Midwest Triple X - Minneapolis’ Adult Store

Simply put, cock rings are cooler than almost anything else in the history of the world ever. A brief backround…

Cock rings (c-rings, or cock and ball rings) are rings that fit on a man’s penis. They usually are placed at the base of the penis, but may also be worn around the penis and scrotum, just the scrotum, or other areas of the shaft as well. They are most commonly constructed of rubber, silicone, leather, or metals.

Cock rings purpose are to slow the escape of blood from an erect penis. This means maintaining an erection for a longer period of time, an increase in size, as well as heightened sensations during oragasm. For this reason, cock rings may be used as an aid to prevent erectile dysfunction, or simply for a new sensation. Cock rings may also be worn simply as jewelry.

Types of cock rings

Stretchy Materials - Stretchy materials are generally applied when the penis is flacid (soft), but some may also be applied when already aroused. They may be silicone, nylon, or rubber most commonly. Many variations of these kind of cock rings exist. Many even vibrate. Some are able to simply cinch to size, these are known as a rubber hog tie. Some include clitoral stimulators, anal stimlators, or both. They may include a ring for the cock and balls, as well as one for just the shaft. There are also variations that may include 5 or 6 rings, referred to as the gates of hell.

Leather - Leather cock rings generally have a break in the material for connecting. They may have studs on the outside of the ring simply for fashion, or for added stimulation. Some cock rings have buckles, some snap, and others just stretch.

Metal Cock Rings - Metal Cock Rings may be made out of Stainless Steel, Chrome, or Titanium. Some of these cock rings have a break in them, with a hinge and a nut so you may take them off while erect if need be. Most however are a solid ring. The general sizing on a cock ring varies from 1.5 inches to 2.25 inches, however custom made rings are available. Like the other materials cock rings are made out of, metal cock rings come in various shapes and sizes.

Wrap up and sizing

Cock rings are a must if you’ve never tried one, or if you have erectile dysfunction. We suggest starting with a rubber or a silicone ring to get the feel of it. When you’re ready step up to a stainless or a chrome ring. We suggest chrome, as it is affordable, and doesn’t have the risk of irritation like stainless steel can. In terms of sizing, you may either wrap a string around your scrotum and penis, or simply start big and work your way smaller. If you ever experience ANY pain with a cock ring, STOP what you’re doing and remove the ring when possible. If this occurs with a chrome cock ring simply step up your sizing 1 notch.

November 9th, after much turmoil we are finally open! Midwest Triple X is located at 207 Washington Ave. North in Minneapolis. We are 1/2 block west of Sexworld on the Northeast corner of 2nd and Washington. We love Minneapolis!

We believe we are the only 100% employee owned (Co-Op?!) in Minnesota, possibly the US. If anyone has and info for us on this let us know!

Anyways, long road to get here. The owner of the former shop in this location (Robert Weisberg) was the guy who drove Shinders into the ground. We were actually employees of his at one point. The owners of Midwest Triple X worked at Adult Only Superstore.  Needless to say we ran into some hard times and issues in regards to the former store (mainly with payroll disappearing etc.) We all walked out due to lack of pay, once the former owner and store were evicted we picked the lease back up, remodeled (fluorescent lights suck!), restocked, and decided to go an entirely different direction.

We realized that most shops around here relied off flashy lights, high price points (even for mostly used product), free popcorn, and a churning customer base to stay open. We run off the BASIC principles that there is NEVER a need to do business at the expense of your customers or employees. After all, customers and employees are the biggest asset to a business! There is a right way and a wrong way to do things, and we are here to do things right!

Our shop specializes in straight, gay, and everything in between in terms of both Toys, DVD’s, and other goods. We do alot of work with local artisians and the community to offer the best Minnesota crafted goods, at the best possible price. We also will special order hard to find DVD’s, and do it no money down! We love custom orders as well on leather, suede, paddles, floggers, and sex machines! If your serious about play, you have a home here! Anyone who tells you that you can’t stimulate the economy by stimulating yourself is full of it!

Shinders and AOS provided a great service, and will be missed by anyone who has bought porno or pogs from em. Thank you to Matt McKinney with the star Tribune for providing such great coverage of the Shinder’s last run debacle. To Joel Shinder, thank you for the 91-3 years of services your store provided, we’re sorry that your family’s legacy was screwed over by a couple of bad seeds.