Gags and Bits

The first thing that you will want to be sure of when you use ball gags in your bondage fantasy is that the person that is wearing them feels as comfortable as they want to be. Restraints during this kind of sexual activity need to be applied in a way that constant pressure is not on the muscles, skin or other part of the body.

Whatever type of gag you go for, there's one fundamental rule to using gags - never leave anyone alone while gagged. No matter how much of a gap around it there may be, even if you're just using a ball gag, you're interfering with someone's breathing and things can go wrong the moment your back is turned. Always make sure you're watching anyone you have gagged.

Bit Gags

Bit gags are essentially just a bar that goes across the front of the mouth and straps behind the head. They can be embellished in all sorts of ways - rubber coatings, leather, or they can be left as plain metal or wood.

Bit gags are some of the easiest to find (every adult store seems to stock them these days) and they're easy to improvise - all they are is a bar and straps. For the ponyplay fan, there's also nothing more authentic. They're also some of the safest to use in terms of avoiding suffocation.

Where bit gags fail is in comfort and effect. Being a bar, they really dig in to the side of the mouth and get get very uncomfortable very quickly. They're also just a bar and really do very little to actually gag a sub.

Ball Gags

When a ball gag works well, it can be the perfect fit to your sub's mouth. It will stop them from getting any more than a muffled sound out, it avoids the whole messy drool thing (if you want to avoid that at all, that is *grin*) and works wonders for creating that slightly panicked look.