{"id":20104,"date":"2018-06-28T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=20104"},"modified":"2024-11-18T04:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T03:05:05","slug":"what-its-like-being-a-sex-toy-tester-for-lelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/what-its-like-being-a-sex-toy-tester-for-lelo\/","title":{"rendered":"What It\u2019s REALLY Like Being a Sex Toy Tester for LELO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder what it\u2019s like being a sex toy tester for a pleasure company like LELO? I’m an open book ready to share my experiences with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to this topic, it’s hard to know where to start. At least, in writing this. When people ask me on Tinder<\/a>, it depends a lot on WHAT they ask – I\u2019m open about my job because it’s actually a great tactic in weeding out overly-intimidated or overly-intrigued men, and let\u2019s just say I\u2019m often unamused by the pick up lines and dirty puns they try on me. I’ve pretty much heard it all at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes up at dinner parties – it invariably is brought up by someone – I do my best to brush it off, both because really, it isn\u2019t THAT interesting, and because I don\u2019t always want to have explicit conversations with a group of people I may or may not know well. It’s also pretty much guaranteed that someone will approach me after with their personal questions or physiological fantasies, and sometimes I just need a break from mixing business and… well maybe not pleasure,<\/em> but, social life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s primarily in the casual and private conversations with women who don’t know about my profession that I realize how important my job really is.\u00a0I don\u2019t glamorize it (because if it\u2019s anything, it\u2019s not that) but even I can start remembering both how exciting and intimidating it can be to look for your first sex toy.<\/a> In the end, I want to make women more orgasmically aware and break down the taboos of sex toys since masturbation is both physically and emotionally beneficial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keeping all this in mind, I’ve compiled a list of the most important things to know about being a sex toy tester. <\/span><\/p>\n

You Try Some Weird Stuff<\/h3>\n

\u2018Weird\u2019 is, of course, extremely relative, so perhaps I would do better to applaud some of the more \u2018creative\u2019 shapes that my vibrators have come in. A lot of times these odd angles and edges get quite literally smoothed down in the refining process as I give feedback about where the controls are in relation to how I would hold it and such, but still sometimes we end up with some really unique looking sex toys. You’d also be surprised at how far sex tech has come over the years. There’s some neat-o and genius stuff out there, and the pleasure landscape is always changing as we discover more about masturbation through science.<\/span><\/p>\n

You Spark Some Fun Conversations with Your Partner<\/h3>\n

As LELO has quite the collection of couples\u2019 sex toys<\/a>, my boyfriend already has some idea of what to expect when I come home and say \u2018Look what I\u2019ve got from work!\u2019 and I like to think he still finds it fun – my grilling about the experience directly after the fact perhaps less so, but impressions the day after aren\u2019t always as specific as I need!<\/span><\/p>\n

…And Friends!<\/h3>\n

Of course, it’s hard not to talk about work with my friends. It’s actually really useful because as someone involved in the product refining process, I get feedback from friends who have different perspectives than mine – since<\/span> we are all different (especially when it comes to sexual preferences and desires) after all! I’ll admit, sometimes I do feel like I’m living out a “Sex and The City” episode. And I’m of course Carrie Bradshaw.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You Don\u2019t Always Feel like Testing<\/h3>\n

Everyone always makes the assumption that my sex drive<\/a> is insanely high. Seriously, even if you\u2019re thinking it, maybe don\u2019t ask a relative stranger how many times a day they masturbate. It’s not a switch that you can just turn on (well, on the toy it is) and there are definitely days when you really just aren’t in the mood to test. Sometimes you can procrastinate, sometimes you can amp yourself up, and sometimes you just need to get down to business – like nearly any task at any job!<\/span><\/p>\n

But Sometimes You\u2019ll be Surprised!<\/h3>\n

Most impressive might be the products that you aren\u2019t excited about testing, but actually end in an amazing orgasm anyway! Faking it til you make it can account for a lot, but others, like SONA, use an amazing mix of technology<\/a> that will take you completely by surprise! Laying in your bed and orgasming is definitely a perk of the job, but there is so much more to it. In the end you realize that a sex toy is a tool to what the root of an orgasm really is, which is about being vulnerable in order to achieve a mind-body connection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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