The lube tube is basically a two pack of lube syringes, you put the lube shooter into the bottle of lube pull back the plunger which draws the lube into the barrel then push down on the plunger to apply the lube whereever you wish. After using them for a while, I completely swear by them and highly recommend them. Read ahead for all the details.
The Lube Tube by Cal Exotics
Materials: Cleaning and Safety Concerns
These lube tubes are made out of plastic. Which is a hypo-allergenic, and free of phthalates or latex. It is compatible with all lubes (it would really suck if they made a lube shooter that didn’t work with lube wouldn’t it?). To clean, just use some soap and water, for a more through cleaning you can use some isopropyl alcohol. Since you can’t sterilize the lube tube, don’t use the same tube between orifices or partners.
Design and Dimensions
Each shooter is about five and a quarter inches long with the tube itself having a diameter of about half an inch. At the end of the tube is a small removable cap. The length you can actually get in to the bottle (the length before you would hit handle portion) is about 3.5 inches. On the top are two circular finger holes each an inch in a diameter. These finger holes provide your grip when you are about to apply the lube and they fit my fingers comfortably. Together with the tube in the center, they create the shooter widest point at around 2.5 inches,
The Lube Tube's Handle
The handle on the top of the barrel of the toy is heart shaped which is a cute touch. It is about 8/10 of an inch across. It was large enough that I could operate it without any difficulty, although it might have still benefited from being a wee bit wider.
The Lube Tube's Plunger Handle
There is no stopper to prevent the plunger from coming completely out when you draw it back, so be carefull not to pull it completely out when your drawing in lube. This can also be a plus as it makes cleaning out the shooter easier. just take the plunger out and run the tube under water.
Use.
I’ve tested this lube shooter with the following lubes: Sliquid Ride H20 (my go to all-purpose lube) Sliquid Ride silicone, (to test how it works with silicone lube) Probe (lube I do not like much but good for testing how it works with a more viscous lube) and Wet Synergy warming (a hybrid lube). It worked excellently with all lubes. In each case, it allowed me to deliver the lube exactly where I wanted to without any trouble.
However, you may be asking yourself what makes applying lube with this better then applying lubes from the bottle with your hands. The main reason is that you can very easily get the lube exactly where you want. The best way to illustrate this is my favorite use for this is anal; fingers do a good rub of getting lube applied externally but with the lube tube, you can easily get lube inside of the rectum where all the delicate tissue the lube is going to protect is. The second reason is that it helps keep lube off your hands, by applying it with the lube tube you can keep your hands dry in order to have a better grip on toys, vibrator controls, whatever. This is especially useful with lube that tends to make a big mess such as the super stringy Probe lube.
Those are the main benefits however there are others. Firstly, you can get all geeky and get off on measuring your lube consumption with scientific precision. On that note since this is basically a syringe it will fit in nicely with medical or science related fantasies. Lastly, you can pretty much draw any liquid into these, I am sure you creative types will find some uses for that. I should note also the benefits of this being a two pack as I said above you shouldn’t share this between orifices or partners. Since it comes two per pack, you can use one tube for one orifice and one for the other, or one tube for you and one for your partner. You can also use one tube for one lube (or lube type) and the other for a different one.
So are there any cons? One con is that the tubes insertable length is sorter then many lube bottles total length. Which means you’re going to have to tilt the bottle or pour the lube in to a smaller vessel for the lube tube to reach that last bit of lube. To illustrate the bottle of Ride silicone is about 5.75” tall, so the lube tube won’t reach all the way to the bottom. Another con is that air bubbles can get trapped in the tube, which can resulting in lube shooting out violently instead of in the controlled manner that you would like as well as being painful if you blow air into an orifice. Although others have reported this as a major problem, it honestly has not bothered me. I think this happened once when I worked the plunger too fast but as long as I push and pull slowly their isn’t a problem (kind of appropriate considering the lube tube is often a prelude to anal). Others have reported that it cause them to use to much lube, I also haven’t found that to be the case. This could be because I’m using it for anal where lube, lube and more lube is a good rule to follow.
Packaging
The Lube Tube comes in a clear plastic packaging (approximately 4.5 x 8.5 inches) with a water graphic on it (I note this because here it makes some amount of sense, unlike when they put it on things like the Inspire). They also put a little warning sticker on it, which is funny as it is clearly meant for vibrators “should not be used on unexplained calf pain”. Don’t know how I’d use a lube shooter on unexplained calf pain but I’ll keep that in mind.
The Lube Tube's Packaging
Closing Thoughts
As I said above I love these thing. The biggest compliment I can gives these things is that I intend to ,before I even need a new one, to add another to my next order to make sure I always have one
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