Smartballs - vaginal balls discontinued by Fun Factory - review by Ollie Vee

I've used the old school ben-wa balls in the past. I thought I'd try these because there's no plating to flake or chip. I had a hysterectomy years ago. Without a uterus and cervix to push down with, removing loose balls involves a lot of poking and one instance where I thought I'd have to make an ER trip to remove it. Since these girls (boys?) have a loop to pull and are connected, I thought I'd give these a shot.

They're cute and easy to clean but I had issues. First they didn't want to go in, they are thick and the shape and bendyness makes insertion a bit rough. If you've ever forgotten to pull the old tampon out while changing it for a new one or else tried the trick of two tampons at once for extra protection, it's that same kind of awkward "I can't get it in, what the?" I figured lube and patience was the key and I could get them in while lying on my back and nudging them around. Problem was I have a short vagina and the pointed tip would poke out, which was painful. Pushing it back in helped for a little while but the something would shift it. If it were a half-inch shorter I might not have this problem, or maybe it was the pointy tip.

While I could make some percussion doing Kegels and abdominal exercises, the balls had more of a bubble feel which made me think I had a really bad and annoying case of the cuifs. Ew. I heard them make clunking noises frequently-- not loud but my hearing's above average so maybe it was just me. Not as noisy as the rin-no-tama/ben-wa jingle but it made me wonder if other people could hear it. One amusing note: I scared a couple of my cats while wearing these. They were arching their backs and fluffing their tails at apparently nothing-- then they'd look at me like I was going to shoot lasers from my eyes. It took me a bit to figure out that if I can hear the balls rattle, they really can!

Much as I don't like pink toys, I think I'll try the Teneo line- no pointed tip at the end.