During the Covid pandemic, the sex toy sector made more than 29 billion euros worldwide. Venus O'Hara, an orgasm activist and well-known popularizer of the use of sex toys, tests these devices to review their properties and operation.
"Now I have 800 sex toys at home. I keep them in the guest room, where they are organized and divided into categories. I would say that you have to have five different ones, and among them, you cannot miss the clitoris sucker, the microphone (known as the Rabbit)," she tells CNN. The sex toy industry is expected to grow by 8% to reach almost 50 billion euros in 2028, according to Grand View Research, which expects the sector to grow to $100 billion by 2028. It's impossible to say which is my favorite: if you always use the same one, your body gets used to it, and that's what happened to me with the very famous Rabbit. One day it broke, and it was a blessing because it forced me to rediscover other toys. The most important factor for the size of the product test is not actually the type of product, but the development phase. Early-stage products or prototypes are sent to smaller groups of testers. The testing process can last months or even years, with the testers repeatedly receiving new versions of the toy and evaluating progress. Their human panel is made up of 17,000 international testers, and they call it the MasturbaTEAM. But who tests sex toys before launching them on the market? How does a brand decide to incorporate certain changes to a specific model? How long does a tester have to rate a product? For us, it is important that the testers end up testing the product a couple of times so that the results are reliable.