(I'm not here to change anyone's mind -- the inverse, actually.)
I've recently looked into putting money into a life-size hip. For me, purchasing any high-quality hip is going to be a hefty investment, which has caused me to do some 'extensive' research to determine which one is best catered for me.
Amid my research, I found some companies (which I will not name lest I break the rules, or something) that are based in the USA (though their products are probably manufactured overseas): These companies sell toys remarkably marked down from the markedly marketed Japanese toys on here and imaginably every other site that sells the same hips that are sold on here -- too, probably at a higher price. The thing is, also, they're all larger, heavier, manufactured by well-known companies, and seem to use roughly the same materials (TPR/TPE) and tactics to improve stimulation as well as realism.
I'm probably just being completely ignorant to some major factor(s) that justifies the discrepancies, which is why I'm looking for elucidation.
So, why are Japanese hips so much more money per oz., roughly speaking, than American ones, for the most part?
I've recently looked into putting money into a life-size hip. For me, purchasing any high-quality hip is going to be a hefty investment, which has caused me to do some 'extensive' research to determine which one is best catered for me.
Amid my research, I found some companies (which I will not name lest I break the rules, or something) that are based in the USA (though their products are probably manufactured overseas): These companies sell toys remarkably marked down from the markedly marketed Japanese toys on here and imaginably every other site that sells the same hips that are sold on here -- too, probably at a higher price. The thing is, also, they're all larger, heavier, manufactured by well-known companies, and seem to use roughly the same materials (TPR/TPE) and tactics to improve stimulation as well as realism.
I'm probably just being completely ignorant to some major factor(s) that justifies the discrepancies, which is why I'm looking for elucidation.
So, why are Japanese hips so much more money per oz., roughly speaking, than American ones, for the most part?
Greenwood95 ( 591 )
@M155 Hm. Well in general I feel once you hit life size 1:1 hips prices are in the same ball park. But in general why would American hips be cheaper? Well if you're looking strictly at no name knock off on Amazon, well you're getting knock offs and really rolling the dice on quality. You may get lucky but you're equally as likely to get a hip that's too small, smells bad, feels bad, or is too firm.
If we are talking more reputable models like the Pipedream/Cyberskin stuff....
1) Japanese products have to deal with import/shipping/possible customs fees of course instead of domestic brands.
2) A lot of larger USA Hips like the Fuck Me Silly will skimp and use lightweight foam to put out the internals of the hip, decreasing weight/materials but causing durability issues (Don't ever submerge a Fuck Me Silly in water!). A Japanese hip usually (Some KMP models are exceptions) are pure TPE so denser, jigglier, heavier and more materials they have to charge for.
3) I imagine the superior/more realistic vaginal anal tunnel designs on Japanese toys in R&D or maybe in the intricacy of molding takes more time/money than the more simple tunnels of the US toys. Look at the Fuck Me Silly or CyberSkin Perfect Ass tunnels compared to the EPH 3 or the Miracle Angel Hip and it's night and day.
Buying a hip is a big decision. It's good chunk of change and you have a lot of factors to consider (which I laid out in my Hip Guide here in the Community) USA Hips are great usually at size, often realism (many are molded right off Porn Star's actual asses like Bree Olsen), and sometimes price. After that the Japanese I think take over from there. But there's a lot more variety of hips styles/sizes from Japan and I think their internals blow the US stuff away. At the end of the day, no matter how big, or sexy an ass toy is, if it doesn't FEEL good, what's the point?
If we are talking more reputable models like the Pipedream/Cyberskin stuff....
1) Japanese products have to deal with import/shipping/possible customs fees of course instead of domestic brands.
2) A lot of larger USA Hips like the Fuck Me Silly will skimp and use lightweight foam to put out the internals of the hip, decreasing weight/materials but causing durability issues (Don't ever submerge a Fuck Me Silly in water!). A Japanese hip usually (Some KMP models are exceptions) are pure TPE so denser, jigglier, heavier and more materials they have to charge for.
3) I imagine the superior/more realistic vaginal anal tunnel designs on Japanese toys in R&D or maybe in the intricacy of molding takes more time/money than the more simple tunnels of the US toys. Look at the Fuck Me Silly or CyberSkin Perfect Ass tunnels compared to the EPH 3 or the Miracle Angel Hip and it's night and day.
Buying a hip is a big decision. It's good chunk of change and you have a lot of factors to consider (which I laid out in my Hip Guide here in the Community) USA Hips are great usually at size, often realism (many are molded right off Porn Star's actual asses like Bree Olsen), and sometimes price. After that the Japanese I think take over from there. But there's a lot more variety of hips styles/sizes from Japan and I think their internals blow the US stuff away. At the end of the day, no matter how big, or sexy an ass toy is, if it doesn't FEEL good, what's the point?