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My first impressions on Synthetic Sensations , a UK based toy company! I'm very excited to publish my full review, but for now, here are some of my early thoughts!

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Going The Distance: Depth Training with Sensual Succubus

I've spoken a little bit about depth training before on this blog, but never really gone into proper… well, depth. Sensual Succubus have very kindly sent me a depth trainer to review, and so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to talk more about the intense world of depth trainers, and how to depth train safely.

But first, let's talk about Sensual Succubus.

Sensual Succubus are a fantasy toy creator based in the US, and they focus on creating inclusive and well made silicone fantasy dildos, anal depth trainers, vaginal toys, and grinders. They have also disclosed to me that they are working on a set of dilators for either vaginal or anal use, and focusing on making these designs fun and exciting compared to the very bland type of dilators you get from a medical setting. They are concerned with inclusivity, and are aiming to make their products more and more accessible to people of all bodies and genders, so naturally I was more than happy to get involved and review a product of their choice.

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Very excited to be writing a full review on Sensual Succubus, for now here are my first impressions on The Swick...

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hello, the comments on your wordpressblog dont work on my end but i wanted to say: thank you so much for your work!!! Your whole review blog reminded me that OH YEAH I LOVE MONSTER DILDOS!!!! Ive binged all your reviews, im so happy to get to know so many options for fantasy dildos and i hope you'll keep up your good work and review more of them!! Master4Fancy's dildos are genuine work of art its so true, ive been scrolling their catalog and i've felt so aesthetically sated like i havent in months!! Also your reviews for packers and stuff were so informative, i feel i have the courage to try one on now! And the event reviews !! Im very very very scared to attend kink events but i really love reading and learning how the stuff happens there !

Im feeling so inspired in general after reading your stuff bc there's not much local kink resources IF ANY. I even thought maybe i should just start one !

Also your sona is so cool !!!!!!!!! Can i draw him ?

Oh and while im at it, what are your thoughts on satisfyers (satisfiers? idk) I thought it could be ok for trans ppl with not much bottom growth (me!) its like a lil pocket hole but it sucks you off too!

Hello!!!!

Omg what a lovely message this was amazing to wake up to, thank you!

Also you're not the only one have issues with my comments on wordpress, I'll have to bother them about that and see what's going on...

I'm so so happy that you feel inspired by my blog, I really love doing what I do and so knowing that it's been able to have an effect is amazing and really gratifying!

Pleeeeeeease draw my sona I would be delighted!

Also in re: to satisfyer:

Satisfyer are a German white label brand which means a lot of their stuff is made from one big organisation and then bought in by satisfyer who put their brand on it to sell. A lot of products work this way including groceries like tinned beans. This isn't a good or bad thing, some white label products can be a bit dodgy, like the stuff you can find on temu, but some white label stuff is great quality, and satisfyer falls under that category.

I believe they are owned by Lovehoney, as I work for them sometimes completing surveys and stuff and they include their products in them.

Anyway, that's just the technical stuff which I'm nerdy about, I actually sell a lot of satisfyer at my day job in a sex shop, and I thoroughly reccomend them to anyone with a vulva, but have found great success with them myself as a t-guy.

Their 'suction' toys are their best sellers, and they work by creating a vacuum that you stick your dick/clit in and stimulating using an air pulse generated by a back plate that moves rapidly up and down at the bottom of the hole. It feels just like suction, but less like using a pump or something.

People favour these toys because they are way more intense, and that is due to the fact that there are no vibrations that sit against the nerve endings, everything is done without having anything touch you aside from air, so people get less desensitized over time and it keeps your nerves fresh and sensitive (sometimes too sensitive, go at your own pace).

If you're wanting one for not much bottom growth, I'd recommend going for one with a more shallow hole. The Curvy Trinity +2 is a good one for this, and you have the option of a vibrating part so you can switch it up. This shape is great cus it's shallow and you can lay on it if you want to.

So yeah, they're great, I'd definitely recommend looking into them! You can find them on most multi-brand sex shops online, and lots of people do deals all the time! If you're in the UK, the shop I work for (simply pleasure) has massive discounts on our website all the time (this isn't in affiliation with my job, I just like giving advice).

But yeah, infodump over! Thank you so much again for your lovely words, that's made my day!

