“The weight of the toy is also going to contribute to a greater feeling of fullness when used internally than toys and body parts of a similar length and girth of a lighter material,” she adds. This heft allows stainless steel sex toys to provide more pressure with less work, compared to lighter toys and other body parts.
Stainless steel is naturally heavier than other body-safe sex toy materials like glass, silicone, and ABS plastic, says Lisa Finn, a sex educator with sex-toy emporium Babeland.