Guides

Everything I know about buying sex toys, condensed into one page. Materials, categories, brands, mistakes, maintenance, and the stuff nobody else will tell you. This is the guide I wish existed when I started.

You're overthinking this. Here's the no-nonsense checklist covering materials, starter picks, what to avoid, and everything nobody told you before your first purchase.

Not for beginners. This is the definitive vibrator guide for people who already own a toy and want to know what's actually worth upgrading to. Every category, specific products, real prices.

I've tested dildos from $32 Tantus silicone to $150 njoy steel to $200+ fantasy creatures. These are the ones worth buying, organized by what you're looking for.

Eight fantasy silicone makers, ranked and compared: who pours the best silicone, who makes you fight a drop timer for it, and which brand fits the thing you're actually into.

Buying someone a sex toy is either the best gift they've ever received or a conversation you'll both pretend never happened. Here's how to land on the right side.

Most app-controlled toys have terrible apps. Two brands get it right. Here's why the app matters more than the toy, and which ones are worth your money.

Not for beginners. This is the definitive vibrator guide for people who already own a toy and want to know what's actually worth upgrading to. Every category, specific products, real prices.

Black Friday is November 27 and Cyber Monday November 30. We list a deal only when it beats what the same toy cost in October. Lovense, Amazon, SheVibe, Motorbunny, Kiiroo and more have some already, and the tables keep the October prices for 23 toys we recommend.

I've tested dildos from $32 Tantus silicone to $150 njoy steel to $200+ fantasy creatures. These are the ones worth buying, organized by what you're looking for.

Everything I know about buying sex toys, condensed into one page. Materials, categories, brands, mistakes, maintenance, and the stuff nobody else will tell you. This is the guide I wish existed when I started.

A penis sleeve adds length, girth or both, and the fit decides whether it works. These are the seven I'd buy, from Lovehoney's $26.99 silicone sleeve to Vixen's Colossus, plus the three I've worn.

You're overthinking this. Here's the no-nonsense checklist covering materials, starter picks, what to avoid, and everything nobody told you before your first purchase.

Most brands say "whisper quiet" and never print a number. The few decibel ratings makers do publish, the blanket test, and the quiet picks that pass it.

Everything I wish someone told me before I wasted $200 on the wrong vibrator. Budget picks, mid-range gems, premium splurges, and the materials stuff that actually matters.

Start small, use too much lube, and for the love of god buy something with a flared base. Everything else is details.

The market is split between products that meet modern safety standards and products that don't. Jelly, soft PVC blends, and a lot of unbranded factory output sit in the second pile. Here are the brands and specific picks I trust to put inside a body, and the framework for verifying anything not on this list.

Some luxury vibrators earn every penny. Others are charging you $180 for a nice box and a mediocre motor. Here's how to tell the difference.

A pocket pussy is a stroker you hold in one hand. These are the six I'd buy, from a $6.99 Tenga Egg to the Fleshlight STU, and how to warm, lube, clean and store one so it lasts.

Build a starter kit for under $100 without the cheap bundle trap. Blindfolds, restraints, impact play, and the stuff that actually gets used more than once.

The prostate is there. It wants attention. Here's what to buy, how it works, and why half the internet is writing essays about their Aneros sessions at 3 AM.

The male toy market finally caught up. Strokers, prostate massagers, vibrating rings, and the stuff nobody told you about lube compatibility.

Six brands, verified prices, the attachment standards that decide what you can bolt on, and the numbers that matter more than motor wattage. A homework guide for a $340 to $1,950 purchase.

You don't need to remortgage your house for a good orgasm. The best budget sex toys under $50 across every category, from someone who's tested the expensive ones too.

Half the toys marketed to couples end up in a drawer after one awkward attempt. These are the ones that survive past the first try.

Your partner is 4,000 miles away and you're both staring at your phones. These are the toys that actually make that situation bearable.

