Eroscillator

A Beginner’s Guide to My Favorite Vibrator Ever, the Eroscillator

Kate Sloan

When you’ve been a sex toy reviewer for as long as I have, there’s one question you get asked a lot: “What’s your favorite toy?”

It’s a fair question, not only because one might glean some toy recommendations from the answer, but also because, in order to find my reviews most useful, a reader needs to have some idea of the types of toys I normally like, so they can try to figure out if my tastes are aligned with their own. That’s why, for instance, there’s hearts next to toys I love on my Toybox page, and there’s a section at the end of my About page where I list my absolute faves in some key categories.

But I have to admit: there is one specific toy which I can call my favorite of all time, without reservation. That toy is the Eroscillator.

 

What is the Eroscillator, and why is it my all-time favorite sex toy?

Me and this toy go way back. I wanted it from the moment I heard it discussed on an episode of the Sex is Fun podcast, probably sometime around 2005. In fact, I wanted it so bad that it was one of the very first toys I requested to review when I started this blog in 2012.

I had tried a handful of other vibrators by that point – but even still, I knew, from the very first time I used the Eroscillator, that this one was different. Famously, it doesn’t technically vibrate – it oscillates. To me (and evidently to many other Eroscillator fans), this produces a feeling that is much deeper, more pleasurable, and more satisfying than standard vibration, because of the “rumbliness”/depth of the oscillations.

Needless to say, when a vibrator consistently produces more pleasure and better orgasms than any other, it’s gonna make its way into my regular rotation – and boy howdy, has it! I’m not exaggerating when I say that there has been an Eroscillator in/on my nightstand at all times since I got my first one, which was over 12 years ago. I’ve owned a few of them over the years, always replacing mine immediately when it broke (more on that later), because it’s absolutely integral to my sex life, both solo and partnered. Nothing else makes me come as hard, or as consistently. And since I’m a pretty clit-focused gal, this isn’t just my favorite vibrator ever – it’s my favorite sex toy, period.

Aside from the wildly good orgasms, here are a few other notable benefits of the Eroscillator:

  • For me at least, it doesn’t cause any of the temporary desensitization/numbing that is common with vibrators, especially buzzy/high-pitched ones. This means I can use it for as long as I want and it’ll still feel good. This also makes it easier for me to orgasm again later, if I want to, since my sensitivity has been preserved.
  • Its long and slim shape makes it possible to use during PIV or strap-on sex, even in (a slightly adapted) missionary position.
  • I find its slider-style control panel to be easier and more intuitive to use than traditional buttons.
  • It’s remarkably quiet for a vibrator, especially when it’s actually pressed against your body.
  • Like many other vibes, it can be used on penises! Highly recommend getting someone off by holding the tip of the Eroscillator against their frenulum; it’s a good time.

 

Which Eroscillator is best?

There are two different Eroscillator models:

  • The Eroscillator 2 is the base model. It was the first one I owned, and it served me well for many years. I’d recommend it for people who have never used a vibrator before and/or people who would consider their clitoral sensitivity to be medium-to-high.
  • For those who like a bit more power, there’s the Eroscillator Top Deluxe, my current beloved. It’s a bit pricier, but IMO the extra power is absolutely worth it. Even on days when my sensitivity has been lowered by alcohol, fatigue, recent orgasms/vibrator usage, or other factors, this toy can get me off no problem like 99% of the time. (For that other 1%, I’d probably bust out the Magic Wand.)

Further, when you buy an Eroscillator, you’ll have to decide which attachments you want – there are various combo sets available, some of which come with fewer attachments than others. These attachments can be easily swapped out to give you a variety of sensations, but to be honest, there are only two attachments I ever use:

  • The Ultra Soft Finger Tip is an absolute must-have. (Legendary masturbation coach Betty Dodson agreed with me, if I recall correctly, although I can’t seem to find the video anymore where she said so.) It’s squishy, and softens the oscillations somewhat, so they don’t feel as jarring. I find it easy to maneuver, and its shape gives you a few different sensation options – try using the edge versus the side of it on your clit, for instance. Many Eroscillator combos come with this attachment, but if yours doesn’t, I highly recommend picking one up. It’s effectively the only attachment I use.
  • Literally maybe once every 5 years, I will use the G-Point attachment instead of the Finger Tip one. I only do this when my sensitivity has been so dramatically lowered for some reason that the Finger Tip attachment doesn’t feel stimulating enough.