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hello. sorry i will spam your ask here bc comment for on the blog is buggy (for android firefox at least, might or might not be an issue on my side)

anyway. thanks for adding the link.

by posture i meant stance (sorry if it was a wrong word, i'm not native english speaker), as you write that a bigger packer can affect it. i was considering packing a while ago to see if it affects the way i walk, stand and seat.

also thank you for the hard packer review. i didn't know there are things like that with a built in stroker. (warning for possibly dysphoria inducing things ahead) i got used to thinking that my private parts are not fit for penetrating people and thus are for my pleasure (from direct stimulation at least) rather than my partners', and strap on toys are the opposite — mostly for my partners' pleasure (although they do have an appeal for me as well) since i can't really feel much as opposed to when using hands or mouth. that combined with other issues and i didn't really consider strap on toys or hard packers anymore.

(end of warning) after reading your review, the possibility of being stimulated at the same time as my partner, combined with other already known benefits (such as free hands or available positions) makes me open to reconsideration. it's unlikely i will buy anything (any time soon at least), but it's good to know what options there are and how people with somewhat similar attitude view them.

another cool thing about reading your reviews is that i can get limited knowledge about the things without having to own or use them myself, bc my prudishness sometimes exceeds my curiosity (and also it costs money). i get that it works differently for different people and using a thing isn't the same as reading a review, but that's a good start imo.

tl;dr cool packer reviews, thanks

Hello again!

Thanks for your initial comment on my blog, and I'm glad the link is fixed now :)

Yes, packing can definitely effect the way you walk, and so if you're wanting to masculinise your walk more it's definitely an option! It also can feel very affirming to just have an extra weight there to consider.

I totally understand how you feel about your genitals during sex, I've got pretty hefty bottom dysphoria to the point where I rarely enjoy being touched by others down there unless under very specific conditions, and it can be physically painful to be touched (isn't the brain fun?), so I was happy to fuck people without feeling any (physical) pleasure in return, but I have had a couple of partners express to me that they didn't enjoy the penetration as much as they would do if they knew I was also getting pleasure from it too, it made me realise how psychological sex is, and how a lot pleasure comes from the assumption that your partner is physically getting off at the same time. So I looked into hard packing, but a lot of the brands out there are extortionate in price, so I left it.

Fast forward to me starting this blog, and I reached out to banana prosthetics to express my interest in trying and reviewing a hard packer, and they agreed to sign me up to their affiliate programme which means I got the product on a discount, and therefore was able to review it for others who may not want to dump a whole lot of money on something they may not know much about, so I was really happy!

I do think the hard packer is a very good prosthetic and really allows both bodies to be linked during penetration in the same way that happens with bio penis penetration, it can bridge that psychological gap, and it's also very soothing to bottom dysphoria.

I'm really glad you liked my review and it's so nice that you took the time to comment and send me an ask like this, it really means a lot and encourages me to want to keep doing this sort of thing!

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Zip, Boom, Bonjour: Hard Packing with Banana Prosthetics

If soft packing is the practice of using a prosthetic to create a realistic flaccid bulge, then hard packing is the practice of using a prosthetic to create an erect penis to use during sexual intercourse, or solo masturbation. Hard packers, at least the ones from Banana Prosthetics, differ from a standard dildo/strap-on harness situation due to the toy prioritizing realism and seamless interaction with the biology of the user.

Like a soft packer, a hard packer is a medical-grade prosthetic that I am proudly too snobby about to refer to as just a ‘dildo’, even though that is technically what it is. The hard packers provided by Banana Prosthetics stand aside from a dildo, though, because (like their soft packers) they are cast off of real life biological penises. On their website, you have a choice of several real models, each one different in girth and length and general appearance.

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Masterful Fantasy: A Master4Fancy review

Master4Fancy is a women-run, adult toy company based out of China. They specialise in creating fantasy dildos with all manner of species in mind, and each dildo belongs to a curated character that you can read in-depth lore about and collect artwork for.

Each toy is masterfully crafted, and has an option of adding a suction cup, or cum tube (see: my article on ejaculating dildos if you’re confused by that term), and a fully customisable choice of colours and softness of silicone used. If you order with Master4Fancy, then you will be far from disappointed with whatever toy you choose to purchase, and they have a fantastic array so you can pick the perfect fantasy just for you.

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I'm collabing with the lovely ladies at Master4Fancy for this Monday's review! They make beautiful fantasy dildos.

Here's a little first impressions video of the toys I will be reviewing in-depth later on my blog!

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Just a reminder that if you want to support me PLEASE follow me on the social media I've listed here as the more companies see I have a readership, the more likely they want to collab, and the more I can bring more fun new articles to you :)

Hello, I'm Spike

I fully imagine tumblr will nuke this blog, but let's give it a go.

I'm a sex toy reviewer, kink party goer, and tester of trans male gender-affirming products. I have been published many times in the adult industry, mostly in UK print magazines Simply Pleasure and Prowler, and I'm moving into the world of digital press.

