The product
It was patented as laboratory equipment, it is sold in a torch, and the material it is made of reached consumer products only in the late nineties. Most of what is written about it online is marketing. This is the part that can be checked against a patent, a specification or a box.
1998
It was patented as a sperm collector
The application describes laboratory equipment, and that was the point.
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The sleeve is a thermoplastic elastomer, not silicone
Which is why it is soft, why it is porous, and why it cannot be boiled.
22.9cm
The original is nine inches deep
Longer than nearly anyone using it, and that is on purpose.
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The case is a torch because of the shelf, not the hand
It is the one design decision that explains the whole product.
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The signature models are casts of actual people
A licensed name, a body cast, and a texture that has nothing to do with either.Browse by shelf
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