 

How to use it

If I estimate, conservatively, that I have had an average of 2 orgasms per week with the Eroscillator for the 12 years I’ve owned one, that would mean that I’ve had over 1,200 orgasms with this thing. I may not have quite hit my Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours yet, but I’m getting there! So, suffice it to say, I think I’m qualified to advise you on how best to use this toy…

  • Luuuuube: You’ve heard this song before – lube is good, and more lube is better! I notice a big difference in sensation between a lubed vs. unlubed Eroscillator attachment; lubed is way more enjoyable. You’ll probably want to use a thick water-based one like Sutil Rich, because silicone-based lubes are incompatible with Eroscillator attachments. Reapply as needed.
  • Placement: As with any vibrator, I think most people will benefit from starting with gentle, indirect contact, to warm up the genital tissues, before moving on to more direct stimulation. (Check out my post about indirect clit stim techniques for more on that.) When I use my Eroscillator, I often move it around to stimulate my clit from different angles, through the outer or inner labia, etc. until I’m ready to focus the oscillations more directly on my clit.
  • Pressure: One thing you might notice pretty quickly about the Eroscillator is that its oscillations weaken when you apply pressure. It took me some time to get used to this initially, but now, I actually use it to my benefit: the toy has only three speeds, but I can press it harder against my body to make a speed feel weaker, and then gradually lift off the pressure as I want it stronger. It’s more intuitive than it may sound, I swear, although it may take some practice.

 

Quirks but not dealbreakers (for me, anyway)

Look, I’m gonna level with ya – this toy has a lot of drawbacks, as you can already see from the length of the list below! In a way, though, I think it speaks well of the toy that it’s still my very favorite, despite all these flaws… It really is just because it gives me better orgasms than any other toy, and, as with human beings, many sins can be forgiven if you make someone come real hard… 😂

But, okay, yes, let’s talk about the many downsides of the Eroscillator:

  • Some people find that the oscillations just don’t feel strong enough for them. If you know you need/want a lot of power, I’d recommend something like a Magic Wand Rechargeable or a Doxy over the Eroscillator. For reference, I’m somebody who typically sticks to the first and second speeds of the MWR, and I find the Eroscillator Top Deluxe plenty strong enough to get me off.
  • As described above, its oscillations weaken when pressure is applied – and while I’ve learned to work with this quirk, rather than against it, this toy isn’t suitable for someone who loves/needs to apply pressure with their vibrators (unless you’re trying to wean yourself off of doing that for some reason).
  • Since oscillation is somewhat subtler than standard vibration, I find that the Eroscillator’s sensations get drowned out if I try to use a vibrating dildo, insertable vibrator, etc. at the same time. That said, good god does this thing ever feel good paired with a (non-vibrating) dildo. The Eroscillator + Pure Wand combo, in particular, nearly makes me black out every time from the intensity 😂
  • It’s expensive!! The cheapest model, which comes with only one attachment, is $119. If you throw the Finger Tip attachment in your cart as well (which you should), it costs a hard-to-swallow $39.95 on its own, and brings the total up to $159. For those with a larger budget or who crave more power, the stronger model comes with a slew of attachments (including my fave) and will run you $249 all told. Worth noting, perhaps: While I didn’t pay for my first two Eroscillators because they were review units from retailers, I did pay full-price for my third one, because I really do love it that much, and the frequency with which I use it more than justifies the price tag for me. But I get that it’s a pretty huge expenditure for a sex toy.
  • On that note, the reason I’ve owned a few different Eroscillators is that mine have sometimes broken. There’s a plastic “cone” that covers the juncture between the body of the toy and its attachment, and eventually the small piece of plastic inside it that holds it in place will break off somehow, which causes the cone to rattle around loosely during use, and can even make the control panel pop right out. Originally I thought this was unfixable, which is why I bought a whole new Eroscillator; however, the brand now sells replacement cones on their website for $21.95 each, which makes this a much cheaper fix and gives the toy a longer lifespan – better for the environment and your wallet.
  • It’s an electric/plug-in vibe, so it’s not waterproof (obviously) and you do have to stay near-ish to an outlet – although I will say that the cord is 12 feet long, which is way longer than most other vibrator cords and gives you a fair bit of leeway.
  • The attachments are made of porous materials!! That really pisses me off, especially at this price point. The Finger Tip attachment is made of “medical silicone elastomer” and the others are made of TPR. I haven’t personally noticed any ill effects of this (such as irritation or infections), but it does mean that you can’t share your Eroscillator attachments with someone unless you’re prepared to be fluid-bonded with them. The Finger Tip attachment also gets slightly discolored over time, because it’s porous.
  • A lot of people think it is very ugly. (However, I am not one of those people. I’m sure the fact that it’s given me over a thousand orgasms has something to do with that.)

