Feminist in Pink: Slimline Vibrator Review

First of all--Mom, if you've found my blog and are reading it, stop now. You don't want to read about my sex life.

For the rest of you, my very first review, courtesy of the fantastic people at Babeland...

I previously had a cheap knockoff Slimline-style vibe, which broke after two uses, so my hopes were not too high for the Slimline itself. Even if it worked- whose vagina is shaped like that, anyway? My first thought when I opened it was something along the lines of, OMGTHATISFREAKINGENORMOUS. Which it is. Unless you are quite stretchy lengthwise, you are unlikely to get the whole thing in. Eight inches long, and somewhat pointy at the tip, I did not find it comfortable for serious penetration.

But.

It's a clitoral wonder. There's the tip, which is great for hitting a very specific spot, and the shaft, which can get a whole section of the vulva. The extreme length means no tired arm from stretching, and the vibrations are not so intense that they numb your fingers. I used it both alone (nice, if not out-of-this-world) and with my girlfriend in me (fanfreakingtastic, although a little overwhelming with g-spot stimulation added), and managed to come both ways.

"Multi-speed" in this case means that the end has a twisty wheel which allows you to choose the precise vibrations you want, from "is it on?" to "I hope I can feel my clitoris tomorrow" (a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. Er, the intensity, not the numbness). The wheel is easy to twist, but not so easy you're constantly accidentally changing speed (it happened a couple of times, but could have been much more frequent and annoying).

Of course, no vibe is perfect. After the first use, it got NOISY. A loud rattling noise, louder than the vibe itself. Distractingly loud. It turned out that the coil on the inside of the cap, the coil the batteries touch, was bent, and while it still touched the batteries enough for them to work, it didn't hold them in place. I twisted it back where it belonged, but this occurred several times (although not in the same session). At only $16 ($22 for silver), I guess it's not that bad, but th

is flaw is enough to knock it down to a 7.7 on a scale of 10, when it would have been closer to a 9. On Babeland's 1-5 stars, I give it 3. All in all, a toy I can comfortably recommend to just about everyone, as long as they don't mind the occasional coil-twisting (not, oddly enough, a euphemism for anything).