LADIES - What type of speculum do you prefer?

Ladies what’s your preference? Have you ever asked for metal instead of plastic or vice versa?

This thread has been renamed to make it clear what has been asked, but at first I almost deleted it for being poorly titled because it didn't even use the full word 'speculum'. Let's have descriptive thread titles that actually tell members the question being asked, without being enigmatic.

There are several similar threads on Zity that are older, and I've just archived some of them. They can easily be found by performing searches on the word speculum.

So how about we revisit the question of speculum preference with this new conversation? And male members please respect how the thread is aimed at female members.

Not plastic and not stainless steel , my preference is an old rusty filthy steel speculum

I don't like plastic at all.

The plastic type is a bit creaky and I always feel like I am nearly breaking them. Really I prefer the steel ones I have got at home for play exams, a Collins and a Graves. It is cheaper for doctors to just use the plastic than sterilise steel ones though after they have been used so they all just use the plastic.

Metal 100%. I always feel like the plastic ones are about to slide out. Unsure why

Full metal,

I like it cold and know it's being slid in

Same here, I definitely prefer a metal speculum over a plastic one. The plastic feels weird, which is kinda hard to describe and for some reason, I always have this picture in my head of the plastic speculum just snapping with this awful “plastic-snapping-sound” - It seriously gives me the shivers just thinking about it! Not that it ever happened, but I’m always glad once this part of the examination is over.

@Anki same about the plastic ones, snapping and causing real damage!!

Metal! Plastic I only saw in videos but it looks more like a cheap toy forme and I dont trust this things

About twenty years back I picked up a job lot of medical stuff at a county agricultural show for just about £5 or maybe £10. All covered in dust in a tatty cardboard box what caught my eye was what was clearly a vintage speculum. The moving & adjustable parts were all made from chrome plated steel & a short handle was made from clear perspex & seemed designed to hold a lamp fitting for illumination. The two insertable "duck billed" parts were also made from the same clear perspex quite thick & sturdy looking. The whole thing had an insertable length of about 5" & could be opened up real wide - too much so for my attempts at anal use. Fearing some rectal injury I put it away hoping to find some deserving female recipient I could give it to as a present. Sadly not & I no longer have it although I can't recall disposing of it. Anyway it seemed a really well engineered quality item I would love to have used on some willing woman!

My guess is that for most clinics, the decision of plastic versus steel, comes down to cost. The price of a disposable plastic speculum must be significantly less than the purchase price of a steel instrument.. and then add in the ongoing cost of sterilization of the instrument are key factors in the clinic's decision process.

For the patient however, I have found that the large majority, given the option, would prefer steel. Seems it goes in easier and with less discomfort, despite the immediate cold feeling of the steel as it enters the vagina. I have also heard that the plastic, in some patients, tends to pinch a bit, mostly as it is withdrawn and the vaginal wall close again... along with the labia.

My wife says Metal is indicated on the top sheet. None of the five doctors in the group have to ask. One time when she was tormenting me with jealousy abhout the very nice new young Ob/Gyn who examined herthat day. She produced the plastic speculum she had removed from the waste can to bring it home. Showing me the still kind of slippery blades made me pretty upset. She got the responce she wanted