 

Final thoughts

Recently I’ve been using the Magic Wand Rechargeable a lot; it’s my second favorite vibrator, for sure. But when I switched back to my beloved Eroscillator after not using it for a while, the difference between the two sensations was stark.

The Magic Wand can brute-force an orgasm out of me, in a way that sometimes feels like using a flamethrower on a birthday candle. Like: okay, we get it – overkill much?! These orgasms can be almost painful in their intensity, and leave my vulva feeling slightly numb and frazzled for a few minutes as it recovers from the onslaught of pleasure.

But the Eroscillator… Oh, wow. Some creatives say that a good ending to a story or poem or song should be “surprising but inevitable,” and that is how Eroscillator orgasms feel to me. They have a way of building and building and building before bursting into sparkly fireworks of pleasure. They’re so intense and so sudden that they tend to knock the wind out of me (to the point of making me reflexively do Lamaze-type breathing sometimes, to manage/handle the intensity of the sensation), but they’re rarely painful or uncomfortable the way a wand orgasm can be.

I’m talking a lot about orgasms here, so let me be clear that the Eroscillator feels good the whole way through the process – particularly since it doesn’t cause the same numbness other vibrators can, so I get to fully enjoy the sensations throughout any given session. But those orgasms… phew. Might need to go have another one right now…

 

This post was not sponsored; I’m just quite possibly the world’s biggest Eroscillator fangirl. You can get yours at SheVibe!

Sextistics 2020: An End-of-Year Sexual Stats Breakdown

Kate Sloan

As odd as it may seem, keeping a sex spreadsheet again this year (going strong since 2015, baybee!) helped me make sense of the chaotic mess that was 2020. I may not have been able to fuck at my favorite hotels and sex clubs, but I could sure keep my data up-to-date and color-coded.

Here, as per tradition, is a post enumerating and analyzing some of the key stats from my 2020 sex spreadsheet. Strap in!

 

Overview

  • In 2020, I had partnered sex 200 times. (Wooo, nice round numbers!)
  • That works out to an average of 16.66 times per month, 3.84 times per week, and 0.55 times per day.
  • I had 181 orgasms from partnered sex (not counting phone sex, which has its own section below).
  • My partner had 178 orgasms during sex with me. (One of their goals, after we started playing with chastity kink, became to give me more orgasms during the year than they had themselves, and they succeeded.)
  • An incomplete list, in alphabetical order, of kinks that were part of my sex life this year: biting, bondage, chastity, choking, cock and ball torture, cuckolding, DD/lg, electrostimulation, face-slapping, financial domination, forced feminization, humiliation, hypnosis, intoxication, kicking, punching, rimming/analingus, roleplay, sadomasochism, scratching, sensory deprivation, sleepy sex, spanking, squirting, temperature play, trampling, wax play.

 

Compared to last year…

  • I had 1.96% less sex, i.e. almost exactly the same amount (204 vs. 200 times).
  • I had an orgasm 90.5% of the time when I had sex, as opposed to 85.3% last year. Improvements, yay!
  • My partner had an orgasm 89% of the times we had sex, as opposed to 103.4% last year, due to our forays into chastity play.
  • I had 2 partners (depending on whether you count a one-off blowjob porn shoot), same as last year when I also had 2.

