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What is The TPE Sex Doll?
What is TPE?
TPE sometimes is referred to as thermoplastic rubbers. It is a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) that consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. TPE finds large application in the automotive sector and in household appliances sector. Surely, you can find TPE material in some of the products at home. It has properties such as flexibility, molding ability, soft texture, which makes TPE one of the best options to make realistic sex dolls at an affordable price.
Advantages of TPE Sex Dolls
1. Lifelike Experience
Just like a real woman standing in front of you. Touch her skin with your fingertips, and you will marvel at its soft, elastic, comfortable, and real-life experience of TPE skin. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, some modern-day sex dolls are fitted with heating sensors that can replicate the skin temperature of actual human bodies. With stainless steel fully hinged skeleton and flexible joints, the dolls can achieve any sex position for you, just like real people.
2. Completely Safe
Most damningly, some of you are allergic to the sex dolls you bought. To protect you from such frustration, we choose FDA certified medical-grade TPE material to make stellar sex dolls. It is safe for everyone because it contains no hazardous chemicals that may result in allergic reactions. Just feel free to kiss your sex doll and hug her. You can even sleep together in your bed with no worries of having rashes.
3. Odor-Free
TPE material sex dolls are entirely free odorless, which are made for those who detest the plastic scents. Also, you can get her some pleasant water-based perfume, which will make you want more of her. (Note: Please remember to confirm if you are not allergic to the water-based lubricant or the baby powder.)
4. Affordable
Usually, the cost of TPE sex dolls is relatively cheaper than Silicone. When shopping for your sex toy at stellarlure.com, you can always be sure to find something within your budget. You can even get your favorite sex doll at a super low price of $ 850. And what, our range of luxury sex dolls is also priced reasonably.
Notes:
1. TPE gets stained easily due to its absorptive nature. We recommend that you wear non-color or light-colored clothing for your TPE sex doll instead of dark materials.
2. For your health and her durability, you need to maintain the TPE sex dolls often, particularly in areas such as mouth, anus, and vagina after usage. Otherwise, she would get stained or develop mold, and ultimately will lose her shape, strength, and good look.
What is the Silicone Sex Doll?
What is Silicone?
Silicone, also called polysiloxane, is a mixture of silicon polymer with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Due to its chemical inertness, resistance to water and oxidation, and stability at both high and low temperatures, Silicone has been used in a wide range of commercial applications, from lubricating greases to electrical-wire insulation and biomedical implants. That’s why the sex toy and sex doll industry have been using silicone for many years. Generally, silicone sex dolls are more expensive than TPE dolls on the market.
Advantages of Silicone Sex dolls
1. Hyper Realistic Appearance
Silicone sex dolls typically offer a more lifelike appearance, delivering exceptional realism in their look and feel. For those seeking an ultra-real sensory experience, our premium dolls feature enhanced skin texture, complete with lifelike details such as veins and freckles.
2. Weight Reduction
In the current market, nearly all silicone manufacturers announce that they have achieved weight reduction of silicone dolls. One of the them lists that a 172cm doll weights only 36 kg. However, this information brought them a crisis in 2018. The truth is, all silicone dolls are 10% heavier than TPE dolls.
As for ours, silicone dolls are 25-30% lighter than before, 15-20% lighter than TPE. For example, 160bb, one of the best sellers, is 28 kg. The 162 is 32 kg. The biggest in the market, 170, is 41 kg. Lighter weight means easier to handle during use, or more flexible for more poses.
3. More Durable
There are two things that concern the durability of a doll, resilience and anti-tearing. The latest platinum silicone we use is different from the most material in the market. It is a bit less soft in order to enhance resilience and anti-tearing. There used to be a delivery risk that dolls may get some dents under terrible shipping circumstance. With this silicone, it is no longer a problem. Also, after lying on the hard floor for long, the butt will be sunk and never get back. But ours will get back within 90 minutes, usually 30-45 minutes.
