Lovense Vulse — Test & Review

Cool Features, But Not a Lot of Power

A few days ago, I set out to test the Lovense Vulse — a wearable vibrator that connects to sex toy brand Lovense’s Remote app for customized vibrations, music synching, and more. Little did I know I would end up spending my morning sexting with an anonymous stranger — which ended up being the highlight of using this versatile and multi-faceted toy. The Vulse is small, cute, and pink, with a bulb-like shape that allows it to be inserted fairly easily into the vagina. You can even walk around with it in — I tried — but you won’t want to wear tight pants because it also has an external arm that protrudes a bit. If your goal is to have fun while you’re out and about by having a partner control the toy or syncing it to music around you, I’d recommend wearing something loose, like a dress. It isn’t uncomfortable to walk around with, though, which is a plus.

Using the Vulse Manually

Although the Vulse has two parts — a big bulb and a smaller arm — it’s really just the former that delivers a significant amount of stimulation. Lovense advertises the toy as being conducive to “blended orgasms” (meaning both clitoral and vaginal), but the external arm doesn’t vibrate much, so it probably would not be enough to produce a clitoral orgasm for most users. If you want to actually feel the vibrations, the two main options are to use the large bulb externally for clitoral stimulation or to insert it for vaginal stimulation. And because the bulb is big, pressing it against your clitoris allows it to stimulate your labia as well — and perhaps the internal clitoris underneath. I tried all of the seven patterns the Vulse came with and also created my own using the app, which lets you slide different buttons to create your own vibrations with different pulses and pauses. Yet I have to admit that using the toy on my clit was a bit anticlimactic — pun intended. While the Vulse vibrates at multiple speeds and also makes a thrusting motion, it was the lack of power that was the issue. The vibrations were pleasant but weren’t quite strong enough to lead to an orgasm. I tried inserting it as well, and again, the thrusting sensation was pleasant, but not enough to induce a climax, since the clitoral arm didn’t really vibrate.

Using the Vulse With the Lovense Remote App

I also tried syncing the toy to music, which was surprisingly simple. The app links right to your Spotify, so you can pick whatever songs are your favorite, and it’ll vibrate to the beat. While this was a fun gimmick, again, it did not offer me much in terms of pleasure. Regardless of which song I picked (Sam Smith’s “Unholy” was fun), the vibrations remained soft and subtle. Maybe, I figured, I just needed someone else to control the toy for me. Perhaps this was the sexual version of “you can’t tickle yourself.” Using the “long distance” function on the app, you can hand control of the toy over to a partner — but since I don’t have a partner, I opted for the “chat roulette” function, which pairs you with an anonymous user of any Lovense toy. You can slide different buttons around to control each other’s toys, and you can also send each other written messages on the app. The search filter lets you choose who you are interested in, so I searched for a male user interested in sexting, dirty talk, and voice messages.

Sexting Roulette

I was pleasantly surprised not only to be matched with someone quickly, but to have him be a great sport and send me enthusiastic messages expressing to me how good it felt. He was using a male Lovense toy called the Gush, which wraps around the penis. My inner dare devil came out, and I started leaving voice recordings expressing my pleasure. Soon, we exchanged usernames so that we could chat with the ability to send photos. We were having fun when… drat. My Vulse died. I hadn’t charged it for long enough beforehand. But perhaps this was actually a good thing, as the toy was still not getting me very far. Despite my requests to turn up the power, my anonymous partner said he couldn’t go any further up. So, I had an idea. I got out my Hitachi Magic Wand, and instead of controlling each other’s toys, we just chatted while I used my preferred vibrator. Soon, I was sending him a voice recording of myself moaning as I climaxed… and then another. And then another. It turned out I got more out of the app than I did out of the Vulse itself. But, it was through the Vulse that I got a witness to my self-pleasure session… and orgasms are usually more fun when someone else witnesses them. (In case you’re concerned about security, your username does not have to be your real name, you can disconnect from another user at any time, and the app prohibits any activity affecting third-party data.)

Takeaway Message

I would recommend the Vulse to people who are very sensitive and like light vibrations and/or are interested in getting a new toy mainly for the features it offers. If you’d like your partner to tease you while you’re out and about, want to customize your own vibrations or test out the music-syncing function, or love the idea of pleasuring and being pleasured by an anonymous stranger from a distance, the Vulse has a lot to offer. The Lovense Remote app also links to other apps with sexy games and fun features, and you can even link the vibrations with games using the app’s “game mode.” Not only that, but other users you link your app with can set alarms so that your toy begins vibrating in specified patterns at certain times. But for those who are looking primarily to cum fast and hard, you’re probably better off sticking with the Hitachi. I, for one, don’t need a ton of features or vibration patterns when I masturbate, so I’ll probably save the Vulse for spicing things up with a partner.