I wore each pair of boxer briefs at home, noting how they performed during my day-to-day routine of working at my desk, exercising for an hour-typically long walks and hundreds of kettlebell swings-and being a nightly couch potato. With the help of our fabric expert, Jamie Ueda, I put together a scoring rubric for the underwear to evaluate fit, quality, and comfort based on both objective and subjective tests. To choose which products to test, I shopped the internet for the top-ranking and best-selling boxer briefs.

When looking at these rankings, keep in mind: The top choices survived this most humid of states. I find solace in undergarments that don’t cause chafing, help wick away moisture, guard against odor, and resist bunching up my sweaty thighs. With that in mind, underwear is the foundation of me staying cool and comfy-not sweaty and swampy.

As a lifelong Floridian, it’s essential that I wear clothing that keeps me airy and dry, so I can look and feel good all day. I’m Kevin Cortez, style staff writer at Reviewed, and I spend the majority of the year dressing for cooling comfort. How We Tested Men's Boxer Briefs The Tester The boxer briefs come in men’s sizes S to 2XL in two-packs of black and gray. Furthermore, during our laundry tests at Reviewed’s lab in which we machine-washed and tumble-dried all the pairs (because that's what most people would do), we found that these shrank the least of any other boxer brief on this list, despite care instructions telling us to line-dry. While hiking up a mountain in Mexico, I didn’t experience ride-up, chafing, or any ill-fitting issues. When I packed these for an international trip, I was able to wear them for three separate days without wash and saw no moisture build-up that caused my luggage to stink. They have a fly and, thanks to their porous texture, even look texturally interesting. However, unlike the Adidas Performance, the Ex Officio Give-N-Go 2.0 feels more pliable, tougher-they contain nylon instead of polyester-and has an awesome fit. Similar to the Adidas Performance, these are made with a stretchy mesh fabric that’s highly breathable and great for all-day wear and exercise alike. It’s pricier than your typical pair of boxer briefs, but if you’re willing to invest in incredibly soft, super durable, odor-free, and stay-put underwear, these are the premium choice. If there’s one boxer brief I would recommend to any person on the planet, it would be the Ex Officio Give-N-Go 2.0. The boxer briefs come in men’s sizes S to XXL in three two-pack color combinations: black and black, red and black, and grey and black. Polyester isn’t the coziest material, but it is useful for wicking moisture-hence why it’s a favorite fabric for athletic apparel. If I had any negatives with this boxer brief, it’s that they could feel softer to the touch. For their value, airiness, and fit, the Adidas Performance boxer brief is worth every penny. While sitting in my office chair for work, I found the fabric to be highly breathable-a true blessing. They’re made of a stretchy polyester/spandex material that wicked away moisture and clung to my legs without feeling too tight or too loose. They didn’t bunch up while I walked around-even on the most humid days-they never rode up my legs while I worked out, and the waistband stayed put all day.

During my time wearing them, I I hardly noticed I had them on, no matter my daily activities-and this is not something I could say across the board. Of all the boxer briefs we tested over the five months, no pair was quite as versatile, comfortable, and durable as the Adidas Performance.

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