Does perfume help? Or would that harm the TPE?
Metacog wrote:As DDM knows, and others that may have been following this thread know, that I, too, have the same model, except I opted out of the insert. Based on only one past experience of owning a doll with an insert and reading about inconclusive pros & cons, my con was basically the same as DDM's -- ripping in the groin area (note, not in Sheila). I have had Sheila for less than two months (received 4 January 2019) as of this writing. I bought my 157cm B, head #159 through Real Love Sex Dolls (RLSD) based in Austin, Texas. Of course, the doll itself came from China, and they sent me images of her body before shipping it to me. RLSD requested a review and this is what I wrote:
"3 stars for doll [157cm B and two heads]. 1 star specifically for RLSD. Minus 1 star for extremely bad, oily smell of the TPE body (still a lingering odor after over a month of washings; oiling; special RLSD powder applications). Enumerating positives: 1) Packaging was superb; 2) heads nicely sculptured; 3) beautifully colored eyes (need to be solid spheres). Negatives: 1) TPE body more "spongy" than expected; 2) hand/wrist wires really need to be re-engineered, too flimsy/thin. 3) hopefully just this doll was exposed to some factory oil or not cleaned properly before shipping. The smell was over-powering; terrible, repugnant oil stench."
Sheila tends to sit on a couch in my living room for now. I have two other dolls in which I may "partake". Maybe my nose is too sensitive, but my other two dolls never had any undue smells associated with them. The other two also feel more firm and not so squishy. All in the manufacturing process I suppose. <shrug>
Are the WM dolls too soft (note my spongy opinion of the 157cm B)? Hence easier to tear? One thing I have learned is to be super careful about the wrist areas. Both my other dolls have broken wrists. Unfortunately, not repairable by ManniquinFan's latest wrist/hand replacements.