Key by Jopen Charms Lace Vibrator

The Key by Jopen Charms vibrator is a small, bullet-like vibrator. It’s about three and a half inches long, and it has a diameter of less than an inch. It’s made from silicone (the pink portion) and plastic (the silver portion). It features five different patterns, and it’s completely waterproof. This discreet vibrator uses 1 AA battery, and it also includes a storage bag for when it’s not in use.

The power button

The packaging for the Charms Lace vibrator is actually pretty nice. This vibrator comes in a cardboard box that clearly shows the vibrator and its features on the packaging. The top portion of the box just slips off, and then you’ll have a box that easily opens up to reveal the Charms Lace vibrator. The vibrator is sitting in a small tray, and this tray lifts up to show the storage bag and the instruction manual underneath the vibrator.

The “Charms” vibrator comes in many different varients. The basic design is this silver, plastic bullet that uses a AA battery. However, depending on what sensation or design you prefer, the silicone sleeve varies depending on which version of the Charms vibrator interests you. If you like a smooth surface, there’s the Velvet version, or if you like more texture there’s the Lace version that I’m reviewing. If you want it to have a slight texture, there’s the Plush version, and if you want a curve at the tip to work on g-spot stimulation, there’s the Charms Curve vibrator. All of these vibrators share the same basic design, but they have different “sleeves” to make them different. At the same time, do be aware that the silicone sleeve *possibly* could be removed, but it really doesn’t look like it was designed to do that. The sleeve is pretty well attached to the underneath plastic portion.

The battery compartment for this vibrator

This small vibrator requires one AA battery. The battery compartment unscrews, and the AA battery slides in. I must admit that the battery compartment is possibly the bane of my existance. It’s bad. It’s frustrating. It’s angering. I’ve tried multiple times to learn to attach it properly since I initially thought it was just a learning curve, but nothing seems to really improve the issue. To get the battery compartment back on, you have to push the cap down in the right area and get a clockwise turn in. For one, that requires finding the right area which is very difficult. For two, that requires getting a clockwise turn in and there isn’t much of the “cap” to hold onto because it’s a small vibrator. Add that to the fact that you’re working against a spring that’s trying to hold the battery in, and it’s a gigantic pain. It’s definitely not possible to do with lubricated hands, and honestly, it’s what I hate the most about this sex toy.

To control this vibrator, though, once you have the battery in, it’s pretty simple. You just press down the button. This will turn on the vibrator. Once it’s on, you just have to press down the button again to scroll through all of the vibration options. To turn off the vibrator, you just have to press and hold down the button at any time for a few seconds; that will turn off the vibrator easily. As far as controls go, the Charms Lace vibrator is extremely easy to control.

The vibrations are “meh”. They are definitely on the buzzy side, and there’s only a single speed for steady vibrations. (As I rarely touch pattern modes, having only a single speed for steady vibrations is a deal-breaker for me) The vibrations are on the softer side (not quite strong enough to be moderate), and I think they’d work for orgasm if you’re very sensitive, but they probably are not going to be enough for orgasm for most. Along with this, the vibrations are not the quietest. They aren’t too loud, but they are enough to be easily heard in the same room. They’d be hard to be heard outside of a closed door with any type of music on, though.

This vibrator is a bit too short to be using for regular insertion, but it could be inserted if you really wanted something. However, as far as texture goes, when used externally, is does add more sensation. You definitely can feel the “lace” texture against the skin, and if you’re not lubricated enough, the rubbing of that texture can be irritating, so just make sure that you avoid too much rubbing until things glide more smoothly. Even when lubricated, though, it has a nice mixture of “texture” and “not too much”, so the texture works out nicely. If you’re a fan of texture, the Charms Lace vibrator could work out pretty well for you.

The packaging

To clean this waterproof vibrator, you don’t have to be too careful about where you get water because of its waterproof abilities. You can just use warm water and antibacterial soap to clean the vibrator. Because of how tightly the silicone sleeve is over topof the plastic bullet underneath, I would say that you don’t really have to worry too much about cleaning underneath the sleeve unless you think you got something under the sleeve. As this vibrator is very slim, though, it will easily fit into a condom in case you want to share it with others. For lubricant, you can use water-based lubricant, but silicone-based isn’t recommended as it could bother the silicone material of the vibrator. For storage, this silicone vibrator comes with a storage bag, so you can just store it in the storage bag.

