How each type of product works, what to compare before you choose and how to use and clean it. Every figure comes from the product listings; where a supplier has not stated something, we say so rather than guess.
Buying and how-to guides
- Butt plug sizes: how plugs are measured, a size chart from our own range, and how to move up one size at a time.
- Kegel balls and love eggs: what each one does, the sizes we list and how to use them step by step.
- How to use a rose toy: charging, settings, positioning and cleaning, and how suction, licking and vibrating rose toys differ.
- Rose toys under £40: seven rose toys compared by price, modes, water rating and charging.
- Butt plugs for beginners: what to look for in a first plug and the narrowest plugs in our range.
- Vibrating butt plugs with a remote: five plugs compared by size, price, modes, remote range and water rating.
- Vibrating knickers: how they work and the four we sell compared by price, modes, remote range and water rating.
- Flared base butt plugs: what a flared base is, why an anal toy needs one and the base width of each plug in our range.
- Bondage kits compared: five BDSM starter sets piece by piece, with colours and prices.
- Anal beads: bead sizes, how to choose and use them, and the four beaded toys we sell compared.
- Clit suckers compared: twelve suction vibrators by price, modes, water rating and charging.
- Cock ring sizes: how to measure, metal or stretchy, and the ring openings of every cock ring we sell.
Guides by category
Each category page ends with a short guide to that type of product, with the questions people ask most often.
- How to choose a sex toy
- What is a rose toy?
- Clit suckers explained
- Wand vibrators explained
- Cock ring sizes and safety
- Using nipple clamps safely
- Anal toy safety
- Vibrating butt plugs explained
- Male masturbators explained
Where to start
If you are new to a type of product, read its category guide first, then the longer how-to guide if there is one. Check the size, settings and care instructions on the listing, compare two or three products side by side and start on the lowest setting. Nothing here replaces the instructions that come with a product.
How we write our guides
We write about what a product is and how it is used, using the measurements, modes and care instructions shown on its listing. A guide never gives a figure that the supplier has not stated, and it does not make medical claims. If a question is about your health, for example pelvic pain, pregnancy or bleeding, please speak to a doctor or a pharmacist.
Guides are updated when a supplier confirms a detail we were missing. If you spot a mistake or want us to cover something, email orders@avelunexa.com and tell us what you were looking for.
Our FAQs answer questions about ordering, delivery and returns.