SIMPLE SILICONE & GLIDING GLASS GLIZZIES TO GUSH OVER, FROM BEGINNER TO BRATTY

We’re making vanilla a spice again with dildos I wish I had found sooner — the frill-free, steadfast staples that:

• Would have skyrocketed my erotic exploration
• Unlock potential pathways to different kinds of orgasms
• Gently jive with my sweet spots, both deep and shallow
• I love going back to, even when I have hundreds of toys

These slick penetration picks hold a special place in my heart and my parted lips. In other words? They’re simple but powerful.

I call it going back to basics, but this list is also for babes banging with breadth and depth. Maybe you’re:

• Trying penetration for the first time or getting back into it
• Comfortable with a few fingers and penis-in-pussy penetration
• Sampling sensations all along your walls
• Looking to expand your ecstatic options

There’s something for experience levels ranging from “bitty basics for the total beginner” to “this pillow princess‘s penchant for precise penetration.”

Some of the recommendations are more filing — what I still use for diving deep these days.

Sometimes, simple designs deliver soul-snatching sensations. Are you ready for it?

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Dildos For Gentle But Deep Penetration

JimmyJane Dillenia Gama

Gama’s long, lean, and gentle S‑curve was made to go deep.

I felt feral, primal clamping upon unboxing Gama and its slowly sloping, sinuous S‑curve, eyeing every inch I’d envelop.

I desperately needed it; I needed to clench around it, to rock it behind my cervix and for it to rock my body until I shuddered and thrashed. And after over 12 years of toy collecting, I find it hard to believe that I’ll ever adore another glass dildo more.

JimmyJane’s Gama has a looooong, shallow curve that rocks so easily into all my internal hot spots. Use the slender side for precision exploration or the broader side to fill you up:

• 9.7” long
• 1.1” wide on the small “head”
• 0.7” across the thin “neck”
• 1.5” across the thick end

I put this whole soul-snatching starter pack on pause so that I could spotlight the JimmyJane Gama in its own post and do it justice.

If you’ve ever longed for longer fingers to finesse your cervix into oxytocin-blissed oblivion, JimmyJane’s Dillenia Gama is for you.

If you’ve ever felt dismissed by the claim that length doesn’t matter but girth does, JimmyJane’s Dillenia Gama is here to service your cervix.

I’ll say it again: if you love deep fingering or think that’s something you want to explore, get the Dillenia Gama. If you’re unsure where to start, other than that you love it hard, get the Dillenia Gama.

NOTE: JimmyJane isn’t the most discreet about their packaging; it says “JimmyJane” on the label. Proceed with caution!

Want something with more give than glass but still reaches those delicious depths? Uberrime might have what you need.

Uberrime Pegging Dildo (Large)

I wish I could record myself moaning into my phone mic and leave my Uberrime Pegging Dildo review at that. It ticks my boxes for a beginner-friendly deep penetration dildo:

• Gentle curve
• Abuuuundant length — like, longer than one might usually expect
  • 8” insertable length X 1.35” max diameter
• Bendy and gentle enough for the new explorer

I got my Uberrime Pegging Dildo in the sturdier Shore 30A option, which is still springy and flexible at this diameter. As such, I do get some subtle G-spot pressure from it, but that’s not what draws me to the large Uberrime Pegging Dildo.

I love how thin it is. I love how I can focus its tip on specific parts of my walls and feel around, whether I’m in the mood for massaging my cervix proper, or the fornix in front of it, or behind it, or clenching and twisting at a diagonal for some indirect pressure. (Bodies are funny like that; I love thrusting a deep dildo behind and slightly to the left of my cervix — think of a clock’s hour hand at 7:30.)

Pound it, nudge it, hold it in place while squeezing around it — use the large Uberrime Pegging Dildo as a tool for observing which parts of your walls are the most erotically sensitive. It gets the job done for me, since I’m already BFFs with my cervix, but it probably won’t do all the work for you. It’s more a discovery tool than anything else.

