Check it. Then decide.
Eighteen facts about fleshlights that hold up
One product, taken seriously. Every claim here has a patent, a specification or a study behind it, and a page of its own. The half that decides whether you enjoy owning one is on the care shelf.
Care
Water-based lubricant, and nothing else
Oil and silicone do not wash out of a porous material. They stay in it. 1 kind of lubricant the material toleratesBrowse by shelf
4 places to start.
5 facts
The product
What it is, what it is made of, and where it came from.
4 factsThe body
What is ordinary, what has been measured, and what it does to you.
5 factsCare
The boring half, and the half that decides how long it lasts.
4 factsMyths
Confidently repeated, thoroughly checked, mostly wrong.
All the facts
The whole collection, with the sources on every page.
The product
It was patented as a sperm collector
The application describes laboratory equipment, and that was the point.
The product
The sleeve is a thermoplastic elastomer, not silicone
Which is why it is soft, why it is porous, and why it cannot be boiled.
The product
The original is nine inches deep
Longer than nearly anyone using it, and that is on purpose.
The product
The case is a torch because of the shelf, not the hand
It is the one design decision that explains the whole product.
The product
The signature models are casts of actual people
A licensed name, a body cast, and a texture that has nothing to do with either.
The body
More than nine in ten men, in every survey ever run
The figure has barely moved since 1948, which is the interesting part.
The body
Nearly half of heterosexual men have used a sex toy
A nationally representative sample, not a shop's customer list.
The body
Twenty-one a month, followed for eighteen years
The largest study of its kind found the frequent end of the scale did better.
The body
The body learns the grip it is given
The most common finding in men who cannot finish with a partner.
Care
Water-based lubricant, and nothing else
Oil and silicone do not wash out of a porous material. They stay in it.
Care
Everything that goes wrong starts with putting it away damp
Warm, dark, moist and soft is a description of a growth medium.
Care
The renewing powder is cornstarch, and that is not a complaint
It is the right answer, and the reason it is not talc matters.
Care
Cleaning a toy is not the same as sterilising it
Researchers found viral DNA on toys a day after they had been washed.
Care
The soft plastic problem, and who found it
A Danish environmental agency bought sex toys and put them in a laboratory.
Myths
"Death grip syndrome" is a forum word, not a diagnosis
The thing underneath it is real. The syndrome, with a name and a cure, is not.
Myths
No study has found that it breaks anything
The claim is everywhere. The evidence for it is not.
Myths
The men who own one are mostly the men having sex
Which is the opposite of the picture in nearly every joke about it.
Myths
The testosterone story is one week long and then it ends
There is a real study behind it, and it does not say what it is quoted as saying.General information about a product and about published research, not medical advice. Anything persistent or painful belongs with a doctor, who has heard it before.