The overall width is too small for any but the most basic beginner. It went in easily with a little lube, but it's just not wide enough to do any good! After holding it in my bottom for a while, my sphincter was no more relaxed, dilated or stretched than when we started. I'm sure because he tried to enter after we took this out, and I was nowhere near ready. It hurt like hell when he tried, and he said that my anus didn't look any more open than before I wore the plug.

I mentioned having to hold it in; you can't move around or do hardly anything else while this is in --which puts a damper on the whole experience. The difference in diameter between the flared portion and the more narrow neck below it is too small for my sphincter to grip and keep it in. So it pops right out unless you sit on it or hold it in with your hand. The base itself is too big, though. I want to start wearing a plug around some during the day, but the base on this one doesn't fit between my ass cheeks well enough that that I could put on clothes and go anywhere without somebody seeing the shape of the base protruding from my butt! The last thing is that it has a latex-y smell that has hung around through the two times I've tried it, including cleaning afterward.

So to sum up, if you have never tried anal, or if you are just really tight, this plug might be okay to get used to the feeling, but it will not get you ready to go further by itself, and you can't do much else while using it other than hold it in.