Best Beginner Anal Toys

Are you searching for the best beginner anal toys on the market?

There are so many great sex toys out there designed and intended for anal play, but it often isn’t clear whether toys are marketed at beginners or seasoned anal play pros. In this article, we’ll help you discern what’s what, walk you through the best sex toys for beginners just starting out in their anal sex explorations, and give you some tips for how to make sure you are going to have the best experience with anal sex toys.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

Are you new to anal play? Here’s why you should get into it

If you are an anal sex newbie, you have so much new pleasure to explore and discover. It’s an exciting place to be!

Some mistakenly believe that anal sex toys aren’t for everyone, and that, for example, only gay men are going to find them pleasurable. But this is not true at all. On the contrary, if you have an anal opening, and particularly if you also have a prostate, your body is going to respond to anal stimulation.

Added pleasure

Using anal sex toys can be an enjoyable and naughty experience in and of itself, but one of the best things about anal sex toys is that they can be used in combination with other sex toys or sex acts with a partner.

If you are receiving internal P-spot stimulation and external stimulation simultaneously, the blended orgasms you can achieve are simply on a different level.

Intense orgasms

Speaking of pleasure. 

The anal opening and internal canal are filled with sensitive nerve endings that are capable of receiving stimulation and pleasure. And if you have a prostate, this, too, is an incredibly erogenous spot.

Because of its location inside your body, there is no other way of stimulating your prostate than through anal penetration. Needless to say, anal toys are perfectly suited to help you achieve this, and many anal toys have been developed specifically to deliver intense stimulation and vibration directly to the P-spot, which is nestled deep inside your body. 

What anal sex toys are most suitable for beginners?

Some anal toys are more suitable for beginners than others. 

Of course there are no rules about which sex toys you can use if you are new to exploring anal pleasure, so consider all of the following general guidelines and recommendations.

Choosing the right toy for you is, hopefully, a relatively straight-forward process. If you are feeling overwhelmed with the amount of choice, a great way of narrowing it down is to look for a toy that fulfils these criteria: Beginner-friendly (i.e. not too large, too niche or too complicated to figure out), high-quality, and interactive.

The reason why we recommend choosing an interactive anal toy is that it is guaranteed to dive you more versatility and room for exploration. Of course, a high tech, high quality sex toy is more expensive than going with a more basic version, but making the investment in a great quality toy is going to pay dividends in terms of added pleasure for years to come.

All of the anal sex toys for beginners that we mention by name in this section of the article fulfil all of the criteria we’ve just recommended.

Prostate massagers 

A prostate massager does what it says on the tin – it massages and delivers deep vibrations directly to your P-spot.

Prostate massagers could be described as vibrating anal butt plugs that have been designed and developed specifically to fit the male anatomy perfectly. These are our recommendations for some of the best prostate massagers currently on the market:

Lovense Edge 2

If you are looking for an ideal, vibrating prostate massager that is suitable for all experience levels, the Lovense Edge 2 is the answer.

The Lovense Edge 2 is a wonderful and versatile sex toy for beginners, because it delivers both internal and external stimulation. The Lovense Edge 2 is equipped with two arms, each with its own powerful yet silent motor. The more bulbous arm goes inside your body and sends deep, rumbly vibrations directly to your sensitive P-spot while the other, adjustable arm sits on the outside of your body where it stimulates your perineum.

Like the other toys in the Lovense range, the Lovense Edge 2 is Bluetooth-enabled and can be paired with any other Lovense toy as well as being app-controlled. With the Lovense Edge 2 you can literally be anywhere in the world and your partner will still be able to control the settings on your Lovense Edge 2 (with your permission of course).

Butt plugs

There is an overwhelming number of different types of butt plugs out there, including weighted butt plugs, inflatable butt plugs, glass and metal butt plugs, textured butt plugs, butt plugs with tails or jewels attached, and of course vibrating butt plugs. As you can already hear, there are so many different kinds of butt plugs to explore.

Butt plugs vary in size, shape and function, but all of them have one thing in common: They are inserted into the anal opening and deliver naughty stimulation. 

Often, vibrating butt plugs deliver the most intense and pleasurable sensations. This is our recommendation for the best butt plug for anal sex beginners.

