Posted by red on October 12th, 2009 in Cock Toys, Not So Awesome Sex Toys, Review, Vibrator

Recently, Roi was lucky enough to have a few men’s sex toys sent his way for review from the fabulous Tabu Toys. The first, “Dr. Joel’s Stroking Power Pump” was sort of a hit, yet sort of a miss. Forced to judge it on my standard five point scale, Roi gives this toy three stars.

What’s Not So Awesome? It’s extremely difficult (perhaps impossible) to clean properly, and the stroking action is limited and not so effective. Finally, the toy takes four C cells.

Rating:

He Says…

This toy – which is my first pump, is an example of three good products getting mashed together to make one mediocre product. The bullet provides a good intensity of vibration, and the pump provides good suction and maintains the vacuum quite well. However, the stroking action is nothing to write home about. The sleeve that you insert your penis in is quite short and very tight, which results in the stroking action translating down the sleeve only as far as your head – while this is enjoyable, it left me wanting a longer stroke. The nail in the coffin, however, is that the stroking action results in the bullet vibe mashing into my head with every downward movement.

She Says…

Wow, what a chaotic toy! It’s huge and basically out of control with all its bells and whistles. There is nothing discreet about this toy – sound, size or otherwise. Yeah, it’s a pump, so the size is appropriate for that, and as a pump it does fare well. There’s a nice plastic handle with a good grip for control, and the cock barrel is rigid plastic with a TPR seal/inner sleeve. The bulb for pressurizing is attached by a very short connection to the plastic tube, and of course features a bleed valve. It seals very well and is easy to control. The vibration/stroking, however, just seems lame. The stroking gets lost quickly as the inner sleeve is very thin and is being “stroked” by having the bullet tug at the top of the sleeve. Likewise, the vibration is localized in the bullet, which isn’t exactly in contact with most/any of the cock.

The toy basically relies on the sleeve to transmit the stroking and vibrating. The inner sleeve is permanently affixed to the inner bullet and can’t be removed to aid in washing. I can’t figure out how to wash this toy – you can’t just fill it with water as the electronics are not really sealed up or anything – but how else do you clean out a non-removable sleeve. To me, this toy is a fail, and left to my own devices, I would have rated it even lower. Roi, however, says the pumping is nice and the non-stroking vibrating feels pleasant, thus feeling like it’s worthy of three stars.