KY or Astroglide

Hayley · Post by **Hayley** » April 14, 2004, 7:24 pm

Is there a difference aside from cost? My doctor actually recommended the Astroglide and now I'm wondering why. Discuss!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 14, 2004, 7:25 pm

If it's good enough for astronauts, it's good enough for you.

Zygar_ Cthulhukin · Post by **Zygar_ Cthulhukin** » April 14, 2004, 7:31 pm

Astroglide works great, but KY tastes better.........oops!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » April 14, 2004, 8:04 pm

Learned somthing the hard way.
Never use a condom on a pussy you plan on licking afterwards.

TrojanLube + All Natural Female Excretions + Latex + your tounge = absolute no chance of getting that taste out of your mouth for the next hour.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 14, 2004, 8:50 pm

Akaran_D wrote:Learned somthing the hard way.
Never use a condom on a pussy you plan on licking afterwards.

TrojanLube + All Natural Female Excretions + Latex + your tounge = absolute no chance of getting that taste out of your mouth for the next hour.

depends ont he condom....but thats a two way street. have been "finished off" after wearing the nastiest of all condoms , the light blue Trojan ENZ w/ spermacidal lubricant.

little soldiers never had a chance....

anyway, Nimbrethil househould uses KY liquid, not the gel.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 14, 2004, 8:51 pm

Drink Tang and it doesn't matter what you use!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » April 14, 2004, 9:54 pm

AstroGlide is like a slip N slide!

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » April 14, 2004, 10:23 pm

KY is more water based and can tend to create a nice mess. Also, it will wear out and run out quicker due to the same water base. Astroglide was made for one reason and one reason only...can't go wrong there.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 15, 2004, 2:58 am

voted for astroglide but never tried the water based KY. I assume that the old petroleum based KY isn't even in the fucking running here, because that shit is nasty.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » April 15, 2004, 9:59 am

I endorse astroglide fully.

Xyphir · Post by **Xyphir** » April 15, 2004, 10:54 am

Currently using the KY Warming Liquid Lube, but after reading the ingredients I'm going to have to switch to something less toxic and potentially cancer inducing.

Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Acacia Honey Type O, Methylparaben

Edit:
Ingredients of Astroglide: Purified Water, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium, Methylparaben, Propylparaben

At least the main ingredient is water in Astroglide, unlike KY which is petroleum based.

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » April 15, 2004, 11:20 am

Xyphir wrote:Currently using the KY Warming Liquid Lube, but after reading the ingredients I'm going to have to switch to something less toxic and potentially cancer inducing.

Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Acacia Honey Type O, Methylparaben

Edit:
Ingredients of Astroglide: Purified Water, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium, Methylparaben, Propylparaben

At least the main ingredient is water in Astroglide, unlike KY which is petroleum based.

There's no petroleum in either of those ingredient lists. I saw a callout for the propylene glycol, but that's an alcohol (or rather, an alcohol derivative).

A quick litmus test for whether or not a lube is petroleum-based is to test whether or not it breaks down condoms. If a lube is "condom safe," then it's water-based.

edit> Don't forget, also, that glycerin is also an alcohol derivative that is very closely related to propylene glycol. In fact, when synthesizing one, you usually get some of the other in the mix, as well. Propylene glycol has a backbone of 3 carbons with two hydroxy groups attatched. Glycerine has 3 carbons and 3 hydroxy groups. They're both just in there to make it all slippy and good.

Xyphir · Post by **Xyphir** » April 15, 2004, 11:33 am

Oops... meant to say KY is alcohol based.

With the added honey, it tends to create a bit of a sticky situation, but it doesn't taste too bad either.

Any idea what causes the warming?

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » April 15, 2004, 11:34 am

Where's my "Marmite" option?

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » April 15, 2004, 11:44 am

I would guess it's either one of two things:

1) The trick to the heating lies in the increased amount of propylene glycol. It's a very mild skin irritant, so that could account for the "heating" feeling. Also - though it's related to glycerine, the loss of a hydroxy group will change the characteristics quite a bit. Perhaps one of those characteristics accounts for the warming...

2) Propylene glycol can react to make aldehydes, ketones, and organic acids. The mix may be set up to produce a spontaneous exothermic reaction between the propylene glycol, perhaps the sugars in the honey, and some oil or compound frequently found in your skin.

I kinda favor the second guess, as there seems to be a big variance in the amount of warming people experience, and that could be determined by the concentration of reactants (what's in their skin). But those are just my two guesses, I have no real idea, and am not a professional chemist - I just took some advanced chem classes.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » April 15, 2004, 12:17 pm

Where's this option?

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » April 15, 2004, 1:30 pm

If either one helped diminish clottnig, I'd use it. Otherwise, its a push.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 15, 2004, 4:24 pm

Have yet to have a need for either, but would use Astro just on what friends have said.

Natural lube > *

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » April 17, 2004, 9:44 am

Astroglide. Hands down. The GF says her gay friends swear by it. Supposedly highly recommended by the gay community...

Axien_Dellusions · Post by **Axien_Dellusions** » April 17, 2004, 10:50 am

Astroglide is easier to clean up, KY still makes me feel I'm at the gyno's office.

Ralrona Alvina · Post by **Ralrona Alvina** » April 17, 2004, 7:05 pm

Liquid Silk for me. I didn't like Astroglide, was a bit too sticky for me, so I felt gross.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » April 18, 2004, 12:16 pm

sticky?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 18, 2004, 6:14 pm

I'm surprised to see someone else mention liquid silk, seeing as how it is both rather expensive and pretty new on the market. Simply put, there is nothing better. Nothing. Once you use it, you'll never go back. It cleans up very easily in a shower, does not stain clothes/leather/furniture, and it's really easy to clean off toys as well.

A dab will do ya, that's for sure!

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » April 19, 2004, 3:36 pm

Liquid Silk now will get my business. Gotta work better than the spit in palm method.

Ralrona Alvina · Post by **Ralrona Alvina** » April 19, 2004, 11:39 pm

heh, came free with a toy, I think Fair.

We've had this for about 6 months now I believe. The small bottle 6.5 or whatever it is.
I quickly tossed the bottle of astroglide after using Liquid silk once. Hubby even likes Liquid Silk better because "its not as slimey as Astroglide".

Tru if you were asking if I felt sticky after using liquid silk - No not so much. It can get sticky if you get really worked up going at it, but if you stop and then go again its fine.

More reviews here

Truant · Post by **Truant** » April 20, 2004, 5:21 am

no I meant sticky as in what happened...

I've never had a single problem with astroglide personally, so I'm curious.

Ralrona Alvina · Post by **Ralrona Alvina** » April 20, 2004, 5:57 am

For me, its like having someone sneeze all over your snatch.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 21, 2004, 10:15 pm

if you wanna use something good ... get this stuff called WET .... if not use astroglide ... thats what i use .... and what Vaemas said is true =-P

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 21, 2004, 11:38 pm

If you're in a situation to be using a lubricant and you're thinking about it being sticky or not.. you must be married.

Single guys, in a position to be using lubricant, aren't thinking about whether it's sticky or not. They're thinking about the number of different places they could use said lubricant.

MooZilla · Post by **MooZilla** » April 21, 2004, 11:54 pm

Fuck that. Soap works fine with my real doll.

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KY or Astroglide

So which do you prefer?

KY or Astroglide