THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUYING A SEX DOLL
Abstract: Sex dolls are being accepted by more and more people throughout the world for their life-like faces and bodies. However, how can you choose the materials and functions of sex dolls and how to avoid being cheated are the most concerning issues for buyers. Here is the ultimate buying guide for sex dolls compiled by SoulmateLover. If you are interested in sex dolls and intend to buy one, you must carefully read this rigorous research report.
Here are the contents of this article:
What can a sex doll do for you?
Who needs to buy a sex doll? According to our research results with several sex doll manufacturers, we found that sex dolls are being purchased by the following demographics:
- Single people - feel lonely and want to touch and hug someone at night;
- Photographers and doll lovers - They have a need to dress up and role play with a doll or as a big toy;
- Old people - those who are too old to date;
- LGBT people - who find it difficult to find a suitable partner;
- Disappointed with online dating - for those who think that online dating is a scam or that they are not attractive enough
- With limited income and do not have enough money for dating or a girlfriend
- Lack of social skills, unwilling to entangle with other people;
- Married person - The spouse can or does not have sex with their partner due to pregnancy or other reasons. Or the husband’s sex drive is too high and the spouse is unable to satisfy him. In order to prevent her husband from going out to find other relationships, she agrees to purchase a sex doll.
- Polyamorous and bisexual, but wants to maintain a monogamous relationship;
- Long-distance drivers, seamen, long-term duty executors
- The disabled who have conditions or a disease making it difficult to find a spouse
- Insomniacs, dolls are suitable for watching movies and hugging which helps you sleep better;
If you are one of those people above, you should consider buying a sex doll.
So, what can a sex doll do for you?
Buying a sex doll requires a large budget, as top-brand sex dolls are between about $1,300 and $4,000. What can this investment bring you? According to our analysis, buying a sex doll has at least the following benefits:
- Releases sexual desire - whether a TPE doll or silicone doll, it will bring you a realistic sexual experience
- Safety - you do not need to worry about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- Saves money - no need to pay for dating, no need to buy expensive gifts
- Improves social confidence - since a top model is waiting for you at home, you don't need to feel nervous
- Good conjugal relation - the wife does not need to worry about her husband having an affair outside or having sex with another woman
- Diminishes loneliness - a sex doll can be your quiet listener and accompany you watching movies or playing games
- Goodnight’s sleep – hugging or touching a sex doll at night can help you get to sleep faster
2. Let's move on to the second question- what’s your budget?
Sex dolls can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars, which is no small amount of money, so you need to think carefully before buying.
- For $500 to $1,000, you can buy a small doll or torso that can be stored easily, or a counterfeit doll made with inferior materials.
- For $1,000~1,500 you can buy small brand dolls or a normal-quality TPE sex doll
- For $1,500~2,500 you can buy a top brand TPE sex doll (TPE head+TPE body).
- For $1,800~3,000 you can buy a silicone sex doll (Silicone head +TPE body)
- For $2,500~5,000 you can buy a silicone sex doll (Silicone head+ silicone body).
Prices vary according to materials and workmanship. What accounts for the huge price difference in sex dolls? If you want to know more, you can read about it here:
There are two main materials for making sex dolls: TPE and silicone. Both are excellent materials for making sex dolls, and both are very safe for the human body. TPE dolls are softer to the touch, and close to the real softness of the human body. Silicone dolls can be very realistic in vision, but not as soft to the touch as TPE materials.
Here are the main properties of each material:
TPE (Thermoplastic elastomer) sex doll or also known as thermoplastic rubber.
- TPE is much softer to the touch.
- More realistic "shaking" of body parts (breasts, buttocks, etc.).
- It's cheaper
- Can achieve oral sex function
- Is not as durable as silicone and requires more care to be properly cleaned and maintained.
Silicone sex doll
- More durable and easy to clean
- Can make more realistic details on face and skin, such as real eyebrows, hair, blood vessels, etc.
