Before we get into this, I need to share a disclaimer: I will always associate Cialis with those commercials featuring two old people sitting in separate bathtubs next to each other. In fact, that used to be my entire perception of ED meds. Until I actually started struggling with ED.

Since I first had that occasionally hilarious, often demoralizing perspective shift, I’ve been on the hunt to find the best ED med out there. And I’ve been making judgment calls between them the only way I know how: by comparing them directly. 

Today’s article is looking at the OG of putting old people in bathtubs vs a fresh new competitor: Hello Cake ED Meds. Can this youngin’ take down the venerable elder? How long should an ED med really last? Does it actually matter how fast they kick in? How many times will I type “boner” while writing this? (Spoiler: 8) You can get the answer to all below. 

Or, you can just click here to skip to the winner — and take 20% off with code: PRIMARY20 while you’re at it.

The Breakdown

I’ll be the first to admit that this comparison does feel a little wonky. After all, my Hello Cake ED Meds dose contains 80% of my Cialis dose plus 40 mg of Sildenafil. But, what we’re really trying to figure out here is if the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies to ED meds. I wasn’t ready to make a call either way until I gave both a try. 

The primary ingredient in Cialis is Tadalafil, which can be a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it lasts for up to 36 hours, giving you plenty of time to get it on. On the other hand, it takes 1-2 hours to kick in, which can be a real pain. You can get once daily Cialis or a version that you take as needed, but regardless, you either need to be popping a boner pill every day (expensive) or planning your sex life out well in advance (frustrating). 

Hello Cake ED Meds try to combat the inflexibility of Tadalafil by including Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. By combining the medicine that makes the little blue pill do its thang with a dissolvable format, Cake’s meds cut that onset time down to 15 minutes. And while you’re on the fast track to Boner City, the Tadalafil is slowly taking effect in the background, giving you a full 36 hours of erection potential. 

The Review – Cialis

Overall rating: 6/10

Personally, I found taking Cialis to offer a really strange blend of control and chaos. Having tried Viagra before, I was very pleasantly surprised with Cialis’ 36 hour duration. Being able to have sex in the evening and again the next morning without worrying about popping another pill or going soft was a blast. 

But, all of that control felt futile the minute I got hit with a spontaneous request for sex by my wife. We were something like 48 hours out from my last dose, so I had to pop a pill, cool the jets, and just wait for the boner fairy to arrive. Which happened eventually, but not until the mood was gone.

The Sign Up Process:

The good news about Cialis (or more specifically, generic Tadalafil) is that you can get it anywhere. The bad news about it is that you can get it anywhere. And it honestly gets a little intimidating trying to decipher which site is the best. I wound up going with ZipHealth, which was pretty painless.

The Price:

There’s no denying that generic Tadalafil is straight up cheaper. Which makes sense if you’re comparing it to a compounded med like Cake ED Meds. That being said, The ZipHealth offering ranges from no discount (and $4.50 a pill!!) to a hefty 44% off if you order 64 pills at once. Which depending on how you use them, could last you a while. 

The Experience:

There’s no denying that Tadalafil gets the job done. And being able to get an erection at will for a full 36 hours makes you feel like a god when you’ve been struggling with ED for years. But a lot of that excitement was tempered for me when I started having to plan out my sex life. 

With kids in the house, my wife and I do not always have the luxury of regularly planned visits to sexy town. More often than not, we find ourselves trying to take advantage of a quick window of opportunity. And even when we do know that we’re going to have the house to ourselves, I’m not always the best at remembering when that’s going to happen.

So for all the wonderful job that Cialis did actually getting and keeping me hard, I found myself frustrated pretty frequently. I would either a) forget to take a pill ahead of time and miss our whole sex window or b) take a pill thinking we’d be able to have sex, only for plans to change. Both of which resulted in me being stuck with a wonderful erection and nothing to do with it other than jerk off.

The Review – Hello Cake ED Meds

Overall rating: 9/10

I’m gonna keep this simple. Everything that drove me nuts about Cialis? Hello Cake solved it. Seriously. It turns out that when you compensate for the suuuuuuper slow onset time of Tadalafil by adding fast-acting Sildenafil, you get the best of both worlds.

These ED meds kick in blazingly fast. Like whoa. And then they just… keep working. Exactly like Cialis does because they are Cialis. Just better. The result was that I stopped feeling like I was my own worst enemy when it came to having sex. I wasn’t screwing up the planning or the timing because there was nothing left to screw up. If I wanted to get hard, I was never more than 15 minutes from a world-class boner.

The Sign Up Process:

Easy! You go through a quick questionnaire online, answer the questions, decide which dose you want (I went with the regular one), and then you’re done for the day. Afterwards, a doctor reviews your info, asks you more questions if necessary, and then sends your script out. The whole thing is seriously painless.

The Price:

Cake Meds are straight up more expensive than generic Cialis. Which makes sense since they’ve basically got a whole Tadalafil dose in them plus a whole Sildenafil dose. So if the only thing you care about is price per pill, Tadalafil has Cake beat. 

But as I’ve mentioned already, I’m in it for more than just the cheapest possible boner. I like the flexibility Cake Meds offer in terms of quick onset time and not having to take a daily pill. If you’re in the same boat, Cake does do a pretty decent job of cutting down on the price. If you order a 6-month supply at a time, they’ll knock a whole 30% off, which is one of the best “frequent flier” discounts I’ve seen for ED meds.

The Experience:

Have I shouted “CONVENIENCE!!!” from the rooftops loud enough yet? Because I cannot describe how good it feels to go from zero to rock hard hero in 15 minutes. Even before I started dealing with ED, I had occasions where it took me longer to get fully hard. But these meds kick in fast.

And once you’re through the fast-acting Sildenafil, the long-lasting Tadalafil takes you for a ride. It feels like being young again, but with way more control. As soon as you let yourself get aroused… BAM! Boner. And once you’re done (or taking a break), boner gone. Then it’s back again. And it’s gone. And it’s back again. Repeat ad nauseam until the meds wear off a day and a half later or your wife stops thinking it’s funny to watch you get hard.

Speaking of my wife… she was also a huge fan of these meds. Dealing with my lack of sex scheduling abilities had left us both pretty frustrated while I was trying Cialis, and switching over to Hello Cake ED Meds gave us the opportunity to work that frustration out. Repeatedly. Pretty much every time we were alone together for more than 15 minutes. It. Was. Awesome.

Long-Lasting Meets Fast-Acting

In a world where you so often have to choose between things you want, Hello Cake ED Meds ask the question, “What if you could have both?” And seriously, why the hell would you choose if you don’t have to? Long-lasting, fast-acting, have it all. Get hard faster. Stay hard longer. Enjoy having sex, masturbating, taking dick pics, looking proudly at your erection in the mirror. Whatever you’re trying to get out of your ED meds, Cake is there for it.

And it’s that flexibility, the feeling that you’re taking control of your sex life again that makes Hello Cake’s ED Meds so enjoyable. There’s no compromise necessary. You can calendar your sex life up for the next year or decide you’re only going to have spontaneous sex from now on. Whatever you’re into, whatever works best for you, that’s what Hello Cake ED Meds have to offer. And after years of struggling with ED, having that kind of freedom is liberating.

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