ElectraStim KIX Introductory Electro Sex Stimulator Review

It’s OK.

I never go into reviewing a new sex toy actively hating it. In fact I go into it wishing and hoping it’ll be the next best thing since sliced bread when it comes to kinky debauchery, because that means I get to experience it. Now I know there’s not way that every single toy I review could possibly be next end all be all for sex toys. There are plenty of great toys, good toys, god awful toys, and the worst, just ok toys. And that’s what the Kix is, an ok toy. Neither good nor terrible, simply ok in its mediocrity. Let me explain.

Out of the box.

At first sight I really liked to look of the Kix, it was simple and seemed streamlined in all the right place, but then I took a closer look. The Kix has three buttons, the power button that also acts as the mode button, and the power increase and decrease button. In the center there is a white circle the color changing LEDs in it. There are two cable ports, the charging port on the bottom and the port for the lead cable on the top. This was my first of many small letdowns. See, I’m a greedy slut. The more sensation the better, so when I saw that the Kix would only allow me to shock one part of me at a time, I was a bit crestfallen. When it comes to the sensations that the Kix can produce, it’s…fine. The sensation from the Kix and the included pads in fine, it feels exactly like it should, and that’s not bad. The bad part was the controls.

Trying to reinvent the wheel.

As I mentioned before, the Kix has all of three buttons. The power/mode button and the increase and decrease button, those are simple and straight forward, the problem is the color changing LED in the center. Most electro sex toys that have a changing intensity give you some sort of easy to understand indicator and way to change the electrical intensity. Some use an analog knob, some use an LED screen that has either a numerical or graphical readout of the intensity. The Kix uses one color changing LED in that white circle to indicate intensity. On the product page ElectraStim explains: “KIX starts with cooler tones to represent lower intensities and ends in warmer, richer colours at the maximum output. Because of this colour spectrum, not only does KIX look striking, but the lack of numbers encourages you to experiment by feel.” The obvious issue with this is that you’re screwed if you’re color blind. The other issue is that the Kix doesn’t just go blue to red or something straightforward like that, no the Kix uses the whole color spectrum, except out of order. Why bother sticking to the ROYGBIV that everyone and their children know, when we can be cool and mix all the colors up. I take the most umbrage with this because looking striking and experimenting by feel isn’t safe. While using it on myself I had no clue what the different colors meant as far as intensity goes, even after looking up the color chart in the instructions because there isn’t an exact change in the color. The other issue with the control buttons is that there isn’t an immediate feedback when you press a button. The instructions for the Kix state that it takes 40 seconds to go from its lowest setting to its highest by holding down the increase button, and that, “Reducing intensity is much faster for your comfort.” Basically its very slow to increase and fast to decrease, which makes it easy to over or under shoot the level of intensity you actually want.

Now what?

I wish the Kix didn’t work at all, that would make it much easier to rate than it working but doing so it such a poor manner. Because of all of this the Kix falls into a weird gray area where it does work and the sensations it gives is where it should be, but it’s just not worth it when the controls are so bad. Becasue of this the Kix will probably reside in the back of my toy drawer until I find someone to give it to.