Regular readers of this site know I have quite purposely not done the major international toy company review thing. Believe me, I disliked Eden Fantasys long before it became fashionable to do so *grin*.
So you won't find many product reviews on this site. You'll find a label called "pervertables". That's because we've created most of our own toys. It's cheap, and we can indulge our other perversion - being green!
When you do find product reviews, it's because I sincerely support the item or the business and want to share it / them with you. For example, you'll find about a dozen posts about S(A)X. That's because they are a local Australian business - their leather workshop is literally down the road - and it's run by Steve Sax, who is highly regarded in the Australian scene.
S(A)X toys were the first in our toy box, and because they are such high quality, they are still in that toy box 20 years later. When we moved up to the Northern Rivers we started visiting the workshop and talking with Steve. Although he'd known me for years as a buyer, he knew me as Mistress160 by then because this blog sends quite a few people his way. We've had some great conversations and I've often walked out with some great toys to try, some purchased, some gifted. He knows I never bullshit if I write a review of anything he sells.
S(A)X runs a terrific mail order site that ships internationally. I recommend it to you. I personally will put myself on the line here and say if you ever have a problem with a S(A)X product or when making an order, drop me a line and I'll go and beat Steve over the head with a dildo until the problem is fixed. But I won't need to because this is the kind of service he gives (Oct 2010):
"after reading such lovely things in your blog about S(A)X I ordered some gear, the wrong crop was delivered, and I was dreading having the big dramas with exchange etc, but Steve was absolutely delightful to deal with and even let me keep both crops - thanks for the recommendation I will definitely order with them again!"Thank you ActinotusX for letting me quote that piece of private correspondence!
I have a few other real time friends with online businesses I'd like to share with you:
- Mistress Satet (you may know her name from reading posts about workshops and parties at her home in Brisbane) has just set up her online store here. She's having a great time, with new stock arriving every day ... have fun exploring her store! While she's setting up her store you might also like to check the photo section of her Fetlife profile for more stock (for example, I'm rather fond of this fur tipped crop)
- Gypzee from Dragon Whip attended one of my workshops recently. If you like single tails and floggers you might like to check out his site.
- slutboi runs Tightropes Corsetry, "importing quality leather corsets, women's and men's fetish fashion and some bdsm equipment". I've not ordered any leather gear from him because we are a one income family at the moment, but I certainly plan to order soon (he knows exactly what lol) and I've also seen his leather gear being worn at parties locally. Extremely good prices.
- I wrote this post about where to find green kinky toys online
- We've purchased several toys from InHerTube, who make strap on harnesses and other toys out of 100% recycled inner tubes. You can read about the two toys we purchased here and here. We highly recommend them.
Photo: SAX
