OhMiBod Lovelife: Cuddle & Smile
OhMiBod, known for it’s music-enhanced vibrators, now has a bit less high-tech line called Lovelife. Inspired by the founding couple’s lengthy relationship1, everything in the line is moderately-priced and sized. The Adventure, the triple-stim, is about as adventurous as the line gets (so it’s aptly named). I was offered the chance to review the entire Ohmibod Lovelife line, but these days I tend to be more picky and prefer to review things that are either A: Popular & new B: Might actually work for me C: Seems too good to be true.
I’ve got the Cuddle and the Smile. The Flex kegel exercisers didn’t appeal because of the design and the silicone string – I’d already determined from the Bedroom Kandi line that I dislike stretchy silicone “strings”. The Share cock ring was out because vibrating cock rings are useless for my body. The Discover seemed too small for me; Dream is just too straight and boring. Adventure seems to be the most promising of them all, if you like triple-stimulation. I don’t. But, Adventure has three motors, one for each stimulation point. If the clit and anus stim motors are the same as the Smile, though, that wouldn’t be ideal in my opinion.
As you can see, yes, the entire OhMiBod Lovelife line is very femme, right down to the packaging. Pink overwhelms you, a bit like Shelby’s wedding in Steel Magnolias. The box is nice, though, for storage–if you need discretion, this would offer it as there is no logo or words on the inner box. Pink is Suki’s favorite color and it’s awfully expensive, according to Brian, to start off a new line when you’re not a big company and offer a number of color choices2. I’ve suggested something like a turquoise-y teal or an emerald green; Brian’s confirmation of color trends wasn’t exactly surprising, but interesting info for a sex nerd like me3. So all of that being said, I’m not gonna jump on them totally for everything being so uber-femme. I’ll wait to reserve that for when they come out with more colors. I’d really like to see more gender-neutral stuff, but the focus on literal hearts and flowers is hard-wired in. The control dial on the vibes is heart-shaped and the clitoral nub on the Smile is heart-shaped, for starters. It appears that the boxes for each are slightly different in their design, but they’re all still mostly very femme.
While I thought Smile would be the one I’d prefer out of them all, it let me down. Smile’s vibrations are decidedly more surface-buzzy and don’t work for me at all – moderate in power, it is less powerful than the Lelo Mia 2, maybe even less powerful than the We-Vibe 3 by a hair. The heart-shaped nubbin was a bit smaller than I expected it to be. I thought that the style would work out for how I’m built, but the nub would have to be a tiny bit bigger to be a true match. For women with a more exposed clitoris, though, this style will work well if you don’t need powerful vibrations and like pinpoint stimulation. It is VERY pinpoint.
Cuddle‘s vibrations range deeper with some decent power, probably just a hair more intense than the Lelo Gigi 2, but the exact same type of vibrations. It’s not enough intensity to actually work for me as intended, a g-spot vibrator, but that’s also in part to the entire thing being too short for me to comfortably use as well as a relatively thin shaft (1.25″ at the max, but it gets pretty narrow as it gets closer to the handle). Cuddle seems to compare easily to the Lelo Gigi 2 in terms of general size. If you like the idea of the Gigi but hate that pronounced flat-head tip that can catch on the pubic bone for some, you might enjoy Cuddle. The minor ridge on the shaft could be enough for the more sensitive folk for g-spot stimulation.
As for the rest of the specs, I prefer the jack-style charging to the magnetic versions, but this charging style means that the Lovelife line isn’t waterproof, just splash-proof. The only charging cable you get is USB, so AC-preferrers need to have a USB-AC wall plug on hand. On all units, the pink portion is silicone – the silky, matte finish that you expect on higher end vibrators. The plastic is ABS with a silky PU coat making it feel just like the silicone. At first I had issues with working the rocker-button style control pad but quickly figured out my issue (hint: RTFM. Always.). The control pad is similar to older-style Lelo designs (like the Gigi/2) but is much, much easier to use. You do have to click for each setting, rather than click-hold-ramp.
I do like that most of the line is under $75, and nothing is over $100. They seem to be about the same quality as Lelo, but significantly less expensive. Actually, given the quality declines seen in Lelo in recent years, they are probably built better than Lelo. While the pieces I’ve tried didn’t thrill me, they don’t offend me either. The pink-femme scheme isn’t enough to make me pan the set, and I do think there are plenty of people out there who could enjoy these toys. In my eyes these rank better than the iPod-styled vibes and the Bedroom Kandi line. Thanks to Goodvibes for hooking me up, and Brian for answering questions and giving me some great info4.
- Brian, co-founder of OhMiBod, says: “We started out with pink simply because its Suki’s favorite color. Since the line was inspired by our “lengthy” relationship (26 years now) it made sense for us to do something that resonated with her. The names we picked from the cornerstones of our relationship – things important to us.” ↩
- Brian says: “our plan is to branch out into more colors as quickly as possible. It’s really costly, especially for a tiny company like ours, to afford to do everything at once – but its definitely on the product roadmap for 2014. We’re not sure what color(s) we’ll go with but would welcome any suggestions from you – if you feel like chiming in. We’re currently in the process of collecting color preferences from people like yourself.” ↩
- Brian says: “We had a bunch of colors initially in our Naughtibod range which we sold in all the markets (both our web and resellers) – and by a long shot Pink and Purple were the favorite choices followed by Black and Blue. We killed orange and yellow because the numbers were too low to support.” ↩
- He was pretty gracious, despite the fact that I turned them down on their offer to send me the full line, because I knew most of them wouldn’t work out for me ↩
That is awesome. I do have one OhMiBod that I really wanted but in this line it looks like I would have to go with you on only choosing a couple I would like to use and not the whole line.