Ever since I started with anal play a while back after getting my Helix Syn I've progressed to bigger toys. I still use my aneros products often, especially the progasm, but I find myself craving penetration so I use the Lelo Loki Wave and recently bought myself a "self-thrusting" dildo/vibrator, actually made for women but you couldn't tell after using it. After using one of these I've leaked so much precum that it feels like I've ejaculated, it's pretty amazing.
I still haven't had a dry o, but I've been very close and have had a lot of contractions. Will using some of these bigger toys and doing penetration harm my progress towards the dry o with the aneros toys? I use them about 50/50.
Yes, it could slow your progress, potentially. There are pros and cons.
(First off I should state I've never had a super O, so my advice is based on how using other anal toys affected ongoing progress)
I came to Aneros from the other direction, had been using "bigger toys" for years before buying my first prostate massager. Have since slowly phased vibrators out.
When using a dildo, the approach to gaining more pleasure is very similar to a traditional penile orgasm. More speed or force = more pleasure. Aneros needs a different kind of mentality, not one of instant gratification. If you find yourself tensing up or holding your breath, that's counter productive too :S
Vibrators, in particular, hampered my advancement. Which is a shame cos they're friggin awesome hahaa. The vibrations would numb the whole area to other sensations for a day or two. Making Aneros sessions less pleasurable. I'd also be searching for that particular 'vibey' feeling while excluding the other subtle sensations going on around my body.
Enough doom and gloom, It's not all bad. Having fun with all of this is important and denying cravings may well lead to getting stressed. That you are open to all this kind of play, unashamed, is a big deal. Could have been a mental block that held you up. Whats more you know the kind of pleasure your body is capable of!! It's motivating right!?
Many users on here have a variety of toys, I still use my njoy stuff occasionally. Not a deal breaker, just something to consider.
I find just the opposite, myself. I came to Aneros after learning how to achieve prostate orgasm with a variety of Lelo, Njoy and Tantus toys, and now find these toys to be even more effective after Aneros use. If anything my body is even more sensitive to respond to all stimulus, and Aless orgasms are great too, something I wouldn't have dreamed possible a short time ago!
Thanks for your answers both of you. Interesting to see that you came from the opposite end. My goal is to reach the super O, so maybe I should lay off the vibration toys.
What I do notice is that the aneros sessions last much longer and the pleasure is high throughout, meanwhile with penetration is more of a shorter buildup until I'm exhausted, even though I don't orgasm.
If you use a dildo during a day session, try using a smaller Aneros several hours later(I like the Ambit/Eupho Syn combo). It has been my experience that the dildo play wakens up the entire prostate/anal region allowing the Aneros to really go to work. YMMV.
I like to do some thrusting with the dildo, but usually my dildo sessions are of the "do nothing" variety. I have not yet had an orgasm from thrusting, but have from relaxed breathing and doing nothing enjoying the stretch and feeling of it up against my prostate.
I think every one is different, but I have moved onto having anal orgasms with big toys and strapons. For years I had used the aneros and other toys (including the occasional strapon) without reaching full orgasm, but about 6 months ago I finally hit the super O using an aneros progasm. Since finally figuring out my keys to anal orgasms, I have been able to orgasm with smaller aneros models, and bigger toys. I even achieved the holy grail of multiple orgasms while been taken by a strapon (using the Ambit and the Tantus More). The Tantus More is a pretty big dildo.
So I've only experienced more and more excitement with all kinds of toys. The bigger toys did nothing to my ability to orgasm, and the aneros continues to give me mind bending pleasure.