And yes, as the name says, Uberrime’s Pegging Dildo was made for butt stuff, but it can be used for either hole. Consider its flexibility a feature in gently easing you into penetration, so you get to know yourself and what you want from an insertable.

Beginner Glass Dildos For Cervix Massage

Go straight to getting a glass dildo if you already know you want it. These picks are relatively thin with a gentle curve — nothing too wild.

• Lovehoney’s Sensual Glass Double-Ended G-Spot Dildo
• JimmyJane Dillenia Gama — oooooh, look at those sweet, sweet curves
• Crave Curve
• Luscious Playthings Curved Glass Dildo
  • I got the “Medium” diameter and “Large” length

I love seeing a glass dildo with a generic-ass name. It has nothing to prove; it just shows up and does its thing unapologetically well.

Me? I loooove how Uberrime’s large Pegging Dildo bends and twists inside me, but I’d also love a rock-hard dildo in a similar shape. (Hence, going back to my Dillenia Gama and Luscious Playthings glass dildos again and again.)

These long, thin dildos let me seduce my ceiling without much friction at the entrance, especially if I clench and nudge.

If you need pressure closer to the door, I have bare-basic but beautifully effective recommendations for beginner and prostate play.

Beginner-Friendly G-Spot Dildos

Tantus Sport Silicone G-Spot Dildo

5.5” insertable length X 1.25” maximum diameter

Many sex toy critics consider the stainless steel njoy Pure Wand the holy grail of G-spot dildos for its intense curve and bulbous head — but whether it’s beginner-friendly is polarizing.

On one hand, it was perfectly engineered for what it was meant to do: dig into the front wall and ram damn near perpendicular, just past the pubic bone — where the G-spot is for many people. On the flipside, the bone and where the G-spot can be accessed does vary a little bit from person to person, so chances are, it’s either going to OH FUUUCK SDJFLSDJLSDJF !!!!!!! AAAAHHHH for you, or you’re going to hate it.

Sport by Tantus is an affordable way to test what works for your G-spot. Similar to what the Uberrime Pegging Dildo is for deep spot stimulation, the Tantus Sport has some flexibility to ease you into G-spot massage. Its head is super round like the Pure Wand’s and locks into place where the pubic bone dips.

Bendy? It might not be intense enough for some users, sure, but for others, it’s perfect.

Lovehoney’s Sensual Glass Double-Ended G-Spot Dildo

7” total length | 1.1” across the thin end | 1.5” across the thick end

If you’d rather go straight to the wham-bam force but aren’t ready to splurge on a Pure Wand yet, you’re in for another treat.

Think of this dildo as the daintier dupe of the iconic cult classic njoy Pure Wand. If the Pure Wand is the queen, this dildo is the princess. Use it for shallow penetration. Lean with it, rock with it, swivel with it, sway it, tap with it.

It has a steep curve for pressing perpendicular to the vaginal canal — right into the front wall for G-spotting, digging where the internal clitoris and urethral sponge are both sensitive, without elaborate maneuvering or finger flexing.

Your hand and forearm muscles may thank you!

It’s also lightweight compared to the Pure Wand but still stiff enough to hammer. (Insert joke about getting nailed.)

And yup, I mentioned this G-spot glass dildo in the section about cervix stimulation. It’s quite versatile because it is double-ended, after all! I find myself rolling my eyes back when it’s all the way in. You can massage the cervix with this glass dildo or evade it while pressing on the front wall — discover what works for you.

(Further reading: a throwback to some of my first toys from Lovehoney!)

Other G-Spot Glass Dildos For Budgets and Beginners

• Pipedream Icicles No. 69 or 70 – one very steep, G-spotty end and one subtler, straighter end
• Adam & Eve Eve’s Iridescent Curved Glass Fairy Wand – a dreamy-looking classic shape

These dildos follow the formula of a round and bulbous head, contrasting with a curved neck, compounded by the unyielding hardness of glass. Put it in, follow the front wall, and pull it while clenching until you feel resistance when the tip presses near the pubic bone.

