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Volta from Fun Factory: versatile vibrator
I’ve been singing the praises of the Fun Factory Volta since 2018. This review replaces a previous roundup of several Fun Factory toys. Volta deserves its own review! – Joan
The Fun Factory Volta is a delightfully versatile vibrator for all genders and genitals. The curved shape and vibrating tips (I think of them as “flippers”) invite your creativity. It’s strong, playfully designed, and delivers pleasure and orgasms in a variety of ways.
How to use Volta
- Nuzzle a clitoris by surrounding the glans (protruding tip of the clitoris) with the flippers.
- Rest the curve of the Volta over the vulva for all-over stimulation.
- Separate the flippers to vibrate the clitoris and the vaginal entrance simultaneously.
- Cuddle or circle around the head of a penis, keeping the motion going.
- Encircle the penis with the flippers and squeeze together at the frenulum.
- Stroke the shaft of a penis with the flippers during fellatio.
- Any way you want! Use your imagination.
Pros
The Volta is not only versatile, it’s wonderfully strong! Take your choice of six intensity levels, oh my, and six rhythm patterns. It’s rumbly, which I prefer, rather than buzzy. I really appreciate the ergonomic handle with the “loop” for easy holding, even with lubed fingers. The power buttons are big and easy to see and feel.
Volta is colorful, playfully designed, well-made of body-safe, medical-grade silicone. It’s waterproof for shower, tub, and pool use. It charges easily and reliably via a USB magnetic charger, simple as can be. Use with water-based lubricant only.
Cons
Honestly, I can’t think of any.
Shamus MacDuff’s opinion of Volta for penises
I’ve tried numerous sex toys, both penis toys and gender-free vibrators. Among them all, Volta is the one I return to over and over again. I love it for both self-pleasuring and partner sex.
Looking at Volta I smile at its resemblance to a squid. A squid with attitude! Volta boasts six speeds and six patterns and is surprisingly powerful. It is fully waterproof, allowing shower play, and quite quiet, assisting privacy. It holds a charge for a long time.
When using it solo I enjoy applying Volta’s vibrating “mouth” first to my scrotum, then slowly moving it up my shaft to the frenulum. Doing this leisurely I increase the speed. By the time I reach “the place where it happens” I’m on the verge of ejaculation. Turning it up to the highest speed always results in an orgasm. Sometimes I edge with Volta’s different patterns, holding back and just enjoying the overall sense of well-being that produces.
My partner and I know that Volta will always do its job when she pleasures me. A combination of fellatio, lube, and then Volta inevitably brings me to ecstasy. When she applies the vibrating “mouth” to the ridge of my penis head I always come with a roar. We’ve learned that Volta will jolt ya!
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Favorite Sex Toys 2024
In November 2021, Shamus MacDuff and I posted our “Favorite Sex Toys for Seniors: Gift Guide for Our Lovers and Ourselves.” These remarkable products are still among our all-time favorites. Over the past four years, new notables have tickled our fancy, and we reach for them time after time. The pleasure tools below have earned elevation to our favorites list.
“Read more” links go to our past reviews of each product. In the reviews you’ll find links to our personally vetted retailers who support sexual pleasure, health, and education at our age and through the years ahead. Enjoy
Joan’s new favorites
Clitoral suction vibrators shaped like roses are trendy, and you’ll find several brands and models. They are not at all the same. My clear favorite is Inya the Rose, which captivated my heart and other body parts with just the right amount of suction and vibration and a super comfortable design (unlike another model I tried that seemed to stab and chew). Read more.
The new Pulse Queen from Hot Octopuss is rumbly, rumbly, rumbly, and magnificently strong! If you find buzzy vibes more annoying than stimulating, your clitoris will love the deep, rolling, rumbly oscillations of this one. Designed for external use in many different body positions. Read more.
