Sex Toy Materials 1: Silicone

• Silicone sex toys are non-porous and can be disinfected. Even textured toys are easily cleaned.
• To clean sex toy you can boil them for 5-10 minutes, pop them in your dishwasher, or wash with soap and water. Boiling will most thoroughly disinfect your silicone sex toys. Do not boil silicone vibrators like the Heartbreaker Sex Toy. The Rock Chick Sex Toy and other silicone sex toys with removable vibes can be boiled.
• If you disinfect silicone sex toys between uses, you can share them with a partner; otherwise, use condoms. Non-lubricated condoms like the Colored Trustex or the Kiss of Mint are best for silicone sex toys.
• Silicone dildos can break at the base if they are forced into too-small rings. Be sure you have the right size harness ring for your dildo. You can get rings in the plumbing section of the hardware store, or order the 4-Ring Pack selection from us.
• Do not use silicone lubes like Eros with silicone sex toys as it can melt the silicone sex toy. Be sure to use a condom over the toy if you want to use silicone lube.

Silicone is a popular sex toy material for many good reasons: it's non-porous, hygienic, pliable, and comes in many vivid colors. It warms to the body and retains heat. It is also extremely durable. Because silicone can withstand high temperatures, you can boil silicone toys (as long as there is no vibrator unit inside) for 5-10 minutes or put them in your dishwasher to disinfect them. They also clean well with soap and water.

Silicone toys vary in their density — some are very soft (like the Mistress) while others are more rigid, but they are all pliable. The variation depends on how much silicone is poured into the mold. Silicone also carries vibration like a dream. You'll find that silicone items are often more expensive that sex toys made of other materials. Not only is the material more expensive than plastics or rubbers, but silicone toy makers are often small businesses that don't mass produce their products on an assembly line but create them in more craftslike settings. You will find the higher price worthwhile because of the longer life-span of silicone and its ability to be disinfected for use with more than one partner.

I have environmental allergies. What sex toys are safe for me to use? Silicone is hypoallergenic. We recommend silicone toys to anyone who is concerned about having a reaction to rubber and vinyl materials or scents or for people who know they do not want to use condoms on their sex toys.