# all about dildos! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501 "2001-11-15T08:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/1 "2001-11-15T08:29:08Z")
Tell me about yours! News about vibrators is also welcome! For the record, I dont have anything in the way of sex toys (up until now, I have been my own best friend), but I am soon off to market to make a purchase for a good pal of mine, and would like to know what is out there. Maybe I will come home with TWO dildos, if I am feeling brave enough. If nothing else, it would make a nice pet. love Sneeze ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/2 "2001-11-15T08:36:22Z")
ummmmmmmmm…wait…i just realized im a guy and dont know anything…my SO uses a red plastic thing that lights up. She has quiet a few (6 or so) and only uses that one. It must be good. My ex-wife had an egg on a string thing. Wait, why does everyone I sleep with for long periods of time have dildos??? Does that mean I suck? (worries and sweats) dead0man ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/3 "2001-11-15T09:04:40Z")
I am also a guy, but I’m reliably informed that the “Jackrabbit” type are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/4 "2001-11-15T13:50:41Z")
If you want a “starter” vibe – go for the Pocket Rocket and get the ‘rabbit ears’ add-on. Or the Emerald Screw is nice too, but is more phallic than the pocket rocket. The Emerald Screw can also be used without batteries as a dildo. I don’t own the Emerald one, but bought it for my Aunt as her first and she loves it. In my collection: [ul] [li]Rabbit Pearl (one of the best there is)[/li][li]Golden something or other (the most phallic one I own)[/li][li]Pocket Rocket w/ the ears add-on (best travel vibe)[/li][li]Windmere (plug in model, also great for neck and backaches)[/li][li]Jelly Vibe (decent … but hot pink)[/li][li]Lifesaver (some little hard plastic thing that comes in “Lifesavers[sup]tm[/sup]” type container)[/li][li]Smaller Jelly (don’t really like it)[/li][li]Oster hand model (it straps to the back of your hand and makes it (your hand) vibrate, also a plug in model)[/li][/ul] I think that’s it. There may be a couple I’m missing, but they can’t be good if I am. Good luck and let us know what you end up getting 🙂 If you’re shopping online, GoodVibes is an excellent place. ---
**Author:** ![royjwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/5 "2001-11-15T14:06:23Z")
First of all, I am very much a man and do not see any personal need of such a thing. My fiancee is definitely NOT in need of any dildos or vibrators. She seems to very much enjoy the real thing. But why not just find a good man to take care of those needs? Why settle for some lifeless piece of plastic or rubber? I would think that it would be much more fun to have a warm living thing giving you all the pleasure you could possible endure. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/6 "2001-11-15T14:12:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > \*\*…it would be much more fun to have a warm living thing giving you all the pleasure you could possible endure. \*\* Stay away from the sheep, **roy**. ---
**Author:** ![royjwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/7 "2001-11-15T14:24:55Z")
Actually, Tygr, I am more of more of a “cowboy”, but thanks for the warning anyway. How disgusting!!! I was referring to the exquisite pleasures that only a man and woman can share together… Oh the humanity! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/8 "2001-11-15T14:29:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dead0man \* > \*\*Does that mean I suck? > (worries and sweats) > dead0man \*\* From what I hear, some women like that too. Keep a stiff upper lip, and soldier on boy. -Rue. (who has no idea what got me in here, bad link probably) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/9 "2001-11-15T14:29:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > **But why not just find a good man to take care of those needs?** Excuse me, but :rolleyes: You say this like finding a man to have a relationship with (even just a friend with benefits) is as easy as going out and buying a sex toy. It’s not, believe me. My requirements are a little more stringent than “warm body, has dick.” And toys don’t necessarily have to be restricted to solo activities. I find they are _much_ more fun when used with a copilot. Too bad you and your fiance aren’t a little more open-minded about this kind of thing. I have 5 different vibrators and 2 dildos, all save one purchased at [Good Vibrations](http://www.goodvibes.com/) (I still think I should get a kick back from this place). Silicone dildos are my preference. ---
**Author:** ![royjwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/10 "2001-11-15T14:45:25Z")
Howdy Porky, Actually, it has nothing to do with open or closed mindedness. We simply do not require any other stimulation. We are just that good!!! She experiences four or five orgasms per session and depending on our schedules anywhere from two to six sessions per day (only two if I am working that day, more when I am not). I give her standard vaginal orgasms, clitoral orgasms, g-spot orgasms, and a combination thereof. Plus lots of foreplay and exploration. If she ever feels the need for anything more, I do not see any reason why we can not experiment. But that day is far, far away. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/11 "2001-11-15T14:52:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > > **But why not just find a good man to take care of those needs?** > > Excuse me, but :rolleyes: > > You say this like finding a man to have a relationship with (even just a friend with benefits) is as easy as going out and buying a sex toy. It’s not, believe me. My requirements are a little more stringent than “warm body, has dick.”\*\* Well, would you rather have ‘warm body, has dick’ or ‘no body, has dick’? There you go. In today’s society you take what you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Glen\_Livid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Glen\_Livid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glen_Livid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/12 "2001-11-15T15:47:08Z")
