Mens Cream
Wet Platinum Premium Body Glide
Liquid Silk
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We can't blame anyone for being a bit confused about
the interactions between lubes and safer sex supplies
and/or sex toys. Uh, what are the combinations that you
aren't supposed to use? Is this anything like no red
wine with fish? Or no white shoes after Labor Day?
That's it, no white condoms after red wine!
But it really isn't that complex. There are two
interactions that you need to be aware of as a savvy
safe-sex consumer:
- Latex and Oil-based Products.
- Lipids (a fancy name for
oils and fats) degrade latex. This isn't a particularly
subtle effect; latex gloves, condoms, and dental dams
can be reduced to tatters in seconds by oil-based
products.
More things contain oil than you might realize. Nearly
all of the Kama
Sutra products contain oil. However, all of the
sex lubes we carry -- with the exception of
Mens Cream
-- are safe for use with latex. If you use, ahem, more
traditional lubes such as Crisco, these almost always
contain fats and oils that can degrade latex; Crisco
itself is particularly powerful.
This caution applies to latex dildos as well. The
jelly dildos and butt-toys
we sell are made of latex, and will be ruined by
oil-based products. Ditto the material in the
Cyberskin products;
the manufacturers
are very cagey about protecting their patent and
haven't revealed the exact makeup of these oh-so-modern
sex-toy materials, but we're pretty sure latex is in
the mix. And although the manufacturers of the
Fleshlight tell us that there is no latex
in the Fleshlight, they do suggest that you not use
oil-based lubes with it, as it will be difficult to
clean off without damaging the toy. The same is true for the
Silky Bendable Dildo
and the Futurotic products.
- Silicone Lubes and Silicone Toys.
-
The new kids on the
block in the lube department are silicone-based lubes.
We sell two, Wet Platinum Premium Body Glide,
BodyFluid,
and Eros
Bodyglide, all of
which we like a lot. Silicone lubes are 100% latex
safe, so you don't have to worry about condoms breaking
(at least, not from that).
But the makers of some silicone sex toys have indicated
that silicone lubes can degrade silicone sex toys with
extended use. Reports on this interaction are mixed,
and it may be that silicone lubes are safe with some
silicone sex toys and not with others. But to be on the
safe side, we suggest that you avoid using this
combination. And if you use condoms on your silicone dildos
and butt-toys (a great idea, by the way, both for easy cleanup
and safer sex), do be aware that most lubricated condoms use
some sort of silicone-based lube. So we definitely advise you
to use non-lubricated condoms
for this purpose.
If you wish to be ultra-safe, we recommend using a
water-based lube; water-based lubes have no bad
interactions with either latex or silicone. Our
personal favorite is Liquid
Silk, or Maximus if you
prefer a heavier lube.
Probe,
Astroglide,
Kama Sutra Love Liquid,
and Forplay Flavored Lubes
also have their loyal and devoted fans.
Whatever you use, use a lot of it (it is hard to have
too much lube)...and have fun!
Visit our Supplies Page for links to all our great lube products.
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If you have questions or comments, please get in touch with us.
Blowfish, your coolest sex-products source on the Web since 1994, is located in San Francisco, California;
our toll-free number is 800-325-2569 (international customers can call us at 415-252-4340).