 

Locations

  • I had sex in a total of 4 locations this year, as opposed to 9 last year. Obviously the pandemic had a lot to do with this!
  • These locations included my place, my spouse’s place, and two hotels: the Conrad, where we stayed on our wedding night, and the Wythe, where we stayed for our little “staycation” honeymoon.

 

Highs & lows

  • My most sexually active month was November (31 times). There were several months this year that we spent entirely together, but many of those were super stressful due to global news; I think by November our pandemic stress had mellowed slightly so we were fucking more often.
  • My least sexually active months were August and September, the only months this year when I didn’t see Matt at all.
  • The day on which I had the most sex was January 26th, at 3 times. It was the Sunday of one of Matt’s weekend visits to me in Toronto, so it made sense that we were trying to “cram it all in,” as it were.
  • I didn’t have any sessions containing multiple orgasms on my part this year, which is the first time that’s happened to me maybe ever? Orgasms are getting trickier for me as I get older!

 

Correlations

  • The sex acts most highly correlated with orgasm for me were being fucked with a dildo while using a vibrator (152 times) and receiving oral sex (18 times).
  • Less common ways I got off were using a vibrator while being fingerfucked (9 times) and being fucked with a dildo while receiving oral sex (2 times).

 

Sex toys

  • My most-used vibrators during partnered sex this year were the Eroscillator Top Deluxe (155 times), the Magic Wand Rechargeable (28), and the Hot Octopuss Amo (2). Notably, many of the times I used the MWR this year, I was using it on my partner and not myself. What can I say, I really love my Eroscillator.
  • My most-used dildos during partnered sex were the Njoy Eleven and Vixen Creations Bandit (tied at 32 times each), the Fucking Sculptures Double Trouble (18 times), and the Njoy Pure Wand, New York Toy Collective Carter, and Uberrime Night King (tied at 15 times each). My dildo usage was less diverse this year than some previous years because I spent large swathes of time in New York this year, where all I have access to is Matt’s collection and whatever I can fit into my suitcase.
  • My most-used kink toys with partners were a good old-fashioned blindfold (16 times), the Neon Wand and its Power Tripper attachment (5 times), and my custom purpleheart Weal & Breech mallet (3). My RodeoH harness also got more use than usual (3 times) because my partner used it to fuck me with a strap-on while locked up in chastity sometimes.
  • The “pervertibles” I used this year included a cucumber, tweezers, and a pair of cowboy boots.

 

Phone sex

  • In 2020, I had phone sex 122 times, versus 246 last year (i.e. about half as much). This is because Matt and I were physically together for 62.8% of the year (we extended visits for weeks/months at a time, both for pandemic reasons and because we were “practicing” cohabitating to make sure it would be a good idea to get married).
  • That works out to an average of 10.2 times per month, 2.3 times per week, or 0.33 times per day.
  • If you calculate the averages based only on when we were physically apart, we had phone sex 26.9 times per month, 6.3 times per week, or 0.9 times per day, which is much more in line with our usual (i.e. non-pandemic year) phone sex numbers.
  • I had 119 orgasms from phone sex, meaning I orgasmed 97.5% of the times we had phone sex. Matt, on the other hand, came only 85 times or 69.7% of the times we had phone sex, again due to periods of chastity.
  • Comparing our phone sex numbers to our IRL sex numbers, phone sex was only 37.9% of my sex life this year, versus 54.7% last year.
  • The total amount of sex sessions I had this year (IRL sex + phone sex) was 322.
  • That works out to an average of 26.83 per month, 6.19 per week, or 0.88 per day. Woof.

 

Did you keep a record of your sex life this year? Notice anything interesting?

 

Additional resources if you’re curious:

Monthly Faves: Strangers, Bimbos, & Ghostbusters

Kate Sloan

It was an offbeat month in my sex life, full of strange kink insights and trippy adventures… Here are some highlights!

