I have to say, this wasn't my proudest purchase that I've ever made. I was really excited when I looked at this harness online. Corset lacing? Soft fuzzy material? Leg straps? All combined into one harness?! Sign me up! I kind of wish I'd been able to look at it in person before committing. The soft material is really nice, but based on a) its location and b) its function, it tends to get less fuzzy very, very quickly. The leather is great, I have no complaints about that, but after receiving the product I quickly realized the velvety business would have been better suited for an actual corset, rather than something that's going to be rubbing against my "bathing suit area."

The corset lacing is also - surprise! - difficult to adjust. The harness itself requires some maneuvering to get onto your body, and once it's there it's a tad bit difficult to shimmy it to the right places so that you can get all the straps in the right place and be able to tighten the laces. With all of the lacing on the back and the multiple straps to put your legs through and tighten, it's just a bit tedious. When I'm about to have sex, I don't often want to feel like I have to get through an Escher maze to do it, but that was kind of where I was.

Once I had the harness on, I went to put the dildo in and had to do even more adjusting to make that happen. Unfortunately, the harness was less durable than I wanted it to be. Maybe I was using the wrong size ring for my chosen dildo, but it was a little more wiggly than I wanted. Probably more annoying for my partner, who was on the receiving end, but it should probably be noted either way. The harness also didn't tighten enough in the right places in the back to feel secure, so I kept thinking it was going to fall off (though, to its credit, it didn't).

When I was actually in the middle of "the deed," the issues I had with it were much less noticeable. The dildo never came out and the harness never came off, and being lost in the moment I wasn't really thinking about the velvet fluid equation or the coordination difficulties I had just experienced. It did move around more than I wanted it to. I have small legs, and the straps didn't go tight enough for my liking, and due to the low backing it was hard to feel like it had a good grip on my body.

All in all, it wasn't a terrible experience, and it did do its job as a dildo-holding harness. I couldn't have had a dick without it, so I suppose I have it to thank for that. Could have happily spent about $20 less on it, though.

Though it sounds odd, I must add that the burlesque-ish appearance of this harness makes it very pretty to look at. If anyone was doing a stage show, or performance, or photo shoot, or anything of that nature I would recommend this in a heartbeat. It has a very artistic quality to it and would add a lot to a "scene" just by its visual nature.

I bought this harness and dildo as a surprise for an ex of mine when we were together. I didn't tell him I was buying it, and we had a date one night where we were alone in the house. I blindfolded him and had him lay on the bed, telling him that I had a surprise for him. I then took the harness out of its bag and attempted to put it on.

Granted, I have some fault in this for not trying it on BEFORE I had my partner blindfolded on the bed next to me, but that was probably the longest 5 minutes of my life. There is nothing that makes you feel more like a tool than being totally naked in the middle of a dark room, trying to be sexy while getting tangled in leather straps and corset lacing.

Not to say you shouldn't buy it based on my experience, but you definitely SHOULD take the time to figure out how to turn it from "pile of confusing fabric in front of me" to "useful strappy sex-machine" before you're in the heat of the moment.