My wife and I are new to toys of any kind. In a short amount of time we have collected a dozen or so implements of pleasure, with associated lubes and oils. Our own little sexual health toolkit.

But, the kit got started with a singular toy found in a quest to help my lover achieve a stronger, stress-free orgasm. She can be a very heavy squirter, which is spectacularly arousing for me, but had been psychologically problematic for her for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which was having to immediately change the bed linens, before love fluids made it to the mattress. If she were to have an uninhibited ejaculation, it was impossible to do fast enough. Mood killer for both of us. The end result was her always holding back short of total release. While she always assured me she was satisfied, I knew better.

I needed to find a way to give her the freedom of mind to relax her hips and let it go and feel all the pleasure her body could provide. The search resulted in the purchase of a Liberator Shag Throe. I saw a video depicting a glass of water being poured on the liberator without it soaking through and immediately made our first sex toy purchase.

With the throe and a few sessions with open communication between lovers, she achieved multiple spray and fountain releases of orgasmic delight.

But, as other reviewers have noted, after an extended sex session with several spectacular, puddle-making squirts, those puddles eventually soak through to the sheets. The video I had viewed checked for dampness after only 20 secs, and if you look at the edges you can see the puddles starting to soak in. The person on bottom will feel the sensation of butt in a puddle, eventually giving way to the sensation of butt on soppy fabric.

While it was disappointing at first blush, the good news was that we realized the mattress was safe. We have been able to relax and enjoy the afterglow for a pleasantly long time, even after the wettest of sessions, and not worry about the mattress. We might have to wash the throw, sheets and a barely dampened mattress pad, but we can live and love with that. We still don't believe we can go straight to sleep afterward and not have soak trough to the mattress however.

Two different materials are on either side, one velvety, one satiny. They each have their pleasures in contact with the skin, but we mostly use the velvety side up.

It seems very well crafted and durable so far. A couple months of several washings per week has only seemed to make it even softer.

The satiny side seems to have stretched a bit, but, that has also lessened its tendency to scrunch up underneath us during rigorous play.

For all but the heaviest of squirters, the Liberator Throe fits the bill for anyone who wants to have messy sex without the fuss of heavy clean up, or concern for staining of furniture. Even prolific squirters are saved from staining, though clean up still requires extra bed linen laundry.

Our libidos aren't exactly matched, so, many sessions in between those involving squirting orgasms are spent in play designed to satisfy my daily needs. Either with help from my lover or in solo play. The bigger messes that I make are due to the need for lots of lube in anal play. We never have to wash anything but the throe after all of these sessions.

Not big enough! The throe tends to scrunch up with vigorous play, especially with the silky side up. If you or your lover's mood is affected by oil, or lube on the sheets, you will be constantly readjusting or re-stretching it out. Like Olympic gymnasts, we have begun to use every bit of the apparatus and really wish we had one that would fit our king size bed.

Wash, dry, fold, store with sheets or blankets.

When I ordered the throe, it was in furtherance of a quest to provide an uninhibited squirting experience for my lover and me. We had never used toys of any type. But, we couldn't help but notice the other benefits Liberator touted beside soaking up female ejaculation.

Of course we knew and understood many of the purposes for lubes and oils, but never realized our own desires to experiment were always pushed aside out of concern for staining linens and furniture. With the throe we could overcome the self-repression. Lubes led to surfacing and awakening of curiosity about dildos and vibrators for her, which led to the surfacing and curiosity about anal play for me, which led to oils and cock rings and harnesses and pegging! Oh, my!

Wow! Who would have thought how much more enjoyable sex can be by not worrying about staining linens or furniture.

Particularly pleasing is using oils or lubes without worry about the stuff that drips down the bottle and puts rings on the night stand. Just lay them on the throe beside you. Handy for when you need to add a little more.

No worry about oily, lubed bodies on sheets. Slather oil on your hands to slather on your partner without worry because you have an instant, over-sized, hand towel. Wipe your hands to get a better grip on that bottle of lube or oil to spread some more.

Afterward, use the throe to wipe the excess off your bottles, toys and body, then finish by cleaning them all with anti-bacterial soaps and water.