Sex toys

• The biggest news in my toy drawer this month was that my precious Eroscillator Top Deluxe BROKE while I was in Portland! After 3 years of loyal service, I guess it decided I had dropped it one too many times (sorry, pal), because two different segments of the body of the toy fell right off. I tried in vain to piece it back together, and then eventually gave up and ordered a new one. It really is that good; I considered whether I could live without it and determined that I could not.

• I got an email from Dame, a sex toy company from whom I didn’t own anything, offering me a toy of my choice. The Kip clitoral vibrator was an obvious selection for me; it’s vaguely Tango-esque and BRIGHT YELLOW! I will probably review it in full at some point, but for now, just know: this adorable little vibe is rumblier and stronger than its small stature would indicate, and it has a lot of features I’m always yelling at sex toy companies to implement, like an up AND a down button, and a travel lock. Well-played, Dame.

• To continue to give Dame kudos: their new aloe-based lube, Alu, is pretty damn good. The ingredients list is impressive (no glycerin, parabens, or propylene glycol) and you can even order a $4 silicone sleeve called Grip that goes around the bottle to prevent you from dropping/throwing it when your hands are lubey. So smart.

Fantasy fodder

• My partner and I have wanted to do a “strangers at a bar” roleplay for a long time and this month we finally got around to it. On one of our free days in Portland, I took a book to a cocktail bar near our hotel, ordered a daiquiri, and sat alone reading – one of my favorite solo date activities. Sir came in a few minutes later, sat a stone’s throw away, and started chatting me up after a little while. One thing led to another and we ended up back in “my” hotel room… This was a super fun roleplay that I would highly recommend, and apparently my vagina agreed, because (uncharacteristically for me) I had an orgasm during PIV – whoa!

• During one of our many late-night phone calls, my Sir asked me what I’d been fantasizing about lately, and I mentioned enjoying the thought of someone going down on me because it’s their job – like a sex worker or an unconventional masseuse. Because my Sir is a genius, they quickly conjured a roleplay in which they, my daddy, had hired a male escort to give me head for my birthday, which he would do while Sir gave him moment-by-moment instructions. This scene pinged so many of my kinks – and also made me laugh a lot, when Sir said the escort was “setting up his supplies” and I couldn’t imagine what “supplies” someone would need for plain old puttin’ a mouth on a vulva!

• I’ve been thinking a lot lately about mental blankness. It helps that I’ve been reading a lot of Sleepingirl‘s hypnosis stories, but more generally, I’ve been pondering the ways intoxication, trance, and subspace can each help me float away inside my own brain during scenes when that’s what I want. For someone like me who’s constantly anxious and overanalytical, sometimes nothing is sweeter or more necessary than just shutting down the ol’ brain and receiving pleasure in absentia. Sir and I did a scene exploring these themes recently through hypnosis and “bimboification”; it was really fun, in a way, to feel my faculties draining away from me.

• Speaking of Sleepingirl: I commissioned her to write me a short story about a sub getting through the airport security line with the help of their hypno-savvy dom. It’s so cute and emblematic of how romantic hypnosis can be.

Sexcetera

• This year I got to attend the XOXO festival for the first time, and it was phenomenal! Some highlights for me: going to a social meetup of language nerds and playing a loud word game led by Gretchen McCulloch, hearing Harry “Hbomberguy” Brewis talk about raising money for Mermaids by live-streaming himself playing Donkey Kong, seeing Amelia and Emily Nagoski talk about the perils of burnout, the entire live podcast lineup, and meeting some readers of my blog (hi)!

• I participated in the Smutathon on Saturday, sex writers’ attempt to write for 12 hours straight to raise money for the National Network of Abortion Funds. My final word count for the day was 13,336 – that’s 11 blog posts (many of which will go up here over the next couple months), 3 newsletters, and 4 poems. The fundraiser has pulled in almost $3K so far – we’d still love to get that up to $5K!

• My Sir and I guested on the Off the Cuffs podcast together this month! It was really fun to sit down with two of my favorite people, drink cocktails, and chat about kink. We covered erotic hypnosis, sleepy sex, long-distance relationships, coming out as kinky, and more. Matt also guested on Question Box; we competed to see who could answer the most personal questions. You know what they say: the couple that podcasts together, stays together… or something…

• Sextistics: This month I had in-person sex 13 times and phone sex 21 times, totalling 34 sessions.

