LoveHoney sent me a sample of this toy and it’s waiting for me at home. I’m on a business trip for my day job, so I don’t have first-hand experience to share with you yet.

It’s interesting and cute, a home version of the intimidating, industrial, and totally hot Chainsaw Masochist at fuckingmachines.com.

I’m annoyed by the marketing, though. I know it’s tongue-in-cheek (heh), but to claim that because this machine feels so good that “your boyfriend should be worried” just ticks me off. There is still too much worry about this ludicrous idea for me to find it funny. I’m not offended by it, I just think it’s an irksome way to go, and that it has the opposite effect of of the intention: selling the toy.

For one thing, if a man actually believes that and gets nervous or even prevents his partner from having sex toys, then both partners are deprived of a pleasurable exploration and also won’t buy the Sqweel. For another, this toy will work just as well (or not-well) on a man as on a women. It’s the vibration that makes vibrators so “meh” for a lot of men, not the fact that it’s a sex toy — don’t you think this might feel great on the head, shaft, scrotum, or perineum? Or even nipples?

Love Honey does recommend trying it on various areas, using it with partners, and that it is in actuality a machine for any and all sexes. Perhaps I’m just cranky because I’m traveling without a partner or a Sqweel to ease my tension. *evil grin*

Anyway. So far that’s my gripe as I haven’t actually used it yet. I have my testers — man and woman — lined up for the weekend of October 24th, after which I will share our thoughts on the subject right here in this very blog.