Looking for a blanket that will make all of your “sex mess” worries melt away? Love watersports, squirting, or other wet and messy activities – but also love your furniture? Welcome to my Liberator Throw review where we’ll talk about everything you need to know about the 2024 Liberator blanket version.
The Liberator Throw is a waterproof blanket specifically made for the needs of sex. Like a typical “throw” blanket, you throw it down when you want to use it, lay on top, have a great time, and simply launder it (in the washing machine!) when you’re done. It’s designed to prevent all of your fluids and sweat from reaching the surface underneath your blanket, protecting your furniture and ensuring no one sleeps on the wet spot tonight.
It does this through its unique design. The Liberator Throw is, essentially, two layers of soft microfiber material with a waterproof layer hidden in-between them. This waterproof layer does the bulk of the work while the microfiber layers ensure the blanket is soft and welcoming to play on. It feels nothing like medical incontinence solutions.
The Liberator Throw is available in multiple sizes and multiple colors. Today, you’ll see the Liberator Throw in Aubergine Purple featured. It’s the Standard size at 72″ in length and 54″ in width. It covers the entirety of a Full or Queen sized bed, and it covers the majority of a King-sized bed.
(In the photos, a King sized bed is shown.)
How Does the Liberator Blanket Work?
Essentially, there’s a waterproof liner inside at the “core” of this blanket. Instead of making you look and feel that liner with your bar skin, Liberator placed two softer, comfier materials around that waterproof liner.
This way, you still get the benefit of the waterproof liner without having the not-so-pretty visuals or sensations of sticking to a waterproof liner while you’re having sex.
Liberator Throw Review: Does It Stay in Place?
This Liberator Throw has stayed in place virtually everywhere “normal” I’ve thrown it. Hotel beds, my bed, my couch, and even my carpet have presented zero problems. When flattened out, it stays in place wonderfully unless we intentionally move it around. The Fascinator fabric actually has a bit more tack to it than your average blanket, so it stays in place a bit better than you really think it would.
It slips a lot if you use it on nicely polished hardwood floor. I think we all could have assumed this one.
It slips a bit on textured tiled floor, satin sheets, and silk sheets. It also does slip around a bit on faux leather furniture (like my Queening chair and the material most BDSM furniture is made from), but it slips less if that faux leather has any sort of grain to it.
For most normal places, you’d want to use it, you’re pretty much golden! If you want to use it on BDSM furniture, the Liberator Throw’s large “Standard” size means you end up with more blanket material than you really “need”, so if it slides, you still have more blanket to replace the slipped lengths.
Liberator Throw Review: How Does It Feel?
It’s a waterproof sex blanket, and let’s be real: it costs more than the medical counterparts. A good chunk of that cost goes into the softer and less noisy and its luxurious looks. Honestly, I’d recommend saving up for a few months to get a Throw instead of settling for a medical option. Everything about it feels so much better from the sound to the look to resting on it with naked skin.
The microfiber material feels a bit like flattened velvet. If you haven’t felt microfiber, it feels like if you had a velvet material, but you reduced the plushiness and friction of the velvet, leaving only the soft aspect behind.
It offers a bit of a non-slip surface for my body, but it isn’t a lot. It reduces a bit of the accidental slippage during sex but not enough that I’d call it “non-slip”.
The material traps warmth, so we always remove it from the bed before falling asleep. If it’s a cold winter’s night, though, you might enjoy actually tossing it on the bed to pull in some of that heat and make sure it doesn’t escape.
After multiple washes, the material still feels amazing, and it feels a bit more plushy. It’s almost like how a new t-shirt starts to feel much more comfortable after the 3 or 4th wash. The fibers have just stopped being so uptight, and they have a bit of a softened feel to them.
In short: it feels absolutely amazing against bare skin. 10/10. Would be naked on this pretty much anytime you ask me to.
As someone who has some tactile and sensation issues that leave me squicked, nothing about the Throw causes any of that. Would I cuddle it as a feel-better blanket? No. It’s too stiff and doesn’t give that satisfying “fullness” of a fluffy blanket. Would I lay on top of it, anytime? Hell yeah.
Liberator Throw Review: How Much Liquid Can It Handle?
I primarily use the Throw for watersports, so when I say that it gets thrown through the ringer, I really mean it. Not only is this blanket our go-to for squirting play, it’s also our go-to for watersports play. The Liberator Throw takes on a LOT of liquid in our bedroom.
So how does it do? Astoundingly. We’ve used the Liberator Throw virtually everywhere I can imagine, and we’ve never had an issue with any leakage. And we throw a lot of liquids on ours. We’re talking about over a gallon with the watersports play.
We’ve used it on hotel beds, on plush floors, on expensive furniture, on the kitchen counter, and even outside. We’ve used it pretty much anywhere you can think of, and it has never spilled or allowed any liquid through the blanket (until it gets older as the waterproof barrier degrades).
