Tips to Picking a Sex Toy5

by Angelita

As a sex shop employee, I know how difficult it is to pick a sex toy. You finally work up the courage to get into the sex shop and you’re greeted by a giant wall of synthetic dicks. Things aren’t much better shopping online either; how are you supposed to know if you’re going to want to put something on your junk if you can’t even touch it with your hands? To give you a hand — or at least a silicone fist — I’ve created this little tip list to help you find the best sex toy for you!

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1. Don’t shop online, go to the sex shop! It can be awkward for some of us, I know, but it makes all the difference in the world to feel the vibration/material/texture/weight of the toy BEFORE you go to town with it. All sex shops will open the packaging for you to figure this stuff out because they want to limit any possibility of you attempting to return the toy. Just ask the employee, which, again, can be awkward but sex toys can be expensive and you don’t want to blow a load… of cash on something that doesn’t vibrate enough to get you off.
2. Determine what you want to do with your toy before going to the store. While this seems like a simple enough question at first, I cannot tell you how many times asking this question has induced a blank stare from my customers. Think about what you like or what you think you might like. Do you get off from clitoral stimulation or g-spot? Or both? Do you want a male masturbator/”pocket pussy” because it’s been a while since you’ve seen action or do you just want to make a handy with your significant other more interesting? Do you want to use it in the bathtub? Knowing exactly what you want to do with the toy will help narrow your search significantly.
3. Materials are important! Don’t just put anything on/in your junk! The sex toy industry is not regulated and some toys have a lot of nasty chemicals in them that you don’t want in or on your body. For example, stay away from toys that don’t say phthalate-free. Phthalate is a chemical used to make softer, more jelly-like toys and is known to cause cancer. Also, many toys are porous, which means they act like a giant bacteria sponge, you can never sterilize them, and you should replace them after more than a year if you’re not wearing a condom over the toy when it’s in use. The only non-porous toy materials are glass, metals, and 100% Medical Grade Silicone. However, make sure the packaging says “100% Medical Grade Silicone,” any sex toy can be labeled “silicone” as long as it has 10% silicone and only a 100% silicone is non-porous.

While this list is nowhere near definitive, knowing these three simple things will definitely point you in the right direction when picking out your toy. That’s it for now, but keep on the look out for more posts from me on how to find the best bang for your buck.