Posted by red on September 3rd, 2009 in E-stim, Kinky Gear, Review, Sex Toys

Today I bring you a review of a great little E-stim product. The Zeus Deluxe Digital Power Box is a simple, portable electrosex power box (that, yes, doubles as a therapeutic device) that provides an easy to manipulate range of sensations, from a delicious tingle to…well…mind numbing pain. Don’t let that scare you away, however, because there’s a lot of leeway in the delicious tingle range for play, if pain isn’t really your kind of thing. And on the painful end of things this toy will provide anything from “ouch” to “FUCK” intensity of sensations, without leaving a mark.

A special thanks to Extreme Restraints and Zeus Electrosex for sending me this box for review.

In A Nutshell: This box runs on AAA batteries, has two output ports, and provides seven different massaging patterns in sixteen different levels of intensity. Included in the kit are two output wires that end in snaps, and four really excellent sticky pads.

What’s Not So Awesome? It will only run for fifteen minutes at a time, the seven patterns are what they are and cannot be altered, there is no “steady on” type of sensation available with this toy.

Rating:

The Zeus Deluxe Digital Power Box takes three AAA batteries to work, and features two 2.5mm jack ports that are both controlled by the box’s eight buttons. Standard warning of not putting current across the chest cavity (and if that’s confusing, just keep it below the waist for simplicity) applies.

The power box is about the size and shape of a portable video game system, and fits very nicely into your hands as a result. “On” and “Off” are two half circle buttons beneath where your right thumb sits, and for the left thumb, it’s “Strong” and “Weak” (which means increase and decrease intensity). Simply plug in some tens pads (included in kit), turn on, and manipulate intensity…and you’re in business. Also on the left hand side of the box are two buttons “Automatic” and “Manual”, which, although confusingly named, cycle the box through its seven different patterns. The patterns are all actually pretty fun, and are as follows:

Acupuncture: a variety of very short wave bursts in a regular pattern. At lower intensities, it is an aggressive yet gentle stead prod. At higher intensities, it feels like a knife slicing into your skin.

Naprapathy: Also short wave bursts, but with more of an tatatat-pause-tatatat-pause type of regularity.

United Stroke: The waves are medium width, and there is a pattern of about 20 pulses then a break of a count of three or so.

Slow Stroke: The waves are medium width, and the pattern of how many pulses between breaks is shaped so that at first it’s just three, then six, then more, then more, then less, then less… This one feels the most like a massage to me.

Massage: A mixture of short waves and longer waves to simulate a steady massage like the sort one would get from a massage chair. It’s lovely.

Cupping: This one feels the most steady, but it tingles due to being incredibly rapid incredibly short length waves with a shaped intensity (shaped around whatever intensity level you set).

Scraping: This setting combines the cupping type of stimulation with the start stop type of stimulation seen in the acupuncture and naprapathy settings.

Now given that each of these patterns has 16 levels of intensity, and that within these 16 levels there are sensations ranging from plesent tingle to intense pain, that’s a lot to digest when learning to use this toy. I very quickly settled on some standbys:

1.Acupuncture gives intense painful sensations, so I use that when hurt is going to be part of the equation.
2.Massage works well for sexy times type play, when pain isn’t supposed to be part of the equation.
3.Intensity level 8 is a good rule of thumb for causing a reasonable level of pain. Don’t race beyond that level too fast or it might be *too* intense, and of course what a person can tolerate or likes will vary from person to person.
4.Intensity level 3 seems to be a good place to turn the unit to for gentle sexual type stimulation. Again, depends on the person.

All of the info (setting, intensity, time remaining) is shown visually on the screen. Of course, the more I played with this system, the more understanding I started to get about how the patterns work, and what feels good for me, and what seems to feel good on others. There is, as I have said, an impressive array of sensations available with this unit – and that’s not even taking into account placement of tens pads an other accessories!

This unit has wires that have snap connectors. Snap connectors are great because they can be pressed (and taped) onto metal objects with flat surfaces to electrify said metal object. I am thinking in particular of some metal cock rings, but even board surfaces like on large steel toys will work. However, you can certainly buy any number of accessories, lead wires, and adapters to help you use this box with any accessory you can dream of. One of my favorite accessories – a butterfly pad, is connected via snaps.

There are, however, limitations with this box. It only runs for 5, 10 or 15 minutes at a time (adjusted with the time button) and that’s final, no way around it. After time runs out, it turns off – you can of course, turn it on again and keep going. And you can’t adjust anything to do with frequency, speed of pulsation, or even just turn it on to steady intensity. Finally, if you have it set on “automatic” (just make sure you select your pattern with the “Manual” button), it adjusts the patterns and intensity automatically as your time runs down. A control freak like me gets very upset about stuff like that.

So all in all, this is an excellent unit, but for me, personally I prefer to have more control over what happens, so it is not my favorite. However, I actually think this would be my top recommendation for someone just looking to dabble in some electrosex without having to look at graphs and understand multiple dials and knobs…you know, the average sex toy consumer just looking for something that’s fun, not complicated.