Once it gets older, you’ll start to see a few spots where the waterproof barrier has started to break down, and you’ll get a droplet or two that makes it through. That’s when you should replace your Throw (as I know from experience now). Extend that lifespan by airdrying your Liberator Throw instead of tossing it in the washing machine.
We usually play with warm liquids, so we find that the surface beneath the blanket is warm (like the sheets under the Throw where we played) will be warm, but they’ll be entirely dry.
It’s important to note that liquids will pool on top of the Liberator Throw. It is not a gigantic towel; it will not absorb them. Instead, think of it as a layer that repels liquid, keeping it from seeping through the material. If you’re someone into watersports play, this means you do end up in a puddle by the time you’re done playing. Most people shouldn’t have quite as much liquid going on during their non-kinky sex activities, but if you’re looking at a ton of liquid, plan for towels alongside the Throw to do a bit of absorbing. This way, you can “escape” the Throw without taking drips of the liquid with you.
Would I ideally like a blanket that did both? Maybe. At this point, I’ll happily prioritize ensuring no liquid makes it through the blanket itself; I’m using a blanket to protect my furniture, not to avoid being in a puddle.
Adding lots of thicker, absorbing material would make this blanket a pain in the butt to launder, and I think it’d end up too thick to travel with. I love the idea in theory, but I like the idea that the Liberator Throw can partner with the materials I already have and use to “supercharge” them, essentially.
(Plus, you essentially get to lounge in a blanket pile, and that’s kinda great.)
When it comes to using it for non-kinky sex, those pooling liquid concerns are thrown out the window. You probably won’t be tossing gallons of liquid onto your Throw. It handles the demands of sweaty bodies, ejaculate, and squirting just fine. If you squirt a lot, you may want to include an extra blanket to absorb any ejaculate, but for most smaller squirts, you’ll find that the blanket absorbs them just fine.
(And protip! The blanket does absorb a bit better once you’ve washed it a few times. I’m guessing it loosens up a bit of the fibers.)
My only recommendation: remove/clean up any penis ejaculation from the blanket before laundering it if you have a dark-colored Throw – and then wash it ASAP. I’ve found ejaculation stains on our older Throws before that was our MO. Now that we wash ASAP and remove any of the actual ejaculate before washing, we haven’t seen it on our newer Throws.
How Does the 2024 Liberator Blanket Compare to the 2011 Liberator Blanket?
Did you know that I’ve had a Liberator Throw since 2011? I have! As someone who enjoys watersports play, I was probably one of the first people to line up and get a Liberator Throw. Before then, medical-looking waterproof blankets (meant for incontinence) and plastic tarps (meant for painting) were the big ways we kept things safe around the house.
Liberator pretty much changed the game entirely. Overnight, there was a washable, sexy-looking alternative that didn’t stick to skin.
The original 2011 version of the Liberator Blanket did its job too! It was waterproof AF, and we threw it through its paces. It probably took 5 years of constant use before we noticed some of the waterproof capabilities beginning to break down. The Throw itself still felt fantastic on the skin (though a lot more pilled fabric than it started with!), but the waterproof liner was going.
We then bought another one.
That one still felt like the first 2011 edition, and it did its job wonderfully.
Since it was so damn easy to clean, we started using it for sex too. This meant it was getting even more use (and washes!), and it was still holding up like a champ.
As we continued to travel for hotel takeover events, we’d always tote our Liberator Throw along. However, the standard size (what I’m reviewing for you today!) of the Liberator Throw was usually a bit overkill for the smaller BDSM scenes we’d do when we were in a hotel room that wasn’t our own house.
So when Liberator introduced the Travel Throw, we picked up one of those. And now that’s the Throw we always travel with.
Fast-forward to today, where I’m putting together this Liberator Throw Review in 2024. (Needless to say, I’ve had a lot of years of Throw experience to compare today’s edition to!)
And if you’re reading this Liberator Throw review because you want to know if it’s worth replacing your blanket, I want to help you out.
The 2024 Liberator Throw:
- Is much quieter. The earlier Liberator blanket options were still perfecting their waterproof technology. They had a noticeable “crinkle” to them that happened anytime you moved around on the blanket or readjusted it. It was still much, much quieter than the medical versions, but it existed. The 2024 version still has a slight noise, but it’s less of a high-pitched crinkling and more of a deep tone like paper being folded. It’s noticeably quieter, and unless I’m paying attention, I really don’t notice any noise at all. (There’s usually much more interesting things going on if the Throw is out!)
- Has two sides that match. The earlier Liberator blanket options had two different materials; one on each side. Depending on which version you had, it might have even had a different color on each side. That’s gone with the 2024 version of the Liberator Throw. Both sides of the blanket feel exactly the same and look exactly the same. Since the different materials on each side would slip differently on different surfaces, this streamlines your experience. No matter which side you choose, the blanket will behave the same where you place it. It offers less “pretty” opportunities, though, since both sides are exactly the same.
