Self Storage Review

While sextoys have been around for most of the twentieth century (thousands of years really) they have been surging in popularity over the past 20 years, and making inroads into the bedrooms of many homes all around the world.

In the past, some items used for self pleasure were simply homemade sex toys cobbled together from items and object found around the home, like the humble cucumber. In these cases, an object used as a sex toy might lie out in the open until it was used, because it was just a harmless household object used for insertion.

Modern devices like women’s vibrator sex toys or a man’s pocket pussy are hard to mistake for anything else - people instantly know what they are, and since they are objects used for sexual intimacy and masturbation, our natural instinct is to keep these objects out of site and away from prying eyes.

Many people who have experimented with sex toys have more than one in their sextoy collection, almost like a hobby. Just like with any kind of hobby equipment or supplies, it’s good to keep your goodies in one place and well organized.

In movies, tv shows and adult films, you’ll often see a vibrator being taken from a drawer beside the bed when the fun starts. This is usually one of the worst places you can keep adult toys. Drawers often have nasty things in them - like dust, spores, lint, dirty pocket change and other undesirable elements.

You want to keep your sex toys away from dust and dirt that could be transferred to you body. Dust and spores can also lead to the sex toys themselves becoming contaminated with unpleasant bacteria or molds.

If you insist on keeping your sex toy(s) in a drawer, make sure they have a clean storage box or container within the drawer that’s for your intimate items only. The size of your toy collection and drawer will decide what’s most practical in this case.

If you have a larger collection of sex-toys, having a clean box to keep them in is a great way to allow you to keep your toys in the closet or under the bed.

For either example, follow the instructions below for a simple storage solution.

Simple Sex Toy Storage

Keeping in mind the size of your sex toy collection (which might grow?) and the area you’d like to keep it in - go to a department store and find yourself a good quality plastic storage box with a snap on lid of some kind. Containers made by Rubbermaidâ„¢ or Steriliteâ„¢ are perfect for this, and come in a wide range of sizes. Look for one with a rubbery feeling, semi flexible lid that can be cut easier than hard plastic. You know what size you need better than anyone, so choose carefully.

Once you’ve brought your adult toy storage box home, I’d recommend you cut a couple of small holes or slits in an area on the lid of the container. This is done to allow some air to get into the box, and allow moisture vapor left over from washing your sex toys to escape from the box and evaporate.

Two or three holes the size of a dime, fairly close together is ideal. You might want to trace a couple of dimes for this, and be careful when cutting.

Next, on the inside of the lid I recommend you tape a layer of coffee filter paper or paper towel, or even thin fabric over the holes. This is to filter dust and other foreign objects or critters from getting into your box, while still allowing the air and moisture to move in and out.

If you are fairly crafty you can cut some nice looking holes in a pattern, or cut little stars instead of round holes, and you could get creative with a glue gun to apply some nice filter fabric.

From there you can decorate your box with whatever you like, or leave it in stealth mode. You could even put a boring label on it, like “papers to sort”.

Inside your sex toy box, you might want to use a small / cheap hand-towel as a liner for the bottom, and have another towel to put on top. This works well as camouflage for transparent and translucent containers, as well as providing an easy to wash liner. If you have a collection of vibrators you can roll them up in a clean towel inside your box.

If you have more than one vibrator with cords or wires, it’s a good idea to either wrap the cords around something like a paper towel roll, or separate the corded sex toys using layers of towel - to prevent tangling.

You should always clean sex toys before putting them away, and put them away as dry as you can, using a towel other than the ones used in the box as liners.

Your sex toy box should be cleaned fairly regularly with some soap and water.

Even though you’ve washed your sextoys after using them and put them away properly, it’s still a good idea to at least rinse them well in warm water before using them again.