The New Sex Toys You Need to Try

The area around our root chakra, which originates at our tailbone, is a source of pleasure and stability in life. But hippie vibes aside, a butt plug has a pretty straightforward purpose: It’s often used to prep for anal sex or to make the vagina narrower, which can increase pleasure, says Carlyle Jansen, sex coach and owner of Good for Her. This could be for you, or maybe it’s the last thing you want to do, but either way, Jansen advises against inserting a foreign object without some prep. “Follow the pleasure rather than ‘I need to experience this thing to prove that I’m a sex diva,’” she says.

It might look clunkier than other vibes, but that’s because this mic-shaped tool will have you singing. The large surface area and powerful vibration, modelled after the wildly popular Magic Wand, will give you “the most bang for your buck,” says Robin Milhausen, a sex researcher and associate professor at the University of Guelph. About 75 per cent of women don’t have orgasms regularly with their partners, and that’s likely due to lack of clitoral stimulation. “This is so well designed that you can hold it in place during sex,” says Milhausen. “It’s going to change women’s sexual experience.” Mic drop.

A wearable vibrator for couples, Eva was created by two young women—an engineer and a psychology grad—whose successful crowdfunding campaign made their product come to life. Though it looks like a cute robot, the “wings” are meant to be tucked inside the labia to hold it in place during sex. While its hands-free design gives you one less thing to worry about, consider practising mindfulness to stay in the moment: One study Milhausen conducted revealed there are approximately 300 things women think about during sex, including work, the bedroom lighting and body image.

“This goes where?” is a common response when people are introduced to the yoni egg. (In Sanskrit, “yoni” is symbolic of the female genitalia.) While pretty, its real purpose is to be inserted into the vagina, where the healing powers of rose quartz relieve emotional tension and improve one’s ability to love. But beyond the spiritual side, squeezing the egg keeps it from dropping out (while walking or even sitting), which strengthens your pelvic floor muscles and improves your orgasms, too. This might not help women who are tense or experience pain during sex. Instead, drop into a low squat, like yoga’s garland pose, to relieve muscle tightness, says Jansen.

You’ve heard about kegels, but who remembers to do them? It’ll be hard to forget with the Elvie, a Bluetooth-enabled device that you insert into your vagina and then play games with on your smartphone (seriously). Squeezing your muscles moves the gem around the screen and, depending on the game, works either your strength or endurance in as few as five minutes. “The stronger your [pelvic floor muscles] are, the stronger your orgasms,” says Jansen. “You’re also less likely to be incontinent when you sneeze.” Win, win—win!