A Guest Is Staying: Where GOOD LUCK Goes
Someone is sleeping in your apartment tonight, and the smallest object in the room is the one you're thinking about.
An eight minute routine for putting GOOD LUCK away, from the wash to the hiding place, plus the two spots people pick that don't work.
The Short Answer
Wash it, dry it for 10 minutes, pouch it, and put it somewhere that isn't the guest room and isn't the bathroom. GOOD LUCK is 3.6 inches and 2.9 ounces, so a sock drawer or a toiletry bag handles it. The whole thing takes eight minutes if you start now. Don't put it in the bathroom cabinet, because guests go through bathroom cabinets.
The Eight Minute Version
Wash first. Lukewarm water, one drop of mild soap, 30 seconds on the body, 20 seconds to rinse.
Dry for 10 minutes, standing upright. This is the step that gets skipped, and it's the one that decides whether the pouch smells like a drawer in a month. By the time the doorbell rings, the surface should be dry to the touch.
Then pouch, then location. If you don't have a pouch, a clean sock does the job.
- Minutes 1 to 3: wash the body and the seam.
- Minutes 4 to 6: dry upright, deal with the cable.
- Minute 7: pouch it.
- Minute 8: place it, close the drawer.
Where Not to Put It
The bathroom cabinet is the worst option in most homes. It's the first place a guest looks for a spare toothbrush, and it's humid.
The guest room closet is the second worst. It's obvious, and it's the room your guest is sleeping in.
A nightstand in your own room is fine if your guest won't be in there. A coat pocket is not, because coats get moved.
The Sock Drawer, Explained
A 3.6 inch device disappears in a drawer of socks. That's the whole advantage of the size, and it's worth using.
Put it at the back, under the pairs you never wear. Not on top, where it's visible the moment the drawer opens.
If the drawer is shared, tell the other person where it went. A device that surprises your partner on a Tuesday is a worse problem than a guest finding it.
One more thing worth doing: check the sock drawer for anything that could scratch. Keys, a spare charger, a hair clip. Silicone is durable, but a 3.6 inch body rolling against metal for a week picks up marks that don't come out.
The Cable
GOOD LUCK charges in about 75 minutes, which means the cable doesn't need to live by the bed.
Coil it, put it in the pouch, and take both out of the room. A cable on a nightstand is the only evidence that survives a tidy-up, and it's the thing guests notice.
If the cable lives plugged in permanently, unplug it for the duration. That single change removes most of the visual signal. A device in a drawer is invisible; a device in a drawer with a cable running to the wall is a small puzzle someone will solve.
If the Guest Stays a Week
A week changes the math. A pouch in a drawer stops feeling hidden once someone has been in the apartment for five days.
Before bed on the first night, open and close the drawer once. If it catches, move the wand to a bag. You don't want to discover the clearance problem at 11 p.m. on day two.
Move it into a bag that leaves with you, or a locked case if you have one. A 2.9 ounce device fits in a laptop bag pocket, which makes it the easiest thing in the apartment to relocate.
Don't leave it on a charger for a week. Charge to about 60 percent and unplug. It'll hold for longer than the visit.
What Small Size Doesn't Solve
All of this assumes you have a drawer that's yours. In a shared room or a studio with a guest on the couch, the options shrink to a bag and a coat.
The limitation isn't the device. It's the space. Skip the routine if your only hiding place is a drawer the guest will obviously open, and put it in your bag instead.
Also worth knowing: a soft pouch in a soft drawer is quiet but not protected. If the drawer also holds keys or a charger, the wand will pick up scratches on the silicone over time.
Who Can Ignore This
If you live alone and nobody visits, skip the whole thing. Wash, dry, drawer, done.
If your guest is a partner who already knows, there's nothing to hide and the routine is just good hygiene.
And if the visit is one night, a bag is faster than a system. Don't build a hiding place for a single evening.
Small Enough to Relocate
The best storage plan is a device that fits in a bag. Eight minutes now, no conversation later.
- GOOD LUCK: 3.6 inches, 2.9 oz, about 40 dB, 8 settings, and a 75 minute charge, small enough for a sock drawer or a laptop bag.
- Browse the Customer Favorites collection for pieces that pack away without fuss.
- Related reading: what to do when GOOD LUCK does not feel right, and introducing GOOD LUCK to a partner.
- New this week: taking GOOD LUCK over a weekend away.
Sources
- GETAUVE product documentation - dimensions, weight, charge time, and sound rating for GOOD LUCK.
- American Sexual Health Association - general education on device hygiene between uses.
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - guidance on storing small battery-powered devices.
This article is general education and not medical advice. Storage guidance is general. Speak with a clinician about irritation that persists.
