Lustpunk – the LELO Soraya

My love for LELO products is deep and evangelical. My toy drawer is full of chic black boxes, I bought my best friend a Lily for her 40th birthday, and every time anyone says “sex toys?” in an unconvinced kind of voice I direct them to the website and their whole perception of what a sex toy looks like changes. To sum it up, I’m known to be a sex toy elitist.

A while ago I took the survey at LELO.com and when it asked what I’d be interested in them producing in the future, I said a waterproof vibrator. As I already owned a few LELO products, I felt they pretty well had most of my needs covered, but considering the amount of time I spend immersed in water, not having something buzzy and waterproof seemed a bit of a lack. So it was pure serendipity when I got an email from LELO asking if I’d be interested in reviewing their products, and another advertising Insignia, their new waterproof line. Two days later, the vet downstairs kindly signed for a mysterious parcel, and I bore it excitedly upstairs.

The design snob in me salivates at good packaging and sleek, ergonomic shapes. I love that LELO panders to the sort of woman who is halfway to aroused by the fact that her toy has a smart box to keep it in, has a black satin pouch to transport it in, and that everything about the design of the toy has been thought through. All LELO products are amazingly tactile and strokeable, and all curves and smooth lines. The responsible adult in me is also pleased by the fact that they are non-toxic and phthalate-free, as well as rechargeable and come with a country-specific charger (they last for hours).

Every time I try anything LELO I think it’s the best thing ever, but I’m beginning to think that the Soraya might be. I’ve been suspicious of rabbit-style vibrators ever since trying one and finding it sadly ineffective, but I think I’m being won round. Most of the eight different vibrations on the Soraya are concentrated on the external stimulator, although some work with or independently from the internal part (despite extensive research, I find I’m a bit hazy about how the pulses and vibrations work, due to a tendency to get distracted during my research). There are three buttons on the Soraya, which I found made it easier to switch between modes (as opposed to the two or four on my other models), and the upside of easy-access controls is fingers accidentally convulsing on the button and switching spontaneously. One of the design features I also liked is the hole in the handle, which made it easy to hold the toy, and one of the coolest aspects (which somewhat baffled me at first) is that the hole for the charger reseals itself when the charger is removed.

I spent most of the weekend in the company of my new friend, and I can say fairly unequivocally that this toy works. The external bit (the sticky-outty bit) is where most of the action is concentrated, and cursory appearances are deceptive: initially I thought this would work like the ears on a rabbit vibrator (i.e. designed to hit your clit when the toy is inserted), but it clearly doesn’t. It’s great as a warm-up, and then it can be bent to the ideal position, at which point earth-shattering orgasms ensue. I love everything about the Soraya: I love how it looks and feels, I love that it isn’t too big, I love that it’s waterproof and I love the variations in the frequencies of the pulses/vibrations, which more than hit my happy places. Now, of course, I want to try all the others in the Insignia line…

And finally, as an ex-punk, I love that in the manual, “pleasure point” in English is “lustpunk” in German.