(Read more in my guide to G-spotting.)

Would you rather go deeper but keep it simple? I have something for you, too.

Simple But Substantial For Filling

Tantus Silk (Large)

It’s in the name: this dildo is just smooth, sensual perfection. Some would even call it a bland, basic bish. But it doesn’t need to be more than it is:

• A forward-facing swell that subtly presses on my front wall
• Slips easily behind my cervix
• Tantus’s old logo graces the base, so you know which way to orient it by feel alone.
• A bit above average size
  • 7” of insertable length X 1.5″ maximum diameter
• Hard, slick, smooth. Tantus’s original firm formula feels substantial.

I don’t need anything wild.

Tantus’s Silk Large does the deep dicking for me with its tilted tip and sturdy shaft. It took time to try different tempos and depths of penetration and find what worked for me — but once I narrowed it down to short, smooth thrusts, all the way in and bottoming me out, the Tantus Silk Large spoiled me. I so took for granted that its angling was an “easy A” for my cervical orgasms.

(Need something with just a slightly more pronounced swell at the tip? JimmyJane’s Cyra might be more your jam.)

Ahh, Memories!

Maybe it seems surreal to see a long-time dildo collector gush about something so simple and stripped-down, but it was my first-ever silicone dildo, and we have had a journey together.

This dildo takes me back to the days when:

• Subby internet guys on FetLife would buy me gifts (including, yes, the Silk Large itself!)
• I was on the kinky social network’s trending (Kinky & Popular) page for both my jiggly ass when hula-hooping and for my polarizing hot takes about the bedroom (sound familiar?)

In short, the Silk Large dicks me down good and its simplicity is nostalgic to me.

Gliding Glass Glizzies to Gush Over

These are filling and far firmer.

• Pipedream’s Icicles No. 69 and 70 are double-ended — one side fantastic for G-spot and the other for simple cervix massage with something a little more filling.
• Luscious Playthings’ curved glass dildo is great as a basic, too
• Also, check out my guide to girthy realistic glass dildos — no swelling curves there, but they might be what you’re looking for in terms of being filled up

Dildos For Exploring the A-Spot

Uberrime Astra (Large)

7” long x 1.6” wide

Ever eager to angle a toy to the anterior, in front of the cervix?

Let me summarize in a sound: HNNNGGGGGG.

Orgasms with the Uberrime Astra Large are effortless for me — both from A‑spot stimulation and from caressing the cervix itself. Thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust, come. Clench, come.

It’s a long-and-lean dream, only further enhanced by the firm silicone. In other words, the Uberrime Astra is simple, perfect, and only a little yielding. What it lacks in bells-and-whistles, it makes up with a targeted focus on the deepest recesses of my vagina.

Astra by Uberrime Dildos is marketed as a G-spot dildo, but it’s even more stellar for my (anterior) fornix when I damn near bottom myself out with the broad, kneading head. It’s long — the large offers 7″ of insertable length — and it’s boxy in the right places.

But the taper at the tip is nimble for precision slipping into the A-spot — it starts super slim and gradually ramps up. Between that and the abundant length, aiming at the front wall while evading the cervix is easy.

The Uberrime Astra can go in deeper for me, and from there, its slightly-rounded edges take the slightest swivel to push me over the edge.

Another plus? Working the Uberrime Astra inside is easy because it’s so gradual.

Try it all along your front wall and see what you like more — would you rather keep it shallow along your G-spot or all the way in, on your A-spot? I prefer the latter, but you might find its G-spotty subtlety “just right.” And that’s the beauty of exploration — you might find joy and jollies where I didn’t, and vice versa.

