To improve the quality of our toys and the service we provide our toy
buying family, we are always looking to other vendors to see what we can
improve. Whether it is requests for new products, different colors, or
price changes, we try to do what we can to make you, our family, happy.
It
was brought to our attention recently that new customers might miss out
on the benefit our lifetime warranty provides because we don't
advertise it as often as we are told we should. While we definitely have
no desire to hide our warranty, we simply didn't realize that a long
warranty wasn't standard.
To
put this into perspective, you often hear about people talking about
leather jackets and boots that they've had for 20 years and no one bats
an eyelash. Why would they? It's leather! Leather items are known to
last, even as long as to be hand-me-downs from grandparents to
grandchildren.
So why
should you expect any less from your leather toys? We often see people
who have been in the BDSM lifestyle say that they've had a certain set
of floggers since day one, 20 years ago, when they started into the
lifestyle. Suddenly, no one can believe the toys are that old! Why
shouldn't they be that old though? They're leather.
Yes
toys get beat up, so do motorcycle vests though. Riding chaps and
saddles? They tend to see some of the worst wear and tear. So, why can't
we expect the same from our leather toys?
The problem mainly comes down to craftsmanship and care.
Many
toy vendors give a warranty of 1 year, just 1 year! If you see that
timeline on an electronic item you know that after 1 year, it is going
to fail and need replacing. So what does that say about those toys? They
need replaced in 1 year? Given that most BDSM practitioners don't play
every weekend, or even every month some times, that means that some of
those toys are only seeing 1 or 2 scenes before they're expected to fall
apart.
The other
side of it is caring for your toys. How do you store them? In a
rubbermaid bin or a breathable canvas bag? Ideally you want your leather
items to be able to breathe, they are made of skin after-all. Learning
quick and easy cleaning and conditioning can also prolong the life of
your toys, and it is something that might only need to be done once
every 6 months or so.
With
Adrenalize Leather products we guarantee our craftsmanship for life;
not the life of the toy, which we expect you to replace next year, but
for as long as we are still around and able to keep working on leather.
That's right, if you buy something and 20 years later it breaks, we'll
fix it!
Let's stop
making it ok for people to waste money on toys that are meant to fall
apart, and let's make sure they get toys that are going to last. Save
each other from low quality toys and hold those vendors accountable for
their work. If you don't, who will?