- Higher price (cost about three times TPE)
- Not as soft as TPE
- No oral sex
At present, there are three kinds of doll materials: TPE head + TPE body; Silicone head + TPE body; Silicone head + silicone body.
- If you are buying a doll for the first time, expecting more for sexual use at a relatively lower price (150-170cm tall, $1300 - $2000), we suggest you buy TPE head + TPE body. which can bring the whole body soft touch, and has oral sex.
- If you want to buy a real, beautiful, and comfortable doll on a low budget, the silicone head + TPE body would be the best choice, this combination doesn’t have oral sex, but the face can be very realistic fine and clear outline, and the body touch will bring you a really wonderful feeling. Prices range from $1,500 to $2500.
- If you regard the doll as a beautiful companion, focusing on visual beauty rather than simple sexual satisfaction, and can afford a higher price, then you can buy the silicone doll, the price is about $2500~5000. Because of the hard texture of the silicone doll, it can bring simulated lines from the face to the whole body. This kind of doll is an excellent choice for decoration, photography, exhibition, etc. At present, soft silicone dolls, such as breasts, hips, and abdomen, can achieve a soft touch close to TPE, but the price is high.
- Some high-quality waxworks can be more than 95% similar to real people, as you can see in celebrity waxwork museums, which need a higher cost of about $10,000 or more.
3. After making the budget, let’s go to the third step: how to select a reliable vendor?
Most sex dolls are sold on the Internet. You choose your love doll by a few pictures. The sex doll market is not a market with strict industry standards. The market is full of imitations and scams.
At the manufacturer:
- In the first level, there are many large brands that have their own R & D teams to study the material ratio and process. They pay modeling designers or models to create new dolls and hire professional photographers to shoot and promote.
- In the second level, manufacturers buy dolls from the above company, and then make dolls by copying or using cheaper inferior materials, and sell them to you at half the price. You are likely to receive a fake doll made of inferior materials, with a loose skeleton and a bad smell.
At the vendor:
- First, there are serious vendors. They visited the factory and sold genuine dolls. Their website is comprehensive, including sex dolls and a variety of sex toys and supplies. They have invested a lot of money into advertising and staff, so the price of the dolls they sell is high. They are willing to provide good service, but the main driving force is money. They are willing to see customers spend extra money on additional options that are not practical.
- The second kind of vendor are sex doll players. They are willing to share their knowledge on how to choose and use sex dolls. And they only sell sex dolls, which they had to verify and trust. They do not spend a lot of money on promotion, which reduces their operating costs. They are willing to sell at a relatively favorable price and provide good consulting services. They are satisfied that doll lovers can buy the right sex doll. SoulMateLover is this kind of vendor.
- The third kind of vendor directly steals the pictures of the big brands on the Internet. They cooperate with second-class manufacturers to sell fake inferior dolls, and they do not even deliver them after getting your money.
When selecting a merchant, you should evaluate them via the following aspects:
- they have an official authorization certificate from the manufacturers;
- the vendor has visited the factory;
- they reply to your emails in a timely fashion and answer your questions professionally
- they provide professional shopping advice, not just hope you buy more expensive or add money to buy more additional functions additional options
- they sell the dolls at reasonable prices, every manufacturer has price controls on dolls, even during promotions, there will be no more than a 25% discount, if a $1,600 WM doll is selling for $900, forget it; this site must be selling counterfeits
SmateMateLover is a supplier founded by sex doll enthusiasts. We select manufacturers that produce high-quality dolls and build deep relationships with them so they can fully meet our customers' needs and minimize errors. This is the biggest difference between SoulMateLover dolls and other vendors. We will continue to expand our partner manufacturers in the near future.
Having selected a reliable supplier, the next step is selecting specific options.
