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Toy Safety Affecting Your Decisions?

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Contributor: Badass Badass
When you pick out an item and like it alot, and you look at the safety meter and it ranks low, 7 or below, do you still order it?
Does the toy safety ranking affect your purchases.
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
Yes
Coralbell , DeliciousSurprise , Rossie , aliceinthehole , Badass , dhig , wdanas , Missmarc , Mr. E , GONE! , cburger , Incendiaire , Lucky21 , Rawhide , LaSchwartz , roskat , 425shark , Femme Mystique , potstickers
19  (33%)
Sometimes
Cookie Monster Mike , BobbiJay , padmeamidala , sweetpea12 , Wide Awake Daydream , snuggly , Kissaki , November , EdenJP , Ciao. , MGDavicnigirl , Gemstone , gone77 , Adriana Ravenlust , married with children , Lummox , The Mother of a SiNner , Undead , Llewey , KyotoAngel , Apirka , fredacarl , Lizzy
23  (40%)
Nope.
- Kira - , Silverdrop , Wild Orchid , Gracie , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , Ms. N , charletnarouh , Hibangel , Greenleaf
9  (16%)
It does, but if I REALLY like the toy, I'm gonna get it anyways.
Ryuson , All His , sweetiejo , Woman China , Lilith Bealove , WeekendRadio , freda
7  (12%)
Total votes: 58
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Contributor: - Kira - - Kira -
No matter how cool it looks, if it's not safe I won't be getting it.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Silverdrop Silverdrop
The safety rating is only one factor. If I'm sure I can use it in a safe way, then I wouldn't worry about it. But since most unsafe toys are jelly, I generally refuse on the grounds of smell. I HATE when toys smell, and one Sil-a-gel dildo gave me a migraine just from being opened in the same room with me.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Cookie Monster Mike Cookie Monster Mike
For me it depends on the item. If it's going to be used anally, I will only take safety level 10 now. However, if it's something like a sleeve I would prefer TPR, but has used the lower safety materials such as cyberskin.

I have seen plenty of anal toys that I thought, oh my god I want that it looks amazing, then when I notice it's made of jelly/rubber I get somewhat annoyed and it never gets added to any wish list.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Gracie Gracie
So far I have only seen one thing that I couldn't find an acceptable substitute to use instead. In fact the safer toys I've purchased have been nicer anyway.
02/21/2012
Contributor: sweetpea12 sweetpea12
Quote:
Originally posted by Badass
When you pick out an item and like it alot, and you look at the safety meter and it ranks low, 7 or below, do you still order it?
Does the toy safety ranking affect your purchases.
Depends if I have to use a condom on a toy I usually don't buy it. But as long as it doesn't need a condom I'll usually get it.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Coralbell Coralbell
To clarify, I meant that yes, toy safety affects my purchases, not yes I'll buy it anyways.
02/21/2012
Contributor: PeaceToTheMiddleEast PeaceToTheMiddleEast
I chose no for now, but that is something to consider.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
If I am purchasing, then it must be safe. However, if I am given an assignment, I will grab some condoms in that order too.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Wide Awake Daydream Wide Awake Daydream
It depends on what the toy is for. I don't share toys, and we will use a condom over ones that have a low safety rating, but I try to stick to the safest ones for the most part. I'm with Cookie Monster Mike, if it is going in anally, it has to be the safest materials!
02/21/2012
Contributor: snuggly snuggly
Yea, the materials matter
02/21/2012
Contributor: Ryuson Ryuson
(Review Program Mentor)
If it's a low rating but an awesome shape, I may get it and use it while I search for something similar with a better rating.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
Yes, material safety means a lot to me, I won't buy anything if they're not made with silicone, stainless steel or glass.
02/21/2012
Contributor: All His All His
The safety rating really matters to us tho on occasion we have gotten the random not on our material list item to try
02/21/2012
Contributor: sweetiejo sweetiejo
If i really like the toy I may try to find a similar one but typically I will just get it and try to make it safe to use by taking aS MANY STEPS AS POSSIBLE.
02/21/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by - Kira -
No matter how cool it looks, if it's not safe I won't be getting it.
same here. my first sex toy experience was with a jelly dildo that eventually disintegrated on me, burning my insides, and off-gassing like a chem plant. it was sticky and nasty. never again.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Positwist Positwist
I'm a stickler on materials. If it's going in my body, it's silicone, steel, ceramic, glass, etc. I'll do hard plastics for external vibes, though.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Ms. N Ms. N
A bad experience with a jelly toy means I will always put the safety factor first.
02/21/2012
Contributor: charletnarouh charletnarouh
Quote:
Originally posted by Badass
When you pick out an item and like it alot, and you look at the safety meter and it ranks low, 7 or below, do you still order it?
Does the toy safety ranking affect your purchases.
I'm a little confused about the question. Are the responses to the poll responding to "do you still order it?" or "does the toy safety ranking affect your purchases?"
I responded that NO I won't order it. I won't order anything less than a 7 on the safety scale.
02/21/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
Quote:
Originally posted by - Kira -
No matter how cool it looks, if it's not safe I won't be getting it.
Exactly! Thats how I have become!
02/22/2012
Contributor: Ciao. Ciao.
I am pretty picky about materials, so usually I look carefully at that before making any purchasing decisions. If I am going to be putting things in/on my body I want them to be good for me! There are exceptions, but definitely I am more inclined to buy very consciously when it comes to material safety.
02/22/2012
Contributor: dhig dhig
always
02/22/2012
Contributor: gone77 gone77
It sometimes does, but not usually.
02/22/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
Usually... toy safety is high on my list for a products made from silicone, glass and metal will last for ages. So I'd prefer to invest.

BUT there are some toys I buy that are on the wickedly unsafer side of toys, and I buy them as I know they are only going to get a few uses as I am checking out to see if I like what it has to offer. Then if I like it, I buy the body safer product.
02/22/2012
Contributor: Mr. E Mr. E
Material safety is top priority for us.
02/22/2012
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
If it's only going to be used by me, I might go for it anyway.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
I only like to buy toys made of non-porous material.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Hibangel Hibangel
Safety is always a priority with me.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Greenleaf Greenleaf
I'm pretty sensitive to chemicals, and I don't particularly wwant to give myself an infection, so I only use safe, non-porous toys.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Lucky21 Lucky21
For us, the material is a big deal.
02/23/2012