OhMiBod Lumen

The OhMiBod Lumen vibrating butt plug is hands-down one of the best anal toys for both beginners and seasoned anal sex enjoyers.

The OhMiBod Lumen is made from phalate free, body safe silicone that feels velvety to the touch. It’s size is small enough for it to be comfortable to wear, but big enough to give you pleasure. The OhMiBod Lumen’s vibrations can be synced to your favorite playlist or to ambient sounds, for example your lover saying your name while the two of you are in bed together! 

Thanks to long-range connectivity and its ability to pair with any product from Kiiroo’s catalogue, the OhMiBod Lumen is fully interactive and can be controlled from anywhere in the world as well as synch with a partner’s sex toy anywhere.

Hush 2

The Hush 2 produced by Singaporean teledildontics giant Lovense is an ideal anal sex toy for beginners. 

It comes in four different sizes, all of them beginner friendly. The smallest Lovense Hush 2 measures just 1 inch in diameter and its super sleek design makes for both easy insertion and removal. The flared base ensures that you never have to worry about it disappearing into your body, despite its small size.

Like the OhMiBod Lumen vibrating butt plug, the Hush 2 by Lovense is Bluetooth-enabled and fully interactive. It can be synced with music, or with any other toy from the Lovense range of high-tech sex toys, including both male and female toys.

Anal beads

Anal beads is a string of successive beads in larger and larger sizes. You can get both very simple manual anal beads and vibrating anal beads for extra sensation.

Anal beads can be a great way to start exploring anal penetration, as the smallest beads are usually very small. Starting small, you can then work your way up to being able to insert the entire string of beads.

Lovehoney has a great range of anal beads, including many fantastic own-brand options.

Tips for anal first-timers

If you are brand new to the sensations and blended pleasures of anal penetration, we would like to welcome you with open arms to this incredible dimension of sexual experience. 

Many people hold themselves back from exploring anal stimulation, based on pre-conceived and mistaken notions that anal sex is only for gay men. Well, newsflash: Anal pleasure is for every body. It’s just a matter of taste how you choose to explore and experience.

Enjoyable anal play is largely a matter of choosing the best anal toys for beginners, but there are other things that go into the equation, too. Let’s talk about some of the best tips and tricks for anal newbies.

Take it slow

Taking things at your own pace is crucial when it comes to exploring new areas of sexual stimulation and sexual pleasure. There is no rush, and your partner, if you have one, should never make you feel like there is. The same is true if you are playing solo. Take your time to savour and enjoy the experience. Learn how your body reacts and feels to anal stimulation.

Start with rimming

If you have a sexual partner, you’re in luck, because rimming is one of the most tantalising forms of sexual stimulation you can experience. 

Rimming, for those who may not be in the know, is when your partner licks and probes your anal opening with their tongue. It’s a gentle and irresistibly naughty way of beginning to explore anal sexual pleasure. 

The great thing about your partner using his or her tongue is that, despite the tongue being a muscle, it cannot possibly reach deep or be forceful enough to cause you any discomfort. If you are new to anal sex and potentially feeling apprehensive about the intensity of the sensations, start out by learning to enjoy a good rim job.

Rimming can be a perfectly adequate and delicious sexual experience in itself, but is also ideal as part of foreplay that leads to other sex acts including penetration and oral sex.

Have your partner use his or her fingers

Presuming that you enjoy and find the sensations of rimming pleasurable, ask your partner to take things a little further by inserting a few of his or her fingers. 

Needless to say, fingers are much slimmer than most if not all anal sex toys, so having your anal opening probed by a finger is a great way of slowly getting more comfortable with deeper and more intense anal penetration. 

Again, there is no rush. Agree with your partner beforehand that he or she will go at your pace, and only insert as many fingers at a time as you will allow. As the partner being penetrated, you should be the one to set the pace.

Learn to relax your anal sphincter

If you have truly never tried anal sex before, your outer sphincter may tense up the second anything touches and probes it. This is perfectly normal as your body is simply reacting to a new and unknown sensation. 

Learning to relax your anal sphincter is important for enjoying anal penetration. If you are all clenched up, anal sex can feel uncomfortable and even painful. This is one of the reasons why you should start slow and use smaller anal sex toys to begin with – to get yourself used to having something inserted into your anal opening, without your body tensing up.

