#EdenU - Product Material and Safety

Contributor: CoffeeButton CoffeeButton
I didn't know too much before joining, but now I've been rabidly reading up on this sort of thing. I need to make sure I know what I'm talking about when I do my first toy review (after the item's delivered).
09/19/2012
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
This is really helpful, especially for those who are new to EF. When I first started I had no idea about the material scale. When we first experimented with toys the only options at my local sex toy shop were jelly.

Now that we've discovered glass and silicone I don't think there is any going back!
09/19/2012
Contributor: PeachCandy PeachCandy
My favorite toy materials are definitely glass and silicone. I love the material safety chart of EF - it's really helpful. Before EF, I knew absolutely nothing about sex toy materials.
09/19/2012
Contributor: Martiniman Martiniman
I had some knowledge of toy materials, but have learned so much more after joining EF. My wife prefers pure silicone because of its safety, texture and firmness. She doesn't like anything that is extremely hard and she finds silicone to be perfect.
09/19/2012
Contributor: HusbandandWife HusbandandWife
After joining EF we have become more aware of safety with sex toys. I do not think most people know that some toys are safer than others. Glad that Eden is educating it's customers! It's another reason that we recommend EF.
09/19/2012
Contributor: Ex-prude Ex-prude
I didn't know anything about material safety before Edenfantasys and my favorites now are silicone, glass, and stainless steel!
09/20/2012
Contributor: Fodra Fodra
This is interesting, although I wish the cleaning section on the materials list was more in depth. Before I joined, I didn't know anything about material, although I had heard about phthalates before. Thanks to eden, I prefer silicone and plastic, since those tend to be the safest vibrator materials, I haven't seen enough glass or metal vibrators, so I haven't tried them yet. I also like some softer materials, like TPR, or PU coated plastic
09/20/2012
Contributor: hybridinsurge hybridinsurge
Thanks for the helpful info! I really like the material safety rating scale that is available on this site. All I knew before was that silicone was safe but expensive.
09/20/2012
Contributor: Nacht Stern Nacht Stern
I knew nothing before I came here.
Now my favorite materials are silicone (for its safety) and metal for the hot/cold retention.
09/20/2012
Contributor: ADrew ADrew
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Originally posted by Ansley
EdenU – Product Material and SafetyWelcome to Eden University! Today, we are going to go over some basic information on the differences between materials and what their safety ratings mean.Sex toy materials range from your basic jelly formula to ... more
Yes I knew about toy materials before coming here, but have learned more by being here.

We enjoy silicone the most because it is soft, but also have a few glass things and some jelly toys.
09/20/2012
Contributor: Sangsara Sangsara
im pretty much a silicone girl except for my icicles #24 and my we vibe tango. oh and any micro bullet
09/20/2012
Contributor: Katers1350 Katers1350
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Originally posted by Ansley
EdenU – Product Material and SafetyWelcome to Eden University! Today, we are going to go over some basic information on the differences between materials and what their safety ratings mean.Sex toy materials range from your basic jelly formula to ... more
I definitely knew a little about toy materials before, I've always thought it best to stay away from the jelly toys because of their propensity to have bacteria problems - turns out I don't like the material anyways.

definitely interesting to learn about some of the other materials and their safety!
09/20/2012
Contributor: tortilla tortilla
this is awesome info - I never even thought about all of this before!
09/20/2012
Contributor: Lynx Lynx
I love the material rating system Eden uses. It's so easy to use and understand.
09/21/2012
Contributor: edeneve edeneve
I've learned a lot more about toy materials since I've been writing reviews.
my favorite material?: don't know yet, haven't tried them all, yet.
09/21/2012
Contributor: AnnieOakly AnnieOakly
I prefer 100% silicone toys, metal, and glass, because I hate having to worry about what is touching what, it's a pain in the butt.
09/21/2012
Contributor: gsfanatic gsfanatic
I knew some of the material stuff, but I've definitely learned a lot from eden
09/21/2012
Contributor: Jobthingy Jobthingy
Great lesson Stormy
09/22/2012
Contributor: Lynx Lynx
If not for EF, I never would have known to watch out for all these different materials, and the way they're rated for safety, and even comfort. This site is the best.
09/22/2012
Contributor: NativeHalo NativeHalo
I had no idea the skin-like ones were most porous (though I suppose it does make sense. I suppose silicone is the way to go! =]
09/23/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
EdenU – Product Material and SafetyWelcome to Eden University! Today, we are going to go over some basic information on the differences between materials and what their safety ratings mean.Sex toy materials range from your basic jelly formula to ... more
I actually only knew about Jelly, hard plastic and that phthalates were bad before becoming a reviewer. I had been purchasing toys for years only knowing to look out for pthaalates and that jelly could be bad, but I liked jelly because it's soft and was cheaper than silicone!

Now, I know a lot more about them being porous and such.

The quiz sounds exciting! I'm looking forward to seeing all about it.

My favorite toy materials are actually TPR (like Evolved's TPR used in Flutter, Sugar, etc.) I like the slight firmness, but squish it has since I tend to like pressure. I love silicone, but find most silicone toys are only a soft thin layer of silicone over a hard plastic, which means pain and/or no squish or give for someone who likes pressure or a softer toy. Also, a lot of the silicone, higher quality toys are so large that I can't use them, so I really have more TPR and other soft toys than I do silicone. I do love the super squishy silicone used in Cleo and Matryoshka though. Those are awesome because it's a thick layer of silicone instead of a thin layer over a hard toy.

My second most-used material is glass.
09/23/2012
Contributor: Vaginas Vaginas
I LOVE silicone. starting to really like glass. and don't hate plastic.

and I LOVE that eden gives you such great information on all of their products
09/23/2012
Contributor: dv8 dv8
I knew about toy materials before joining but I learned about Vixskin and O2 silicone here.
09/23/2012
Contributor: Gone (LD29) Gone (LD29)
I knew a lot about all the soft materials like jelly, TPR, and silicone before coming here. Since I've been here, I learned a whole lot I never knew about glass, wood, ceramic, and metals.
09/23/2012
Contributor: krazed79 krazed79
Wow...I've never thought about his before now. My faves are usually silicone or glass. I will think about this every time I get something new now, lol.
09/23/2012
Contributor: Silverdrop Silverdrop
I finally coaxed the bf into trying out the nJoy Pure wand (stainless steel) and he absolutely loved it - just like I knew he would. I love that some of the toys in our collection are safe enough for us both to use.
09/24/2012
Contributor: AliMc AliMc
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
EdenU – Product Material and SafetyWelcome to Eden University! Today, we are going to go over some basic information on the differences between materials and what their safety ratings mean.Sex toy materials range from your basic jelly formula to ... more
I didn't know much at all about the different sex toy materials before I started visiting EF. I just assumed the difference was in how it felt, but it didn't occur to me that some would be much more safer than others. Now I prefer silicone or hard plastic toys, and I absolutely avoid jelly.
09/24/2012
Contributor: candykiss34 candykiss34
I knew very little about toy materials before I joined EF. My new favorite material is silicone because it is very safe and easy to clean
09/24/2012
Contributor: potstickers potstickers
I didn't know about all the different kinds of materials before, but Eden has helped me choose the best!
09/25/2012
Contributor: Cinnyree Cinnyree
i never knew that they could make unsafe toys before i came to this site
09/25/2012