Sex Doll Material Silicone VS TPE
TPE is a new type of silicone, a new type of polymer material. It is very soft! It has been tested to have no poison to the human body and the environment. The skin has purely natural gloss effect and smooth touch feeling. It feels supple and flexible. It is also called the virtual skin.
Silicone is colorless or skin color oily liquid. It becomes elastic material after vulcanization. The chemical composition and physical structure of the silicon make it possess its own distinctive characteristics which cannot be replaced by many other similar materials. Silicon owns the followed properties: hard material, good thermal stability, stable chemical properties, high mechanical strength and softness.
Below we will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of TPE doll and silicone doll from several aspects
| TPE | Silicone | |
| Hardness | TPE ranges from 0A-100A | Silicone ranges from 0A-70A |
| Tactility | TPE is velvety, similar to real human skin | Silicone feels harder |
| Details showing ability | TPE has worse showing ability in details for its softness. | Silicone owns better showing ability in details for its hardiness. |
| Elasticity | TPE can be stretched 6-8 times longer | Silicone can stretch 3-5 times longer theoretically. It is to tear if improper treatment. |
| Cost | Lower cost; much more cost effective | Several times cost of its raw material than TPE; more difficult to process and shape; higher price |
| Oil excretion | TPE doll will get less and less oil excretion with time goes on | Silicone will continue excrete oil and the maintenance will be much higher |
| Odor | The odor will be disappeared naturally in a week. | Silicone has no odor |
| Hazardous substance | No hazardous substance | No hazardous substance |
| Joints flexibility | Much softer, easier to bend | Much harder, easier to split in big bend angle |
| Durability | No deformation, good ageing resistance, good recoverability | Worse durability with the passing time |
| Skin surface | Porous, easy to make up | Less porous, harder to make up |
Silicone and TPE are both common materials in solid dolls. Silicone is the most common type of material in the earlier age because it has been used in other adult products for many years. Undoubtedly, silicone feels good but with high cost and it is easier to break and excrete oil. Some old branded manufacturers are still using silicone material. TPE material is only popular in recent years with similar feel as silicone. What’s more, the anti-tear and anti-oil effect is better than silicone. More and more manufacturers of dolls prefer using TPE material.
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