This is an archived review of a discontinued product.
I never gave much thought to cock rings, vibrating or otherwise, but one day my husband and I decided “Why not?” and picked one up at the local store. Of course, by “picked one up”, I mean he made me physically pick it out and pay for it.
The concept of the cock ring is pretty simple. The ring is placed around the base of the cock to slow blood flow and prolong erection. A vibrating cock ring has a small bullet that vibrates to give pleasure to both parties. Ideally, the bullet is positioned near the clitoris. I thought the idea it pretty nice, but the application of a vibrating cock ring just didn’t work out so well.
Play is a line of sexual aids by Durex, and their disposable cock ring goes under the moniker Vibrations. Vibrations offers approximately 20 minutes of pleasurable vibrations at the same speed. This cock ring by Durex can be turned off, so, technically, it could be used over several shorter sessions. However, I would not advise this. Durex does not list materials on any of its sites, and I cannot recall if the package said so, but if this cock ring is made of rubber or jelly, then it cannot be properly sterilized and should only be used once.
As for my experience, I found this a bit difficult to use. For starters, the button to push to turn it on was a bit tricky, especially after the ring was already around the base of the penis. It took some effort to turn it on.
As for stimulation, I was rather disappointed. Try as we might, I just couldn’t find a good position where the tiny bullet was actually on my clit. Generally, it was further down my vulva, closer to my vagina. We tried with the bullet ‘up’ in missionary style and this yielded the best results. Several other positions yielded a general vibration around the vulva, which I did not find especially pleasurable. We also turned the ring around so the bullet was toward the bottom and tried doggy style. In this position, I couldn’t feel the vibrations at all. Maybe we just didn’t try hard enough, but I could not find a position that was pleasurable.
From his point of view, the vibrations tickled, and the ring itself did not seem to have any effect because it was rather large.
For its price and size, the vibrations were decent, but the toy was a little loud despite its small stature.
Overall, I was not impressed by Durex’s Play Vibrations cock ring. However, I am still interested in cock rings and might try a larger ring and bullet in the future, which would make it easier to come in contact with my clitoris as well as a smaller ring to provide more stimulation for my partner.
I believe it’s probably TPR silicone because that’s what my Durex finger vibe was made out of (according to Eden), but yeah. not surprised that this sucked. You should definitely try something with a bigger bullet that extends further up. I am determined to find the perfect cock ring… someday…