Toy cleaner or plain soap?

I use soap and water and I've never had a problem.

I use soap and water when I can - but as I live with my parents, it is not always possible to smuggle a toy into the bathroom.

Honestly, I really don't think toy cleaner is any better than good soap and water. I would much prefer using my regular soap and water that's cheaper. To me toy cleaner is a real waste of money, but then again I am a cheapie!

I've been using antibacterial soap and water, and provided I rinse my toys off thoroughly after cleaning, have never had any issues with it.

I usually use soap and water and it gets the job done, however I have used toy cleaner.

Soap and water

Soap and water.

Soap and water works fine for me; I haven't had any need to try toy cleaners.

I use soap and water. Plain soap, not antibacterial.

I have pretty much exclusively nonporous toys (glass, silicone, metal), and I like using the soap and water bit because it washes off the mess. Yeah, the butt toys are more likely than others to pick up mess, but given lube residues and such all toys "pick up mess" of one sort or another and I like being able to wash it away.

I don't use antibacterial soap because quite frankly I don't see the point. Most of the bugs (really almost all) are going to be washed off of a nonporous surface with just plain soap and water, and most people do not use antibacterial soaps properly, which means they don't really "antibacterial" much anyway and the antibacterial chemical instead goes down the drain and breeds resistant bacteria. In most cases, the few bugs that remain on the toy will be going right back where they came from the next time the toy gets used, so I put that in the "big deal" camp. They took a short vacation (and most of them never came back) - so what?

If you're trading toys with a partner then things get more serious, and in that case I wouldn't want to rely on antibacterial soap, so since you're not relying on it why use it at all? Wash in soap and water and then move on to something that you know will work - bleach water or boiling water. Don't mess with Mr. In-Between, right?

I always wash before and after use, anti bacterial hand soap, doesn't matter if its foaming, liquid, or has those fancy beads in them that don't make much of a difference

I find this way useful, i can really get a good wash down on my toys using this soap, and my hands/fingers to get every place. After a nice good scrub if you will, all in very warm water, i rinse off, and dry with a lint free towel. Like a Flour Sack as they are called.

Climax Bursts Antibacterial toy cleaner - great stuff!

I've only ever used soap and water, but I'd like to start using some toy cleaner. Once I put in my first big order with my Eden Points, I'll be including some cleaner with it.

I Choose to use soap and water, i feel it does the same thing as toy cleaner.

I use soap and water, watered down bleach too if I want to be really sure. But since I've never owned toy cleared, I can't really say.

I use soap and water. I've never tried a toy cleaner, mostly because I don't see how a toy cleaner could possibly touch the ick that gets left behind on an insertable toy. LOL Plus, I'd still feel like I had to rinse it, especially after reading all of P'Gell's information. Soap and water does a GREAT job!

I use both soap and water then let air dry. I then spray w/toy cleaner, just to be on the safe side since most of my toys end up in my bum!

Soap indeed!

Just soap and water. I don't see much need for toy cleaners. Just my own opinion.

Toy cleaners seem like a recipe for yeast infections.

I use foaming toy cleaner with hot water most of the time. It takes a long time to go through one bottle and somehow it's easier for me to remember to put back (my brain: HOW DOES IT WORK?!). Occasionally I just use toy wipes if I don't feel like getting up right away, but I always go back for a more thorough cleaning later.

I've never used a toy cleaner, but soap and water works just fine for me.