Wednesday, 3 June 2026

How to Change The Slider Necks | E-Stim Systems

The E-Stim Systems Slider ships with the Standard neck (55mm). You can swap it for a Long (75mm) or a Short (35mm) in under a minute once you know how. This video shows you exactly how. Tools: a 6mm hex key for the central bolt (standard metric, not supplied) and the 3mm hex key for the locking screw (supplied with the Slider). Loosen the locking screw, back off the central bolt, swap the neck, reseat, and lock it back down. That's it. Spare necks are availble fro E-Stim Systems, so you can build the set that suits your play rather than settling for one length. CNC-machined in Watford. Lifetime Guarantee. Manual: https://ift.tt/Sz92fUM Spare necks and the full range: https://estim.store

Cleaning The Slider: Strip, Clean, Reassemble | E-Stim Systems

The Slider from E-Stim Systems comes apart completely, which is the whole point. No hidden seams, no trapped grime, no bits you can't reach. In this video Wayne, the creator of the Slider shows you how to strip one down for cleaning and then and puts it back together. You'll need a 3mm hex key for the locking screw (that one ships with the Slider) and a 6mm hex key for the central bolt. The 6mm is a standard metric size, so if you've got a toolbox you've probably already got one. We don't supply it. Take your time on reassembly with the locking screw last, and don't gorilla it. Snug is plenty. The Slider is CNC-machined in the UK and covered by our Lifetime Guarantee. Manual: https://ift.tt/Sz92fUM Shop: https://estim.store

Monday, 1 June 2026

Visiting the Spanish Inquisition :: E-Stim Systems Livestream

Fresh from new product releases in Spain, we have new toys, new Podcasts and more gossip - as well as news, views, a live Q&A and of course we are answering your questions in the chat. We don't just make E-Stim, we live and breathe E-Stim - after all we are E-Stim!!! 🔴 LIVE: Sunday 31 My 2026, 5:00pm UK (BST) ABOUT E-STIM SYSTEMS: We're a British manufacturer of electrostimulation products. We design and create a range of E-Stim products for adults here in our Watford (UK) workshops, and have done since 2004 - that is a long time using the kit we make. and we back it all up with a Lifetime Guarantee on our power boxes and Insertables. LINKS: 🛒 Shop: https://estim.store 🎙️ I Make Sex Toys podcast: https://ift.tt/fdhMDRV 💬 Community forum: https://e-stim.net 📸 Instagram: https://ift.tt/hWd5Bno 🦋 Bluesky: https://ift.tt/pI90cuP SUBSCRIBE for monthly livestreams, product guides, e-stim tutorials, workshop tours and anythign else we can think of: https://youtube.com/estimsystems?sub_confirmation=1 #EstimSystems #Livestream #Announcement #MadeInUK #ElectricalStimulation #IMakeSexToys

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Eight Hundred Quid for a Stamp | Brexit Cost Us More Than the Ocean

