When you’re shopping for new gay sex toys online, to add to your collection, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the materials that you’re selecting for personal, intimate use.
The materials that sex toys are made of are just as important, as those that are used to make the clothes that you wear to cover and protect your body, and they also perform in unique ways too.
Plastic Gay Sex Toys
ABS plastic is hard, durable, hygienic and low-maintenance, and the material that is most commonly used to make sex toys like vibrators and stimulating bullets. This easy to clean material offers excellent vibration transfer and is compatible with all types of lubricants.
If you’re not keen on smooth plastic caressing your contours and being inserted into your body, choose a plastic sex toy that features a rubber-based or polyurethane coating that has a velvet-like texture.
As plastics contain phthalates (the group of chemicals that create flexibility), you may want to shop for a sex toy made from an alternative material, if you’re concerned about negative health impacts.
Silicone Gay Sex Toys
Silicone has become the staple material for luxury sex toys. This flexible, body-safe material is silky smooth, phthalate and latex free, odourless, tasteless, and non-porous. Keeping your favourite silicone masturbator germ-free is an absolute breeze as it’s so easy to clean. As silicone is also fully waterproof, it’s the perfect material for your bathroom sex toys.
The only thing that you can’t do with this versatile material is to use a silicone-based lube. Switch to a water-based lubricant to avoid causing damage to your favourite sex toys.
Body-Safe Rubber Gay Sex Toys
Also known as TPE/TPR (thermoplastic elastomer/rubber), body-safe rubber has a softer texture than plastic and can be used to make sex toys with a range of different firmness and flexibility levels. Due to its chemical composition, this material gives off a ‘nail polish’ smell. But it’s safe to use with water-based lubes.
Real Feel Gay Sex Toys
Real feel materials are elastomer-based and super tactile, and they look and feel as realistic as human skin. Compatible with water-based lubricants, this porous material is often used to make masturbators and strokers and requires thorough cleaning before and after use. You can keep your real feel sex toys soft and velvety by freshening them up with renew powder.
Latex is ultra-smooth and flexible. This form of rubber can be made into an amazing array of shapes, including sex toys that are inflatable. If you want to give your latex sex toy or fetish clothing a wet look shine, simply polish with a silicone-based lube.
If you have a latex allergy, check the sex toy manufacturer’s packaging notes before purchasing and using.
Glass & Metal Gay Sex Toys
Durable, non-porous and waterproof sex toys made of shatterproof Borosilicate glass and metal are typically high-end luxury pieces that flaunt a unique sculptural design. Sex toys made of these materials can be warmed up or chilled before use.
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