Most "waterproof" sex toys aren't. Here's how IP ratings actually work, which toys survive submersion, and the ones worth bringing into the shower.

Five 2026 calendars from the company behind Lovehoney, Womanizer and We-Vibe. Ignore the "worth over $600" on the box: the real question is what the one to three proper toys inside cost on their own.

Two of the most respected names in anal toys, and they couldn't be more different. Aneros is silicone designed for hands-free prostate work. Njoy is over a pound of mirror-polished steel that does its job in about thirty seconds. Both are right.

One requires patience and rewards you with hands-free orgasms most people never experience. The other vibrates the moment you turn it on and lets your partner control it from across the world. Both are great. They're also barely the same product.

Two brands own the male-toy category. I've put serious mileage on both. Material, cleaning, discretion, longevity, all without the marketing layer on top.

Two companies making silicone monsters for consenting adults. One lets you design your own alien appendage. The other is hand-sculpted by a guy who takes artisan dildos very seriously. Here's how they stack up.

After six months with both ecosystems — and one 2am Bluetooth meltdown that even Bear gave up on — I can finally tell you which brand to buy.

One invented the technology. The other made it cheap enough that everyone could try it. After testing both lineups back to back, here's who deserves your money.

Sync 2, Sync O, Sync Go, Sync Lite, Chorus and Chorus Pro are one idea in six bodies. What actually separates them is the inner arm, the battery, the water rating and whether a remote comes in the box.

Lube is the most underrated purchase in the sex toy world. Wrong lube can ruin your toys, irritate your body, or just feel gross. Here's how to pick the right one.

Light bondage needs a pair of cuffs, a conversation and someone paying attention. What to say first, what to tie with, which positions to start in, and the warning signs a hand gives before it goes numb.

A cock ring size is the inside diameter of the ring. How to measure for one, a size chart, how tight is too tight, what 11 makers say, and the harness ring each toy needs.

Soap and water handles 90% of it. But the other 10% — boiling, bleach, storage, when to throw things away — is where most people mess up.

Start low, go slow, and for the love of god stop death-gripping the thing on maximum. Your first time step by step, how to use every type, and what to do when it isn't working.

Jelly toys eat silicone ones, batteries drain to zero, and that bathroom drawer is doing more damage than you think.

Every anal training schedule online was invented by somebody. The injury research, which is much better than the training research, points at one thing: what hurts people is force and speed, not width.

Air-pulse is wilder. Vibrators are more useful. Here's how to figure out which one your body wants — and why most people end up with both.

We read the return and warranty pages of 51 brands and shops on our rankings and five other stores. Fourteen give something back for an opened toy, and six of those can pay money.

We read what 39 sex toy makers say about their own silicone. Eighteen say platinum, 10 say medical-grade and 11 only say body-safe, and none shows a test of the cure.

The difference between medical-grade silicone and mystery jelly rubber is the difference between a product designed for your body and one that shouldn't be near it.

What a kink is, how it differs from a fetish, and 100 kinks from anal play to whipping, each with what it is, how common it is, the main safety point and a risk level.

Who uses sex toys, what they cost, what's safe and what the law says, in numbers we traced to their sources, plus the popular figures that have none.

We read what 17 toy makers and 5 lube makers publish about silicone lube on silicone toys. Thirteen toy makers say no, two say yes, and Tantus says both.

Selling a sex toy is still a crime in Alabama and Mississippi, Georgia's ban was never struck down, and Texas and Louisiana still print laws their courts threw out. Every law we found, with the rulings.

We read the price of 14,659 sex toys at seven US online stores and 17 makers' own stores. The median toy costs $50, silicone costs more up front and less per year, and [PinkCherry](/review/pinkcherry) shows a sale on 99% of its toys.

We read the privacy labels of 11 sex toy apps in Apple's App Store and on Google Play, and the policies behind them. One app lists voice recordings it may share, one asks for your sexual orientation, and some tell each store a different story.