Glass A-Spot Dildos For the Anterior Fornix

• Yet another shout-out to Lovehoney’s Sensual Glass Double-Ended G-Spot Dildo! It’s just so deliciously versatile.
• Likewise for Pipedream’s Icicles No. 87
• NS Novelties’ Glass G-Spot wand shape is super severe for a beginner to go all the way in with — but if you’re thinking, “Fuck it, I’m craving more,” it’s affordable and it’s one of my all-time faves for the front wall.

Next up, for those who want something more gentle, I have recommendations in varying combos of squishy, thin, and short. There’s a little something for anyone new to or getting back into penetration.

Affordable AF Mid-Sized Realistic Dildos

If you’re already somewhat comfortable with penetrative play, these realistic dual-density dildos are budget-friendly and nicely squishy on the outer layer.

Such members make a fantastic fit for beginners seeking a nicely average-sized insertable:

• Solina’s Mega Large is matte with a pretty gradient head, frenulum, and veins that aren’t too wild. Its size, soft, skin-like outer layer, and lovely vasculature delight the eyes and lips.
• Blush Novelties’ Neo Elite 7” dildo without balls features a graaaaaaadual taper and squishy tip, making it easier to work in

They’re flexible and gentle but long enough to go deep and slip behind my cervix. Mmmmm.

Indeed, there are other realistic dildos I adore more, but the Solina Mega and Neo Elite lines are my go-to beginner dildo recommendations if you’re new to sex toys but not new to penetration.

If an average-sized penis’s penetration is enough to intimidate you, you still have options!

Bitty Basics For Getting Comfortable With Penetration

We’ll get simple with some bare basics and explore some more playful phalluses.

Sensuality in Several Sizes

First, many of the above silicone dildos come in multiple size options!

Check them out:

• Uberrime Astra – 3 sizes – broad head for front wall massage
• Uberrime Pegging Dildo – 2 sizes – long and lean
• Uberrime Sensi – 3 sizes – short and squishy
• Tantus Silk – 3 sizes – firm, sleek, minimal
• Luscious Playthings’ glass dildos range from XS to XL

(Uberrime’s size selection is just one of many reasons I love them!)

Of course, the shorter options will hit differently — you might not be able to go as deep with them, but that’s okay if you’re just getting used to girth.

Next, I’d recommend the following again here:

• JimmyJane’s Gama
• Lovehoney’s Sensual Glass Double-Ended G-Spot Dildo

They both offer a relatively thin end that’s still sturdy, stunning, and alluring.

I also cannot highly enough recommend Luscious Playthings’ made-to-order modifications if you crave length without bulk. Just let them know what adjustments to their glass dildos you want, within reason.

Finally, because there are a wide range of reasons someone — beginner or not — would want to use a smaller dildo, I wanted to include a wide range of sensations and price points that go beyond “You can just buy a different size.”

I want you to feel fucking fantastic.

Vibrators for Shallow Penetration

Shallowing vibrators were made for tip drilling with just the slightest, shallowest penetration — hence the term, “shallowing.” Simply rocking these vibrators can rock your world, make sex fun again, or anything in between.

Kiwi Trigger Point Massager

Kiwi by The Pelvic People is an award-winning, multi-functional massager made to manage painful or uncomfortable sex in a way that feels good.

Its vibrations are mid-tier — decent strength and rumble — but the shape is where Kiwi’s flying colors show.

I love the range of curves, edges, and angles for diffusing or focusing vibration on a wide range of bits, inside and outside.

My favorite ways to use it include:

• The edges along my labia majora
• The broader curved face covering more of my vulva
• The small end at the vaginal opening — with or without shallow penetration
• Lowering my weight onto the “corners” to press against my hip flexors, like a myofascial release ball
• On my clitoris, duh!

Kiwi eases tightness at multiple sites on your pelvis, all of which can contribute to pelvic floor imbalances and entry pain. (Raise your hand if you’re ever sore from clenching all day!)

Painful sex is so common, but it doesn’t have to be clinical — with Kiwi, gently shallowing and working with your body can start to feel playful again.