A bonus mini-pod from the road back from EroSpain Barcelona. Eight hundred quid for a stamp. Vegas was 3,500 miles and a web form. Spain was 900 and a carnet. We went to Vegas in April. Three and a half thousand miles across the Atlantic. Customs paperwork was a web form. Some clicking, some typing, done. Then we went to Spain for EroSpain Barcelona. Nine hundred miles across one short hop of Europe. Customs paperwork cost nearly eight hundred quid in stamps — an ATA carnet via the chamber of commerce, four stamps each way, and a building site we had to cross to get to work. The doorstep cost more than the ocean. This is the EroSpain episode of record. Caz and I sit down together for the mini-pod treatment — about thirteen minutes, two-handed, no script — and we walk you through what it actually takes to ship a trade show stand into the EU since Brexit. The carnet. The chamber of commerce. The four stamps. Frankie the Tankie versus the budget Fiat. Spanish drivers who treat the car horn like a percussion instrument. A 787 with a tail cam and crew sales versus an A320neo with a packet of pretzels and no wifi. Three days of paella. A rooftop pool we never got near because Brexit didn't get us that one, the wind did. And the Spanish, who frankly speak better English than I do. It's a working podcast, not a holiday slideshow. If you ship product internationally, if you've watched post-Brexit trade shipping turn from a clipboard into a forensic accountancy exercise, or if you just like the gap between what a trip costs on paper and what it actually costs in admin, this one's for you. If you're enjoying the show, hit subscribe and the bell. And if you've got a moment, a comment genuinely helps other people find us. Mentioned in this episode: EroSpain Barcelona, ATA carnet, post-Brexit trade shipping, Altitude Intimates Las Vegas, Frankie the Tankie. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Three thousand five hundred miles versus nine hundred — miles don't matter 1:16 Eight hundred quid for a stamp 3:12 The stock we can't actually sell 4:49 Frankie the Tankie and the building site 6:29 The Spanish speak better English than I do 8:18 787 with crew sales, A320neo with pretzels 9:50 Three days of paella 🎙️ LISTEN ON YOUR PODCAST APP Apple Podcasts: https://ift.tt/wXbWVSB Spotify: https://ift.tt/Whxynec All platforms: https://ift.tt/o7mYvaL 🌐 ABOUT E-STIM SYSTEMS "I Make Sex Toys" is the personal podcast of Wayne Allen, founder and Managing Director of E-Stim Systems, the UK manufacturer of electrostimulation products. Made in Britain since 2004. Find us at: 🌐 https://estim.store 📷 Instagram: @estimsystems 🐦 X / Threads / Bluesky: @estimsystems 👥 Facebook: facebook.com/estimsystemsltd 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/e-stim-systems ⚠️ PLEASE NOTE The content of this podcast is not designed to be explicit or erotic, but we may discuss adult topics. Therefore this podcast is not suitable for children or those of a nervous disposition. You have been warned. New episodes drop the second Tuesday of the month, with bonus content in between. #Brexit #SmallBusiness #BritishManufacturing #Podcast #EroSpain

Friday, 22 May 2026

E-Stim just changed the game with this #estim #estimsystems #new

The Slider changed everything. 🎯 Two of our best electrodes just got an upgrade. The Slider is evolved from the Moaner and the Flange — but now with an adjustable, lockable neck that goes from 5mm to 70mm. You pick your depth. You lock it in. Job done. No guessing. No compromising. Just exactly where you want to be, every time. CNC-machined in Watford. Compatible with all E-Stim Systems power units. Lifetime guarantee. Made by people who actually use it. 😏 Your depth. Your rules. 🔗 estim.store #EStimSystems #EStim #TheSlider #SexTech #MadeInWatford #estim #estimsystems For purchasing direct from us visit https://estim.store We also have a free user support forum at https://www.e-stim.net You can also follow us on Social media https://www.twitter.com/estimsystems https://ift.tt/SqKDlgM https://ift.tt/RayDrQ5 https://ift.tt/5WFyhAs And we also have a Podcast "I make sex toys" available on all major players https://ift.tt/fqErlBO

Sliding into the Slider

Sliding into the Slider

E-Stim Systems Slider

The Slider range actually started life as an idea a few years ago. Someone asked the question we'd been turning over in the workshop for a while - Why are insertable electrodes always one fixed length? You buy a Flange, you get the Flange's neck. You buy a Moaner, you get the Moaner's neck. If you wanted a different gap between the two contact points, you bought a different electrode. That's it.

It's not how anything else works. You wouldn't buy a separate camera body for every focal length. (I might, but then I am mad and into cameras.) The honest answer is that fixing the neck is the only sensible way to make a range work. We could offer the Flange in five neck lengths, the Moaner in five neck lengths, the Bobble in five neck lengths - but here's the catch. Whatever sizes we picked, we'd have guaranteed the size *you* want isn't one of them. And the logistics of keeping every size of every electrode in stock would be a nightmare. So everyone settles for "close enough," and that's how insertables have always been.

We wanted to do something different with the Slider. One electrode, one head you've already chosen, and a neck that moves to wherever you want it.

But what is it?

Two sizes. The Small Slider carries the one-inch head our Flange customers will recognise straight away. The Large Slider steps up to an inch and a half, picking up where the Moaner left off. The same heads people have loved for years. But with new trick up the sleeve.

