Hello lovely readers,
I have a treat for you – the wonderful SexToys.co.uk have sent me a product to test and I think you'll be a little excited. It launched yesterday and it's called the REV1000.
It's a male product and let's get the nitty gritty out of the way – it'll set you back £120. Quite pricey for a sex toy, yes, but it's rechargeable which will save a small fortune in batteries and it comes with two different inserts (the mechanism for which I'll describe later).
What's different about this male toy when compared to other male products is it revolves. Most of the successful male toys such as the Tenga Fliphole and the Fleshlights are simply contoured sleeves in a sturdy case that you use for masturbation and then there’s the Cobra Libre which is a male vibrator. These are, so I'm told, pretty darn good (and I get a lot of pleasure from fondling the Tenga). But there's very little variety and they require quite a bit of work.
The REV1000 is motorised and this means you've got a whole host of settings to play with.
So let me describe the whole experience.
It all begins at www.sextoys.co.uk when you make you order (with free delivery). It should arrive a couple of days later, discreetly packaged and delivered safely. You'll open the box and be greeted to the lovely packaging you can see in this image:
As you can see, it's not quite at the same level of some of the packaging for luxury brands such as Lelo (link to packaging) – but it's pretty nice and certainly not as tacky as many male product packages and that's good enough for me.
You'll open your new plaything and find these things included: a charger, instruction manual, 2 sleeves and 4 different charger adapters and a little sample of lubricant.
Then we come to the product itself:
A sleek, black casing protecting the rotating mechanism inside. It's certainly not tacky and wouldn't look out of place in a sleek, modern kitchen! It's a gadget, and that's what we want from a male product.
It looks great, but unfortunately the build quality/design isn't quite perfect as I'll describe. The whole thing comes apart and can be twisted and screwed in a variety of ways, firstly you unscrew the cap which protects the opening, you can then unscrew and remove the cap which has a silicone opening in it leaving it open to just the silicone sleeve inside. You can then unscrew and remove the whole of the shaft which protects the mechanism and the mechanism inside has another screw cap that you need to remove if you want to take out the silicone sleeve...sound complicated? It really isn't – the benefit is you can clean and dry all the individual bits separately which is handy. Now all this is fine (some of the screw fastenings are not as smooth as I'd like but that's a minor niggle) but the issue is with that last screw cap. When you insert a silicone sleeve into the mechanism the sleeve has a lip that over hangs the edge of the mechanism – the cap then slides on top of the lip and it's a very snug fit because it needs to hold the silicone sleeve in place. The issue with this is that it's very, very easy to damage the delicate silicone sleeve on the cap and in fact I did just that the second time I changed the sleeve. A bit of a design flaw in my eyes. So if you get it, change the sleeves with a lot of care!
Ok, so I've told you how it looks and how it fastens together – now for the mechanism...this sits in the heart of the device and is attached with a magnet to the handle portion. It seems sturdy and secure enough and I don't think it'll be easy to break.
Right so you've opened your toy, you've seen how it works and you've charged it for the obligatory 8 hour full charge before first use. And you're ready to play.
You first need to remove the outer cap and lube up the silicone insert, the silicone opening and yourself. You'll find that the little sachet of lube provided isn't enough so make sure you've got a good quality, water based lube available. You should avoid silicone lubricants with silicone toys as this can make the material melt. Although I am told some of the really high quality silicone lubes are ok, I wouldn't risk it.
Then you need to insert yourself which is easier done if you're already erect – Sextoys.co.uk say that the REV1000 is perfect because it can be used alone, and it can, and that's great, but if you have an extra pair of hands to do the “hardening” step it can only be a good thing ;).
Once you've inserted you need to switch the toy on. There's a power button in the centre and then you use the up and down buttons to increase the speed/power and the left to right buttons to change the setting. Sextoys.co.uk say there are 7 speeds and 7 functions giving you 49 different combinations. There's a continual spin function and then variations of half turns, quarter turns and turns in different directions. There's certainly a lot to play with.
The only problem with all these settings is just how strong and loud they are (when my other half joked that one of the settings sounded like a laser printer, we both fell into fits of giggles). Immediately me and my partner noticed the noise and he found that with more than half of the settings they were so strong and fast that they made him go numb, not to mention the fact that he couldn't ignore the noise and it got a little distracting. If you like a more delicate sensation on your penis then it's maybe not the toy for you. That said, if you like a nice powerful stimulation and don't mind the noise, it does have a lot of settings to play with, is really easy to use and rechargeable. The fella especially liked it when he was already very aroused and we'd had a long teasing session because he then felt less desensitised by the power.
The 2 silicone sleeves provided were very similar to one another which was a bit of a shame – they both had lots of silicone nodules down every side (one had a smooth nodule and the other a nodule with a bulge in it) and a bunch of smaller nodules right at the end, they're very soft silicone and not too structured which does mean on the faster settings you can't feel the “detail” as much but the softness has its benefits too.
The device is so simple to use, is fairly lightweight for the size of it, has a good sized handle making it easy to hold and the buttons are fairly easy to operate in use. The buttons are also well defined meaning you can use it with your eyes closed!
Cleaning was a doddle – take all the pieces apart, keep the device itself and the mechanism separate and bung all the other parts in some warm soapy water, rinse well and dry, leaving the parts all separated until fully dry before putting it back together. Then you can bang it back in its lovely box ready for its next outing.
Overall, it is a decent male toy and it works really well, it's a little pricey but it is rechargeable and it does work as a solo toy or to use together with a partner. It definitely does have its niggles – the noise and strength are a little over powering but that may suit some men perfectly.
Definitely a toy worth considering if you're looking for a treat for the man in your life this Christmas.
Kisses,
Alicia d'Amore <3
P.s. – this was a product I was asked to feature but I’ve (as always) tried to keep my review very honest which I hope comes across. With any feature products I’ll also add a note so you know that I’ve been asked to feature the product.