- Has exactly the same waterproof capabilities. Absolute zero concern about the waterproof capabilities of the new 2024 Throw. We’ve thrown it through the paces, and it holds up just as well as its predecessors.
If you’ve always been bothered by the crinkliness or the fact that your Throw had two different sides, it may be time to upgrade to one of the newer versions.
Liberator Throw Review: How Does It Work with Liberator Shapes?
Are you a sex nerd who has started their foray into a sex playground, complete with Liberator shapes like the BonBon?
If so, you’ll be happy to know that the Liberator Throw’s Fascinator fabric makes for a non-slip surface with the microfiber covers of the Liberator furniture.
It’s kinda freaky, really. Without any fastening at all, if we use our Wedge on this, it STAYS. Sometimes, it’s to our detriment. Like if I’m trying to scoot the Wedge a little bit to readjust my hips, it will not happen. The non-slip surface is that strong. We have to remove my body, pick it up, and replace the Wedge into a new spot. This is great if you’re someone who gets annoyed by the Liberator shapes moving during use.
We don’t see the same results with the new Liberator “velvish” material a few of their pieces have. The Velvish has a bit of non-stick with the Fascinator fabric, but it will definitely move. If you want to build a Liberator playground, I’d stick with Microfiber material covers.
Cleaning the Liberator Throw
It’s a sex blanket – so it needs washing to be even more functional than a standard blanket. So how does it perform?
It does a pretty decent job!
Personally, we:
- Remove any penis ejaculate from the Throw.
- Toss it into the washing machine on Cold. (Not Tap Cold.)
- Remove from the washing machine before I get worried about mold.
- Drape it to dry on the back of the couch or the back of my desk chair.
- Fold it up again when it’s fully dry.
For more detail on those steps:
Be careful loading it into the washing machine. This is an odd material (it’s not as pliable as normal blanket fabrics), so you have to be really careful to load the washing machine evenly. This is especially important if you have the larger sizes. It’s really easy to accidentally put more of the Throw’s fabric on one side of the machine than the other, throwing off the balance of your machine. We never wash the Throw with other clothing; just by itself to reduce overloading the machine.
Be careful removing it from the machine. It’s a waterproof material. If it folded up just right, it may still have a puddle in the folds of the material when you pull it out of the machine. It isn’t the end of the world, but you’ll get covered in water if you aren’t careful about allowing the blanket to drain off as you pull it out.
Have a place to hang dry it. Liberator technically states you can dryer it on Low Heat or No Heat, but heat is what destroys waterproof barriers. We air dry ours. The Liberator Throw is surprisingly heavy when completely wet. Our tension-holding shower curtain rod has been pulled down by it; if yours is screwed into the wall, that could be a good place to hang it. (It doesn’t drip much because it doesn’t really absorb much liquid.)
Have time to let it dry. We usually let our Throw dry for at least a day – but usually 3. It’s still damp after one day of air drying, but if we’re in a hurry to put it away or take it somewhere, we position it in front of a fan, blowing air on it, and flipping it over sometimes, to dry it within a day.
All of that sounds like a lot of work, but in reality, it’s not much more than a regular blanket. We just air dry it instead of throwing it in the dryer. Since the Throw has saved me thousands upon thousands of dollars of rebuying new furniture after they fall victim to my kinks, I’m not mad about it at all.
Final Thoughts: Liberator Throw Review
Liberator Throw Review
Summary
Liberator was one of the first companies, a long, long time ago to introduce a waterproof blanket made specifically for sex. While it has the price tag of a specialized product, it earns that price with its features that set it well beyond the standard medicinal waterproof mat.
It’s gorgeous. It doesn’t look like you have a bedwetting problem; it looks like a welcoming sex toy, encouraging you to use it for lots of pleasure and orgasms.
It’s actually waterproof. Unlike the towels you have at home, the Liberator Throw is actually waterproof. Liquid pools on top of it instead of going through the material. Add towels if you want good absorption, but it does a perfect job of ensuring your furniture underneath remains unscathed.
It makes minimal noise. While it does make some crinkly noise, it’s much less than a plastic tarp, and it’s a drastic improvement from the 2011 version. Once you get distracted with the sex you’re having, you really don’t notice it.
It feels great against the skin. Unlike sticky plastic or scratch medical mats, the Throw feels really nice. It has a slight “cool to the touch” feel that warms up quickly with body heat, and it never sticks to the skin. You can romp around on it all you want without it interfering.
It launders. You don’t have to hand wash this. It can be tossed right into the washing machine. It can technically be dried (on a low or no heat seating according to the manufacturer), but you can extend its lifespan by letting it air dry.
There’s a reason that the Liberator Throw is one of Liberator’s top-selling products, and it’s clear that the 2024 version is doing its job even better than the version from 2011 did. I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Thanks for reading my Liberator Throw review for 2024.