Shamus’s new favorites
In 2023 Hot Octopuss celebrated the 10th anniversary of its superb penis toy, the Pulse, with a strikingly beautiful iridescent new model, the Pulse Essential Dragon Eye. Think of this as “Pulse the Magic Dragon.” Revving the powerful Pulse Plate technology to 3950 rpm this dragon will frolic with your member, hard or flaccid. It is fully waterproof for bathing play, easy to use, and hands-free should you wish. It’s my go-to solo pleasure toy. Read more.
Body Kisses by Gender X is a marvelous vibrating suction massager that performs penis magic. Slip the head of your cock into the toy’s mouth and activate the suction mode. Then start the vibrations against your frenulum while the toy dangles against your scrotum. Adjust the three speeds and four patterns to find your personal orgasmic combination. It’s the thingamabob that does the job! Read more.
Top Travel Toys
These toys aren’t new. They delighted us but somehow didn’t make it into our favorites list in previous years. This year they asserted themselves as our top travel toys:
Joan: At home or on the go, the We-Vibe Melt gives full-sized pleasure in a small, lightweight, ergonomic toy. Vibrating pulses of air feel to me like gentle, rhythmic sucking building to powerful, rhythmic sucking over 12 intensity levels. All this power in a toy that weighs just a few ounces. Read more.
Shamus: The new generation Tango X from We-Vibe is the perfect travel toy for penis owners. It is lightweight, fully waterproof, recharges quickly, and packs a lot of power into its small bullet-like shape. It is also relatively quiet. I turn it on and take it straight to the frenulum and penile ridge, raising the power in increments. It provides your member with a full workout rapidly resulting in an orgasm, with or without lube. With this toy it only takes one to Tango! Read more.
Don’t forget the lube
Without lubricant, sex toys would be just skin friction. Wicked Sensual Care’s simply® timeless line was created for the needs our age group. Remember to choose water-based or hybrid for use with silicone toys. Our favorites for use with sex toys: Hybrid for vulva and vagina and Jelle for penis. Read more.
Suck or Rotate? Two Strokers, reviewed by Shamus MacDuff
Suction Stroker (bottom); Rotating Stroker (top)
Both the Suction Stroker and Rotating Stroker from The One are penis strokers designed to mimic various aspects of fellatio. The One calls them “The Male Rose,” referring to a popular vulva toy called The Rose. “The Male Rose” brings to mind Juliet’s famous Shakespearean line: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.”
Our question is, do these strokers offer blow jobs as sweet as a partner’s mouth? Well, no, but they sure do suck and rotate!
The One Suction Stroker
For this penis owner, the Suction Stroker is the more successful of the two. Its sleeve for insertion has a small 3/4” opening, the size of a penny. Your penis must be erect and lubed to fit through the stretchable opening into the 4” deep chamber. Once you’re inside, three easily accessible buttons control five suction modes, ten vibration modes and the power level. Combine these to find many settings to your liking.
When operating, the toy clamps onto your member. You can even let it dangle hands-free while stroking your nipples or other erogenous zones. It not only sucks on your cock, but when hanging down, it also reverberates pleasantly against your balls.
Caveat: Once you’ve cleaned the Suction Stroker after use be sure to turn the motor on over the sink with the handle pointing down to eliminate any water that hasn’t already shaken out. Otherwise you’ll be sprayed by a tiny opening in the handle end when next you power up to play. The One should have mentioned this.
The Suction Stroker is 8” long and 3 1/2” wide, considerably larger and heavier (just under a pound!) than Body Kisses by Gender X. Even so, the large variety of pattern combinations is delightful, and for me, this “Male Rose” is a “keeper.”
The One Rotating Stroker
The Rotating Stroker requires hands-on at all times because it has a 2-1/2” wide mouth that doesn’t close around your penis. It has nine vibrating, rotating, thrusting patterns and a warming function. Frankly, these make me feel as if my member is a stick in a tug-of-war with my dog. Although personally I don’t find the wild thrashing actions sexy, you might like the sensations. A lubed and erect penis is required to successfully access the toy. The Rotating Stroker is 10” long, 2-1/2” wide, and 3-1/2” deep.
