For me, I feel, that if we pay money for a toy, that it should work, the idea above that you mentioned, to make a toy work, I understand what you are saying, my problem here I guess, is that I am not the kind of person to make things work, if I have gone to the trouble to buy it, I will put more effort into it of course, but the idea is for fun and pleasure, for me and I think for all of us.. I have made comments on certain products, lubes for instance, some I down right hated, one in fact EF must have not wanted on my page, it does appear on the original page where I wrote it, but never appeared on my wall, sorry, got off track, I just cannot make up excuses for products in any environment that suck, I agree with Kindred on this, the toys, or if I buy a Kitchenaid counter top mixer, I usually buy with some kinda name recognition, or good review, it was said earlier on this thread, to review or to make knowledge bad products to me is just as important, if not more important because then I don't waste money and time on bad stuff!! less

For previous bad toys, I just wrote about how much and why they sucked, but for that one -- well, it was my own fault for picking it! I think it came across quite well in my review that the toy was a giant pain in the ass, and why, but that it could work for some. I certainly wasn't going to lie about the stupid thing. less

I have the Fun Factory Curve, and the first couple of times I used it were awesome, and then it became less fun. It turned out to be the lube. It turns out it's really that much better with Toyfluid, which makes it much easier to use. Too much friction keeps it from working against the g-spot as it should. And that's my two cents on that one.

I know what you mean, though. I bought a bunch of the SSA Glass dildos, reviewed three of them, and then sort of lost steam. They're all gorgeous, but it's almost like I've run out of ways to talk about them. I love the Cyclone, but I already wrote three reviews for beautiful glass toys I enjoy, and there are three more to write about after the Cyclone, so I'm feeling a little meh about them.

Good luck! less

I think you're right about definitely needing lube with that one. That's probably what keeps me from liking it as much as I would otherwise. I've been spoiled by my glass and metal toys that don't even need lube. The Curve is nice, it just feels like a lot of effort to get it to work for me as well as my other toys do.

I think I'm getting better at reviewing books. It's completely different from reviewing toys. I've also noticed that less people vote on book reviews, and I get the sense people tend to be a little more critical of this type of review. I assume this is because books are a less popular item on EF than the toys, and because most people have read book reviews outside of this website and thus have something for comparison. By contrast, I think EF is hands down THE best place to read toy reviews, so it's easier to give a rating of "extremely useful" to a toy review because so many people on here do write very good, very detailed reviews.

Anyway, just something I've noticed. I've kind of gotten into reviewing books, and I should have a new review up within a couple weeks. less

I can't even imagine trying to use the Curve without lube, I don't even like it with an otherwise perfectly fine lube that's just less slippery than Toyfluid.

I've written tons of book reviews elsewhere, but not on this site. It's so hard to know exactly how much to give away, depending on the audience, so I think I need to read a ton more reviews here before I review my latest book acquisitions. less

My feeling about erotica reviews is that it's hard to give away too much. I mean, everyone already knows what's it's going to be about—it's going to be about sex. From there I just try to write about things like the type of characters in the story and the quality of the writing. I don't usually go into a TON of detail, but I think that even if I was ultra-specific in my review, it wouldn't ruin the story for anyone. The pleasure of erotica is in the reading, not in finding out what's going to happen at the end. less

The Flirty Plush Magic Ball was my hardest toy to write.
It was my very first free toy here at Eden and as much as it was ok at getting the job done, it wasn't the greatest.

But the hardest of all the reviews to date was Lip Service DVD! YIKES.

I am reasonably lucky when it comes to toys - it's not often that I get a toy that I really don't like. I think the main problem I have had with toys I have bought in the past is smell. I have learnt! less

I think the hardest one will be my current assignment. I was excited its my first assignment given to me from Eden. I accepted it without realizing it comes as two separate items. I just got the one of them today and because it's a new toy the other part is not available for purchase. Means I can't get the one it attaches too. Should be interesting to say the least. Hey, at least I got the fun part

In general the toys that are great or terrible are the easiest to review the mediocre toys are the hardest for me to review. less