Being able to relax your anal sphincter is largely a matter of practice. Rimming and finger probing is a great way to slowly allow yourself to unclench while receiving stimulation.

Avoid biggest toys to begin with

Always start with smaller rather than larger toys. Even if you have a true curiosity and desire to explore more intense forms of anal play, we recommend starting with a smaller toy. 

The Lovense Hush, which we have discussed earlier on in this article, is an example of a small and versatile beginner anal sex toy that can give you plenty of pleasurable stimulation while being small enough in size to not be intimidating at all.

Use plenty of lube

Always use plenty of lube, and by this we mean use more than you think you’re going to need. 

Unlike the vagina, the anus is not self-lubricating, so it’ll take lots of lube to achieve a good glide. 

Using the right lube is an important aspect of enjoying anal play. There are many different kinds of lube that can intensify your experience, including warming and tingling varieties. 

Having said that, if you are just starting out, we recommend using a more basic lube so you can enjoy the anal sensations without any added tingling or heat. You can always add these later on to customise your experience even further.

Wear a cock ring

Cock rings aren’t anal sex toys, but they work perfectly in combination with them to deliver intense orgasms.

Cock rings work by encircling the base of your penis to restrict blood flow. This helps with stamina and can give you a more powerful orgasm when you finally come. Try wearing a cock ring while using an anal toy – you will not be disappointed. 

How to incorporate anal play into partnered sex

One of the best things about anal sex toys is that they lend themselves perfectly to being incorporated into partnered sexual play. 

Using anal toys is a great way to spice things up in the bedroom with a sexual partner, and it can help the two of you experience more pleasure and intimacy together. This is true regardless of your respective genders and whether or not only one or both of you are using anal toys.

Use an anal toy while giving or receiving a blowjob, or while penetrating your partner

Assuming that you are male, you are in for a world of pleasure when you wear, say, a vibrating butt plug while receiving fellatio at the same time. There’s something about these blended sensations that can just drive you wild.

Wearing a vibrating butt plug or another toy that gives you anal stimulation while receiving oral sex and potentially having your scrotum played with and stimulated as well can bring you to the brink of orgasm faster, and can make the orgasm itself feel even more intense. 

The same is true if you wear an anal toy while penetrating your partner anally or vaginally. There’s something about this combo that creates an intense, shared sexual experience. 

Wear a butt plug during vaginal penetration

Double penetration feels incredible whether you are male or female. If you are a vagina-owner, wearing a butt plug or anal beads during penetrative sex adds an extra dimension to the overall experience.

The same is true if you are a the male partner in this equation. Wearing a vibrating butt plug while penetrating your partner is sure to bring you added pleasure.

Let your partner take control of your anal toy

There’s something both incredibly naughty and sinfully intimate about letting your sex partner be the one to control your anal toy. If your anal sex toy is manual, you can let your partner use it on you. Having your partner insert anal beads slowly and teasingly can feel absolutely amazing.

Of course, if your anal toy is interactive, it becomes even easier for your partner to seize control of your toy, even from a distance. With a toy like the Lumen vibrating butt plug or the Lovense Hush 2 your partner does not even need to be in the same room as you in order to inflict pleasure on you. And vice versa, of course. 

Final thoughts on the best anal sex toys for beginners

There are no rules about how your anal journey is meant to unfold. Just remember to take things at your own pace so that the experience is a joyride all the way through. Chances are, you’ll soon be craving larger toys and more intense experiences, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with starting slow and starting small.

Exploring anal sex toys can feel like a bit of a taboo, particularly if you are a heterosexual man. This is why you shouldn’t rush things or push yourself – make sure it all feels good and comfortable to you.

Anal toys can be enjoyed on their own, or as extra spice added to partnered sex. One of the amazing things about anal sex toys is that they can be worn while receiving other kinds of pleasure and sensation, for example while receiving a blow job or while penetrating your partner vaginally or anally. 

If you don’t own any sex toys but want to get stared, we recommend starting out by choosing a toy that is both beginner friendly, high quality and versatile. You truly cannot go wrong with, for example, the Lovense Hush 2, the Lovense Diamo, or the OhMiBod Lumen vibrating butt plug from Kiiroo. Choosing the right sex toy can really make all the difference between an average sexual experience and one that is absolutely mind-blowing.