The Hitachi Magic Wand is a classic massager. When the engineers set pencil to paper to draw up the plans for this beauty I often wonder if they had any idea what an iconic sex toy they were creating. After all, when you are designing a dildo, you know what it is going to be used for. The Magic Wand, on the other hand, was at least ostensibly designed to massage the sore muscles in your shoulders, back, and legs. But just about anyone who has used one knows how good it is at making us feel good in other places too.

The Magic Wand is a corded massager. Its overall length (not including the cord) is 12.25 inches. The handle is made out of hard plastic and measures about 9.25 inches. There is a plastic coated foam rubber head that is 2.5 inches in diameter by 2.25 inches in length. The balance of the overall length is a flexible neck that connects the ball head with the handle. The cord is a little over six feet long and has a two-bladed polarized plug. The only control on the handle is a rocker switch for selecting high or low vibrations.

The ball head can be removed by grasping it and pulling and twisting it straight off. We recommend getting an Off With Your Head attachment by Vixen to replace the ball head. The head that comes with the Magic Wand cannot be sterilized, is prone to discoloration with age and can become cracked over time. The Off With Your Head attachment is 100% silicone and solves all of these problems and has the added benefit of some pleasure inducing enhancements. You just need to make sure you save the original head in case you want to use any of the attachments you can get to go with your Magic Wand such as the Gee Whizzard or the Gee Whiz. They don’t fit over the Off With Your Head attachment.

The Hitachi Magic Wand has two settings: Low and High. The low setting is a very powerful, very rumbly low-frequency vibration. The High setting is only slightly higher in frequency, but still very rumbly and still very powerful. The Magic Wand does not have any way to control the speed of these vibrations other than this switch. There are also no escalation modes or patterns. You get high, or you get low. It is simple, it is straight forward, and it works…..really, really, well. High or low, though, you are going to get a lot of noise. The Hitachi Magic Wand is not a quite vibrator by any stretch of the imagination.

As a guy I enjoy vibrations. I like having vibrations on my prostate both internally and externally (I love the Gee Whizzard!). I like having vibrations on my cock and balls. I even like when Mrs. Peg puts a vibrator on my nipples. It feels good. For the most part, though, I cannot achieve an orgasm with vibration alone. There are two exceptions that I have found. One is a fantastic bullet vibe with a corded controller by the folks at Pleasure Works that I am hoping EdenFantasys will be carrying soon. It has very powerful low frequency vibrations that are amazing for a battery powered bullet vibrator. The other vibrator that gets me off is the Magic Wand. Mrs. Peg uses the pointed finger of the Off With Your Head on the head of my penis and my frenulum. The high setting drives me a little bonkers and fills me with intense anticipation. The low setting pushes me over the edge. She has even fastened my cock to the Magic Wand with hair bands to get me off in auto mode. Being tied up with the Magic Wand strapped to your cock is deliciously maddening torture. The good (and bad) thing is it doesn’t take long at all for me to have an orgasm this way.

Mrs. Peg was not a fan of the Magic Wand right out of the box. She needs low frequency rumbly vibrations to get her off so the Hitachi is perfect for her in that regard. She could not, however, handle the sheer power of this toy. The frequency was right, it was the intensity that was all wrong. To help her enjoy this more I put a slide dimmer on an extension cord which works pretty well. You can also use a router speed controller (at your local tool shop….not a computer router) to control the power on the Magic Wand. I have also read about people putting socks on the head to dampen the intensity of the vibrations.

This is one of those ‘must-haves’ in your toy box as far as we are concerned. It is truly a classic and something that you have to try at least once. Chances are you will come back for more, even if you do have to customize your ride a little after you first time.