!

Well this blog has been active for almost a year. It started as a collaboration between Mrs. PH and I, and has kinda morphed into just me. I wish Mrs. PH would be more involved.

In the mean time, in an effort to keep the Blog rolling, I search the internets (yes, I purposely spelled it "internets". It was a joke on a TV show, can't remember which one) for new material. Today, I searched for Lida men's tights, and found that they Cary a footless version, but I can't seem to find anyone besides Lida who Cary them. Lida apparently only sells in bulk, and I' not ready to get into the hosiery business, at least not yet...

Happy New Year to our readers, I hope to keep you interested, and your input always helps!

Are These Comfilon hose/tights?

I found these a while ago, and forgot about them, and thought I'd see if anyone thinks the same as me. These are for sale at Body Aware.com, an online men's underwear store, that has some risque and quite possibly fetishistic underwear. (http://www.bodyaware.com/MI-DG?promod=default&cid=9CE9.0JC2&dtind=40169.6536828009)

I asked SteveKatz a while ago on LAUF if the hose were his brand, but he wouldn't say. One of these days I'm going to order some and see for myself. What do you think?

Here at PH Balanced, we want to wish our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, thanks for reading this year, who knows what next year will bring!

Retro Men's Legwear

I posted about these a long while ago, and they are antique, so I don't wear them. The other night, I decided to try them out for an extended period of time. They don't fit as well as some other more modern brands, say like the Comfilon's, but for antiques, they did alright!

The end of the year is approaching, and with the holidays, I'm not sure how much I'll be posting, heck it's been almost a month since the last post. I would like to thank all the readers, and encourage feedback, because feedback can lead to more posts