The Best New Sex Toy Is an Oscillating Vibrator

When you use a lot of sex toys, they can all start to blend together—in part because they all seem to vibrate in slight variations of the same way. Some toys may be more powerful than others, but they all pretty much make a basic rumbling motion. Or so I thought—until I learned about Hot Octopuss’s new clitoral stimulator, which uses an oscillator to create movement.

Up until this month, Hot Octopuss was best-known for the Pulse, a male sex toy that also uses oscillations instead of the typical vibrations in sex toys. But now this unique technology is also reaching vulva owners with the Queen Bee. This unique vibrator uses Hot Octopuss’s special “Pulse Plate” technology to create extremely powerful, high-amplitude oscillations.

Confused about what that means? Yeah, so was I—so I asked a Hot Octopuss rep to explain this new technology. She told me that a pistonlike device inside the product moves the surface of the head, so while it may feel a bit like a typical vibrator’s buzzing, it’s really just moving up and down very quickly. Though Queen Bee isn’t the first oscillating sex toy, it’s different from many of the other ones on the market in that it doesn’t look like a slightly scary medical device, but like a sleek hairbrush:

When I first turned on the toy, I had the urge to hold it against my hand, my leg, and pretty much every part of me. The vibrations felt relaxing, almost like leaning against a jacuzzi jet. Using it as a sex toy, I felt no need to take off my pants, even on a low setting. I just held it down there, feeling an unusual sense of relaxation wash over me. It was as if the cloth of my pants was absorbing the vibrations and distributing them throughout my body.

Without clothes, though, the sensation just wasn’t the same. Instead of feeling it throughout my body, the vibration stopped at the surface, and it was way too intense to put directly over my clitoris. The most I could do was hold it over my outer labia and let the waves travel through, but even then it didn’t feel as strong as it did with my pants on.

So I got dressed again, and within two or three minutes, it was giving me a powerful orgasm that felt almost like it was happening in slow motion. Everything clenched up and froze for a few seconds before release, which felt more full-bodied than what most vibrators deliver. After recovering, I placed it back over my pants to see if this was one of the few magical toys that can give me a second orgasm. Sure enough, it passed that test—although afterward, it left me numb, tingly, and a bit uncomfortable.

The verdict? The Queen Bee’s oscillations really do provide a different feeling from your standard vibration. They stimulate the entire external vulva, not just the clitoris which, at least for me, lead to orgasms that feel more diffuse and drawn out. This toy is perfect for those days when you just want to take a couple minutes from what you’re doing and rub one out with very little effort. Literally, all you have to do is turn it on and put it between your legs, and the oscillator will do all the work—no hands necessary.

And if you’re like me and hate closing your windows, you can use this thing covertly and while fully clothed: Nobody looking in will have any idea what you’re doing.

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