Vanessa We are only a few hundreds,and only a few dozens that post here more or less often,so I doubt we're a large part of serious users.
ok, we won't come to an agreement 
yes we are only a few hundred but i think that at least in the western world there are not many serious users
as I said I don't believe it, but the discussion is useless because neither of us can prove his/her thesis. 
Tobbe But since they remain year after year and have several models to choose from, there are probably a large number.
But there are only a hand full of serious companies in the world and they don't have thousands of employees. I don't know how long it takes to produce a chastity belt. But I'd only Germany needs 100.000 male belts a year, it should be millons for the whole world. Let's say any company has to produce only half a million a year, that would be 2000 a day.
Sara2001 Now a good belt last more than a year!
With laser cutting and specialization, I would imagine that the number could be 4 to 10 a good day, from the manufactures in Germany. We should not just focus on higher class belts. You have a BIG Chinese market with 1000 of manufactures, who make adjustable belts and cages.
Tobbe Now a good belt last more than a year!
Yes, 100.000 means every of these mans have just one belt/cage and use it 5 years. The 500.000 already included several other manufacturers.
Do you know any manufactur in China who produce really good quality for long term use? How many percent do you think only use it for playing and fetishism, but not 24/7.
Angelina
If you include only serious user i would start with an estimation on the member at the forum. Let say 1% of the serious user are at the forum I get 700 to 1000 for Germany. From this number you can't estimate how many will start every year.
Not many manufacturer exist but they deliver around the world. If MySteel makes 2 belt per day it will be around 460 to 500 per year. With 230 working days per year. I don't see why it should be more if you consider the delivery time after order. And the 500 are world wide delivery.
German KGforum - Das Forum für Keuschheitsgürtel,:
Registrierte Mitglieder: 29.875
A forum only in German and should be the majority who also use chastity.
I think we can't agree without the number of serious users,which would be very hard to know.Even if the manufacturers tell about the number of chastity belts/cages sold,we could not know how many were for serious use...
Tobbe We should not just focus on higher class belts. You have a BIG Chinese market with 1000 of manufactures, who make adjustable belts and cages.
But can these be used for serious use?
But the question is how many of these registered members are serious users...
Joh I don't think so. Most people can read English and if they can't understand a sentence they will use an online translator.
of course but i didn't know the english name for "Keuschheitsgürtel" before i tried it
Tobbe German KGforum - Das Forum für Keuschheitsgürtel,:
Registrierte Mitglieder: 29.875
A forum only in German and should be the majority who also use chastity.
i was in that forum before i found the "predecessor forum misterpoll". but it seemed more like a fetish forum to me, which is why i never registered there.
Vanessa I think we can't agree without the number of serious users,
we need our own studies for this, perhaps a topic for my doctoral thesis in a few years.
But they used it for the initial purpose,not as a fetish or a play?
Angelina of course but i didn't know the english name for "Keuschheitsgürtel" before i tried it
And I guess if using only the german name for it,not trying to search it in english,our forum is far from the top of Google's results...Probably similar in every non-english language.
Angelina we need our own studies for this, perhaps a topic for my doctoral thesis in a few years.
Good idea!
And a subject you know well,useful for a thesis!
