1. Silicone does indeed smell a tiny bit.HSP_960 wrote:Why buy TPE when you enjoy a silicone doll?
1. TPE smells, silicone not so much.
2. TPE requires MUCH more maintenance than silicone.
3. TPE leaks oil, silicone doesn't. (Note: Yes, we are aware of the minority of doll owners that allege silicone leaks oil.)
Why go through the headaches listed above, especially when the prices of good-quality silicone dolls has come down?
2. Yes, that seems to be the prevailing opinion
3. I put my silicone doll in a box for a few months. After pulling her out the box was indeed stained with oil. You seem to imply those of us who have seen our silicone dolls leak oil are wrong or delusional. We are not. Let's suppose silicone dolls leak 1% of the amount of oil of TPE dolls. I'm okay with that supposition. However, you can't unequivocally say silicone dolls never leak oil under any circumstances. I'd argue it's a really small amount, but it's there.
I agree with you about choosing silicone over TPE. If the price was the same, why would anyone buy TPE over silicone?
One poster told me that TPE just feels more natural to the touch.
If this is true then that would be the only reason to buy a TPE doll in my view (if prices were the same).