UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2021: The Joyful Pleasure Eggplant dildo is no longer in production. This review remains as a reference for anyone interested in seeing more information about this glass dildo. While you’re here, check out my BDSM advice, sex toy reviews, femdom advice, and BDSM scene outlines.
The Joyful Pleasure Eggplant sex toy is a small glass dildo sold by TabuToys adult toys. It’s four inches long with a diameter, at the very largest part, of about an inch. It’s made by Joyful Pleasures, and it features the eggplant-like shape that’s very apparant when you look at it. The Joyful Pleasure Eggplant glass dildo is handmade, and it is fracture resistant. It can be used with all lubricants, and it can be warmed and cooled in warm/cool water for temperature play.
The packaging for the Eggplant glass dildo is pretty basic. It comes in a white and red box that clearly displays the features of the Joyful Pleasures glass dildo. The box can easily be opened up to slide out the tray that holds the dildo. The packaging looks very nice, and it’d work for gift-giving. However, as the dildo is only about 1/8th the size of the actual packaging, it really does not work as a great storage method. I wish Joyful Pleasures included a storage bag with this dildo to work as storage instead.
The first thing you’ll notice about this dildo is that it certainly is tiny! The pictures make it look a bit bigger than it actually is. I usually have the reverse problem where dildos end up being bigger than they look in pictures; well, not in this case! This dildo is only about four inches long which is really about the size from the base of your palm to the tip of your pinky on most people with average-sized hands. That’s not a very large dildo when the average size is usually around six or seven inches. That’s definitely something to keep in mind.
The second thing you’ll notice is the diameter of the dildo. This is certainly not the largest dildo out there. The diameter is only slighter larger than the size you could make by making a triangle with three of your fingers. It certainly is not a huge dildo. However, that large aspect is right at the tip of the dildo, so the size only gets smaller towards the middle and center of the shaft. As the Eggplant glass dildo does also have a curve in it, this means that you can stimulate the g-spot with the large, curved tip of the glass dildo.
For those that need to be discreet, the Eggplant glass dildo does do a pretty good job. After all, it’s shaped like a small food. For those that have never seen it sexually, there’s really no way that you’d “know” that this particular item is a dildo. It could be taken as just an odd piece of art if on a bookshelf or something like that. There is some discretion in the design itself.
The Eggplant glass dildo is made of glass. This means that it gets the same type of special features that all glass dildos do. It can be used for temperature play, and because of the very slick surface of the dildo, you could easily use this dildo without any external lubrication. If you do choose to use some lubricant, it only takes a small amount of the lubricant to allow you to easily use the dildo.
For use, the Eggplant glass dildo does require some special considerations. As you can see, there’s one side of the dildo that is the rounded, larger end of the “eggplant” while one end of the dildo is the stem and cap of the eggplant dildo. This does present a small problem during use. As the dildo is only four inches long to begin with, you really want to be able to insert as much of that length as possible, and that’s not 100% possible. The stem on the opposing side, which doesn’t seem to be made to be inserted, does tend to be a bit poke-y – especially when you are getting into it and thrusting a bit more roughly. Then the poke-y stem part of the glass dildo can end up poking you externally while trying to use the internal part; it definitely has a small curve to learn just how far you can insert it without having that issue.
One thing that does seem to help is if you hold it along the stem. Because of how the manufacturers made the stem (with a slight curve in the stem towards the tip), your finger will stick there relatively well even with lubrication. It still will slide off with lots of pressure, but the curved part of the stem (which is the part that pokes you as mentioned earlier), does a good job of giving you a “base” to hold the dildo at which makes it much easier to use since glass gets very slippery. This is definitely an upside of the poke-y stem part, and as your hand is probably going to be holding on the stem anyway, as long as you’re careful it’s relatively easy to avoid poking yourself with the stem.
As for the sensation itself, it’s okay. The toy does a pretty decent job of having the right shape and curve for g-spot stimulation, but the problem really lies in the length of it. A four inch long toy is not a very long toy. It really is about comparable to using your fingers – which is why I use a toy because my fingers really can’t get into the position I need them to easily. I can’t confirm at the moment, but it seems like a lot of the issue with length will be avoided if you have a partner using this dildo on you because they won’t need to have their hands in the same position as self-use requires.
To clean this glass dildo, you’ll want to use warm water and antibacterial soap. As it has a very small size, it can be put in a condom for multiple-person use, but do be careful about not allowing the stem of the dildo to tear through the condom’s material. It also could be sterilized with bleach or boiling. It’s compatible with all types of lubricant, and if you like the toy, you should definitely find a good, padded storage bag for best protection. If nothing else, this will fit in any sock, so two socks put together would make a good storage bag.
Overall, the Joyful Pleasure Glass Sex Toy Eggplant dildo is an okay choice. If you’re attached to the eggplant shape or really just like smaller glass dildos, it might work out well for you. If you’re used to average dildos, though, or like to be really rough with your sex toys, this one may not be the best one for you. Thanks to TabuToys for providing this glass dildo for the Joyful Pleasure Glass Sex Toys Eggplant dildo review.
