# Have you ever tried K-Y Yours+Mine Couples Lubricant? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955 "2008-08-22T19:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/1 "2008-08-22T19:25:38Z")
I’ve seen TV ads and magazine ads for K-Y Yours+Mine lube, and I’m somewhat curious, but not curious enough to spend sixteen bucks. What’s the deal here? Is this stuff worth a try, or is it snake oil in a fancy package? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/2 "2008-08-22T19:35:05Z")
The [copy](http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/kybrand/32917/) doesn’t really suggest anything beyond same product, different packaging. 99 percent of it is about the ‘sleek’ look of the bottles and increasing intimacy. I’m sure there are some ingredients lists online for a real comparison. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/3 "2008-08-22T19:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] **Is this stuff worth a try, or is it snake oil in a fancy package?** [/QUOTE] Maybe its trouser snake oil. I’m sorry. Please don’t hit me ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/4 "2008-08-22T19:49:13Z")
Heh… He said package… heh ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/5 "2008-08-22T19:58:49Z")
Maybe “His” has vinegar in it, and “Hers” has Baking soda. Or Crushed Mentos and Diet Soda Or Ferric Ammonium Sulfate and Sodium Ferrocyanide, and everything turns Prussian Blue. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/6 "2008-08-22T20:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Is this stuff worth a try, or is it snake oil in a fancy package? [/QUOTE] What would make it “worth a try” to you? What are the shortcomings (heh) of regular KY (or astroglide, or whatever you’re comparing it to) that you’re interested in addressing? Is whatever sensation you and your partner are having now problematic, and not dealt with adequately by the umpteen products currently on the market? I’d be happy to field test it for you and provide my findings, but you’ll have to advise me on what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/7 "2008-08-22T20:54:41Z")
[QUOTE=sunacres] What would make it “worth a try” to you? What are the shortcomings (heh) of regular KY (or astroglide, or whatever you’re comparing it to) that you’re interested in addressing? Is whatever sensation you and your partner are having now problematic, and not dealt with adequately by the umpteen products currently on the market? I’d be happy to field test it for you and provide my findings, but you’ll have to advise me on what you’re looking for. [/QUOTE] Nothing is “problematic,” but a little something new is always nice at my age (I am 60 years old). I’m not a lube-user at present, but the ads imply that this product gives some sort of special sensations (different for the man and woman, and synergistic when docking occurs). That sounds interesting, but not sixteen bucks’ worth of interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/8 "2008-08-22T21:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Nothing is “problematic,” but a little something new is always nice at my age (I am 60 years old). I’m not a lube-user at present, but the ads imply that this product gives some sort of special sensations (different for the man and woman, and synergistic when docking occurs). That sounds interesting, but not sixteen bucks’ worth of interesting. [/QUOTE] I think the ‘synergy’ only comes into play because you buy it as a couple, or one member presents it to the other as something intimate for ‘both of us,’ versus, I guess, a woman picking up some KY she knows she’ll need or a guy buying condoms by himself. I think it’s just an attempt to make lube sexy rather than a(n occasionally) cure for dry vag or chafing during marathon sex. ETA If you want something new from the condom rack, check out Elexa’s disposable vibrating cock rings (or whatever euphemism they use). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/9 "2008-08-22T22:45:35Z")
We’ve actually tried it. It was … okay, I guess. I think I described it as “like dipping my privates in a mild Pop Rocks mixture”. The guy puts on his lotion, she applies hers, and when the two are combined, you get mild tingling and lots of warmth. It was OK, I guess, but not really worth the $16 price tag. My wife didn’t get much benefit out of it, but she has MS and some reduced feeling so her results may not be typical. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/10 "2008-08-22T23:26:53Z")
[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!] The guy puts on his lotion, she applies hers, and when the two are combined, you get mild tingling and lots of warmth. [/QUOTE] Sounds like epoxy glue. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/11 "2008-08-22T23:42:42Z")
Ooooh, the warmth part is not good. Not if it’s anything like the K-Y Warming stuff we used the last time…my fella asked that we not use it again. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/12 "2008-08-22T23:53:11Z")
I worry a little when I hear that warmth and tingling are involved when this product is applied. Many, many years ago I accidentally used Mentholatum as love-lube, and the feeling was unforgettable (in a bad way). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/13 "2008-08-23T00:27:00Z")
But wait till you try K-Y Yours+Mine+Hers+Theirs Orgy Lubricant. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/14 "2008-08-23T00:57:52Z")
I liked the warming of KY Warming sensation,… the warming isnt always bad. If the tingling is anything like the KY Mint stuff… i did not like that at all. It only works if you think tingling means mild burning sensation. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/15 "2008-08-23T14:22:15Z")
I don’t understand the need for warming. It’s already pretty warm in there. I remember when KY Warming first came out, and there was a commercial for it every thirty seconds, I kept wondering “What the hell, is there like a nationwide epidemic of drafty vagina or something?” ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/16 "2008-08-23T14:56:25Z")
I think the warming is more for the pre-inside-the-vagina stage. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/17 "2008-08-23T15:47:02Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] I don’t understand the need for warming. It’s already pretty warm in there. [/QUOTE] Exactly. Or tingling for that matter. But as **pinkfreud** points out, in long term relationships sometimes it’s nice to change things up a bit. Hence all the rings and straps and electric motors. I suppose with a market that is conditioned to watch Viagra commercials we’re overdue for a bombardment of other product pitches designed to suggest we’re not milking every last drop of pleasure out of our sex lives. I imagine the $16 price point is aimed at women who hang out at the cosmetics counters of department stores, to distinguish the product from something they’d pick up at the drug store on the shelf next to the Fleet enemas. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/18 "2008-08-23T16:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] I don’t understand the need for warming. It’s already pretty warm in there. I remember when KY Warming first came out, and there was a commercial for it every thirty seconds, I kept wondering “What the hell, is there like a nationwide epidemic of drafty vagina or something?” [/QUOTE] It’s designed for corpse-fuckers. That or real dolls/masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/19 "2008-08-23T20:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Maybe “His” has vinegar in it, and “Hers” has Baking soda. Or Crushed Mentos and Diet Soda Or Ferric Ammonium Sulfate and Sodium Ferrocyanide, and everything turns Prussian Blue. [/QUOTE] You haven’t lived until you’ve done the smurff…though a dirty sanchez is a close second Blll ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955/20 "2008-08-23T21:37:10Z")
We’ve tried it. The “Hers” isn’t warming as much as tingling. Like a very mild Ben-Gay maybe. The “His” is just a slightly viscous lube which doesn’t react to the “Hers” at all. I do like the “Hers” . It’s a bit of a rip off because you can get the same tingly lube free with purchase from Adam and Eve. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-k-y-yours-mine-couples-lubricant/460955.md?page=2)