Is it Magic?

The trick is the neck. It slides through the base of the electrode and locks at any length you want with a small hex key on the side. Three neck lengths cover the full range - Long at 75mm, Standard at 55mm, Short at 35mm - and all of them slide from a 3mm minimum upwards. The Standard ships fitted. The Long and Short are extras you can swap in when your play asks for it.

Like virtually all of our insertables, you can take the Slider apart for cleaning. Head, neck, base washer, body, locking screw - five pieces, every component, every time.

How it feels different

If you're coming from a Flange or a Moaner, the head shape will be familiar. The Slider lands in your hand the same way. What changes is what happens after that.

A fixed-neck electrode has one feel. The contact points sit where they sit, and the sensation that produces is the sensation you get. The Slider gives you a dial on that. Bring the head and base closer together and the current path through the body shortens — the sensation tightens up, sharpens, gets more concentrated. Open it up and the same intensity setting feels broader, more spread, a longer sweep through the tissue. Same Slider, same powerbox, same gel. Different play.

It's texture, not just intensity. The dial on the powerbox controls how strong; the neck position controls *what kind of strong*. Two parameters, not one. That's the Slider's job.

How to set it

E-Stim Systems Slider with lock key

Set the neck length with the Slider in your hand, before you go anywhere else. Loosen the small lock screw with the supplied key. Slide the neck where you want it. Tighten the screw back, again a quarter-turn. The locking screw has a nylon pad on the end that grips the neck without scoring it, so firm contact is what locks it, not force. Test it with hand pressure before you start. That's the routine.

You can adjust mid-session if you want to. Easier to slide the whole electrode, in our experience, but it's there if you want it.

Choosing the right neck

The Standard ships fitted because it does most of what most people want. 55mm of slide covers a useful range out of the box.

 

The Long is for when you want full extension — more depth, more scope, more of a stretch in how the electrode sits. If you've found yourself wishing the Standard went further, the Long is the answer. If this sticks out too much at the back, then consider the Short Neck.

A line on compatibility

E-Stim Systems Slider Base with 4mm sockets

Two 4mm banana sockets in the base. Standard E-Stim Systems cables plug straight in, both connections needed for the bipolar circuit. Works with any of our boxes - the 2B, the ElectroHelix, the ElectroPebble, the ABox, the Remote - and most third-party powerboxes too, with the right cable or adaptor.

The full operation manual lives at e-stim.info/manuals/sliders. This article is the why and the how-to-choose. The manual is the how-it-all-works.



source https://estim.store/blogs/news/sliding-into-the-slider

Saturday, 16 May 2026

“Please Talk to Someone” — A Raw Mental Health Wake Up Call

I lost a friend several years ago. None of us knew what he was going through. None of us understood how close he was to the edge. This is the part of the video I didn't plan to say. But I'm glad I did. If you're struggling — please talk to someone. Samaritans: 116 123. Free. Confidential. 24 hours a day. Full video on the channel — "The 3am Thoughts" E-Stim Systems: https://estim.store Instagram / X / Threads: @estimsystems #mentalhealth #malementalhealth #samaritans #suicide #suicideprevention #talkaboutit #mentalhealthawareness

Friday, 15 May 2026

Why Reddit Is Basically the Wild West #socialmedia #reddit

No accountability. No consequences. And if you're running a business, no good reason to be reading it at 3am. Reddit can be brutal. Knowing your own triggers and deciding not to look — that's not hiding. That's strategy. Full video on the channel — "The 3am Thoughts" E-Stim Systems: https://estim.store Instagram / X / Threads: @estimsystems #mentalhealth #smallbusiness #foundermindset #socialmedia #reddit #creatoranxiety #entrepreneurship

Thursday, 14 May 2026

When Your Brain Decides the Business Is Over

That moment when a competitor launches, or a troll hits, and your brain constructs a perfect logical argument for why you're finished. Every founder knows this feeling. Nobody talks about it. 22 years in. Still happens. Full video on the channel — "The 3am Thoughts" E-Stim Systems: https://estim.store Instagram / X / Threads: @estimsystems #mentalhealth #foundermindset #smallbusiness #creatoranxiety #entrepreneurship #businessowner #malemental health

Sliding to EroSpain?


