What ever happened to AONI condoms? - 2025 Update

Back in the early 2010s there was this condom brand named AONI whose big selling point was winning the world record for thinnest condom at 0.036mm. In 2013, the Guinness Book of World Records awarded them the "Worlds Thinnest Condom". And for a while they officially held that title.

AONI Condom awarded world record thinnest condom by Guinness in 2013

However, in 2015, Guinness revoked that record and AONI sued Guinness and lost the case in 2019.

Guangzhou Daming refused to accept the judgment of the first instance and thus appealed to Beijing Intellectual Property Court. In the second instance, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court held that the Certification Agreement signed by and between Guangzhou Daming and Guinness Beijing stated clearly that Guinness had the right to amend the certification rules at any time, and that changes to the certification rules would inevitably have an impact on the validity of the world records; also, Guangzhou Damien did not have the absolute right as provided by law to the world record in question, and Guinness's amendment of the certification rules was in the public interest, not to harm the competitive interests of Guangzhou Daming. Therefore, the accused act of Guinness had not constituted unfair competition, and the court would not support Guangzhou Daming's reasons for the appeal, which had lacked basis.

It's now January 2025 and you can't find AONI condoms anywhere. From what I can tell, there isn't any official statement as to why AONI disappeared. I can only speculate that it was because people weren't buying the product and the company could no longer say they held the world record.

The last time aonicondoms.com website was up was on November 30th, 2023. The hong kong website aoni.com.hk was selling condoms as recently as Aug 27th, 2024, but is also now down. All of the websites that were previously selling AONI are now out of stock.

But who knows, maybe they'll make a comeback? I do think their advertising and brand was compelling and I think there's still people who give them credit for how thin their condoms were. The Managing Director Victor Chan appears to still be managing Aoni and Guangzhou Daming United Rubber Products (according to his linkedin profile), so if you're a fan of AONI I'd keep an eye on everything because I think there's a possible they could make another appearance.

If you'd like to keep tabs on them, here's their social media links:

I also thought it was interesting this ad campaign that got 3.1 million views back in 2020.