Using a Fleshlight is fairly self-explanatory. (As long as you go for water-based lube instead of oil- or silicon-based products, which erode the fleshy sleeve, you're free to pump away to your heart's desire!) But you might find yourself wondering how to clean that bad boy.
Cleaning your Fleshlight is essential, my dudes. According to a 2017 survey by sex toy purveyor Adam & Eve, only 57% of guys clean their sex toys after each use, and more than a third never clean them at all. That ain't great, because using a dirty sex toy can land you with a skin or yeast infection.
Youre injecting 98.6 degrees of semen into the toy. Thats just the stuff that life grows out of, Matie Fricker, who owns Self Serve Toys in Albuquerque, New Mexico, previously told Men's Health . And when semen leaves the the body, it ejects at 28 miles per hour. Theres a lot of biological matter that is hot in the pocket, so its just a recipe for bacteria to grow.
So without further ado, how do you clean a Fleshlight? Because we always want to give you the most reliable information, we went straight to the source. Here are the official cleaning guidelines provided by Fleshlight.
How to Clean a Fleshlight:
- RINSE. To clean your Fleshlight, remove the sleeve from its case and run warm water through it to clean out any remaining fluids. For a thorough cleaning, apply a few sprays of FleshWash, the Fleshlight toy cleaner, before rinsing. NOTE: Never use any toy cleaner that contains soap or detergents, as those will deteriorate the sleeve.
- RENEW. After cleaning, shake off excess water and allow to air-dry. NEVER put away your Fleshlight wet. After the sleeve has dried completely, apply Fleshlight Renewing Powder to help maintain its skin-soft texture.
And if you want to see the cleaning process in action, check out this video tutorial from Lovehoney: