Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Are you the type of person who very carefully plans for your sexual encounters, every detail in mind? If so, this *might* be a product you are interested in. WarmingItUp sells warming sleeves for sextoys - either a single toy size for $49.95, or a double toy size sleeve for $79.95. The pre-planning means you need to microwave the warming gel packs first, and then the sleeve will keep your toys warm for up to about 30 minutes. It's an idea with merit, but obviously not so much for a spontaneous experience. The price is also pretty steep, compared to using hot water, or a heating pad that you might already own. Available in black and red, shipping to U.S. addresses only, returns are accepted for unopened/unused products but you pay the shipping if it's not defective. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-24
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

The internet probably hosts thousands of sex-toy websites. Alas, only a tiny fraction of them are worth visiting. I'm happy to report that MyPleasure.com is one such site. You won't find crap toys here, just quality products and loads of smart advice. Beginners will find information on what to choose first; there are also suggestions for toys suitable for people who are disabled and pregnant women. The site also features a number of educational articles and quizzes (I got a 100% on the anal sex quiz, yay me!). Shipping is worldwide; returns information is clearly spelled out. Check out MyPleasure.com for toys and education. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-24
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

4-PlayHeaven.co.uk stocks a whole lot of crap. Usually I wouldn't bother writing about a site so filled with jelly toys, cheap gag gifts and lubes of questionable quality. And I have to mention the insanity of 4-PlayHeaven.co.uk's permalinks, which are so ridiculously cumbersome that I have to wonder what they were thinking. But the site has one -- and only one -- redeeming feature. They stock a precious few items that I've seen almost no where else, such as breast forms for cross dressers and transgendered women. If you're in the UK and in need of these items, it might be worth it to visit 4-PlayHeaven.co.uk. Otherwise, I'd try somewhere else. -aag

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-15
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

If you need a realistic, full-sized horse penis dildo, DallasNovelty.com is the place to go. However, my (admittedly informal, conducted via Twitter) poll showed that exactly 0% of women would use a realistic, full-sized horse penis dildo for anything other than defense against attack by an actual horse, so I'm a little dubious about the site's billing as woman-oriented. Oh well. Surely there are women out there who would love to own a horse dildo. In any case, DallasNovelty.com stocks all kinds of other toys, from cute lingerie to the most hard-core BDSM supplies. You'll find quite inexpensive beginner toys all the way up to high-end specialty items such as a $3,000 exam table for the serious medical fetishist. Need to return a product? Information is provided on the site but it's not easy to find. However, a toll-free customer service number is available for all your questions. Worldwide shipping is available. Payment can be made by credit card or PayPal. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-10
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

I really appreciate sex toy stores that look clean and neat, and that's what you'll find at Bondara.co.uk. No dirty shelves, dusty inventory or dark dank corners here. Everything is well-organized and lovingly described, including products' materials, sizes and any other special properties. The selection is vast, which is good if you're looking for lots of choices and not so good if you're only looking for the BEST choices. Because Bondara carries damn near everything, some items are simply not the most desirable products. Nevertheless, there's tons of information on the site to help you decide: customer ratings, reviews, product guides, as well as a free delivery on larger orders within the UK and a quite reasonable returns policy. Not in the UK? There's a currency converter built in and shipping is available to the USA. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-09
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: International Sites, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

The webmaster of KegelsMaster.com claims that those ubiquitous vaginal squeezing exercises are damn near worthless unless the muscles have something to squeeze against. And of course, he's got the perfect thing for you to squeeze against: a dildo-shaped piece of plastic whose business end opens like the jaws of an alligator. Slip this bad boy into the vagina, force the jaws shut and you've got the proper resistance, it's claimed. And unlike BenWa balls or vaginal barbells, the KegelMaster is adjustable. Springs in the handle end can be moved and combined to give many different levels of increasingly difficult resistance. I was given this product by the webmaster. I toyed with it for ages. I moved the little springs around (they seem perfectly sturdy) and made the alligator jaws talk (it had lots to say). But for the life of me I could not bring myself to insert it. Perhaps it's my own bias built from 20+ years of Kegeling my lil' pants off (and hearing an embarrassing amount of praise for the tightness of my Love Tunnel), but I cannot accept the assertion that one must employ additional resistance in order to train the vaginal muscles any more than I'd believe that squats, sit-ups or jogging were ineffective muscle-builders unless they're done with weights strapped to the body. Nevertheless, I can tell you that the website is clear and easily navigable; the product dispatched quickly and discreetly. Payment is via PayPal and the KegelMaster ships worldwide. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2010-02-07
Cost: free site, $98.95 for product Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Thanks to GoBackToBed.com, I have now seen the very worst adult product ever invented. The site run by two women who use the tagline "Women Owned, Mother Approved." That gave me high hopes that the products on the site would be female friendly. Alas, it was not to be. They sell everything imaginable in the world of adult toys, or at least everything stocked by their affiliate parent. It's really a shame that they couldn't have cherry-picked the items they were willing to sell, because otherwise the site seems awesome. Huge selection, reasonable prices, discreet shipping are all great (and available from about a hundred other online retailers), but I cannot give the nod to a site that sells not one but three different vaginal shrink creams, various flavors of deep-throat desensitizers and a number of anal numbing agents. Not to mention what could possibly be the worst product I've ever seen: an anal shrink cream. Wow. Anal shrinkage? Do we really need this? For whom is the ass in its natural state not tight enough? I am beyond disappointed that a site that seems sex-positive would carry such a sex-negative product. Ladies, the idea of your site is just grand, but you're going to have to find a supplier more open to customization if you'd like the message of your site to match the products. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-12-22
Cost: free site Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Enforced Obedience is an online fetish boutique for the BDSMers out there in need of paraphernalia. Considering the simple site design, I was very impressed with their range of stock: aside from the usual gags and cuffs, they carry more serious items like chastity devices, enema kits, and panic hooks, as well as some intense items that made me wince (like tawses and anal speculums). EO offers same day (on orders before 2pm) discrete shipping in the UK. Returns accepted on unopened merchandise. If you're having trouble stocking your dungeon, this little boutique might have just what you need. -Shay