Overall, I can’t say that I’d recommend the “Charms Lace” vibrator to most people. The vibrations aren’t too strong while the battery compartment is beyond frustrating. However, if you are more sensitive to vibrations and think that the design and shape will work for you, you could check out the Charms Lace vibrator. I must admit to liking the other vibrators in the Jopen Key line much more than this Charms Lace vibrator, though. Thanks to Jopen for providing the Key Charms Lace vibrator for review. If you want to purchase it, you can pick it up from EdenFantasys.

Forta Supplements

FORTA is a new nutritional supplement designed purely for sexual enhancement. Sure, you can take your daily multivitamins, but when it comes to sex, they may not include the ingredients that are going to help with your sexual health and sexual performance. FORTA is part of the new generation of natural supplements that is quick-acting, long-lasting, and designed with some of the purest ingredients. It’s also 100% organic which means it’s designed to avoid addiction issues.

FORTA comes in two varieties: FORTA for Men and FORTA for Women. The Male Enhancement version works naturally with the body to increase the sperm production hormone while also naturally stimulating the body and increasing blood flow (to lead to an erection). FORTA for Men is also designed to improve your response time for more on-demand erections. As of June 11, 2013, the company has not received any reported side effects, either, so that’s also very positive.

FORTA for Women is designed to boost the libido. With its natural ingredients, FORTA for Women is made to work naturally to increase desire, orgasms, and all-around sexual appetite. With its natural blend, FORTA for Women also helps other organs of the body including the spleen, lung, and kidneys.

The FORTA sex supplements are easy to take as well. You take 1 or 2 capsules with a warm glass of water about an hour prior to sexual activity. It can be used once every 24 hours, and you shouldn’t exceed the recommended dose. (Even too much of natural, organic things can be bad!) Plus, to help ease your mind, FORTA displays the ingredients and their uses right on the product pages. (Plus, once you have your supplements, FORTA sells other sexual enjoyment products such as vibrating rings.)

All statements in this post were taken directly off of the FORTA website. I can not validate nor dispute any of the statements made in this post. (Though I totally wish I had the scientific equipment and know-how to do so)

The packaging for the Bondaids Double Restraints

The Bondaids Double Restraints from Adam & Eve sex toys are a set of soft, beginner bondage restraints that are designed to be easy to use. Despite the picture shown on the website, the Bondaids Double Restraints only comes with two restraints; however, these restraints are flexible enough to function as both wrist restraints or as ankle restraints.

The Bondaids Double Restraints come in nice packaging that’s functional as well. They come in a small, black, drawstring satin bag that allows you to store the Bondaids cuffs right in the bag. The cuffs fit easily into this little pouch. The pouch does have a small tag that says “Bondaids” on it, but if you are concerned about discretion, you can easily take some scissors and snip off the tag. Along with that, the Bondaids come with a small, full-color guide that shows exactly how to use the Bondaids (including pictures!) The guide is extremely helpful considering these aren’t quite the same as usual standard bondage items.

Showing how soft the Bondaids Double Restraints are

So how do the Bondaids differ from traditional bondage sets? Instead of just being a piece of leather or fabric that fastens onto itself, Bondaids use the idea of pulling a fabric through itself to make a “loop” that your wrist fits through. By doing this, they could leave out any sort of “fastener”. The Bondaids cuffs are made from a really soft faux fur that’s really silky against the skin, and in the case of the Double Restraints Bondaids, the end of the Bondaids material leads right into a nylon tether that allows you to tether these cuffs to any external anchor point for fun bondage.

The first time you have to use the Bondaids bondage cuffs, you might be a bit lost. Basically, you make the cuff BEFORE you actually put your arm or hand into the BondAid bondage cuff. That might trip some people up. Once you have the loop and everything, then you insert your hand, and pull it tight. Again, if you get confused, the instructions are full-color with pictures, and it will literally take you less than a minute to learn to use these. It’s not hard at all. If you’re still having issues, you can go online to the official BONDaids site, and they have full-video instructions there too.

