Choosing to buy a sex doll is a very personal matter that involves considering your preferences, dislikes, needs, and life situations. Nevertheless, it is also a valuable exercise to understand how different factors can be more or less important to different individuals when making your decision.
Collector
Collectors usually want to acquire dolls which are rare, or which are of good quality and may serve to make an existing collection more complete. It is the rare ones collectors generally seek when opting between TPE and silicone sex dolls, collectors focus on:
Rarity - it could be helpful to purchase limited edition and/or customized dolls.
Material - serious collectors generally go with the silicone dolls as they look more real and last longer than TPE sex dolls.
Size - the space a collector has to store the dolls might determine the size one would consider acquiring, one may not want life-sized for example.
Artists and Photographers
Realistic dolls can be an excellent model for art or photography. They are most concerned with:
Posability - flexible dolls should be considered by the artist as these will provide a broader range of positions to model their subject in.
Aesthetic - one can choose a sex doll based on a particular size, for example: if one wants to produce a painting where an "ideal" of beauty is to be exhibited, this is obviously a great focus.
Material - Silicone dolls look more realistic.
Those Who Seek Companionship/Sex
These individuals are looking for: sex, a companion, someone to chat to, a person to practice interacting with, etc. Their focuses are usually:
Realism - people seek out the more life-sized dolls because they have the ideal shape and so forth to provide an intimate feel with sex dolls, or perhaps if they wish for an even more human feel to their relationship with their partner.
Material - the TPE dolls may be preferred as they have a greater elasticity, for long hours of love-making, for example.
Features - the stronger the capabilities such as more realistic sex doll vocal noises, the better to foster a strong connection, and the greater sense of reality the doll will give.
Cosplayer and Costume Designer
Cosplayers and costume designers are usually focused on the creation or presentation of costumes and the doll might act as a model or display piece. The important features are:
Size - one should focus on a more life-sized doll, or even larger than that, in order to properly display a costume.
Body Shape - a doll with a similar body shape to the character will be desired.
Customizability - the head/parts being changeable etc will mean that one doesn't need many different dolls to display one's creations.
People with Limited Mobility and Limited Space
This group must consider the following points before buying a doll of any kind:
Size - this is obviously crucial to have an easily manageable doll when an issue with limited space or the ability to use certain muscle groups is considered.
Weight - related to this, one should remember that sex dolls can be extremely heavy and difficult to maneuver if one has any physical limitation.
Material - The TPE sex dolls are often preferred due to theirlighter and more elastic bodies, than silicone.
Torso Doll - for people experiencing physical limitation and space issue, purchasing a TPE sex doll Torso could be the ideal solution. The Torso allows the user to have an intimate sex with a torso only doll; it is also easier to store.