Date Reviewed: 2009-12-03
Cost: free to browse Advertising Content: n/a
Category Listings: BDSM Gear, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

KinkyBlue.co.uk calls itself a sex toy website with a heart, and judging by the selection of products I saw they seem to practice what they preach. The site prominently features lots of high-quality silicone products, large pictures and thorough product descriptions. The only thing that bothered me were the "Gay" and "Lesbian" sex toy categories. I consider it just a tiny bit presumptuous to divvy up toys that way. Spend enough cash with KinkyBlue and you'll earn a discount on future purchases. This program is called the "Loyalty Points Scheme," a vaguely nefarious name for an otherwise admirable program. In addition you'll find a gallery, forum and collection of saucy stories. Shipping, contact and returns information is clearly spelled out. Paypal is accepted for payment. Prices are listed in Great British pounds but shipping is available worldwide. Nice job, KinkyBlue, for creating a site that stands out from the rest of the sex-toy pack. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-11-19
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: BDSM Gear, International Sites, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Satistec.com stocks the USA line of Japanese-based TENGA onacups. These are discreet masturbatory devices, designed to look more like manly grooming products than sex toys. I've tried a few TENGA toys with my male pals and found them to be quite fun; unfortunately Satistec.com only carries a fraction of the available TENGA models. Right now in fact they only seem to be selling four different styles of onacups. Additionally, the site advertises a contest that seems already to have ended. On the positive side, Satistec.com links to some YouTube demo videos, lists its shipping and returns policies quite clearly, and accepts payment via PayPal. If I were in the market for a TENGA? I'd find a site that sold all of them instead of just a few. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-11-16
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

WithOrWithoutU.net stocks your typical selection of low-end, uninspired sex toys. There's nothing here you can't get at dozens if not hundreds of other online outlets. Why then would you choose to shop here? Frankly I can't come up with a single good reason. The pictures aren't great, item descriptions are nearly non-existent, prices are nothing to get excited about, and search functions are entirely missing. Spend your hard-earned sex-toy-buying dollars at a reputable site with a proven track record. That way you'll be sure to get the best products and good customer service. WithOrWithoutU.net is not the site I'd choose for my intimate product needs. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-10-09
Cost: free Advertising Content: high
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Karmasm.com carries green sex-toys ranging from dildos and vibes to massage oils and lubes. The selection is small, but that's to be expected since such a large proportion of adult products are made from jelly, rubber and the like. Site organization is pretty bad. It's impossible to sort by material or size and the product descriptions leave a lot to be desired. Also, I hate the fact that butt-plugs and beads are listed in the "Men" category. Get with the times, Karmasm! Women and trans folk love toys for the fanny too! Furthermore, I'm appalled that the site stocks a vaginal shrink cream. It might contain "all-natural" capsicum, but do you really want to promote the idea that vaginas are anything other than perfectly fine just the way they are, Karmasm.com? And considering that capsicum is what makes peppers hot -- and what provides the anesthetic effect in topical pain-relief creams -- there's no way I'd put it in my vagina. Finally, the site carries no condoms, no gloves, no dams. Are there no green options in these categories? Karmasm, the idea of your site is awesome but you're going to need to make some improvements before you're ready to compete with the other green sex-toy sites out there. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-09-22
Cost: free Advertising Content: moderate
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