The Bondaids are surprisingly comfortable. AMAZINGLY comfortable, actually. I’ve been actually typing up most of this review while wearing them, and I honestly forget that I’m wearing them. It’s like wearing this really warm bracelet that feels comfortably tight and pleasurable. I can rotate my wrist in the cuffs as well as rub the material up and down my wrist, but it doesn’t hurt or chaffe. This is very, very comfortable. You really can’t use these for “around the house” wear, though, as the nylon tethers that are attached to the cuffs don’t actually detach, so you’d have long arm-tails if you tried it.

These bondage cuffs were not designed to hold up to heavy use. They are mostly made up of this fluffy, faux fur material. And they are extremely comfortable.

Showing the faux fur of the restraints

However, I doubt this material will hold up to very intense use. It WILL hold up to heavy pulling, but at the same time, during heavy pulling, I noticed areas on my wrist that were receiving a lot more of the stress and ended up hurting afterwards, so while the BondAids cuffs will physically hold up to heavier use, I don’t think that the faux fabric is displacing the weight equally which means you should avoid too much heavy use in these just for the safety of your joints and nerves. But the occasional rough tug will definitely not hurt them.

For use, the Bondaids are surprisingly awesome. They don’t feel like standard bondage cuffs, but they feel unique in their own way. They do a surprisingly good job of holding someone in bondage, and they’re pretty awesome, really. Just a general “awesome”. Along with having the nylon tethers directly attached to the cuffs, these nylon tethers actually come with pre-made loops in them as well. This makes it even easier to attach to bondage points because you just have to throw the loop around, and you’ll be good to go. With the adjustability provided by the adjusters on the nylon straps, you also can shorten and lengthen the nylon straps as well which means that you can have someone in the bondage position that you want them in without much fuss.

What about escapability? These cuffs are relatively difficult to escape unless you have help from another person. This is because the Bondaids get tighter with the more you pull on them. So in order to get out of them, you have to get slack in the cuffs, and that’s very hard without having another hand to “pull” out some slack to be able to release yourself. So as long as you have the two hands separated far enough out, it becomes pretty difficult to escape. You CAN escape, but it’s pretty difficult.

The instructions for the Bondaids Double Restraints

If you want to clean these bondage cuffs, I’m not really sure what to do, to be honest. The instructions have no instructions about it, and their website doesn’t really have any information either. I’d definitely recommend gently wiping it down with a damp washcloth as well as letting the cuffs fully dry before you put them away. I’m not sure I’d recommend anything harsher, though, if you want to keep the faux fur all soft and fluffy. For storage, they store surprisingly well in the black satin bag that the bondage cuffs come with.

Overall, the Bondaids bondage cuffs were a definite surprise to me. They’re awesome! They aren’t quite like traditional bondage cuffs, but they stand out in their own way by being comfortable, pretty high-quality and durable, and very simple and non-threatening. The cuffs don’t seem to apply pressure evenly enough to use them for very heavy bondage, but aside from that minor flaw, the Bondaids Double Restraints are amazing and allow you to take your bondage to a fun, fluffy level. Thanks to Adam & Eve for providing this beginner bondage cuffs for my Bondaids Double Restraints review.

Tantus Juice Silicone Anal Plug

The Tantus Juice Silicone Anal Plug is a unique anal toy sold by TabuToys. About four inches in length with a diameter of slightly under an inch and a half at the widest point, the Tantus Juice silicone anal plug is designed to be different than most anal plugs by the divets that run throughout the body of the plug. The Tantus Juice butt plug also includes a long, thin base instead of the typical larger bases.

Like most Tantus sex toys, the Tantus Juice plug comes in a plastic, see-thorugh box that clearly displays the butt plug through the packaging. Inside the packaging, the Tantus Juice anal plug comes in a see-through plastic tray that will hold the sex toy safe during shipping. To be honest, most of my Tantus packaging boxes end up breaking or tearing relatively quickly, so I’d recommend finding some other method of storing your anal plug.

