D I.Y Sex Toys: Self-Love Edition

Vibrators come in a wide variety of materials, shapes, sizes and power settings. You head online and choose the most appealing looking sex toy in your price bracket. But, what if we told you that refining your search could make a big difference to your climax quota?

To experiment with temperature play, we recommend grabbing a stainless steel or glass dildo, which holds warmth and cool temperatures easier than silicone. Before we take a walk down the sex toy aisle, it’s worth pointing out that these toys can be used by anyone with a penis. Some require erections and some don’t, and some will work better for certain sizes of penises than others. All but one of the vibrators on this last were hands-on tested by current and former Mashable sex & relationships reporters. In addition to our reporters’ seals of approval, these vibes have all also received favorable customer reviews and come from reputable brands that use body-safe materials.

It would seem that vibrators fall under the rubric of unmentionable products (Katsanis, 1994), and hence are largely avoided from scientific inquiry (at least by marketing scholars). That said , vibrators constitute a market estimated at one billion dollars in the United States alone (Chiang, 2011). Most vibrators have locking mechanisms too, which some people mistake for a faulty product. Gerek vouches that this toy makes for “explosive climaxes” with its combination of sucking viberators, stroking, and vibration. Yes, there’s even a “climax button” you can deploy when you’re getting close to coming, and the toy will suck you in even deeper, mimicking a deep-throating sensation for an intense finish.

A few less-than-perfectly-dressed fret ends aside, the neck is addictively comfortable. If there’s a lot of Richard Thompson hammer-ons and pull-offs in your own playing vernacular, you’ll love the snappy touch responsiveness. You can really start to bend the Viberator to your own needs with the modern/vintage voice switch. The difference between the two voices is especially pronounced in chorus mode.

“The shape serves as the reminder that some of us need not to take ourselves and our sex lives so seriously.”. The Snail Vibe Curve is shaped like the mega-slow gastropod it’s named after. One end of the nine-inch toy is a shell-like spiral, while the other side has a handle and controls that look a little like a snail head with beady button eyes. “Masturbators are good for people with penises who seek new sexual experiences or to enhance the monotony of manual masturbation, since our hands are only capable of so much,” says Box.