What has been good and what hasn’t about anal and prostate toys?

Would like to hear your experiences with anal and prostate toys, both purchased and homemade. What has been good and what hasn’t! Also what lube you have used.

We just use ordinary silicon lube. It works ok for us. I prefer butt plugs which are made of silicon, (they feel more natural) but I read that using silicon lube with silicone toys ruins them. We also have a couple of metal ones. They are good for coolness but the ones we have, have got a hard round gemstone in which is uncomfortable and irritating if wearing for a longer period.

We also have a couple of metal ones. They are good for coolness but the ones we have, have got a hard round gemstone in which is uncomfortable and irritating if wearing for a longer period.

You really have to wonder if the manufacturers, and especially designers, have ever tried out such plugs on themselves. So many plugs have round flanges, which do work well to keep a plug from slipping in, but long/medium time wearing is very uncomfortable.

What is so difficult about designing a plug, metal or not, with a flange that is narrow and curves like a crescent so that it will fit nicely and comfortably between the buttocks?

Good question, but sometimes even non-round designs go wrong. I have a plug made by Tantus, to my mind a pretty reputable manufacturer, and the external flange is awful. It's not like they started with a round flange and cut crescents out of each side, ending up with a concave shape. Nope, instead they went overboard and made it a convex shape, so there are rather pointy bits in the fore and aft position that in my case dig uncomfortably into the perineum. It's a horror show. The plug stimulates me inside, I involuntarily clench down on it, the plug tries to get in deeper (the neck is actually a little short for my anal canal) and as a result the front edge of the flange digs in and ruins the fun. Just goes to show that toys are a total crap shoot (ha!) when you buy them. Depending on your anatomy even the nicest looking and best made one can be totally worthless. I'm assuming of course that this is a problem particular to my anatomy and that they actually successfully field tested some prototypes before they went into production. Maybe I'm wrong, and everyone hates them but can't return them. See here for a picture: https://www.tantusinc.com/collections/plugs/products/neo

Just goes to show that toys are a total crap shoot (ha!) when you buy them. Depending on your anatomy even the nicest looking and best made one can be totally worthless.

Absolutely correct. I don't know how many plugs I've bought, online and in stores, that look good in a pic and turn out to be uncomfortable or painful. The thing is, I doubt that even in sex shops you'd be allowed into a fitting room to try them out before purchase … ha ha

A follow up on the metal plug issues with problems, I can add a couple of thoughts.

They’re mostly round with round flanges of different sizes. This is because they’re nearly all turned in lathes that only allow rotationally symmetric shapes. Creating slimmer but longer more friendly flanges require much more time consuming machining.

A solution to this is the moulded flange screwed or glued to the metal plug. Should be perfect, but I too have the experience that the stem length is too short and the flange also too short along the perineum and butt crack. This all results in pain as the flange is pulled in by the butt swallowing the plug, gouges the perineum and brings a risk of pulling-in which would be a disaster.

I’m pretty sure whoever creates these has never tried one, nor spoken to someone who has.

@ Liquid Plumr, I became curious and measured the length of my anal canal. It's about 2 inches.

Never found a prostate stimulator that actually stimulated - vibrating or not. Also, didn't fancy vibrators for internal anal play - nice on the outside though, but a plain old bumpy non-vibrating dildo was preferable. For prostate stimulation - my wife's hand/fingers were the only and best way. Partly because she could direct and react to my reactions, partly because of the added intimacy.

I’m pretty sure whoever creates these has never tried one, nor spoken to someone who has.

I'm glad that other members think so as well. Sometimes I used to think that I had an unusually shaped anus or rectal muscles/area for finding so many plugs uncomfortable.

I guess few unsatisfied anal plug users ever lodge complaints with a consumer affairs organization or ombudsman.

@agracier I guess few unsatisfied anal plug users ever lodge complaints with a consumer affairs organization or ombudsman.

Made me smile reading ^ Kind of like the 2 or 5-year guarantees enema bags would come with from Sears - yea, imagine taking your old enema bag back cause it sprung a leak.. 😄

I agree with the general tone here. Most prostate toys are overpriced plastic junk that do nothing in particular for that spot and end up discarded after one use. More effect/fun can be achieved with a decent butt-plug set, though many disappoint as @agracier says due to the external piece being round and so uncomfortable. But I've found ones on Amazon where that external piece is oblong/narrow and curved to sit more comfortably between bum cheeks.

An electro butt-plug with Tens type box is good for anal sensations you can adjust to taste. For those with several hundred to blow, the Hismith range of fucking machines are powerful and heavyweight. Some may cum anally that way.

But in terms of the prostate, I've yet to see anything that did more than a vibrator.

But in terms of the prostate, I've yet to see anything that did more than a vibrator.

You never met my wife! 😜

You never met my wife! 😜

@Rigel - Well that is the absolute truth, a willing woman with skilled fingers up your backside is unbeatable. But I guess anyone who has one of those available won't need plastic toys.

Best one for me is a 10 speed prostate massager from Adam and Eve. It‘s a straight wand with a little angle and probe at the end. I was able to cum solely from its stimulation.

For those with several hundred to blow, the Hismith range of fucking machines are powerful and heavyweight. Some may cum anally that way.

I'd love a powerful fuck ing machine to bend over in front of and get pounded by. I have some good toys and get good stimulation from but find my flexibility isn't good enough. sticking dildo to a wall and pushing back on it is fun but I think a machine fucking would be better.

I bought one of the Hismith Premium with remotes. It's definitely a slower and more relaxed experience than doing it manually. And the pre programed patterns make for great variety hands free .

Made the mistake of buying the bargain $100.00 unit. To not powerful enough for anal in my opinion.