Toy Cleaner, Yes or No?

{Quick foreword. Foreword for a question? Gosh you have demanding readers. I was going to leave this in your Formspring but it wasn't letting me tell the whole story, so I thought I'd email you instead. Hope that's okay.}

Guys, I did it. I bought my Lelo, inspired in great part by all your sex-positive writing. But when the store clerk asked if I was set for lube & toy cleaner I automatically replied "of course", but it wasn't until I left the store that I realized that was halfway towards a blatant lie. I've always washed my toys with soap and water and didn't even know there was such a thing as cleaner designed specifically for vibrators and the like. (Lube, on the other hand...) So, being that this is my first "high end", proper vibrator, I was wondering how you guys clean and store your arsenal?

Cheers,

Penelope

Hey Penelope!

Old Formspring betrays us, eh? It's really the best option for a question asking service out there, but it really does suck a bit, doesn't it?

Anyway, glad you wrote in, and sorry it took us so long to respond! First off, huge congrats on your first Lelo! We're sure you've had a SIGNIFICANT amount of fun with it already (which model did you buy?).

We clean our toys in a variety of ways, depending on the toy. The metal (N'Joy) or just silicone plug type toys get boiled for a bit to really sanitize them up, while the vibrating toys get a thorough wash with soap and warm water. The toy cleaner, to be honest, is never something we've considered either. Our hunch is that it's likely an up-sell item that isn't TOTALLY needed, but would certainly be good to have. But we've never read anywhere that it's a MUST HAVE. So we stick with our organic, hoity toity soap and give it a good scrub, a good rinse and a firm but loving dry.

As for storage, we have an entire drawer devoted to the toys (we have a LOT of them). They're in bags and boxes and sacks and who knows what else. But they're organized by lubes, condoms, batteries, butt toys, vibes and bondage accessories (we said we had a LOT).

Thanks for the question, and enjoy that Lelo!