4. Weight
For first-time buyers, they often ignore this question. They think that they can easily pick up a 50kg person, so most dolls are within 50kg, so they do not need to consider the question of weight. In fact, a sex doll player will put the weight of the doll as the first concern, because the doll is not a living person. As such, it will not match your posture to make it easy to lift; the moment you put the 50kg doll to bed, you might have lost interest because it is really a fitness exercise! Based on SoulMateLover's research, we've compiled the following statistics that might be suitable for you based on your height and weight. This is definitely the first study of its kind in the world. Weight reduction is an important topic for sex doll manufacturers, and SoulMateLover will find those who did a great job in this field and share that info with you.
|
Your height |
Your weight |
Recommend max weight |
Recommend height |
Best weight |
|
160cm/5.2ft or less |
140 lbs /63 kg or less |
75 lbs/34kg |
4.4-4.9ft/ 135~155cm |
55lbs/25kg |
|
170cm/5.6ft |
165 lbs/75 kg |
85lbs/39kg |
4.6-5.2ft/ 145~160cm |
65lbs/30kg |
|
180cm/5.9ft |
185 lbs/84kg |
90lbs/41kg |
5.0-5.5ft/ |
75lbs/34kg |
|
180cm/5.9ft or more |
220 lbs/100kg or more |
100lbs/45kg |
160~170 |
80lbs/36kg |
The data in the table is a statistical summary from surveys of a large number of sex doll players. Just from the point of moving the doll. Everyone has their own preferences, although some people are skinny, but have a special liking for BBWs (Big Beautiful Women), making love with such a woman is the most wonderful thing in life, so they will choose BBWs without considering the heavyweight.
5. What's the difference between a shrug and a non-shrug
The shoulder shrug means that the doll can unlock more body movements, especially when photographed in a variety of charming poses. The shoulder shrug feature costs extra for many other vendors, but SoulMateLover offers it as a standard feature at no extra price. The skeleton that we see unshrugging is an obsolete product that has been discarded. If you strongly require a non-shrug frame, please let us know and we can ask the manufacturer to provide it separately.
6. What is the difference between Standing and Non-standing
The standing foot option is a must. If you don't, the doll's "tibia" will pierce your doll's feet when you put the doll on the floor. The standing option can unlock more positions for the doll. The only small trouble is that when taking a bath, you should pay attention not to let the doll's feet touch the water, otherwise the water would get in and hurt the skeleton inside. The only reason this option should not be selected is if you are a foot fetish or if you are obsessed with foot sex. Standing foot is the default option of SoulMateLove dolls, which costs money at other vendors but is free at SoulMateLove.
7. Wigs or Implanted hair
For a TPE head, only wigs can be used; the softness of TPE cannot be planted on it;
For a silicone head, you can choose wigs or implanted hair.
Generally speaking, wigs are easy to clean and allow you to change hairstyles, which brings a completely different feeling. You will feel that you have another love doll. Great, isn't it?
Implanted hair tends to be more realistic and detailed. The disadvantage of hair transplantation is that the price will be relatively higher and the hairstyle will be relatively simple. However, as a more realistic love companion, many people are still willing to accept these weaknesses.
8. What's the difference between a removable vagina and a fixed vagina
There are two main types of doll vaginas: removable (insert) and fixed (built-in). With removable vaginas, you can pull out a sleeve, like a Meaty flashlight, after using it. Then you only have to flush this out with warm water and soap, then dry it. There’s not much difference between a removable vagina and a fixed vagina (The appearance of the removable vagina after installation is basically the same as that of the fixed vagina). Those with true empathy preferred a fixed vagina; if the doll is not heavy, you can choose a fixed vagina.
9. A heating system, moaning system, and sucking system
We do not recommend applying too many electronic devices to the dolls, According to our manufacturers, the electronics installed in the sex dolls are generally not reliable, and no manufacturer is willing to provide long-term maintenance services, because the electronic components are enclosed in the body of the sex doll, and repairing it requires high transportation costs and destroying the body for maintenance, so if you are really want to add these options to your doll, you need to know that these functions may not work within a few months. Let's look at the core elements:
- Heating equipment
The principle of the heating device is to wrap the heating wire around the doll's skeleton, so the thick part of the doll's body is difficult to be heated because it is far away from the skeleton. Therefore, some of the breasts, hips, and thighs which we are most concerned about are still cold after they have been heated for a long time, and dolls with heating functions are not suitable for bathing in the bathtub. We suggest heating the doll with electric blankets and vaginal heating sticks, which will be more stable and effective.