I have my own blog where I publish in-depth reviews and wellness articles focused around sex and gender.

Physical print published under Monty Valentine, online published under Spike Valentine.

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Doctor’s Orders: Delving Into Medical Kink

The literal definition of medical play/kink is finding excitement from the taboo of medical malpractice, whether that is the fantasy of having a doctor examine you in an “inappropriate” way, or having medical equipment used on you in a sadomasochistic sense.

Bare Bones is a long-standing and regular kink event which has been running for over 2 years now, and uses the Within Temptations venue in Torquay to host. It is run by the lovely Raven, and Keith (AKA D.S.S.), of whom I had the pleasure of catching up with later in this article. The particular Bare Bones event I attended was ‘Medical Mayhem’, a kink party with a medical theme that encourages all manner of themed costumes, as well as a safe space to indulge in edgeplay such as needles, staples, blood play, and other more hardcore BDSM practices associated with medical play.

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Phenomenal Phallus: Soft Packing With Banana Prosthetics

A soft packer, in the context of Banana Prosthetics, is a product made to resemble male genitalia made from soft but robust medical grade silicone. A packer is designed to sit in the underwear of the wearer to create a bulge-like appearance in the clothes.

The SP 8 is 4 inches in length, and is uncut but still has the head of the penis poking through the foreskin. It’s truly a beautiful product, if you’re weird like me and think penis prosthetics can be beautiful, but it’s a work of art through-and-through.

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Not an ask/ suggestion, but just wanted to say I really appreciate the level of detail (and thereby the level of care) you go into writing your reviews and blog posts - there's been a few things that have been reviewed that I don't have much personal interest in (like swinger parties/events), but I'm always curious and I always step away feeling like I've been given a really good understanding, even its just from one POV - thank you for taking the time man!

Thank you so much for this!!! I really do appreciate it! It's mad to think that people actually read the stuff I publish, so it's even more amazing to know that you enjoy it!

I really do care a lot about the quality and detail of my articles, I went into this first and formost as a passion project, so the amount of detail really does just come from me infodumping about stuff I'm excited about a lot of the time!

It's funny cus I'm not into the swingers scene at all either, which is exactly why I wanted to write about it as I thought it would be interesting to get an outsiders view, so I'm glad that came across!! If you were wanting to read more about events then I'm planning on publishing one about an edgeplay/medical kink event I went to very recently!

But yeah, thank you so much!!!! This has made my day!

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I have the pleasure of collaborating with Banana Prosthetics, a French Canadian company dedicated to producing ftm prosthetics.

I will be writing two separate reviews for these items respectively, and the soonest one will be about the soft packer landing this Monday.

If you need captions for this video then please check out the one I posted to my Instagram.

If you would like to check out their products you can follow my affiliate link below, and use code Spiky10 for 10% off of your order :)

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Guide to Girth: A Creature Cocks Review

Do you get excited by the idea of taking more and more interesting and different fantasy toys, but find the idea of taking something huge impossible? There are ways to achieve your dreams without compromising your safety!

I'm going to be talking about girth training today, and I'm going to be using the brand Creature Cocks to show you what sort of toys you can use to achieve this.

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The good thing about tumblr is that I can post stuff like this on here. I have just received my Banana Prosthetics hard packer. This is a penile prosthetic that can be used to penetrate, whilst providing stimulation to the wearer via a small stroker fitted to the back of the prosthetic. This brand also gives you the option to replace the stroker with a vibrator, of which I have also opted into trying.

It's going to take me a few weeks to review this item (I need to organise using it with a willing volunteer lol) but I'm excited to test and write about this bad boy.

For now, you can check out their site here.

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Locked and Loaded: Getting to Grips With Ejaculating Dildos

Yes, in case you haven’t figured it out, I’m going to be talking about how to get the most out of your ejaculating dildo. 

When I first started using such a toy, I just couldn’t understand why it wasn’t working for me. I trawled the web for forums that might tell me what I was doing wrong, but found nothing, so I am making it my mission to provide that resource for other people like past-me. Because there is a knack to it.

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Home of The Dragon: A Dragon Dildo® Review

Dragon Dildo® is a UK based fantasy toy producer, they have the widest range of toys that appeal to every creature-based fantasy in the depths of your libido, far more choice than most of their UK competitors. I was first drawn to their website on my hunt a while back to find a knotted dildo that can inflate (I will be reviewing this product in this review, don’t worry), and I was blown away by the amount of choice they had.

I also review an ejaculating wolf dildo, and a fun tentacle depth trainer.

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