Asklemmy

51678 readers

413 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS

NSFW, How much would you pay for an egg vibrator? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by helen2345@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

35 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Online I found this egg for 23 euros. I then visited several sex shops asking for vibrating eggs like that one. On the first one they showed me this one for 130 euros. They insisted is waterproof according to IPX7 and that cheaper models are won't bring me to orgasm.

Is the second model 6 times better than the first one? I never expected a sex toy to be this expensive.

At another sex shop they offered this which can be bought directly from the manufacturer for 50 euros, but in this sex shop was valued at 90 euros, which is an insane markup.

They also had this one for 130 euros in store.

I don’t know if I should only buy ‘brand’ vibrators or simply trust amazon reviews and buy the cheapest one for 23 euros. Other reviews about the most expensive models over 100 euros indicate some customers are unhappy with the product, considering the price. Neither do I know what brands are reputable ones, if any, because I cannot give back a thing like this if I don’t like it.

Every listed toy is made in China so I don’t get the radical markups.

If you use egg vibrators, are there any brands I should look for?

For vaginal and anal use.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] helen2345@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

both the Lovense Edge 2 you use and an egg I'm thinking about buying have a non detachable battery built in, meaning when the battery dies you'll have to buy a new toy or either open it to change the battery, which I'm assuming would be a hassle.

You say you've been using this toy for 2 years now. Any problems with the battery so far?

What practices do you follow to maximize battery life?

planned obsolescence even here...

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Right? It's pretty disappointing, the Edge could definitely fit one or two AAA batteries, and you can definitely engineer something to be waterproof and have replaceable batteries. That's not new tech exactly. The entire Edge 2 (and I assume most toys like it) is coated in silicone, so I don't think there's an elegant way of opening it without breaking the silicone. Not sure if there's many teardowns of these things.

I used to charge the Edge after using it, but after coming back to it with very low charge sometimes I've elected to just charge it beforehand. Granted I don't use it that often, so I really can't speak for its longevity. When I do use it more frequently it has enough for a really lengthy session, or two more normal ones.

[–] helen2345@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

the toy I want to buy sells now for 30 EUR. Original price was 120 EUR, which is a huge discount.

If this toy is as great as advertised, why are they selling it at a so steep discount? Something's not right.

Could I be buying a used toy?

This model doesn't have any reviews afaik.