I’m not going to lie. When I heard there was yet another suction vibrator to hit the market, I cringed. Again? Are we still doing this? But because I knew that this particular clitoral stimulator that uses pressure-wave technology was coming from Dame Products, my second thought after “No, not again!” was “Well, it’s Dame, so it’s got to be good.”
I’ve always been rather iffy when it comes to suction vibrators – a clit vibrator designed to simulate oral sex, ICYMI. After trying one several years ago when the iconic Womanizer first launched, I was into it. It was different. It hadn’t been done before, and it was a great alternative to the vibration sensation to which I had become so accustomed. But, as with most things, the novelty wore off. And as more brands jumped on the suction-vibrator bandwagon and I watched samples of these pile up in my bedroom, I became disenchanted. Been there; done that; next, please.
So when Dame’s Aer came my way, I was equal parts excited and skeptical. Could one of my favourite brands take the suction toy to a whole new level, or would it be just like every other suction vibrator that cuddled up against my clitoris, did its thing, and left me either moderately satisfied or simply, for lack of a better word, bored?
Well, my friends, the results are in: Dame’s Aer not only delivered but exceeded my expectations so much so that after I came, I just laid there in bed for at least 20 minutes, in total silence, my mind void of any thoughts, as my body relished in the clit orgasm it had just experienced.
With other suction toys that are made to mimic the feeling of oral sex, the clitoral fit was never quite right for me. Some of these sex toys even came with different-size heads so as to fit a range of clitorises, but in my experience (and that of some of my friends), I never found the proverbial glass slipper. If one is going to create a suction toy, it’s important to have a toy that’s flexible enough to stimulate all clitorises, no matter size or shape, and Aer does just that. Why? Because Dame designed the head of Aer to be oval instead of round, therefore making it large enough to fit a whole range of clitoris sizes. There’s no fumbling to get it in the right spot, because its shape naturally finds its way there.
“When we dream about innovation, we always look to our Dame Labs community to help guide those thoughts, and we could tell they were ready for a new adventure — no joke, there were explicit questions about suction toys in so many of our survey responses,” says Alex Fine, CEO and cofounder of Dame Products. “We always seek to provide pleasure for vulva-havers, and for people of all sexualities and those with varied familiarity with sex toys.”