- I don't know about this you guys...
- Let's do this. We can do this.
Ow.
- Y'all this has been a journey.
(bomb explodes)
(peppy piano music)
- Hi.
I'm Jordan.
I'm trans.
I am non-binary. I'm the boy of your dreams.
- Hi my name is Murphy and I identify as non-binary.
The reason I bind is to feel more like myself
to look more like how I feel on the inside.
- Okay. Let's be real.
Like I have a very large chest, also full transparency.
I have a few different disabilities
and a part of that is chronic pain.
For me a lot of my chronic pain
is just like all in this area.
So for me, binding in itself
is actually really nerve wracking and scary.
- You don't need dysphoria to be trans
but a lot of trans people do experience dysphoria.
- And sometimes I feel feminine
and sometimes I feel feminine,
but I also don't want a chest.
- I've never binded before.
And they're all popular
so let's hope they're popular for a reason.
- Let's try it!
I'm so excited!
- Anyone who knows anything about binding
probably is familiar with the gc2b.
- If it's uncomfortable, it's the wrong size for you.
- It's very stretchy, which is super important.
Especially in the summer.
This is probably the one I'm most excited to try on.
- And I usually take my glasses off for this.
Roll it down.
If you see here,
it's like bunched up in the back
and that can be a little bit hard.
- Okay. I love this one for me.
Very flat.
- It did flatten me out quite a lot.
It's kind of doing this thing.
What I like to do is kind of adjust.
Like I go in and just like pull, pull my stuff up
and it's a little bit flatter now.
- Also it's so nice. I was like, a plus sized person
to be able to find one of these in color.
Back when I bought my first one, that was not possible.
- I think this was just too big.
I feel like this isn't necessarily binding.
I just need a smaller size
like I think that's really what it comes down to.
- It's not tight here.
It's just like compressive, right where it's supposed to be.
I give this binder an A+.
- It's really flat. It's pretty flat.
Like, look at that, look at that.
Where are the (beep)?
This is good. I feel masculine.
I feel, yeah, it is comfortable.
It's very like, it's tight, but I can still breathe.
- [Jordan] And then we have this Underwork tank top binder.
So this one is like full length.
- It's more of like a tank so it's a bit full coverage.
I'm a little nervous about this one.
- Feels really kind... of rough.
It's stretchy, but it's like firm.
- Also with Amazon, with the 2X, they charge more.
- Okay. Let's do this. We can do this.
Ow. Interesting.
- So here's problem. This doesn't go down.
I feel like it, first of all, accentuates my waist.
Which is not what I want.
- It also compresses my waist, like hips,
which is kind of cool.
Compressing everything here.
- It's like what's happening, babe.
Like the seams are just thick ones.
And I feel like if I got this any smaller
I wouldn't be able to talk right now.
- Hard to breathe a little bit.
The gc2b, kind of, the ones that end like right here.
At least I can still breathe through my diaphragm.
This one is kind of overall compressing everything
and that makes it kind of hard to breathe.
- This one is more expensive for plus sizes
than it is for straight sizes, which is like,
simply (beep) up.
- I give this a B plus.
She's not my star student but she tried her hardest
and it was not in vain.
- I liked that it does make me feel a little bit more
boxy in shape, which is, I think helpful sometimes.
- My chest is not as compressed as the other one.
So... no.
- [Ry] This is basically, it's kind of like gauze
but it's not it's its own thing clearly.
- Oh my God.
Okay. This is because I have big (beep)
so I ordered the big one.
- Peel it off and there's like a whole roll of it.
And I got them in three different sizes.
- What's really nice is that the deluxe kit
also comes with these items to care for your skin.
- Healing salve.
Oh and then we have this giant thing
of the remover oil, which is very important.
Safe. Binding.
We need to buy them safely because your health is important.
- It says immediately first time user
a 24 hour test patch is required to prior to your first use
of the trans tape and monitor the area for 24 hours.
- [Ry] I just sat and like, you know, watched the tutorial.
But I do feel at least some form of eclipse and trans tape
is available in three different colors.
- I don't know about you this guys...
I'll just sit on the floor for a second.
(falls on the floor)
Ow!
- [Ry] The results of this always looks so good
but the process just seems like so much.
- You have to make nipple covers very important
Tear it little bit and then...
do that.
And it'll start stretching, peel this part off.
And then you stick it on over where the nipple area is
like in the center and then pull back like
and then stick it around the other end.
- [Ry] When I tried to put it on,
like I've seen in the videos
it just looked like a very long, not fashionable pasty.
- Depending on your shape of the chest
and how you want to do it.
Like there's different ways to apply it
and then rub the trans tape
which will cause the friction to make the adhesive activate.
(Ry laughs loudly)
- [Ry] This is a joke.
Who set met up? Who set me up?
- It doesn't really work for me, honestly.
Okay. It didn't really work.
Like it works like I, it's definitely flatter.
It's more to the sides
- Full disclosure. I was a dumb ass.
and I did not read the instructions carefully
the first time I put it on.
What I did was I ended up wearing it all day under the sun.
I went dancing in it and I had a huge blister right here.
When I was pulling off in the other side,
there was just like a little row of like,
blisters all the way down here if you see that.
Always, always test out a strip first.
- Y'all this has been a journey.
This hurts. It emotionally hurts.
This is not for anyone with an L cup boob.
Just no.
No don't. Like, I... no.
- The ends don't really justify the means for me.
I mean, that looks a little better,
but I really wanted it to work. I really did.
But I'm going to have to give this one, like a C.
- The pros of this is that it's customizable on my body.
This is the grade that I give this product.
This ain't about y'all,
this is about me and my circumstances.
I can't see myself giving this anything other than an F.
- It's really important to remember, please do it safely.
Don't use ACE bandages.
Make sure the binder you're wearing is your size.
Make sure that you're not ordering it too small.
Even if you want it to compress more.
- Sometimes people think that if you wear a smaller binder
then that means it'll like, hide your chest even more.
In reality,
all it's doing is further harming you physically.
- Your health is the most important thing.
Although don't sleep in your binder, It's bad for you.
I love you.
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