5 Best Fleshlights For Realistic Pleasure

The Best Fleshlight Buying Guide

The fleshlight was invented in 1998 by a hard-faced, six-foot-three policeman with a high sex drive and a fantastic sense of humour! Plus a forty-year-old wife who was pregnant with twins, making the pregnancy a high risk one.

When doctors told them, in 1995, that intercourse was off the table for the duration of the pregnancy, Steve Shubin asked his wife what they were to do – and the idea of the fleshlight was born.

Steve named the device the fleshlight, because most men carried flashlights in their cars or tool-kits and he knew that his product would need to be equally handy, portable and yet discreet enough to disguise as something else in polite company.

It took him a long time to perfect the toy – it was only ready for patent and marketing in 1998, but make the perfect toy he did. The material used to make the fleshlights (using food-grade mineral oils and medical silicone rubber for complete body friendliness) was so perfectly ideal that the recipe for making it has not changed since those first models rolled off the production line.

What Is A Fleshlight

A fleshlight is a sex toy for men, the equivalent of a woman’s vibrator in that it is relatively small, and therefore portable, and can be used at home or while travelling, any time that one’s regular partner is not available.

It is called a fleshlight because it looks like a bulky flashlight, and often comes with caps on either end that accentuate the deceptive appearance of the toy.

Fleshlights comprise two parts: a hard plastic outer casing and a soft stretchy jellylike inner sleeve that can be removed for cleaning. The casing contains the sleeve and gives it the tightness needed for an authentic sexual sensation. The sleeve has an opening that is designed to look like a mouth, vulva or anus, and some models come with interchangeable sleeves, all featuring different texturing in the internal tunnelling.

These textures are designed to enhance the experience and take the form of ridges, nubs and spiralling designs, all of which are engineered to stimulate every inch of the member.

The wider end is the action section, and this is where the opening is sited. The sleeve tends to be longer than the casing, so it can balloon out of the casing a little, giving padding and comfort to the user and allowing him to thrust vigorously if that is what he likes.

All the best fleshlights come, as mentioned above, with two caps, one to cover the orifice and keep the toy free of dust and dirt as well as disguising its purpose. The second cap, which fits onto the smaller end, comes off for easy cleaning. But while the fleshlight is being used, the cap can be twisted tighter or looser: tighter means that less air is allowed to flow through the toy, increasing the suction on the penis, while looser means that more vigorous thrusts are contained and dispersed through the toy.

Why Are Fleshlights So Popular?

The best fleshlights come in discreet plain packaging – although the toy’s actual box may be very colourful and reveal exactly what is inside, so do be careful should you open it in company that might judge you!

The ability to order toys online – and therefore anonymously – have boosted the popularity of sex toys in recent years, both for men and women.

Men have traditionally been frowned upon for wanting to use sex toys, but this too, is falling away, thank goodness, and men are expressing their needs and finding the toys that cater for them: hence the growing popularity of these toys which have, after all, been available for over twenty years!

As more and more people are watching porn, so they have favourite porn stars. Of course, it is a common trait to fantasise about enjoying relations with those favourites: and now you can!

Many of the more popular porn stars have had moulds of their mouths, butts and lady parts, with extreme care being taken to accurately capture the details so the user experience is authentic. These lifelike toys are amongst some of the best fleshlights on the markets and their popularity continues to grow every month.

What Features Do You Want From The Best Fleshlight?

Choosing the best fleshlight for you should not be done on the spur of the moment, unless you plan to buy and try all the available options: and there are more options than you might realise!

The internal tunnel textures vary greatly from toy to toy. Some have smoother nubbles, while others have a series of rings of varying tightness, and some have series of chambers that open up: many feature multiple variations on these features, putting them together in a way that strokes and excites the full length of the male member, no matter how big or small it might be.

Some fleshlights come with a vibrating option that uses straight-forward rumbles or buzzes, or patterns of vibrations to stimulate the user.

If you want your fleshlight for the self-love equivalent of quickies, then you will want a lot of stimulation from the internal tunnels, you may enjoy firm vibrations and you will want to be able to tighten the end cap for extra suction: it can apparently feel as though the come has ‘been sucked right out of you’!

Stamina training so that you can last longer with your partner will also require that you receive a lot of stimulation: more than you would experience during a human interaction as this will mean that it takes longer for you to be stimulated enough to orgasm.

But if you are looking for something that you can take your time with, enjoying a lengthy play session, then you might want to opt for muted vibes (or none at all) softer internal textures and a looser end cap to stimulate a more realistic feeling.

How To Use A Fleshlight

Fleshlights will include instructions on how to use, clean and maintain your new toy, but most of them are basically the same and can easily be operated even without instructions. Before the first use, rinse the toy as they often arrive with a thick coating of powder to ensure that they are in great condition for you.

If you want an authentic feel, you can soak your sleeve in hot water; but the best fleshlights are equally good at room temperature. Next, apply a little water-based lube to the toy, working it inside with your fingers, and also apply some to yourself.

There are three ways to use a fleshlight: the first way is to have a partner use it on you, while you lie back and let them please you. The second way is to hold it yourself and move the toy to excite yourself. And finally, you can wedge the toy between some cushions – or even use a wall mounted shower mount which will hold the fleshlight at just the right height and angle for you – and thrust into it for a realistic simulation of intercourse.

How To Clean A Fleshlight

After you have reached an orgasm you will want to stand the toy on the small cap. This allows all the fluids inside to drain into the cap. From there it is a simple matter to dispose of the collection, and rinse out the cap.

The sleeve can be taken out of the casing and flushed through with warm or hot water. Do not use soaps or lubes other than water-based ones as these can degrade the material of the silicone, causing your toy to break down.

Drying the internal sleeve can be tricky, but passing a square or two of kitchen towel through can go a long way to sopping up most of the moisture.

Once the toy is completely dry, it is recommended that you sprinkle on some renewal powder to remove any traces of stickiness and return the toy to as new condition.

If you want to keep your toy in great condition, you can flush it through with rubbing alcohol to disinfect it without harming the material of the toy.