Yesterday, I was able to find a little extra time to write a review on a toy I bought quite some time ago; the njoy pure plug medium. While writing this review though, it really got me thinking... "How can I accurately portray the weight of this toy to someone who doesn't know?!" because in the particular case of this toy, the weight is one of the great features of it, and to me, was very important.
From there, I started looking around the site. Do you have any idea how many toys are generically listed as weighing 1 lb.?! Take a look... I'll wait. There's tons of them, and there's no way that they all weigh a pound... many of them not even close to it!
The njoy pure plug was no exception, listed as 1 lb. In actuality, the pure plug medium weighs about 7 oz., which is just shy of half a pound... and for those who have held one of these, you know that that's heavy! I finally decided to relate it to a weight that most people would be familiar with; a roll of quarters. Now be honest, that just made the weight of this plug "real" to you, didn't it? Can you know grasp more realistically the heft of this thing?
I think many times we peruse the site and see inaccurate numbers, but even when we see accurate numbers, they often mean nothing, and are just a "another number" to us. I really feel that if we can find a way to make these numbers more "real" to people, it could really serve to improve their shopping experiences. "Gee, I wonder how flimsy the plastic or construction is on this vibrating wand?" "This plug looks good, but I wonder if I'll be able to feel the weight of it?" "I wonder if I'll be able to retain these kegel balls?" "Is this dildo going weigh too much for it's suction cup to stick to a wall?"
All that being said, I must admit, I immediately equate this issue to EF's INGENIOUS solution to SIZE! The "1:1 -> VIEW ACTUAL SIZE" button on many of the toys available here is AWESOME (especially with the slider so I can scale it exactly to a ruler on my monitor), and truly does give people a real idea of how big a given toy is.
So what do you all think? Is there a real desire to see something like this? Do you think that it would start to answer some people's questions on particular toys, and improve peoples shopping experiences, as well? Is something like this worth pursuing? If so, do you have any thoughts or ideas on how to include such a system? Perhaps a list of common objects of set weight, that people can relate to? Or is this not really worth going after? Am I just putting too much emphasis on details? Please share you honest thoughts. Thanks.
*[Realizes that by the end of this, I have inadvertently stepped on my soapbox, and now steps down]*
From there, I started looking around the site. Do you have any idea how many toys are generically listed as weighing 1 lb.?! Take a look... I'll wait. There's tons of them, and there's no way that they all weigh a pound... many of them not even close to it!
The njoy pure plug was no exception, listed as 1 lb. In actuality, the pure plug medium weighs about 7 oz., which is just shy of half a pound... and for those who have held one of these, you know that that's heavy! I finally decided to relate it to a weight that most people would be familiar with; a roll of quarters. Now be honest, that just made the weight of this plug "real" to you, didn't it? Can you know grasp more realistically the heft of this thing?
I think many times we peruse the site and see inaccurate numbers, but even when we see accurate numbers, they often mean nothing, and are just a "another number" to us. I really feel that if we can find a way to make these numbers more "real" to people, it could really serve to improve their shopping experiences. "Gee, I wonder how flimsy the plastic or construction is on this vibrating wand?" "This plug looks good, but I wonder if I'll be able to feel the weight of it?" "I wonder if I'll be able to retain these kegel balls?" "Is this dildo going weigh too much for it's suction cup to stick to a wall?"
All that being said, I must admit, I immediately equate this issue to EF's INGENIOUS solution to SIZE! The "1:1 -> VIEW ACTUAL SIZE" button on many of the toys available here is AWESOME (especially with the slider so I can scale it exactly to a ruler on my monitor), and truly does give people a real idea of how big a given toy is.
So what do you all think? Is there a real desire to see something like this? Do you think that it would start to answer some people's questions on particular toys, and improve peoples shopping experiences, as well? Is something like this worth pursuing? If so, do you have any thoughts or ideas on how to include such a system? Perhaps a list of common objects of set weight, that people can relate to? Or is this not really worth going after? Am I just putting too much emphasis on details? Please share you honest thoughts. Thanks.
*[Realizes that by the end of this, I have inadvertently stepped on my soapbox, and now steps down]*
