Your future deserves more than autopilot. One merino boxer. Two reusable inserts. Targeted cooling for the everyday heat worth paying attention to.
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In a 14-man study, a polyester scrotal suspensory sling worn day and night for 12 months led to zero sperm in semen. Counts recovered after removal. A specialised sling experiment, not ordinary boxer wear. Read the study.1
A global research signal too big to ignore. Not a diagnosis of you, and not proof of one single cause.
You cannot change your genes. You can change the two things you put on the most heat-sensitive part of your body every single day: heat and plastic. See where you stand.
Source: Levine et al., Human Reproduction Update (2023). Population research, not an individual fertility assessment.
You cannot choose your genes. You can choose your daily routine. Sperm health deserves the same attention as your diet, sleep and training.
Read the full scienceIn 29 men, 60 minutes with a laptop on the lap raised scrotal temperature by 2.6–2.8°C, versus 2.1°C in the same posture without it. That study measured temperature, not sperm counts.2
Shafik’s small human experiment tested a polyester scrotal sling, not ordinary boxers. A separate dog study compared polyester with cotton, not wool. Neither shows that everyday synthetic underwear causes infertility.1
Sources: Shafik, human sling study (1992); separate dog textile study (1993); Sheynkin et al., laptop temperature study (2005). These studies did not test NUMBNUTS.
Polyester, nylon and elastane are plastics. Not plastic-like. Plastic. Polyester belongs to the same PET family as drinks bottles. Now researchers are finding microplastics in human reproductive tissue and studying what that means for sperm health.
What the evidence shows. The semen findings are associations, not proof of cause. The skin experiment tested flame-retardant additives, not plastic fibres crossing skin. These studies did not establish underwear as the exposure route or test whether changing underwear improves fertility.
You cannot control every exposure. You can choose the fabric you wear against your skin.
Merino against your skin. Cooling in the centre. Three steps to make it a routine.
Place a fully solid insert in the merino centre sleeve. Never directly on skin.
It absorbs body heat as it gradually softens.
Remove after your session. Follow the supplied reset instructions. Do not sleep in the inserts.
The first drop. Everything in the offer, nothing extra.
| NUMBNUTS | Regular boxers | Loose ice packs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling-interface material | Merino wool | Varies | n/a |
| Targeted cooling | Built in | No | Cold, but loose |
| Wearable and discreet | Yes | Yes | No |
| Built to reuse | Yes | Yes | Varies by pack |
| Centred insert sleeve | Built in | No | No |
A laptop on the lap, a hot seat, a long drive, a sauna round. That heat is the one input you can act on today, and it is the one NUMBNUTS is built to attack. Merino wool through the boxer body and centre sleeve, natural rubber at the waistband, and cooling exactly where it counts.
Not ready to pre-order? Take the free Heat Check first. No card needed for the quiz.
The merino sleeve keeps the insert centred and separate from your skin.

100% merino wool, matching the boxer body.
Reusable inserts absorb body heat as they soften.
Natural rubber at the waist. Merino wool in the body and sleeve.
This is the world we are building. Cold lockers, run-club drops and pop-ups in your city. Founders who join before public launch hold that status for life: first access to every drop, the founders’ Discord, and first invites when the pop-ups land in your city.










Your first-drop system is your membership card. Our first founder allocation is planned for 500 spots.
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Same research. Same busy day. A choice about what you do next.
Keeps the laptop where it is. Never checks the fabric label. Tells himself he will look at his everyday heat habits another day.
Checks his heat habits. Chooses natural fibre. Makes a deliberate daily change instead of leaving his routine on autopilot.
You cannot change your genes. You can change what tonight looks like. Become a founder.
One boxer. Two reusable inserts. No subscription or automatic repeat charge.
We show you the research and its limits: Human Reproduction Update, Human Reproduction, and the original human and animal textile studies.
Cancel before fulfilment for a full refund. After delivery, try your first one-boxer/two-insert bundle for 60 days, with no worn return required. One first-pair claim per customer. Read the guarantee.
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For the man who takes his future seriously. Natural fibre against your skin. Targeted cooling at the centre.
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We got tired of being told to just relax and wait. Heat and plastic are two things you can fix today. So we built the system that attacks both, and made it something you actually want to wear.
Jaspal Rai, Founder, NUMBNUTS. One Third Group.
Reserving is free and locks the founder price. Pre-order and you are refundable in full, no questions, any time before fulfilment. We are targeting dispatch by 30 September 2026, subject to final production confirmation. UK and US delivery. Free on orders of US$65 or more (local-currency equivalent). No subscription, ever.
Everything we know about heat, fabric and sperm, with the studies linked. No email required.

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Natural fibre against your skin. Targeted cooling at the centre.

A synthetic plastic fibre.
100% merino wool in the NUMBNUTS boxer body and centre sleeve.