Fashion & beauty

• XOXO gave out adorable pronoun pins to its attendees and I’m so into mine. If we’re gonna normalize sharing our pronouns by default, which we absolutely should, we might as well do it in style.

• I ordered 3 new lipsticks from Sugarpill and they’re all great, though Bliss is disappointingly almost my exact natural lip color (plus glitter), so I doubt I’ll wear that one as much as the other two. My favorite of the bunch is Hijinx, a berry shade overlaid with blue glittery iridescence. Incredible.

• I have a mega-crush on model Alexa Chung (I mean, upon seeing her, who doesn’t, frankly), and lucky for me, she has a YouTube channel now where she does makeup looks, hair tutorials, and more. It’s very good and she is very pretty.

Media

• You owe it to yourself to check out this episode of Punch Up the Jam about the Ghostbusters theme. I was present at the live recording and have honestly never laughed that hard during a live podcast before. You’ll learn a lot about this iconic song and you might also wonder what the hell Ray Parker, Jr. was thinking at times.

• I kept hearing good things about Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino, so I tore through it, and it was great. I’ve been thirsting for more essays from introspective women ever since devouring Esmé Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias, and this hit the spot. It touches on reality TV, “late-capitalist fetishwear,” the beauty myth, Southern hiphop, drugs as a gateway to the divine, and more.

• Current song obsession: “Favorite Show” by Great Grandpa. I keep waking up with this tune lodged in my head lately, so I’ve been groovin’ to it a lot.

Little things

Sleeping together over the phone. Our incredible guests on Question Box. Laughing with Max in his sunny back yard. Getting a window seat on planes. The Multnomah Whiskey Library and their fancy bartenders. Going to the rose garden while really high (um, would recommend). The photobooth machine at the Ace Hotel. When you can tell who’s the dom and who’s the sub in a photo. Hanging out with Epiphora and her wonderful cats. Wandering through Powell’s for hours. Matt bringing me coffee in the morning. “I just want everyone to know that I’m very gay.” Serendipitously sitting next to actors I admire at the theatre. Client projects that fascinate me. Sir sending me ramen when I was sick (and then, later, watching this video of a pastry chef attempting to make gourmet instant ramen from scratch). Seeing Lane Moore and DeAnne Smith do Tinder Live at Comedy Bar, from front-row center. Attending the Bi Arts Festival with a queer femme friend. Going to see movies by myself. Shopping with friends. Solo cocktails-and-reading dates at the Library Bar.

12 Days of Girly Juice 2016: 9 Best New Sex Toys

Kate Sloan

img_5260

I am a lucky, lucky babe: companies are always sending me new sex toys and sexual products to try. However, my genitals are picky as hell, so it’s rare for me to deviate from my tried-and-true favorites and fall in love with something new. However, here are 9 toys I received this year that I liked a lot.

9. I don’t really consider myself a “size queen.” True, some of my favorite toys are big – most notably the Double Trouble and Eleven – but I like those more for their curve than their size. So I’m a bit surprised that the Tantus Sam snuck onto this list. It’s pure girth, and doesn’t really bring much else to the table. But gosh, sometimes I just want something thick and meaty inside me and nothing less will do. And when that craving hits, all I can do is sigh, roll my eyes, pull out the Sam, slather it in lube, and get ready for a good solid fuckin’. Available at SheVibe and Peepshow Toys.

8. Dammit, Lelo; I can’t believe I kind of like your Mona Wave. Its come-hither motion is still just as torturously slow as it was when I wrote my review, but I must admit that sometimes I’m in the mood to be edged like that. (God knows I’d never have the self-control to stroke my own G-spot as languorously as the Mona Wave strokes it.) Though I’m hesitant to support Lelo anymore because they’re the worst, admittedly I don’t have any other toys quite like the Mona Wave. Available at SheVibe, Come As You Are, and Peepshow Toys.