MySexyRep.com serves as a sort of clearinghouse for information about home sex toy parties. Check out the site to find a local rep, read up about specials, find product reviews, and learn how to become an affiliate. If you're already a host, pay a fee to have your business listed on the site or explore several other advertising options. I was disappointed with the amount of content on the site. They list 200+ representatives at the moment, all of whom could potentially post about their favorite products. However, it seems like most of them simply haven't taken this opportunity. I also found the mouse-over text ads to be distracting and irrelevant. In a site about adult products, it should be easy to link to, well, adult products! Why would they use an text-linking service that automatically generates a generic link to "glass" (for example) on the web when they could link to actual glass sex toys? Perhaps there's a very good reason for this, but I sure don't get it. Otherwise, the site might be valuable for home party reps to advertise their wares. Note: Navigation goes totally wonky in Firefox. Considering how many people eschew IE these days, the webmaster really should fix this issue. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-09-18
Cost: free Advertising Content: high
Category Listings: affiliate programs, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Santa Cruz, California is the physical home of sexy-product purveyor Pure Pleasure Shop. If you're in the area you can stop by this family-owned store for high-quality products and advice from the knowledgeable staff. I was impressed to see the impressive selection of products PurePleasureShop.com lists online. You won't find any cheap, ineffective toys here. Frequent events are hosted in the store on topics ranging from sex after pregnancy to sensual massage to Tantra practices. Online you can also set up a shareable wish list, ask a question of a certified sexuality educator, or schedule an in-home toy party with PurePleasureShop.com staff members. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-08-13
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

TrinityRomance.com is a socially responsible, health conscious sex toy store based out of the Vancouver, Canada area. They carry only phthalate-free toys, which means that their selection is considerably smaller than that of some sex-toy super-stores, but you know what? The toys they *don't* carry aren't worth your time. I'd personally be happy to own just about everything on their site -- or I already do own it. If you live in the Vancouver area, check out their home parties, where a knowledgeable rep will show off toys to a group of your giggling pals. All prices are listed in Canadian dollars but the company does ship to the US. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-07-02
Cost: free site Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Jane reviewed these folks back in 2004, when they were known as WoodPeckersRoost.com. She said, "This website showcases some lovely, one-of-a-kind handmade wood phalluses. There are good photos, along with information on dimensions. The FAQ page has everything you might wish to know, including good contact info, shipping, returns, and so on. The first thing I wondered about was safety, but there is an entire page devoted to that with info on the sealing process, how to clean your toy after use and so on. They use only non-endangered, environmentally responsible wood sources as well. Ordering is online via PayPal, or by mail." Four years have passed, and this site is just getting better! The dildos are hand turned tulip wood, cherry, maple, bocote, lacewood, purpleheart, and walnut. The shapes are interesting and beautiful, and finished so that they shine with a certified food-safe finish that you can easily disinfect. All of the exotic woods are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and this company continues to use environmentally and socially sound practices. The product and company info continues to be extensive, and there is a 100% money back guarantee on their products. There is also some great stuff to read about dildo lore, current sex toy safety info in the news, and Jilda's life. They have just introduced a thicker toy, so girth queens should be a bit more satisfied. I really love these folks! - Vamp

Date Reviewed: 2009-06-26
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies, Sexuality Info

RedCherry is a UK based online boutique that carries a selection of corsets, latex clothing, toys, and a few other sundries (like a spray that helps you get into your latex outfits). There isn't a huge variety of products, but what they do have is quite high end and looks to be of good quality. RedCherry only ships to the UK at this time and will accept the return of unopened products within 30 days of receipt, so long as you notify them of your intent to return the item within 7 days of receipt. Payment can be made using credit card. - Shay

Date Reviewed: 2009-06-26
Cost: free to browse Advertising Content: n/a
Category Listings: Fetish Wear, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Little Pleasures is a Maui based company that sells sex toys exclusively to women (well, as exclusively as the internet can get); they have an online store that ships to anywhere in the world. Little Pleasures also do toy parties in Maui and some of the surrounding islands. Considering it's size, Little Pleasures has a fairly impressive catalog; however, because they are a smaller company, they have no return policy. They may willing to arrange for a replacement if they sent you a defective toy, but return shipping is up to you. Payment is made through paypal. - Shay

Date Reviewed: 2009-05-28
Cost: Free to Browse Advertising Content: n/a
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

VelvetsToys.com features tons of sexy products one might want when planning a bachelorette party. Site owner Velvet stocks cute lingerie, toys, naughty bakeware, undies, candy and other party decorations. You'll also find every possible item that can be created in the likeness of the male member: mints, ice molds, toothpicks and even silverware. In the Los Angeles area and looking for help in throwing a memorable event? Just hire Velvet to do the work for you. Read all the terms and conditions carefully, as Velvet has strict but reasonable policies on cancellations and returns. Payment is by check, money order, credit card or PayPal. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-05-15
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

This UK-based company offers a plethora of adult novelty items for your private fun times. Selection is vast but not particularly impressive. CupidsFun.com doesn't carry any of my favorite toys; the majority of the ones for sale look cheap and not particularly effective. I found it really difficult to search the site as you can only search in one particular category at a time. Also, I discovered numerous annoying misspellings, including my all-time least favorite: mastErbation. Gah. Additionally, a stretchy cock sleeve was described as being good for "safe sex," which it most decidedly is not. CupidsFun.com needs to work on copy editing and better product selection before it is ready for a "Quality" rating. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-04-10
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies