Elastomeric Gel vs. Silicone (Introduction)Previous | Home | Next |
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Introduction:
People ask us every day about or patented elastomeric gel, and many
still confuse our gel with silicone, which is much harder and tears easily.
That is why we rejected silicone as a candidate material in our tests
over 10 years ago. It is easy to demonstrate the visual superiority of
our gel on the web (see the clips of how realistically the gel moves in
our Torso Gallery), but it is impossible to demonstrate on the web how
realistic it FEELS.
The video clips and photos below are evidence of the superior material properties of our elastomeric gel over silicone. These tests are simple to perform, and they can be duplicated by anyone, anywhere, with the same results. In these tests we compared a sample of our gel that was cast in a metal bowl (the approximate size and shape of a large breast) to a silicone breast casting sold by a competitor. As these images and clips clearly demonstrate, our gel is many times softer than silicone. At the same time, our gel is 6 times more durable than silicone (i.e., it will stretch 6 times further before tearing). In a laboratory setting, material hardness is measured on what is known as the Shore A Scale. An automobile tire has a Shore A durometer value of 60 to 95. Jell-O has a value of about 3 to 6. Because most people don't own the necessary measuring equipment, we devised a compression test using a wooden dowel with 15-1/2 lbs. of weight on it. |