Showing how flexible the base is

The Tantus Juice anal plug is designed pretty simply, but it does have that interesting ridging that makes it unique. The entire body of the Tantus Juice plug is made from a soft, silky silicone that easily glides against the hands and body. The entire insertable portion of the plug, much like the other new generation Tantus plugs, is pretty firm and rigid, but it does have a bit of squish to it (to make it more comfortable to wear). The Tantus Juice anal plug tends to have the most flexiblity in the “neck”/retention area of the plug which is where it will bend. This works surprisingly well because it allows you to insert the plug without much force; instead of the plug bending along the shaft when you apply pressure, this anal plug will go in pretty comfortably since the shaft isn’t too flexible.

Showing the size of the base

One of the distinguishing features of the Tantus Juice are the ridges that run along the insertable portion of the anal plug. This is definitely unique, though if you don’t like the idea of these ridges, Tantus makes other butt plugs that are the same as this one – just without the ridges. The ridges, surprisingly, don’t make that much of a difference, lubricant-wise, for insertion. As long as you have your regular amount of lubricant on the Tantus Juice butt plug, insertion should go as well as usual. These ridges don’t go too far into the butt plug such as to cause an issue with cleaning (no, they’re mostly surface-like), but at the same time, they definitely go deeply enough into the surface that you’ll definitely be able to feel them and notice that they’re there.

The biggest sensation that the Tantus Juice can provide is that “twisting” sensation. Once the plug is in, the ridges can best be felt when the plug is twisted. However, if you’re going to attempt that, definitely make sure that you used a good amount of lubricant to make sure the ridges feel pleasurable instead of painful. It can also be a bit difficult to keep the plug inserted far enough while still being able to make that twisting sensation, but it’s definitely possible in some positions (and especially with the help of a partner). If you aren’t twisting it, though, the Tantus Juice butt plug actually ends up feeling like any average butt plug.

Showing the texture of the insertable portion

Another awesome thing about the Tantus Juice is the base that it was made with. The base is long and slender, and it’s designed to fit between the cheeks comfortably instead of fitting widely between the cheeks like many anal plug bases do. The base also is a bit more flexible than most anal sex toy bases. However, it’s not flexible enough to allow the plug to get pulled fully into the butt unless you have some seriously strong muscles or just went from a larger toy down to the Tantus Juice. The base is extremely comfortable, and even when sitting down on the Tantus Juice, the base doesn’t poke uncomfortably into any areas. I think this is partly because the base is made from a flexible type of silicone, so it’s hard for it to stay “poking” anywhere.

Showing the packaging for the Tantus Juice Silicone Anal Plug

When it comes to long-term wear, the Tantus Juice has that covered as well. The silicone of the Tantus Juice is extremely silky smooth and firm. This means that the silicone of the butt plug really doesn’t “reabsorb” as much lubricant as other plugs, so you don’t have to worry about reapplication of lubricant too much. Along with that, the base of the Tantus Juice is surprisingly comfortable on the body (including to sit on), so you really can get away with wearing this plug for long-term without feeling like it’s sliding out or having it poke uncomfortably.

To clean this silicone sex toy, you can pretty much use whatever method works best for you. Because the Tantus Juice anal plug is made from pure silicone, you can easily clean it with warm soap and water. If you want to sterilize it, though, for a more thorough cleaning, you can also boil this silicone plug in water. Make sure to thoroughly clean this plug no matter what method you use, though, as the divets in the side of the shaft will require extra attention.

Overall, the Tantus Juice plug is an interesting plug. It has some ridges that you won’t really notice too much until you go to actually making a “juicing” motion while wearing the plug. This makes the plug very versatile, and you don’t have to always want to use the ridging for your pleasure. Along with having an easy-to-insert design, the Tantus Juice also provides a really comfortable base that works well for long-term wear along with a soft, silky silicone that doesn’t “eat up” lubricant too quickly. It’s really a win-win sex toy in my opinion! Thanks to TabuToys sex toys for providing the Tantus Juice Silicone Anal Plug for my Tantus Juice review.