Tips For Buying Sex Toys Online

Buying sex toys in a brick and mortar store does have a couple upsides in that you can actually pick up the toy, feel it, and see the size of it with it right there in your hand.  Granted it’s in it’s package, but it’s still a lot easier to make a decision on what to purchase by touching it, feeling it’s weight, seeing it in your hand and so forth.  However, you also have to stand in that store with other people shopping there as well, seeing what you’re purchasing, you have to see what they’re purchasing and so on and so forth.

The main con with buying sex toys online is not being able to feel the toy; check out the severity of any ribbing or texture, have a more realistic vision of what the size is really like.  However online stores like Vibrator.com have a much larger inventory than brick and mortar stores, which gives you the ability to choose the toy that you really want and you invariably get a much better price, despite often having to pay for shipping.

I much prefer shopping for my adult items online, for many reasons.  You get better prices and have a much wider selection so I can really look through everything and find exactly what I’m looking for.  Plus, I can read reviews of the item(s) and get other’s takes on it; is it well made, how’s the texture, is it bigger than it seems like it is, and so forth.  Also, I love the availability of kits online can let you get all the things you’d need for something, such as romancing your partner or beginning anal sex, at a reduced price.

The biggest tip that I can give when shopping online for sex toys is to pay attention to the details given, for the item.  Is it waterproof?  What’s the texture like and what’s the material?  If it’s silicone do you have a water based lubricant?  What’s the size of it?  Grab a tape measure if you have to so you can get a better idea.  2 1/2″ thick doesn’t sound like much, but it’s more than one would think it is.

The second most important tip I can give is to read sex toy reviews.  There are two main types of reviews out there; the short ones you see on the toy’s page on the sex toy site, and the other are the longer reviews put out by dedicated sex toy reviewers such as this one.

So in other words…Viva La Online Sex Toy Shopping!!

What do you think of shopping online versus brick and mortar stores?

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