You design an electrode to fit nicely in the body. It also fits nicely in the hand. You spend hours getting the proportions right, the surface finish dialled in, the neck mechanism moving the way you want it to. You make it small enough to be practical and large enough to be interesting. You think about how it sits in the palm, how it connects, how it cleans. You don't, at any point, think about whether a 500% sized version of it will fit in a suitcase.

We're heading to EroSpain this weekend. Hall 1, Stand 349, 17 to 19 May. Fira de Barcelona. Wayne, Caz and Kay on the stand for three days of trade-floor conversations, demos and the European retail launch of the Slider.

The new Slider, in its actual size, is one of the nicer things we've made this year. CNC-machined in our own workshops here in Watford, bipolar, adjustable, fully disassemblable (that is a word?). The sort of electrode that quietly does its job and asks nothing of you except to enjoy it. The real one fits in your hand.

The version going to Spain does not fit in our hands. Or our suitcases. Or anybody's idea of "reasonable hand luggage." We could have a problem. At least we are not travelling with Ryan Air.

We decided to make an oversized display piece for trade shows because a stand needs presence, and we like to be different. One year we brought a pick'n'mix. Nobody walks past a giant version of something. You can see it from the back of the hall, the proportions read at a distance, you know exactly what it is. It's good showmanship. It's also genuinely fun to build.

The downside is you then have to get it to Barcelona.

So we're packing. Caz has had opinions about how reasonable any of this is, especially as we had to borrow one of her Disney suitcases for it. We have packed and repacked. We considered shipping options and rejected them on the grounds that we'd rather wrestle a giant electrode through Heathrow than trust it to an airline freight handler. Been there, done that.

If you are at EroSpain on the trade days, come and find us. Stand 349, Hall 1. You cannot really miss us with a giant Slider on the stand. We'll have the full Slider range there in the size it's meant to be, alongside some other new ideas we have in the pipeline. Show floor wholesale orders carry a ten percent discount across all three days.

And if you want to know what the giant one feels like in person, we'll be very happy to show you. We've already done the hardest bit, which was getting it there.

⚡ Wayne


Wednesday, 13 May 2026

The spiral no one talks about #founderlife #reallife

Panic. Anger. Then the planning loop starts. Plan A, Plan B, Plan C — until you've worked your way to Plan F and convinced yourself of the worst possible outcome. Sound familiar? 22 years in and it still happens. Here's what the spiral actually looks like from the inside. Full video on the channel — "The 3am Thoughts" E-Stim Systems: estim.store Instagram / X / Threads: @estimsystems #foundermindset #mentalhealth #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #businessowner #creatoranxiety #malemental health

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

The 3 00 AM Panic Every Business Owner Knows

A competitor launches. A troll hits. The orders go quiet. And at 3am your brain has a completely logical argument for why it's all over. Every founder knows this feeling. Almost nobody talks about it. Full video on the channel — "The 3am Thoughts" E-Stim Systems: https://estim.store Instagram / X / Threads: @estimsystems #smallbusiness #foundermindset #mentalhealth #entrepreneurship #businessowner #creatoranxiety #malementalhealth

Monday, 11 May 2026

Something a bit different this week

After 22 years of making e-stim products, I wanted to talk about something that doesn't usually make it into product videos.

It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, and I've been thinking about the stuff that happens in your head when you run a small business for a long time. The 3am panic when a competitor launches. The troll that lands at exactly the wrong moment. The internal voice that constructs a perfectly logical argument for why everything is about to fall apart.

I made a video about it. Not in the studio. Not polished. Just honest.

It covers what triggers it, what helps (and what sort of does), and why - after 22 years - there are still 34 new product ideas in the notebook.

You can watch it on our YouTube channel, or listen as a podcast - Episode 4 of I Make Sex Toys is out now on all major platforms.

If any of it resonates, I'd love to hear from you.

And if you're going through something harder than a bad business day — please talk to someone. Samaritans: 116 123. Free, confidential, 24 hours a day.

