Sunday, February 5, 2012

Review: Position of the Day Playing Cards



Since I received these Position of the Day cards, I've struggled with how to approach this off-beat review. I'll start with some pros: the deck features a lovely and humorous collection of sex positions, like The Second Interview (queen of diamonds), The Drop And Give Me 20 (4 of diamonds), and One Sausage Wrap, To Go (9 of clubs). For the most part the positions are doable. More than doable, positions are creative, and for the few I can attest to trying, pleasurable. A great gag gift for your Bachelorette girlfriend, Position of the Day cards cards easily transfer from a party favor to a fun little game in the bedroom. Go Fish for The Dirty Dip or X Marks the G-Spot.

Some positions I can't sign off on. The Gym Membership features the man below a barbell and the woman sitting on top of him, using gymnastics rings as leverage. Others, like the Pinwheel Stick, are more real but appear uncomfortable, difficult and overly ambitious. Nitpicky, I know, but how else can one review a deck of cards?

Consensus? Fun, festive and not so bad to have around the house for rainy red-wine kind of nights. Oh, and they look best on your coffee table.



Thursday, January 12, 2012

Review: RO-120mm Bullet Vibe



This review has been a long time coming. After receiving the toy in July, misplacing it in August, needing a battery recharge that fell to the back-burner in September, failing at photographing it beyond reasonable measure (so shiny!/when is my studio arriving?) I finally spent enough quality time testing, so here goes!

Babeland's RO-120mm Bullet Vibe gets four stars. With a smooth feel, metallic look and extended shaft (5"), the RO-120mm doubles as a dildo. While I prefer the traditional medium or high vibration settings, some might be intrigued as well as satisfied by one of its two vibration patterns: low to high or pulsating. Though I initially want to knock the toy for shortness of battery life (first dead after 10 uses), its life source is easily replenished with just two AAA batteries.

Easily the best feature of the RO-120mm is how quiet bullet remains--no matter what setting! Even when on high, the buzz stays at the whirr of a table fan and becomes undetectable hidden under your bedcovers.

The only truely troublesome feature of the RO-120mm that I've encountered is its on/off toggle. Instead of just pushing the top button until the vibe returns to an off setting, one must twist the top to misalign two small hash marks. I found this slightly annoying in the heat of action, but most alarming when relating with the longevity of the toy. On several occasions, I found matching up the etching ("power on") a failed activity, which worried me that the product might have broken! Even more, sometimes moving the top cap to power on makes disconcerting cracking noises, again contributing to a possible short lifespan for one RO-120mm.