7. I bought my hot pink California Exotics mini clit pump impulsively, while taking a friend shopping for sex toys, and I’m so glad I did. Previous shitty cheap pumps had failed me, but this one – while still affordable – actually does what a pump is supposed to do. I find it pairs especially well with weed; when I’m high, the intense suction on my clit feels like almost enough to get me off. And it’s certainly enough to get me extremely wet and turned on. Available at Come As You Are.

img_52396. I’ve owned an Aslan Jaguar harness for a while, but this year I traded my black one for a pink one. Still haven’t had occasion to actually use a harness, despite owning three of them (what am I even doing with my life?!) but my raspberry Jag makes me extremely happy nonetheless. One day I’ll fuck someone while wearing this, I promise. Available at SheVibe, Come As You Are, and Early to Bed.

5. During our road trip to Minneapolis in April, my best pal Bex visited kink-themed coffee shop Leather & Latte without me and came back to our Airbnb with a brand new stone lollipop crop. I tried it out on my arm and then on my thigh, and before too long, decided I needed to pay a visit to the café and buy my own crop ASAP. I’m so glad I snapped it up while I had the chance! It’s the stingiest, bruisiest impact play toy I own, and was an oft-requested hit at our spanking party. Available… fuckin’ nowhere except in-person at Leather & Latte, apparently. Sorry!

img_52464. Speaking of impact play toys… My KinkMachineWorks Lexan paddle is my favorite one of all time (at least so far). I bought it after eying it on Etsy for quite some time. The first night I got it, I brought it over to Georgia‘s house and she left some impressive bruises on me. What I like about this thing is that it’s bruisey and pleasantly thuddy without being overly painful. Yeah, it hurts, but it’s rarely too much for me to take. Not to mention, there’s something to be said for a see-through paddle, especially if (like me) you like to look at beautiful butts as you smack ’em… Available on Etsy.

3. I don’t have much to say about the Doxy Wand, ’cause it’s just a good vibrator that does its fuckin’ job. You would be surprised how few vibes I can actually say that about. This thing is rumbly and dependable; it was an easy choice for this list, even though I still favor my Magic Wand Rechargeable. Available at SheVibe, Tantus, and Early to Bed. 

img_52322. I knew the Liberator Jaz would upgrade my sex life, but I didn’t realize quite how much! I’ve used it countless times during sex and masturbation, to boost my hips for a more comfortable and pleasurable angle of penetration. It also works great for spanking, blowjobs, cunnilingus, and all manner of other fun things. I’m glad I made the investment in this firm little workhorse! Available at SheVibe, Come As You Are, and Peepshow Toys. 

1. Hands down, my favorite new toy I acquired this year is my Eroscillator Top Deluxe. I’ve said it all before and I’ll say it again: it makes me come super hard, super fast. It fits neatly between bodies during sex. It pairs well with dildos, partners’ fingers, and/or partners’ dicks. It’s quiet-ish, well-made, slightly less ugly now than its previous copper iteration, and a definite conversation starter. It’s remained on my nightstand ever since I got it, which is the highest compliment I can give a sex toy, truly. Available at SheVibe.

What were your favorite sex toys this year?

Review: Eroscillator Top Deluxe

Kate Sloan

img_4173

In one of my favorite movies, Kissing Jessica Stein, a character named Helen has three boyfriends. They each fulfill a different-but-important purpose in her life. One is young, clever, and adventurous, but a bit dweeby; she sees him when she’s bored. One is very rich but boring and possessive; she sees him when she’s hungry. And the third is sexually ravenous and skilled, but not especially smart or interesting; she sees him, of course, when she’s horny.

I thought about Helen’s trifuckta a lot while testing the Eroscillator Top Deluxe, because it’s made its way instantly and easily into my core team of go-to vibrators. I grab the Magic Wand Rechargeable when I want my whole vulva shaken into joy, the We-Vibe Tango when I crave more pinpointed rumbling, and the lovely Eroscillator when I need a vibrator that feels less like a vibrator and more like a human is touching me.

