Toy Covers provided for review by Eden Fantasys

Mimi

Safer sex is something very important to me and Joseph. The cleanliness of our toys is also important to us. When it comes to anal play or the possibility of sharing a toy with another partner, it’s best to protect yourself. Toy Covers, a product of California Exotic Novelties, is a non-lubricated condom designed specifically to do just that.

Since the soft pink latex condoms are lubricant free, it allows you to use your silicone or water based lubricant of choice. This also means that the Toy Cover is less likely to slip out of place while you’re using the toys. Being non-lubricated is perhaps the biggest selling point for Toy Covers. Okay, other than the fact that you can slip a new Toy Cover over your “traditional size” dildo or vibrator (whatever the hell that is), lube it up, use the toy on a partner, slip the condom off, and then use it on yourself without fear of… contamination.

Technically speaking, having Toy Covers can make post-sex clean up faster and easier, but I am not one to advocate the continual creation of unnecessary waste. If you can’t really clean your toy adequately within a reasonable amount of time, you don’t need Toy Covers, you need a better sex toy.

Yes, it serves its purpose quite well. Do you hear a “but”? I do.

At this time, for me and my relationship with Joseph, it’s not worth it. The toys we use for anal play can be and always are sanitized. We don’t share any toys with other partners because we are currently monogamous. Both of us have been tested and both of us are healthy. The presence of Toy Covers in my life essentially equates to a shrug at most. However, I could see this product meeting the needs of other individuals. As always, you should keep in mind your own needs before purchasing.

Covered up toys…

Joseph

I have a big problem with this product. Namely, there is no reason for its existence. Toy Covers are just unlubricated condoms except…you can’t use them as condoms. It says right on the box that they should not be used for intercourse. That warning would make me a little nervous. Why can’t they be used as condoms? Do they not provide an effective seal? Are they not strong enough? If the answer is yes to either of those questions, wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of putting them on your toys to share with someone else?

While you can use a regular unlubricated condom as a toy condom (and know the condom is doing its job) , it does not work the other way around. You see what I’m getting at here? Just. Buy. Condoms.

“But they come in different sizes,” you say. SO DO CONDOMS.

“But they come in pink,” you whine. SO DO CONDOMS.

“But I have 0% chance having intercourse,” you correctly point out. Well…you have fun with your pink pseudo condoms.

The Naked Truth

Entertainment Value: N/A

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Ease of Cleaning: N/A

Overall:

I take it back, these are totally useful.

ID Glide provided for review by productEROTICA.com

Mimi

Frankly, we have such a large stash of lube samples that it can be hard keeping track of what we’re using and when – unless of course one of them stands out as being especially bad – and ID Glide could rather easily get lost in the mix were it not sent to us in a blue, convenient squeeze bottle.

ID Glide is pretty standard, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because I’m speaking of a good lube standard, not a “you used THAT?” standard.

It’s clear, water-based, odor-less, and virtually tasteless. There’s a sharp tinge of generic chemical taste initially, dissolving into nothingness after a second or two. I wouldn’t recommend using it for oral sex because of the weird chemical taste, but it’s not altogether abhorrent either so if you accidentally get some in your mouth, more than likely it won’t significantly interfere with the moment.

The consistency is the same as that of many water-based lubes – it’s slightly slippery and slightly runny. ID Glide is a bit more substantial than some other lubes we’ve tried, such as pjur Woman Aqua, but definitely not to the level of a gel lube.

I have sensitive skin and it didn’t negatively affect me in any way. Nor did it dry to a tacky film. It did dry up fairly quickly on us (example: over the course of two hours, we had to re-apply three times), BUT my body does not self-lubricate very well at all. Even when I am really, really turned on and my clit is swollen and my ass is up like a cat in heat I am as dry as overcooked chicken. Fact of life.

In short, a little did not go a very long way for us, but it might for you depending on your body.

