These are so much better than briefs. No elastic anywhere to pinch into your skin. There is no way for them to bind up on you. They never leave you hanging in the wind with no support like traditions boxers. They are soft, well-designed to support without anyway to bind up or irritate in anyway whatsoever, and they are cheap to boot. The even got rid of all those annoying fly designs and put a simple, extremely comfortable pocket for support (who doesn't just slide the front of their underwear down to pee these days anyway?). What more could you ask for in underwear. They also look great. The only underwear that compare at all to these are Hanro... and you'll pay an arm and a leg for those.