Lube is a pretty important part of my sex life... Before my wife got pregnant, we often enjoyed anal sex|How-to and Techniques and lube was (of course) a vital part of that!

After she'd given birth, I was relegated to using a variety of sex toys|Anal sex toys to 'satisfy' my urges - and lube was an equally important for getting the most satisfaction out of those (check my other reviews for a rundown of my experiences.)

Now my gorgeous wife is 'off the bench,' we've found lube an important part of getting back into our sex life. We tried a variety of oil and water based lubes and currently, Astroglide is easily the best of them.

Astroglide|Astroglide is water based, so it's safe to use with condoms and sex toys (like my Cyberskin Sex Buddy|Cyberskin Sex Buddy review, which I was using while Wifey couldn't have sex.) However, unlike KY Gelee, which we were using, it's slicker, smoother and doesn't dry out as quickly - it's LIGHT YEARS ahead of KY in pretty much every respect.

I haven't tried a huge range of other water based lubes, but from my experiences, I think Astroglide is great. It doesn't take much to 'lube things up,' yet it stays slick for a long time (KY dries out immediately) and I like the fact that it's water based and is safe to use with all our toys.

It comes in a small bottle that fits in the palm of your hand (and can be opened, closed and squeezed with just one hand - useful if your other hand is buried somewhere else!)

The lube itself is slick and didn't have any discernable smell. It had this sexy way of making gooey 'strings' between my fingers, which is kind of messy if you're not careful (I ended up with strands across my keyboard) but looks really hot (maybe I have some insane fetish.)

Last night, Wifey stood up and bent over the sofa and I took her from behind with just a squidge of Astroglide to assist - it was AMAZING - and she was really comfortable despite still getting 'back into the swing of things.'

A few days before that, when Wife was EXHAUSTED because of a misbehaving baby, I had to satisfy my urges with my Cyber Sex Buddy|CyberSkin cyber sex buddy - and it was great - a HUGE improvement over the KY I had been using (which I had to supplement by mixing with water to keep it slick!)

We haven't tried anal yet - but I'm confident it'll do a lot better than KY.