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.

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.

Review: Kinklab Neoprene Cuffs

My first experience with handcuffs in brief: painful scraping, paranoia over keys and their whereabouts, the inky smell of metal. Mind you, these cuffs were real police cuffs. Steel, double-locking, and hinged, they demanded a tennis-arm bend of the wrist to insert the key, and one more expert move to release the cuffs from an arm. Kinky, right? Closer to stressful.

But Babeland's Kinklab Neoprene Cuffs take the stress away, and leave the kink where it should be. The cuffs themselves are lined in neoprene, a synthetic rubber used in everything from wet suits to hydroponic gardening systems. Soft and pliable, the neoprene feels good against the skin, and quite comfortable as a cuff, almost like a woven bangle. For their outer shell, the cuffs boast a "wraparound velcro design," an easy way to keep the cuffs both structured when idle and functional to take on and off. Finally, the neoprene-velcro discs are held together by (nickel-free!) keychain hardware. This allows for the cuffs to be easily removed by another person, but difficult-to-impossible to remove by oneself during play. In short, the Kinklab product is ideal: no keys, no worries, no discomfort. Just cuffs.

The one drawback to this product is that the keychain hardware does appear a bit garish to the un-kinked eye. For a newcomer to this basic and mild form of bondage, seeing such a metal component may distract from their fun attributes and call attention to the act at hand. They are a step beyond the scarf, the ribbon, the more organic household item. But if you're ready for that, the
Kinklab Neoprene Cuffs are just what you need.

Review: Solar Bullet

Ecosexy. Here we find a term most easily realized by organic cotton lingerie,
all natural lube, or 365 whipped cream from Whole Foods. The $34 Solar Bullet, however, takes erotic eco to a new level. A bullet vibrator--powered by a solar panel. Energy efficient and (at times abrasively) intense, the Solar Bullet is a good idea with an unfortunate less-than-sexy execution. With a small black plastic egg attached via cord to a 3 1/4" x 2" solar panel, the Bullet gets in the middle of partner sex more than a 2" vibe should.

In addition, the Bullet takes a full eight hours of sunlight to translate one hour of use. After using a few times without leaving it out in the sun to "charge," the Bullet gave out mid-use. I suppose this issue could easily be avoided if one left the panel on the windowsill during the day, but for someone forgetful, busy or without a place to leave it, keeping this vibe powered may be too much of an ordeal.


Finally, the Bullet is a noisy little buckshot. Though it looks almost like an mp3 device or other electronic, its sound can be heard easily through quilts, comforters and the like. Between moans, buzzing, and voices perhaps emanating from your computer, masturbation suddenly becomes a bit of a concert, which for many, can distract from enjoyment. As a whole, the Bullet fails as a discrete toy. Keep this in mind before purchasing.