Best Lubrication to use with e-stim?

We use the Spectra 360 electrode gel and Rimba gel, what are others using? Where have you been getting your gels from? I know the Spectra 360 varys in price from $5.00 to $15.00, we always buy online since we have never seen it sold locally.

You can go with the premixed from online stuff or just add some salt to regular KY. It works not as easy to work with as the premixed stuff but will do the job in a pinch.

You mix the salt with KY jelly? Never heard of that, I assume the salt adds to the conductivity or is there some other reason for the salt? I'm looking at a tube of Spectra 360 and it says salt free. As a matter of fact I just purchased 2 tubes of Spectra 360 from NJ for $4.04 each cheapest price I have ever found it for and it was delivered in 2 days.

Spectra 360 in the blue/white tube. Never used anything else.

Any water based lubricant will work. but the lubes designed for estim work the best.

The salt with reg KY does help the conductivity, if you can not get the real deal it does work.

The least expensive one that works great is olive oil. It is not harmful to most of the insertion products, either rubber or silicon and it has good lube effect.

We have had good luck with regular KY with saline (contact solution) added. I have heard that a pinch baking soda also works.

KY with a few drops of saline -- you can use contact solution. KY by itself will conduct current, but the saline increases conductivity.

Doc

How about the gel used when getting an EKG? It's slippery and conductive. But, what is it and where is it obtained?

What about astroglide.

Spectra 360 is available here in the UK and it's what I use with my e-stim unit. There are both large and small conductive gel tubes available.

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Scarlott

You can get almost anything on ebay. I recomment getting the lube for tens products. Or just buy the re-usable tens electrodes woth the conductive gel. I use them with great results for up to 2 months. The pads can even be rinsed off and work better if you do.

I have been using Johnsons Baby Lotion for the last 15 years and it works great.

I think that any water based lubricant will make good connection to electric stimulation This is all that I use and I feel it very good but have never tried any other kind of lubricant

I have used olive oil quit a bit. It is nice in that it does not dry out and get sticky like the water based lubes do. I prefer olive oil in my vacuum devices and CB torture boards I have made.

If you want more conductivity out of a water based lube, you could also add some baking soda to it, it is less gritty than adding salt.

If you use conductive rubber for trodes stay away from silicone lubes. Any of them will quickly kill the trode.

I tend to use wal wart personal lubricant. Cheap works best on metal trodes. It is silicone based so stay away from CRubber.

Oilve Oil on other items as listed below.

Spectra 360 @ 8oz for $5 (amazon recently). extended sessions will require reapplication... you'll know when it starts to bite....lol. have added baking soda to ky, oliveoil and various commercial lubes. to me estim is more about conductivity than slippery. one note on conductive rubber, i've noticed that it loses conductivity when streched. .wav files seem better than mp3 something about sampling rate and compression. have fun and isolate the mains. my 2 cents

You do not need any table salt or baking soda mixed into your favorite water soluble lube for e-stim.

Adding salts of any kind to KY, surgilube, etc, is really gilding the lily because they already have various dissociable compounds to adjust pH, so the ability to conduct electricity is already there.

If you use metal trodes or (non Silicone) try the wally world "personal lubricant". It is cheap and comes in a large tube. For longer sessions, add a little water when it feels stingey. (note turn down the device if you spritz)

For urethral inserts only use something like surgical lube to stay away from UTI.

Skybear in North Florida

Surgilube seems to work just as well as the conductive gels that are being sold at a much higher price.

Slippery Stuff (gel) rectally. KY or ID Glide externally

Spectra 360 can be used as lube. It is safe for anal and vaginal use, but keep in mind that it is an "electro conductive gel" designed to improve current conduction to skin. It is not as slippery as a product designed to be a "lubricant".

NOTE: Spectra® 360 is not sterile, so it's not acceptable for urethral use. Only use sterile surgical jelly lubricant sold in single-use 2-5 gram packets for urethral lubrication.

Only use sterile surgical jelly lubricant sold in single-use 2-5 gram packets for urethral lubrication.

Where do you buy single use packs of conductive lube?

You can buy that online and locally at many drug stores and convalescent/home care pharmacies in packages of 100 or a gross of foil packs

You can buy that online and locally at many drug stores and convalescent/home

Conductive lubes at a convalescent home? I guess there's life after 80!

KY, Surgilube and others are all conductive.

If you want it more conductive you can dissolve a few grains of salt in the lube but you really don't need to.

Even without it, typical e-stim units will work fine with KY, surgilube and just about all the other water base lubes on the market.

Spectra 360 ,KY, Surgilube and others are all conductive.

Spectra 360 is the best. Very close to it are all of the Ky. and Sirgilub and similar ones plus J lube. @SwitchableSusie is correct. Disolving some crystals of saltine's the lube does improve a good conductor. Good conducting lube ,and enough of it does take away the burning sensation that occurs in spots with poor contact.

It depends on the type of electrodes and the power box you are using. Electro gel is a conductor which increases the current flow whereas oil is an insulator which reduces the current flow.

Metal electrodes are a good conductor of electricity, the sensation may feel a little ‘stingy’ and can result in hot spot burns. Oil based lube will results in a smoother sensation and stop hot spots.

Conductive Rubber electrodes don't conduct electricity so well as metal so Electro gel my increase the sensation. However, silicon based lube will damage the Conductive Rubber.

Its all a matter of balance.