“Mouths” of Suction (L) and Rotating (R)
Both Strokers
These strokers are rather heavy and cumbersome compared to other penis toys I’ve reviewed. They are somewhat noisy, especially the Suction Stroker when it’s in full “enthusiastic mode.” Each toy comes with a USB magnetic charger, and they hold a charge for quite a while.
The “action ends” that envelop your penis are of silicone. Their chambers contain lots of soft silicone nubbles to surround your cock, which I enjoy. The handles that contain the motors are made of ABS plastic.
Neither stroker is waterproof. You’ll need to wash the silicone chambers of the strokers with warm water and gentle hand soap while being careful to keep water away from its handle.
Final Thoughts
I considered titling this review, “The Ray Gun and the Carp.” The Suction Stroker resembles the ray guns of science fiction fame. The opening of the Rotating Stroker looks like the mouth of a hungry carp. The “ray gun” definitely has the means to blow you away, and if you’re not careful the “carp” will swallow you in a thrash. I recommend the Suction Stroker with enthusiasm — the Rotating Stroker not so much.
Many thanks to Good Vibes for sending me the One’s Suction Stroker and Rotating Stroker in return for an honest review.
—Shamus MacDuff, age 80, was oblivious to the delights of sex toys for penises until age 73. He’s been making up for lost time! Read his other posts at https://joanprice.com/tag/shamus-macduff.
Pulse Solo Essential Dragon Eye review by Shamus MacDuff
The Pulse by Hot Octopuss is the trailblazer for top quality penis vibrators that can be used with or without an erection.
Its central “cradle” is cleverly designed to enwrap and arouse your penis. The strategically located, coin-shaped oscillating plate moves through various speeds and patterns to stimulate your frenulum, the most sensitive part of your penis. This excites nerves and brings you to a delightful orgasm. Pulse works with even the most flaccid penis.
Now there’s a new model: the shimmering blue Pulse Solo Essential Dragon Eye. It’s gorgeous to look at, and even better to experience!
Hot Octopuss pioneered penis vibrators with the original Pulse 10 years ago. Over the past decade they’ve added new models and refinements to their original “guybrator,” such as the Pulse Solo Lux and Pocket Pulse (no longer available, sorry), which I reviewed. Now, celebrating 10 years and over 2 million sold, they’ve introduced the beautiful blue Pulse Solo Essential Dragon Eye to their stable. All Pulses are fully waterproof, made of medically safe silicone, and can be enjoyed with or without lube (use water-based only).
The word essential in the name of this new Pulse model is especially relevant for us senior penis owners. The Dragon Eye has all the essentials to produce penis pleasure regardless of whether you can obtain or sustain an erection. You don’t need to have an erection to reach orgasm using this beauty. Yes, a flaccid penis is capable of orgasm. The Pulse Solo Essential is the right tool for your tool!
Controls are easy: a button on one side turns it on and off and cycles through patterns. The “+” and “-” buttons on the other side control the speed and intensity. A charger is included. And it’s waterproof!
I use my Dragon Eye primarily to masturbate solo. Slowly revving it up to top speed brings me to an erection. I then have fun alternating among the toy’s five patterns, and practicing edging for a while, before finally ejaculating. As a recent experiment, my partner manipulated the toy on my lubed member while I reclined in mounting ecstasy. Although Dragon Eye isn’t specifically designed for partner play, this caper produced a wonderful orgasm. My partner said she found my pleasure both delightful and arousing!
The symbol of a Dragon Eye is unusual and has several possible referents. The one that appears most appropriate as a name for this sexual pleasure enhancer is its spiritual meaning: the balance of love, power and wisdom. You’ll be wise to purchase a Dragon Eye Pulse Solo Essential, and you’re sure to love the power it gives you!
The Dragon Eye is a limited edition, so buy yours now while it’s available! Thank you, Hot Octopuss, for sending me the Dragon Eye in return for an honest review.
—Shamus MacDuff, age 80, was oblivious to the delights of sex toys for penises until about 6 years ago. He’s been making up for lost time! Read his other posts at https://joanprice.com/tag/shamus-macduff.