4. Low maintenance
Silicone sex dolls are more convenient to clean, and sanitized than TPE sex dolls. They can be sterilized without fear that the liquid will seep into the skin and cause damage. It can hold their shape better and need less maintenance because of their stain-resistant value and incompressible nature of the skin. However, don’t forget to clean their anus and vagina after use.
TPE Vs. Silicone Sex Dolls
For most sex doll players, one of the hardest decisions before ordering a realistic sex doll is to consider the material of the sex doll, especially for new buyers. In this blog, we will relay some accurate analysis and comparison between TEP and Silicone sex dolls, guiding you to make a more reasonable decision.
TPE Sex Dolls Pros:
1. More Affordable
Usually, the cost of TPE sex dolls is relatively cheaper than Silicone.
2. More Realistic
3. Just like a real woman standing in front of you. Touch her skin with your fingertips, and you will marvel at its soft,
4. elastic, comfortable, and real-life experience of TPE skin.
5. Thermal Stability
6. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, some modern-day sex dolls are fitted with heating sensors that can replicate
7. the skin temperature of actual human bodies.
4. Flexibility in every free sex position
5. With stainless steel fully hinged skeleton and flexible joints, the dolls can achieve any sex position for you,
just like real people.
6. Completely Safe
7. TPE material is safe for everyone because it contains no hazardous chemicals that may result in allergic reactions.
8. Just feel free to kiss your sex doll and hug her.
6. Odor-Free
TPE material sex dolls are entirely free odorless, which are made for those who detest the plastic scents.
TPE Sex Dolls Cons:
TPE Sex Dolls Cons:
1. More Sensitive to Stains
2. TPE gets stained easily due to its absorptive nature. We recommend that you wear non-color or light-colored clothing
3. for your TPE sex doll instead of dark materials.
4. Frequent Maintenance
5. For your health and her durability, you need to maintain the TPE sex dolls often, particularly in areas such as mouth,
6. anus, and vagina after usage. Otherwise, she would get stained or develop mold, and ultimately will lose her shape, strength, and good look.
3. More Sensitive to Heat
4. TPE can maintain heat effectively to keep her a lifelike value, but can start losing its consistency or melting when
5. reaching more than 104º Fahrenheit (40ºC). Make sure to keep your sex doll away from the heat source.
Silicone Sex Dolls Pros:
Silicone Sex Dolls Pros:
1. Hyper Realistic Appearance
Silicone sex dolls have a better real-life appearance in look due to the firmness of the silicone material.
2. Easy to Clean
3. Due to their non-porous nature, silicone sex dolls are more convenient to clean, and sanitized than TPE sex dolls.
4. They can be sterilized without fear that the liquid will seep into the skin and cause damage.
5. Less Sensitive to Heat
6. Compared with TPE sex dolls, Silicone dolls can better resist heat, stains and water in daily life. You can even relish a
7. warm bath with her.
3. Low Maintenance
4. Silicone sex dolls can hold their shape better and need less maintenance because of their stain-resistant value and
5. incompressible nature of the skin. However, you're required to clean their anus and vagina after use.
Silicone Sex Dolls Cons:
Silicone Sex Dolls Cons:
1. More Expensive
Generally, the cost of Silicone Sex dolls is higher than the price of TPE.
2. Less Flexible
In comparison to TPE, Silicone sex dolls are low flexibility. It may be difficult for you to move some stiff parts of their arms and legs freely.
3. Low Elasticity
Silicone sex dolls are more rigid and harder than TPE dolls. Buttocks and breasts will not wobble when you rock your doll back and forth.
TPE VS Silicone Sex Dolls – Which is Better for you?
Ask yourself questions like how much are you willing to spend. If your budget is low, you’d better choose a TPE sex doll. If your budget is higher than $2000, you can consider buying a Silicone sex doll. Figure out what your personal preferences are. If you prefer a more lifelike face, or prefer a hot bath with a sex doll, then the Silicone doll is your best choice. However, if you like soft breasts and want to try a variety of sexual positions, buy a TPE love doll.
All in all, each material has its worshipers and it is not really possible to objectively determine whether one or the other is better. Just make a choice according to your budget and preferences. Whatever material you choose, make sure you buy the sex doll from well-known and reliable vendors. Before addressing any sex doll brand, try to understand its reputation and guarantee policies.