Ring My Bell by Playboy Pleasure

This vibrator is so fucking good, but it’s far less subtle than Kiwi. Playboy’s Ring My Bell massager offers gentle, shallow penetration for the inside, and its thrumming on the outside is serious. It was not for the faint of clitoris.

Consider it a potential next step if you’re a seasoned schlicker with the externals but want to play with the inside just a little bit to bump the clitoris both inside and outside.

Dilator Sets for Easing Into Penetration

Lastly, those who want to become comfortable with any penetration should know that dilator sets are an option.

They’re like no-frill dildos for slowly relaxing and expanding your capacity — another reason why painful penetration (think vaginismus or pelvic floor tension) doesn’t have to be the end of pleasure.

• Blush Novelties makes a soft 4-piece silicone dilator kit that ramps up from 0.5″ to 1.25” — all the in-between steps, taking you from a finger to an average dildo’s diameter.
• VWELL’s dilators are firmer but come in more sizes, which is nice if you want smaller increments

If you’re unsure of which size to use, you can measure your fingers and use them as a starting point for comparison.

Exploring a hot spot, returning to penetrative play, or trying penetration for the first time doesn’t have to hurt — start slow, pace yourself, and listen to your body. Go as deep as you dare.

I sure wish I had known about all of these toys, from slick deep-dicking silicone to shallowing to dilators, when I was younger!

Beginner-friendly doesn’t have to mean boring. Many of these glimmering glizzies can snatch souls — perhaps even yours, if you’re lucky.

FAQ: All About Dildos For Beginner Penetration & Exploration

Q: Do I need lube? What kind?

A: I always recommend using lube with toys! A water-based lube is the most versatile and gets along well with toys and condoms. In contrast, liquid silicone-based lubricant lasts longer but can damage solid silicone toys — use it on glass, metal, or with a partner.

(Read all about my favorite lubes, lotions, and potions!)

Q: What if it feels uncomfortable or painful?

A: Listen to your body! Consider discomfort a sign to slow down and pain a sign to stop what you’re doing. You don’t have to end the session right away — ways to pivot include:

• Pulling back and holding the toy in place at a comfortable spot
• Pausing and taking a few deep breaths to reset
• Adjusting the angling

Remember: there’s no rush to get your toy in on any set time frame. And if penetration isn’t doing it for you one day, it’s okay to:

• Try again another day
• Stick to external massage
• Seek out a smaller, smoother, or softer toy

If pain persists, it’s okay to seek support from a gynecologist or a pelvic floor therapist and ask about your next steps. Exploring your body is for you to enjoy, and you deserve to feel good!

Q: What sex toy materials are best for beginners?

Pretty much every toy in this shopper’s guide is glass or silicone, because these materials are safe for insertion, easy to clean, durable enough to last for life with proper maintenance, and can be affordable.

There are other options for body-safe materials, such as stainless steel, porcelain, and properly sealed wood, but they tend to be pricier. Glass and silicone dildos are the easiest for a beginner to access.

Sensation-wise, what’s best is very individual. I’m personally hype for the pressure of glass and firmer silicone, but some other users may prefer something soft and skin-like — so I included options from supple to firm to rock-hard!

Q: Why are some toys so much more expensive than others?

So many factors play into the cost of a toy, such as:

• The amount of material used
• The quality of the materials used — glass and silicone are both body-safe when properly handled, but some silicones are more rigorously tested, and some glass compositions are stronger than others
• How long does it take to make
• The scale of the company — an artisan may be spending more time per unit if they’re making items to order or in smaller batches than an established mass manufacturer
• How much goes into the marketing and packaging

A higher price doesn’t always mean better quality. These beginner dildo recommendations strike a balance — they’re all body-safe and good at what they were designed to do. I’ve included a wide range of prices because everyone deserves access to safe sexual pleasure.

Start here. Moan later.