Sportsheets Expandable Spreader Bar with Cuffs Set Review
My review of the Sportsheets Expandable Spreader Bar with Cuffs Set
First impressions
The Sportsheets Expandable Spreader Bar & Cuff Set costs just under £40 at the time of writing and this seems pretty decent value to me. Delivery was fast, discreet and professional from the sex toy store. The Sportsheets packaging of the spreader bar is glossy and pretty with a typical model displaying the product on the front. The back of the box gives you some idea how to use it, put it together and the measurements.
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In the box
There are five elements in the Sportsheets Spreader Bar box; two end pieces finished with a D ring at the end, a central piece with the Sportsheets logo and a D ring attached to the centre of the outside and two velvet feel Sportsheets branded cuffs with a velcro style fasten and attached trigger clips to clip them on to the ends of the spreader bar once assembled.
The three metal elements are inside bubble wrap tubes when you open the box, protecting them throughout storage, transit and delivery to your door.
Assembly
Putting the spreader bar together is easy. Each of the end pieces has two retractable nodes on the sides, near the end which is placed into the central aspect. Squeeze them in so they retract fully and insert the end into the central piece. Twist around to keep the nodes inserted until they line up with the hole you wish to set the bar into. There are three holes on each side of the central aspect, giving you three spread lengths of the bar.
Clip a cuff to each of the D rings on the end and you have a spreader bar assembled ready to use.
Measurements
The minimum spread of the bar is 29.5 inches and the maximum is 38 inches. There are three holes to each side of the central piece giving you three options for the length of your bar.
As for the wrist cuffs, they fasten with a velcro strip so adjust to fit pretty much any size ankle or wrist. The minimum circumference they can realistically be used at is 5.5 inches by my measurements, while the maximum is 12.5 inches, again by my own measurements.
During use
I was a little worried when I first tried the Sportsheets Spreader Bar on my own – I could close my knees completely even with the bar at ‘full spread’. After a while it dawned on me that I was sitting up to check, and it may be different laying down. I’m used to putting people in these things not having them used on myself 😉
Laying down, I could still get the tops of my thighs to smoosh closed if I really tried, but it was much better than the full closure afforded when sat up.
Using this bar during both masturbation and sex is amazing. I definitely recommend strapping yourself into one (ankles) while using the Doxy wand, for instance – and combined with a butt plug too it’s simply magical. During sex, he really enjoyed having my legs spread apart while he was on top of me, or teasing me with fingers and toys while I was restrained. Although the cuffs are velcro, once you have your hands otherwise engaged they hold really well. I hope this doesn’t lessen in time, but even then the cuffs are easily replaced as they simply attach with trigger clips.
The trigger clips on the cuffs also make them usable with other bondage furniture and accessories too, such as hog tie sets and underbed restraint sets. Very versatile.
Using the spreader bar while you try to close your legs through sex and/or orgasming is also a fantastic workout for your upper thighs – as I found out through days of very memorable aching. Rest assured, they were happy aches.
The central D ring to the outer of the middle section means that this bar could be used with a suspension frame or other dungeon style set up for suspending a submissive. Obviously you would have to make your own checks that the hook you attach to and any rope/chains used with the bar’s D rings were secure, stable and safe, and that you don’t suspend anyone by the wrists alone with their body weight pulling on the wrists as this would be hazardous.
Summary
I believe that this is a great spreader bar set for both beginners to the more kinky areas of sex, as well as those who are specifically looking for a good quality or replacement spreader bar for their kinky sex toys collection. It would look equally in place in a professional dungeon or playroom set up as it does in a personal kinky kit. At under £40 it’s priced reasonably well, particularly taking the quality into account and the versatility of the detachable, soft feel but securely fastening cuffs. The velcro fasten is unintimidating but very effective. I would personally prefer the bar to spread even wider but maybe I have longer legs than most? Or a more greedy, kinky appetite!
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