The Sophia is a pretty, smooth, powerful wand massager-style vibrator that really delivers no matter the user's preferences. It can be used for any gender, on any external part of the body, to really massage away tension and drive to mind-blowing orgasms. Its vibrations are deep and buzzy and target any tense muscle it's laid on. One of my favorite unexpected things about this is that the vibrations carry easily down the handle - the whole toy buzzes. It's super easy to hold due to the nice, ergonomic handle, and the head is super-flexible, so it can be used solo or on/with a partner. You can place it between two bodies to rock off slowly on, or you can target the clitoris for an efficient orgasm. All in all, this is definitely a toy that encourages experimentation!

The silicone used for the Sophia is truly amazing - you can tell this is a luxury toy from the moment you pick it up and actually put it on your body! It's super-smooth and feels absolutely wonderful on the skin. It's just as pleasurable to hold as to actually use it. The Sophia has no smell and no taste; I don't even recall that new-silicone smell when I opened it up for the first time.

This toy is wonderful for sex toy users of all experience levels - it's a wonderful high-quality, incredibly well-designed update on the standard massager wand. The nice sloped handle feels great with the considerable weight of the toy in the hand, and it's easy to hold in multiple ways and use on a partner or on yourself. The control pad at the end of the handle has no learning curve - two buttons to stop/start the vibrations and another to cycle through the available options. I love that it has instant "off" and doesn't take a minute to slow down before it stops. The head is flexible in all directions, which makes it no worries to press harder against the skin. Honestly, this is one of the best-designed toys I've used, both in looks and function. It's super easy to find a way to use it so it can please you.

The Sophia is not very discreet - anybody familiar with it will probably know exactly what it is, but in my opinion it's still great for travel, since it charges via USB (no wall tether!) and is of a nice, manageable size.

The Sophia claims to be waterpoof, but I'm doubtful of the seal that protects the USB charging port, so I'm wary of actually trying it out in the shower given my experience with similar USB-charged toys that had a very short life due to moisture exposure.

As mentioned before, the controls are amazingly easy. Just one button for "on" or "off", and another to cycle through the vibration patterns. Being a steady-vibration fan myself, I was impressed with the array of options for that - there are three intensities of steady, constant vibration, along with a few different pulsating patterns. I love that the vibrations travel all the way through the toy - it makes it nice for placing between two bodies or laying on the body creatively, such as using the handle to stimulate the vulva.

As with any toy that promises buzzy vibration you're going to get some of the sound that comes with that buzz, but I don't think this toy can be heard through a door. This toy invites pressing in varying intensities against the skin, and it'll get louder as you press and flex the massage head. It's not terribly disruptive. I have not taken it in the shower yet, but I can see it performing very well in the water, and imagine it would be perfect to use in water with a partner - especially for body massage.

The smoothness of the Sophia makes it super-easy to clean - just soap and hot water do the job in a flash. I have cats and do find that the silicone is an invitation for cat hair to come party, so I just wash it both before and after using, though I do keep it in the storage pouch included with the toy.

The Sophia is a silicone toy, so as always you want to use lube that's not silicone-based with it. I really like water-based for it - you don't need a lot for an external toys like this, so the thinness of a water base slicks things down without being goopy or messy.

This toy was packaged without a user's manual - the instructions are actually on the outside of the box. Granted, there are not many instructions needed - it's just kind of an outline of vibration patterns for you and it also tells you that it's USB chargeable. It's a nice box actually (well-made, like luxury toys tend to come in), but I find the instructions being on the outside would kind of dissuade me from giving it as a gift. It doesn't look very classy. But the toy comes set very nicely inside in its own inset with the charging cord underneath. If you keep your boxes for storage, this would be a very nice, sturdy box to keep the Sophia in between uses.

My girlfriend and I love using this toy for long intervals - it seems to hold a long charge very well, and it's perfect for both teasing up to orgasm and achieving multiple orgasms. It's great for using pressed between you and a partner, as the vibration travels all the way through the toy, as well as massaging your partner's body before/between the main event.