First Mate Silicone Dildo
$46 from Good Vibes

Even though the First Mate silicone dildo is smaller than the captain, it’s still quite a large dildo. Were it made of a firmer material/composition than it is, I probably wouldn’t enjoy it very much. However, I was thrilled to note that the silicone is softer than I was expecting. While this isn’t VixSkin, it certainly feels more realistic than any of the Tantus dildos I’ve tried. It squishes a bit when I squeeze it in my hand and I can bend the shaft a few degrees either way. This is definitely aided by the length of the toy. I haven’t even gotten around to fully inserting it and won’t even try because my cervix isn’t a big fan of that.

The First Mate measures in at 7 3/4″ and all but 1/2″ is insertable. This dildo has a width that varies between 1 3/4″ and 1 1/2″. It falls firmly in the realm of medium/large toys and is larger than most toys I’ve tried so that gives you quite the idea about the captain dildo. I had to use quite a bit or lube and them some more and, finally, more lube. The design is realistic and features veining and a drastically contoured head. Even though the shaft is quite straight, the bulbous head should provide enough G-spot stimulation from most, if the bulk doesn’t do it by itself.

It may have been the type of lube I used but I found the First Mate a little difficult to use and I had to keep reapplying. It was just a bit too big to glide easily so I found it better to use stationary with the use of a clitoral vibe. However, the contoured head was pretty great for clitoral stimulation, too. It felt fairly realistic to me.

The silicone of this dildo is a softer, more velvety finish as opposed to shinier silicones. It’s available in multiple flesh tones ranging from pale to pure black–which I received. The plastic blister pack is the only packaging/storage material that it comes with and it’s too bulky to be functional. Like any silicone, it tends to collect lint. It washes with soap and water but the base of the toy is slick — not slick enough to function as a suction cup, though — and hair and lint is more difficult to rinse off from this part of the toy.

Although the First Mate dildo isn’t perfect for me, I enjoyed the softer texture of the sex toy and think my readers will as well. That’s why I’m happy to offer one of these dildos to one of you in the form of a giveaway — thanks to Good Vibes!

In order to qualify, you must be 18+, live in the United States and participate in the mandatory entry: Visit Good Vibes and tell me another toy you’d like to try.

Then, rack up some extra entries using any of these methods (Leave a comment for every entry):

• Leave a relevant/thoughtful comment on any other recent (three months or so) post. Leave a comment here with a link to your comment.
• Follow me on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway (once daily). For example: @adriana_r is giving away a pure silicone dildo. Visit of Sex and Love to enter https://ofsexandlove.com/2011/07/09/first-mate-silicone-dildo-review-and-giveaway/ Ends 7/24
• Stumble/like this post on StumbleUpon (you can find a handy Share/Save widget on every post page that allows you to submit this post to social bookmarking sites).
• Blog about this giveaway, including a link directly to this post.

The giveaway will end two weeks from today, on July 24th, and I will use a plug-in to randomly generate a single winner. The winner will be contacted by me via e-mail and Good Vibes will mail the First Mate dildo directly to the winner.

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