As with all water-based lubes, you can use this with your beloved silicone toys without damaging them and you can also use it with latex, as mentioned on Product Erotica’s site description of ID Glide Squeeze Bottle.

Although ID Glide is not a really remarkable lube, it still fulfills its purpose well. It provides non-irritating lubrication that is safe for my toys and latex, and makes sex comfortable without removing the necessary friction/tension/OMG. If you want a thicker lube, a longer-lasting lube, or one that tastes as good as it feels – you’ll need to look elsewhere.

Joseph

Based on the design on the bottle, I expected the worst. It looks pretty generic and my experience with generic has been that it is gross and worthless. ID Glide is neither of those. It is also not terribly remarkable.
As Mimi said, it is colorless and almost tasteless. For me, it is just the right consistency because it is easy to dispense but it won’t drip off of whatever I happen to be applying it to. It does dry out more quickly than I would like, but that is not a huge issue. The bottle is usually within reach.

The bottle itself has some funky grooves in the side that I believe are indented to be finger grooves. This is unnecessary at best and uncomfortable at worst. Some marketing guy wasted his time.

Probably the same marketing guy wrote the blurb on the back of the bottle which claims that you should apply it to the genital areas for “lubrication and pleasure.” I think that’s a first. This lube claims that the mere application will bring you pleasure. I call shenanigans!

Strangely, I’d be fine if it claimed that you should apply to genitals for super sexy fun times….

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Just another face in the crowd…

pjur med Clean provided for review by ProductEROTICA.com

Joseph

This product is pretty much an adult version of Wet Naps. A good one, at that.

As any man that has ever charmed the cobra without proper planning knows, come is damn hard to clean up. Water just makes it sticky, normal soap just rubs it around. It’s like trying to clean up melted marshmallows.

I took one for the team and made myself a big sticky mess earlier today. It was on my hands, penis, pubes, and lower belly. I’m a hella hairy guy, too. So when I say that it was a mess, I’m not kidding. Now that you have that lovely image in your head, let me tell you how freaking easy it was to clean up with one of these wipes.

It only took me one of the “intimacy soft cleaning fleece” wipes to clean myself completely. All that sticky mess gone with just one little wipe. It left the area basically scentless and slightly moist. So that’s it for how well it cleans intimate areas. I’ll leave the description of how it works on sex toys to Mimi.

Now, down to brass tacks:

The pjur med Clean wipes are alcohol free, perfume free, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral. The package says that they are intended for gentle, hygienic cleaning of intimate areas and utensils. As far as the anti-viral aspects, you should take that with a grain of salt. The package clarifies that “when cleaning utensils pjur med clean has to a certain extent an anti-viral effect against lipophilic, enveloped viruses.”

The package that we were sent contains 25 wipes. It also has a resealable opening so that your wipes will stay moist until you need them and if you’re livin’ right, needing them shouldn’t take you too long.

Mimi

There isn’t much for me to say about the pjur med Clean wipes. They’re soft wipes. They’re alcohol and perfume free. They perform their job well. Ta-da!

I used them on myself – both to freshen up and to clean come off of me – as well as on a few toys. Just as Joseph said, one wipe is truly sufficient. In fact, when I used two wipes on myself because I felt especially unclean pre-sex, it caused a slight stinging sensation for a few seconds. After inspecting myself, I could find no sign of irritation, but I would still recommend only using one wipe as a time. If nothing else, you’ll save money that way and create less waste by only using one wipe.

According to the packaging and based on my own experience, this product does not negatively affect latex, rubber, or silicone so you should be able to use pjur med Clean wipes on your sex toys. They’re especially handy for toys that are prone to collecting (cat) hair and lint or toys that have a lot of ridges that make cleaning them quickly an art form in itself.

I’m not going to be using this product frequently, but to know that it’s there for special circumstances, like when I don’t feel like taking a shower, is really comforting. Just like chocolate pudding and reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Eat your heart out, Randy Newman.