The pure plug is best used during sex, in combination with basically anything you can think of. I know lots of people like the pure plugs for long-term wear, but for me, using it while actually fucking far outshone wearing it out and about, and I think there are probably other plugs better suited to those purposes. This is a really hard toy that doesn’t have any give whatsoever, so I’d be mindful of that fact when using it in double penetration situations, since the tissue between vagina and anus is, while very strong and flexible, also relatively thin and delicate.

Stainless steel is the medium in which njoy works. It is heavy, hard, and flawlessly smooth. It is temperature-adaptable, warming up with hot water or body heat, cooling down in the fridge (NOT the freezer), and coming out of the box relatively cool at room temperature. I appreciate the heaviness in its enhancement of the sensation of being filled and the pressure it can exert on my G-spot. I appreciate the hardness because when I put something up my ass for a long period of time, the goal is to feel penetrated and held open, and an unyielding material to tighten around makes it a bit harsher and a bit hotter. And of course, I appreciate the smoothness because it slides so nicely when lubed up, doesn't make me picture seams imprinting themselves on my anal walls, and doesn't make me worry that ridges in my ass are going to feel strange to my partner when they're in my pussy.

On the matter of olfactory aesthetics, the fact that stainless steel is non-porous (and therefore not likely to retain odors) is most certainly an asset in butt-toy design.

The design of the pure plug was nearly flawless, and the main issue for me is really a result of my anatomy, not njoy’s design. I’m pretty thin, and don’t have a lot of padding, so when wearing this plug out and about in the world, sitting was slightly more difficult and uncomfortable than I’d have liked it to be. The handle just protrudes out of my asscrack a bit, especially when sitting. That said, I’ve still worn this plug in public plenty: to a friend’s dinner party, to the ballet, to run errands. And of course, this is a beautiful, high-end, industrial strength item—it’s luxurious in a thoroughly utilitarian kind of way, which suits my tastes perfectly.

The bulb of the plug is well shaped; the slightly pointy end makes it pretty easy to aim and push into the right place, though you can’t usually see easily what you’re doing to your own butt. The narrow stem and wide handle hold it in place well. As for size, this was my first butt plug. When I got it, the most I’d had in my ass was two fingers. I’ve never had any trouble or discomfort getting this plug in, so I’m content to have gone with the medium, since I’d heard the small was really quite small.

For use during actual fucking, this pure plug was ideal. I could put it in anytime with a bit of lube. It was a fantastic addition to basically everything I combined it with, adding some pressure on my G-spot as my partner tongued my pussy or fucked me, whether with fingers or cock.

For extended wear, it was less than ideal, though still pretty good. I like the element of surprise that’s possible when you go on a date wearing a butt plug for your partner to discover later in the night, and I like using it to hint. In the future, I want to experiment with different lubes and with the situation under which I’m wearing the butt plug out. I found that the weight and size of the plug made it pretty intense to wear for long periods of time; though never super uncomfortable, there were a couple times I was quite impatient to get it out when I got home, which is not so fun when you were planning to go home and have sex involving the plug in your ass.

Stainless steel can be sterilized by boiling, bleaching (10:1 water:bleach), or running through the dishwasher (top rack, no soap). In between uses, since it’s only used on me, I generally wash it with hot water and mild soap. Stainless steel is pretty hard to actually damage, but I imagine it could get scratched up, so I recommend storing it either in the box it came in, or soft fabric. In my sex drawer, the pure plug stays in its original box, but when I take it anywhere, it usually goes in a small, soft pocket of my bag all by itself. An added benefit of stainless steel butt toys is that you can use any lube with them, and there are plenty of folks who prefer silicone lube for anal sex, which is not at all advisable to use with other high-quality butt plugs that are made of silicone themselves.

Like other njoy toys, the pure plug comes in a hard, matte, black box whose bright pink interior molds to the shape of the toy. I’ve heard these boxes compared to jewelry boxes; I’m of the opinion that it would be totally preferable if every kiss began with a butt toy rather than with Kay. I generally find njoy packaging bulkier than I’d like, since boxes end up being about four times bigger than the toy itself and storage space can get crowded, but since the pure plug is small, the territory the box occupies in my sex drawer isn’t too excessive.

To push the boundaries of longer term wear, aside from trying different lubes, I want to try incorporating an element of control where my partner is forcing me to wear it and is in close communication with me, forcing me to touch my clit regularly, telling me he’s going to fuck my ass later, thus keeping the sexual tension of having something up my ass higher than it otherwise would be, and therefore making it more comfortable.

I also have yet to see how much, if at all, it could make it easier to take cock up the ass. Fun to come!

Over the past few months, some of my best orgasms have involved the pure plug in my ass, two or three fingers in my pussy, and a tongue on my clit. That’s my top recommendation for using the pure plug! I also recently had an amazing time straddling my boyfriend’s face, completely stuffed with the pure plug in my ass as I rode a dildo balanced on his chest and he ate my pussy.