Posted by red on August 22nd, 2009 in E-stim, Kinky Gear, Review, Sex Toys

I haven’t been keeping my recent obsession with E-stim much of a secret, I know, but I was still pretty surprised when the people at Extreme Restraints – an awesome BDSM and fetish and sex toy store – contacted me asking if I wanted to check out some different Zeus power boxes they carry. One of those boxes, the Six Channel Deluxe Electrosex Power Box from Zeus, really tickles my mad scientist fancy, and quickly became my new favorite. However, it’s not without its flaws.

In A Nutshell: A fun power-box that looks like an old-school instrument panel on a 1970′s computer. Lots of dials, lots of ports, and lots of clicking buttons and squealing frequency dials makes for a very fun electrosex experience.

What’s Not So Awesome? This box is kind of big, so while it’s technically portable it’s kind of a “stay put” toy. Also, this is quite clearly a electrotherapy unity originally designed for the Chinese accupressure/at-home eastern medicine market, so the manual is written in some pretty choppy English that leaves a few questions in my head about some of the subtleties of the controls. And it plays a song when the timer runs out, and no, the song isn’t something dungeon-eqse like Enigma, Rob Zombie, or Massive Attack (or whatever the kids are sceneing to these days) – it’s something that makes me think of Hello Kitty.

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The Six Channel Deluxe Electrosex Power Box has one power source – that can be either 6C batteries, or plug in from the wall. This power source can be modulated by one of five wave type patterns that are selected via these deliciously clicky buttons on the front of the instrument panel – and are displayed visually on little oscilloscope screens. After selecting a waveform, the next thing to choose is the frequency. All of the waveforms can be sped up or slowed down with the frequency. Basically, you can take then from slow “pop, pop, pop” pulses to a steady humm, and anything in-between (oh, and yes, the machine does make pops and humms). There are two different frequency dials, one of each side of the machine, and each controls the frequency for three of the output jacks. Each of the output jacks has a dial that controls the overall intensity being put out through that jack. Now, in each of these jacks (which are 3.5mm, by the way) you can plug either “plug and play” accessory (accessories that contain both electrodes, like the torpedo plugs, or electrosex cock sheath, for example), or a two channel pin/snap/banana connector for a set of unipolar toys (like, for example, a tens pad, or the electrosex prod, two electrified toys…etc). That’s a heck of a lot of variety, and to be honest, I haven’t yet played to the limits of this box, but really can’t wait to let loose on an unsuspecting ass with twelve tens pads.

The Box turns on via a (non-clicking) on/off push button, and also via a timer dial in the upper left hand corner. When the timer ends, the unit plays a little cutsie song, which is surreal, but may be useful for particular scene negotiations and such (ok, I get 5 mins right? Listen for the cute little song and try and keep the screaming to a minimum, if you could…). The timer, however, can be set to just “on”, if you like to keep it simple. The other large dial on this box, in the upper left hand side, is the accupoint detector dial. It does nothing to the actual act of zapping, you can just plain ignore it when you’re electrosexin’ it up with this box. As I am ever the sadistic optimist, I see this as a great tool for threatening to jack up the intensity…see this? I have it set on one. Do you want me to put it higher…? But I digress. To detect accupoints the included accupoint pen needs to be plugged into a special port by the dial. If you touch the pen to an accupoint, the box makes a startling buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz till you lift the pen, and that buzz gets louder and softer by tuning the dial. It’s startling and great for effect – and otherwise, for locating the best places to zap – but has nothing to do with the main use of this box, otherwise.

To call this box “six channels” is a little bit of a misnomer – there are only really two channels, and to be honest, I’m not sure that they’re even on different circuits. I think I would error on the side of caution with this toy and assume that none of the channels are isolated. With electrosex, you never want to send the current across the chest cavity, and if you have doubts about what that really means about placement, best to keep it all below your waist.

All in all? I really like this toy. I enjoy the added psychological impact of the clicky buttons, pulsing oscilloscopes, and beeps and buzzes. Heck, I gotta be honest, I actually like the goofy little song it plays. Combined with the pile of accessories that come with the box, the kit is a pretty solid start to a great electrosex kit.