- Moan system
Now, there are two kinds of moan systems: built-in sound generation and Bluetooth sound generation, and Bluetooth sound generation is more reliable. and there are two kinds of sound generation principles. One is to place pressure sensors in key parts such as the chest, abdomen, vagina, thigh, and so on, and make sounds by squeezing. This kind of pronunciation is not very real, but the price is relatively cheap. The second is a skin sensor. It covers most of the doll's skin, like a net covering the body, and can make different sounds by the touch of different parts. This kind of technology is applied to top smart dolls. At present, SoulMateLover has found a manufacturer that can provide smart skin for silicone dolls, it is the only company in the world that can provide this kind of skin for sex dolls now. We will introduce this brand of sex doll in the near future.
- Sucking system
There are two kinds of sucking systems for sex dolls: built-in sucking and detachable sucking. The built-in device is similar to an automatic masturbator. That feels real, but the problem is, of course, that the electronic device installed in the doll is not reliable. The detachable sucking system is an external vacuum. When the doll's anus and vagina are connected, this device can be used for the sucking effect.
The above devices can increase the authenticity and charming experience of sex dolls, but when you buy, you need to know that these functions may be out of work in a few months, if you really want to try these functions, I would say: good luck!
We will find some manufacturers that provide these additional functions at a relatively low price, or with better reliability so that you can scratch your tickets at a low cost.
10. Ultra-soft or regular skin
The ultra-soft skin was provided by WM Doll from 2019, and AF Doll also provides ultra-soft skin. The softness of this skin is close to the softness of the inner surface muscles of your thighs. However, after more than two years of market feedback, the ultra-soft skin is easily broken when the doll falls, or the chest would be torn due to the weight of the chest over time. It's too soft and fragile, and not as strong as regular skin. Our default option is regular skin, if you want a softer touch, then you can choose ultra-soft skin, but you need to be careful with maintenance.
11. breasts- solid /hollow/gel which to choose
Solid breasts are also called filled breasts. They are filled with premium TPE or Silicone material, and the touch feeling is firm and can be much more resistant, we suggest choosing solid breasts if the breasts are under a C cup, it could have decent softness and bounce.
Hollow breasts are air-filled breasts, which are suitable for breasts above a D cup. It is conducive to increasing the softness and elasticity of the breasts. They are more realistic, so that you can see the graceful shaking of the chest while making love with your doll. A hollow breast can reduce weight on a doll with big breasts.
Gel breast has the softness of a hollow breast and the firmness of a solid breast. It is a safe material that can also be used in the real human body. Many vendors need to upgrade it at extra cost. At SoulMateLover, we cooperate deeply with manufacturers and tell them to upgrade it for free. Due to its own weight, gel breast is not suitable to use in extra-soft skin, otherwise, it is easy to tear the skin. It is most suitable for use on silicone dolls, which can effectively increase the softness of the chest, hip, and abdomen of silicone dolls. The selection of gel breasts must consider several factors such as the doll's skin and weight reduction. We need to think carefully before choosing. If your doll uses extra-soft skin, has large breasts, and is heavyweight, we do not recommend you choose gel breasts.
Welcome to SoulMateLover. We are a vendor founded by sex doll players. The sex doll market is a jungle full of fakes and scams. We’ve suffered a lot. So, we intend to establish an independent and reliable website for sex doll players. We…
- Have visited famous sex doll manufacturers and top sculpture teams, and had in-depth partnerships with them to provide high-quality sex dolls.
- Stop you from wasting money buying useless additional functions. We know what sex doll buyers are most concerned about: suitability and durability. We provide professional sex doll knowledge and advice.
- Cut the promotion expenses and we only sell sex dolls in order to reduce operating costs, so as to reduce dolls’ prices.