— Wayne



source https://estim.store/blogs/news/the-3am-thoughts

The 3am Thoughts - What Nobody Tells you about running a business|Mental Health Competitors & Trolls

I’m not in the studio today. Deliberately. This one’s different. No product launches, no tech talk. Just me, a phone, and something I think founders and creators don’t say out loud often enough. After 22 years building E-Stim Systems, I still have moments where my brain constructs a perfect, logical argument for why everything is about to fall apart. A competitor launches. A troll hits. The orders go quiet. And the spiral starts. In this video I talk about what actually triggers it, what helps (and what sort of does), the coping mechanisms that work for me, and why — after 22 years — there are still 34 new product ideas in my notebook. 

 This is about male mental health, running a small business, and why the spiral is lying. 

 This video is publishing during Mental Health Awareness Week 2026. It wasn't planned that way - but it felt like the right moment to share it. If any of this resonates, I’d love to hear from you. Find us on social media @estimsystems or come and say hello at an event. 

 If you’re going through something harder than a bad business day — please talk to someone. 

 Samaritans: 116 123 (UK, free, 24/7). 

Or just ping us on social media. We’re real people. 

 For purchasing direct from us visit https://estim.store We also have a free user support forum at https://www.e-stim.net You can also follow us on Social media https://www.twitter.com/estimsystems https://ift.tt/yfqIFjk https://ift.tt/eCL6Erf https://ift.tt/uK6fWSx And we also have a Podcast "I make sex toys" available on all major players https://ift.tt/GgwAIxD

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Feature Creep: The 5am Prototype Problem | E-Stim Systems

"Every time we release a 2B firmware update, we end up with another mode." ⚡ There's a thing in design called feature creep. We've noticed. It's how you end up on your laptop at 5am with a new idea that absolutely must go in the next firmware build. April livestream highlights — link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #2B #Firmware #MadeInUK #ProductDesign

Eight Inches: Target, Limit, or Challenge? | E-Stim Systems

Caz reads from the fishbowl. Wayne answers. ⚡ "Your lathe can take up to eight inches. Is that a target, a limit, or a challenge?" It's the capacity of the machine. Not a personal challenge. (Imagine trying to ship one.) April livestream highlights — link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #Livestream #CNCMachining #MadeInUK #BritishManufacturing

Saturday, 9 May 2026

Almost Like Having Infinite Brains | The Community | E-Stim Systems

"I designed the 2B. But it's you out there coming up with ideas I didn't think of." ⚡ 22 years of community at E-Stim Systems. The forum, the customers, the people who write session files we'd never have thought of. It's almost like having infinite brains. April livestream highlights — link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #Community #2B #MadeInUK #SessionFiles #SexTech

Friday, 8 May 2026

They Still Work and Still Zap Me | Lifetime Guarantee | E-Stim Systems

A customer turned up at the weekend. ⚡ "I bought your boxes 20 years ago and I'm still using them. I have a bone to pick with you — they still work and they still zap me." This is why we offer a lifetime guarantee. Built to last, fixed when needed, no expiry date. April livestream highlights — link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #LifetimeGuarantee #BuiltToLast #MadeInUK #CNCMachining #BritishManufacturing

Thursday, 7 May 2026

People Always Want More — So We Made It Bigger | E-Stim Systems

"We've got a problem at E-Stim Systems." ⚡ 22 years of customer feedback comes down to one question: do you do a bigger one? So we made a bigger one. The Slider is coming. Watch the full April livestream highlights — link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #TheSlider #ElectricalPlay #ElectricalStimulation #MadeInUK #BritishManufacturing #CNCMachining #SexTech

Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Choose Your Length, Lock It In | The Slider Prototype | E-Stim Systems

You asked. We listened. ⚡ So we made it 500% bigger. (In fairness, this is the prototype. The actual Slider is sensibly sized - adjustable, lockable, properly proportioned for actual humans.) 22 years of "do you do a bigger one?" answered in 3D-printed plastic, before we cut the real one in metal. The Slider is coming. April highlights - link in bio. #EstimSystems #EStim #TheSlider #Prototype #MadeInUK #CNCMachining #ProductDesign #BehindTheScenes #SexTech