Before we begin, I must confess that I'm unfamiliar with the tale of Aladdin beyond it containing a genie, or anything from the Tales of the Arabian Nights, and I thought that the genie of the lamp was the classic "Three Wishes" genie, while a genie in a bottle remained with whoever discovered it for life. With the Genie M-cup, however, it seems that I had it backwards. When I received it, I found that had a tear-away seal keeping the lid on, much like what you'd find on some candy containers, instead of the screw-on lid that I expected. The second thing I noticed was that it was very light; my Head Honcho is a little heavier than this. This lead me to read the outside of the can, and find something that I didn't see in the pictures or on the store page for it: this thing is supposed to be disposable.

Don't get me wrong, it can be used multiple times, but it is a massive pain. Because of its disposable nature and closed-end design, cleaning this thing takes forever. Once you're past that hurdle, you have the durability problems. Mine arrived with a minor tear in the entrance cover, and after the first use, it began to separate from the top of the cup. Carefully tearing it out will allow for the sleeve to be cleaned more easily due to the fact that it can be inverted, but when I did this, I found small tears throughout the inside. If you plan on hanging onto it long enough for it to need a cleaning, soap and water or toy cleaner should do the job. This thing's made of TPE, so it can't be boiled, although it's supposedly safe with silicone lubricants.

Use of the M-cup is pretty simple: Just remove the seal, open it up, take the lubricant sample and foam ring out of the entrance, lube it up, put on an episode of I Dream of Jeannie, and remind yourself what USAF Major Tony Nelson's missing for most of the series. The nubbed internal surface and soft TPE feels great, although that may be partially because there's a foam spacer between the actual sleeve and the cup itself. Bear in mind that the textures for the other variants will be different than the texture in the Fire and Ice variant. Actually, this is the softest sleeve I've ever had, and while that might contribute to the durability issues, is definitely an asset during use.

There is a sealed air hole on the underside of the cup, and I would have left the seal on if that tear hadn't been in the outer surface. The constant flatulent noises caused by air escaping through the tear were a bit of a mood-killer. Thankfully, removing the seal over the air hole solved that, albeit at the cost of the suction the sleeve previously offered.

The intent of the Genie M-Cup being disposable is the source of most of, if not all my complaints. And here's the sad part: This design has great potential. If they would make the sleeve removable from the cup without physically tearing it out, make the material thicker, manufacture with repeated use in mind, and maybe make it so both ends screw off for easier cleaning, they'd have a toy that I'd have no difficulty in recommending. That said, at this point, the only way I can recommend this is if someone has never tried a masturbation sleeve before, wants to give it a test drive, and wants something that they can't feel guilty about tossing into the trash. It does its job and does it well, but it doesn't have the staying power like the Doc Johnson Super Sucker or the Suction Stroker. It's a sleeve built for the sprint, not the marathon, and I wish that were backwards