Talk:Durex

Is
Is the word durex really classed as a portmanteau? Isn't it an acronym? 86.10.86.139 15:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Durex survived vfd. See: Votes for deletion/Durex -- Wile E. Heresiarch 03:59, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Question about manufacturing volume

 * "Durex condoms represent around one quarter of the global market for prophylactic sheathes, manufacturing around one trillion units per year in 17 factories worldwide"

That number sounds high to me. A total of four trillion condoms a year is more than a thousand for each male, of any age. Should that be "around one billion" (but that sounds far too low)? Molinari 04:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC) já experimentei e achei muito bom 10/10 recomendaria nao rompeu nem nada e a minha mulher nao engravidou — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.28.238.182 (talk) 16:50, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Suggestion re: manufacturing volume
If there are six billion people (average) in the world, three billion of them must be male. So actually, a quarter of three billion is more than four trillion. Also, all the condoms that are produced and put to market may not all be sold.


 * How is a quarter of 3 billion more than 4 trillion? A trillion is one thousand times a billion. So indeed, if one trillion condoms a year are a quarter of the entire global condom production, that would mean that more than one thousand condoms are produced for every single male in the entire world. That seems to be quite a lot. And initially, the article said "one billion" until this anonymous edit:
 * 09:07, 6 February 2006 66.243.238.209
 * Now I have changed it back. Of course, if Durex production is one billion condoms a year that yields an overall production of 4 billions condoms, or 1,3 condoms for a male per year, which seems to be very small, but I guess it could be realistic, since condom use is much wider spread in the developed world than in the rest of the world. Blur4760 21:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Infobox ??
I tried to get the Template:Infobox_Brand to work, but it looked green and hideous... Maybe someone with more skill than me could figure it out... --Tomhannen 22:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Template:Infobox_Brand should be fixed now--DataSurfer 00:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Recent edits and copyvio
The recent edits did cite www.information-condom-source.com/Durex.asp as a source, however this does not justify copying word-for-word from this source. Further, this is not a reliable source, so it shouldn't be used. --Ronz (talk) 00:56, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Some content was copied from pharmalicensing.com/public/companies/view/9536/durex, other content from www.durexnetwork.org/en-GB/pages/default.aspx --Ronz (talk) 01:04, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Potential refs
From the recent edits --Ronz (talk) 00:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Four USA Today articles on Durex
 * Coverage on Durex growth across the sexual landscape

Out of date?
'In August 2007, Durex announced that it expected to launch a new line' - Well; did it launch them? Or not? Is this useful info any more? --82.70.156.254 (talk) 00:12, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I was pondering the same thing. 80.223.182.224 (talk) 19:02, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Google searches reveal that this product has been announced as imminent several times over the last five years, but has still not been released. It is apparently being held up by negotiations with another company which is the patent holder. – Smyth\talk 10:32, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Current status of Ramses brand?
The brand links here and there is a short reference, but is there a current status on the line? It might be worth adding. Surv1v4l1st ╠Talk║Contribs╣ 01:32, 17 August 2022 (UTC)