More expensive: Unfortunately yes that’s true for my gender clinic and I think most private gender clinics. I’m assuming you’re in the US but I’ll share the prices for mine anyway

Testogel: £40 for a one month supply (if your dose is two pumps)

Sustanon: £10 for a one month supply (once a month injection)

Nebido: £97 for a three month supply (once every three months injection)

I’m currently on one pump of gel so for me it works out as £60 for three months which is cheaper than the every three months injection. But the monthly injection is still way cheaper.

Less effective: No! There’s a myth that gel doesn’t work or works at a significantly slower rate than injections. Your testosterone levels will be monitored and you can achieve the same levels as injections.

I will say there is a large possibility of user error with gel. The gel absorbs into your skin over a few hours so it isn’t just a one and done thing everyday.

All I can say about that is read the instructions! And follow them! I have seen people online talk about having slow results on gel and then talk about applying it incorrectly. Like yeah lol that’s like being on injections and injecting half the dose and complaining about not seeing results.

Packing: I love the way it looks and feels. It just looks really natural in boxer briefs for me. It took me like a week to figure out how to position it in a way that looked good to me and still felt secure. I originally put it so the shaft aligned with my growth if that makes sense. This felt secure but I didn’t love how the bulge looked. I found that moving it up a bit made the bulge look a lot more realistic and still felt secure. For me short boxer briefs/hipster style boxer briefs work best.

Size: The size of the packer made me worry it would look way too big and it honestly doesn’t at all. It’s somewhat noticeable in pants (I’ve worn it with joggers, jeans and shorts) but definitely doesn’t look huge or anything. I mean if you were actively trying to notice it, you would but it’s not massive. For the record I’m 5’5 so this might not be the case for everyone. It’s definitely more noticeable in shorts and light coloured bottoms though.

Feel: I haven’t got the regular model but I’m 99% sure I would prefer the soft model. It straight up feels like skin. That’s the first thing I noticed. LITERALLY FEELS LIKE SKIN IT’S SO COOL. It’s probably more comfortable than the regular model if you have growth.

Discreet packaging: Their website promises discreet packaging but mine just wasn’t lol. The package said “5 inch uncut model” which is uh. pretty obvious what it is. I don’t know if this was because it had to go through customs (I’m in the UK) because their website does say they have discreet packaging.

Price: I got one of the defective models which was $33 with $29.50 shipping to the UK. I had a discount code so I payed $55.90/£44.67. I’m definitely happy with that price. I had a customs charge of £15.15.

Defective model: They can’t tell you what the defect of the packer is so buying a defective one is taking a chance but from what I’ve seen the defects are usually minimal and they’re aesthetic issues like air bubbles, small tears etc that don’t affect packing ability. You can read about it on their website. Mine had a small tear underneath the balls. I’m fine with it because it’s not really noticeable because I don’t really look there apart from when I’m cleaning it.

Overall thoughts after a few months of using it: I’m so happy with it! I use it every day and I honestly didn’t think I would feel this good about a packer. The only other packer I’ve used was a Mr Limpy (Extra small) and I didn’t really like it. It was fine but it never became an every day thing. But the reelmagik is amazing. I seriously barely have bottom dysphoria anymore. My only issue is that the front of the shaft has started to “chafe” from rubbing against my boxers. This is purely an aesthetic issue that I don’t really think can be avoided but it still kind of sucks.

It’s never been worn for more than a few minutes.