BIANCA: Sure, the vibrator guide usually gets an update once or twice a year. So, you know, throughout the year I might add things to that spreadsheet. And then once I’m actually in the testing process, I have a spreadsheet with the list of the toys, and then I keep track of all the different criteria we’re looking at. So that might be, like, okay, what kind of warranty does it have? How long does it take to charge? How long does it hold a charge? And then I have to do a battery test to see if that’s actually true. All the different technical things. And then I usually test it on my own at least three or four times, because the first time I use a toy, especially if it’s a novel type of stimulation that I’m not used to, I may not vibe with it. And also, I am AFAB, so I have a hormonal cycle, and I’m perimenopausal at this point too, so my sex drive can be kind of variable. And depending on where I am in my cycle, if I’m on a low-sex-drive day, it doesn’t matter how good the toy is, I might just not really be into it. So I try to make sure that everything I test gets a fair shot from me. And a lot of the time it’s just, like, “Okay, this is nice,” or sometimes it is really terrible, but most of the time it’s just, like, okay. And then once in a while I’ll get something where I’m, like, “Wow, this is a game changer.” And at that point, that’s when we send it out to secondary testers to be, like, “Okay, what do you think of it?” Because I’m only one body, and I don’t think that I am the authority on what toys are good. But I’ve had enough experience testing things in these different categories that I can be, like, “Oh, yeah, this is significantly more powerful than what I’ve seen up to this point.” Or “This has this feature, which is really new.” So regardless of what my personal physiology is, I’m able to objectively compare the features and the strength and the qualities of any toy that I test.