That’s the advantage the Eroscillator has over any other vibrator I’ve tried: its oscillation movement is, in some way my scientifically unschooled brain doesn’t understand, fundamentally different from standard vibration. It gets deeper into my clitoral network, while at the same time feeling gentler and less abrasive to the outer portion of my clit. The sensation is closer to a lover’s fingers than it is to vibration, and sometimes it almost feels like a ghost is stimulating me; the sensation is that unique and ethereal. This effect is hard to explain in words, but it makes my Eroscillator indispensable to me.

Longer-term readers might know that the Eroscillator 2 Plus has been a diehard favorite of mine since the early, early days of my blog. When I started reviewing for Sex Toys Canada, only the second-ever company to agree to send me stuff to review, the Eroscillator was the very first thing I requested. It’s been my right-hand man ever since, never leaving my bedside table in the 4.5 years since I got it… That is, until Eroscillator sent me this fancier model, the Top Deluxe.

If you’re curious about how the two models compare, Epiphora’s post on the subject is more thorough than I will be here. I’ll say this: I can get off easily with both models, and while the Top Deluxe feels noticeably stronger, the 2 Plus still thrills me to the very core of my clitoral crura. I’d only recommend the Top Deluxe if you have the extra money to throw around and/or you know you need quite a bit of power to get off. If neither of those is the case, you’ll do just fine with the basic model.

img_4172That said, do make sure to get the fingertip attachment (lovingly nicknamed “the marshmallow” by Betty Dodson and many a sex toy blogger). It comes with the 2 Plus Soft Finger Combo and Top Deluxe Soft Finger Combo and that’s probably the most cost-efficient way of getting it, ’cause it’s $40 on its own. This attachment is the magic ingredient that, for me, takes the Eroscillator from “Hmm, that feels pretty good” to “Jesus fuck, is my clit being serviced by an extraterrestrial who’s evolved past their corporeal form and is aiming a pure pleasure beam at my junk?!” It softens the oscillations without dulling their impact on my internal clitoral structures, which, in layman’s terms, feels preeeetty fuckin’ good.

My orgasms with the Eroscillator are categorically different than my orgasms with any other toy. They feel simultaneously deeper and floatier. Instead of wrestling an orgasm from my body, like I do with other vibrators, with the Eroscillator I can sweetly and gently push myself over the edge into an orgasm that bursts open, blooms like a flower, shakes and quakes my whole being. This shit is fucking meditative.

The other reason I love the Eroscillator: its size and shape are ideal for use during penetrative sex. It fits between bodies perfectly, and its ribbed slider lets me flick between the toy’s 3 speeds quickly and intuitively. Some of the best orgasms of my life have happened with the Eroscillator on my clit and a partner’s dick buried inside me. (Welp. Gettin’ wet just thinking about it, frankly.)

My Eroscillator came with several attachments, but the marshmallow is the one I stick with, 95% of the time. It’s the perfect balance between pinpointed and broad, hard and soft, for my particular clit‘s preferences. If I’m having trouble getting off even at the highest speed, sometimes I’ll switch to the “grapes and cockscomb” for some extra sensation to help me get there, but for the most part, the squishy fingertip does the trick.

If I have any complaints about the Eroscillator, they’re as follows: the super-long power cord, while convenient for use at a distance from a power outlet, gets tangled far too easily. And I sometimes don’t love that the oscillations weaken the more that I press the toy into my body. However, I’ve learned to work around this, such that it’s now second nature to me – I just press the toy against myself to start and then ease up the pressure as I get closer to orgasm, so the sensation gets more intense. This issue makes the Eroscillator a poor choice for anyone who needs clitoral pressure, but for me, it’s no big deal.

I thought I’d hate the colors of the overhauled Eroscillator – it used to be bronze, and I’m a stubborn babe who’s resistant to change – but the purple and silver combo is actually beautiful. This toy’s still never gonna win a “Prettiest Vibrator” competition, but it looks marginally less like a steampunk toothbrush now than it once did, and I’m just the slightest bit prouder to display it on my nightstand as a result.

Writing about the Eroscillator makes me want to use it. Thinking about it makes me want to use it. The orgasms are that good, that addictive. It’s the closest thing I have to a “press here for orgasm” button. I’ve loved this product for four and a half years and I imagine I’ll love it for many, many more.

 

Thank you to Eroscillator for sending me this toy to review!