Once you know what sex dolls you are looking for, ask the vendor/supplier for additional questions immediately. They will be more than happy to help you with your choice of a sex doll!
How Much Does a Realistic Sex Doll Cost?
Realistic sex dolls become more and more popular. High-end sex dolls not only look real, but also feel real. Of course, more realism, more details are needed, which means a higher price. The average price of these realistic sex dolls ranges from $1,000 to $6,000, depending on several factors we’ll discuss below.
Material
For most sex doll players, one of the biggest factors to consider is material. The average sex dolls are made of a variety of materials, including rubber, plastic, vinyl and so on, but for realistic sex dolls, there are commonly only two materials, either TPE or Silicone.
TPE has properties such as flexibility, molding ability, soft texture, which makes TPE one of the best options to make realistic sex dolls. TPE sex doll skin is softer, which many people like, and it reacts better to stretching. However, TPE sex doll is not resistant to heat or stains, so you need to maintain it often.
Generally, silicone sex dolls are more expensive than TPE dolls on the market. Silicone sex doll has a better real-life appearance in look. Even better, Silicone sex doll requires less maintenance and resists very high heat.
In conclusion, each material is great and has its own characteristics, so it largely depends on what you’re looking for. If you want a realistic sex doll that is highly resistant to heat and stains, then silicone will be best. If your budget is limited but still want a great product, then buy a TPE sex doll.
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Premade or Custom
Sex dolls are either premade or customized. Generally speaking, customized sex dolls are much more expensive than premade dolls.
You can find various types of premade sex dolls when you browse sex doll websites. These dolls are modeled day after day by the manufacturer and no extra work needs to be done. You can buy these premade sex dolls at a much lower price than a custom doll. Sex doll manufacturers are always making new models to keep their customers happy, so the chances are good that you’ll find a premade sex doll that is already perfect for you.
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If you prefer a specific type of doll, such as one that looks like the person you love, or if you want a particular body type, hair color and other features, then you choose a custom doll. All kinds of details can be customized, such as skin color, nails, hairstyle, makeup, etc., including private parts. Customized sex dolls can better meet the special needs of different customers. More additional efforts are required to create custom dolls and that’s why they are more expensive!
Size
Size is another major factor affecting the price of dolls. The larger size needs more materials, and the price will be higher. A life size realistic doll is usually as tall as a real person and you just choose according to your own preferences. If you want to save some money and space, you can choose a smaller sex doll like mini sex dolls. If your budget is really low, you can get ones that are just smaller in stature, like around 65cm to 80cm. Or choose a full-sized torso to use as you please, and it costs about $300.
What is the Difference Between Built-in And Removable Vaginas?
There are two main types of orifice for dolls, removable (insert) and fixed (built-in). With removable vaginas you can pull out a sleeve, like a thin fleshlight, after using it. Then you only have to flush this out with warm water and soap, then dry it. You probably also have to wipe some excess lube off the labia of the doll. But the process is pretty quick and easy. You can lube the outside of the insert to make it easier to insert and pull out. I personally recommend removable vaginas, but some say they don’t feel as good, for example because in some models the insert might not fit properly and slide about inside the orifice. Built-in vaginas are more difficult to clean. Some use soapy water and a sponge on a stick to clean the doll in place, but others recommend carrying it to the toilet or sitting it over a bucket, and flush out the vagina with a douche. Then it needs to be dried, which usually requires some sort of fan or pump (like an aquarium air pump) to ensure air circulation in the orifice. You can also use an absorbing stick stick to dry it, this is even included with some dolls these days. If your doll is silicone, you can also use antibacterial gel to further clean it. However, it is not recommended to use this on TPE, as it can weaken the material. If you have a built-in vagina, there is also another option, using female condoms. These can be pushed into the vagina and then pulled out when done so that no cleanup is necessary. However some say that it doesn’t feel as good, and sometimes the female condom can break anyway, especially if you reuse them.