Thank you sooo much for this thread. I was going out to buy my girlfriend a sex toy present for this weekend, and i wanted to make sure i got something good. If you want to know my motivations for buying one ( for those people who are probably thinking that i’m not enough man or something ) : I’m just all about watching my g-friend have orgasms…I like giving her 5 or 6 before i even penetrate her…I think that adding a toy into the mix could make this more fun for me, more fun for her, and change things up a little. Anyways, thanks for the thread, i guess i will take this list to the HUSTLER STORE and see what the shopkeep has in stock. -glen ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/13 "2001-11-15T15:54:06Z")
Man alive, I didn’t realize that a lifelike dildo was so damn expensive! I was doin’ a little research over at good vibes and [pleasurechest.com](http://pleasurechest.com). If you want a nice, thick, ‘real skin’, dildo complete with nuts, you’re shellin’ out close to $120!!! My god, I can go get a whore for that. I’m glad I’m married. I have a real skin dildo for free. jar ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/14 "2001-11-15T16:14:39Z")
Ok, here’s the straight (pardon) scoop. Go directly to Google, do a search for Hitachi Magic Wand. Several sites carry it, one will be the cheapest (duh.) Worth every penny (total cost, including shipping was something like $40.00.) FWIW, the Magic Wand is endorsed by the queen-bee of masturbation, Betty Dodson, (_link removed - Coldfire_). On that site, you can find innumerable raves for the wand and the wonders it does. I bought one for my wife a couple months ago, and she loves it. Doesn’t admit to using it on her own (though we all know the truth ;), but we incorporate it in our sessions frequently. If the vibrations are too intense, put a washcloth between the head of the massager and your special parts. Have fun. **Moderator Notes** : Pablito, we do NOT allow links to sites of a pornographic nature at this message board. Don’t do this again. [Edited by Coldfire on 11-19-2001 at 07:06 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/15 "2001-11-15T16:16:17Z")
Well, yeah, **jarbabyj** , they’re expensive, but you don’t get years of use out of the rent-by-the-hour kind… ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/16 "2001-11-15T16:59:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \* > \*\*Or the Emerald Screw is nice too, but is more phallic than the pocket rocket. The Emerald Screw can also be used without batteries as a dildo. > > I don’t own the Emerald one, but bought it for my Aunt as her first and she loves it. \*\* You bought your auntie a vibrator! Tell me she didn’t unwrap it with the family after Christmas dinner. I feel so repressed now. BTW, I’m so proud that we in Ireland has a thriving sex toy export industry. I believe St. Patrick’s Crozier comes highly recommended. The post-climax six decades of the rosary is a bit of a drag though. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/17 "2001-11-15T19:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > You bought your auntie a vibrator! Tell me she didn’t unwrap it with the family after Christmas dinner. I feel so repressed now. Heh … no. Although it was a Christmas present, I gave it to her back in September. As far as I know, only her husband knows about it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/18 "2001-11-15T23:56:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > **We are just that good!!! She experiences four or five orgasms per session…** Buy her a butt plug. See if you can get her up to ten. Personally, I believe a craftsman is only as good as his tools. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/19 "2001-11-16T00:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > [B > > But why not just find a good man to take care of those needs? > > Why settle for some lifeless piece of plastic or rubber? > > \*\* Of course we use dildoes. They come without an asshole attached. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501/20 "2001-11-16T01:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by royjwood \* > \*\*Howdy Porky, > > Actually, it has nothing to do with open or closed mindedness. We simply do not require any other stimulation. > > We are just that good!!! She experiences four or five orgasms per session and depending on our schedules anywhere from two to six sessions per day (only two if I am working that day, more when I am not). > > I give her standard vaginal orgasms, clitoral orgasms, g-spot orgasms, and a combination thereof. Plus lots of foreplay and exploration. If she ever feels the need for anything more, I do not see any reason why we can not experiment. But that day is far, far away. > > Thanks, \*\* Methinks he doth protest too much. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-dildos/93501.md?page=2)