The Sensual Bender is a really good toy for anal beginners. The shaft can be manipulated very easily to almost any shape and makes it pretty good for both female anal play and male prostate stimulation. Also, the beads are very soft, which is a very nice difference from most "beaded" anal toys. Also, with the shaft being very flexible, soft, and beaded (larger as you go deeper), it is a fun toy to use for vaginal stimulation as well. I loved teasing my husband with it!

The softness of the beads is a great feature and to be able to bend it in that "perfect" shape to hit right where you want is its biggest advantage. If this toy had a multispeed dial at the base, as a vibrator, it would be GREAT! That would make playing with it, either by giving my husband a "male G-spot" orgasm or using it as a vaginal stimulation toy, SO much better!

But for anal beginners, either male or female, I think this toy is much easier to use and softer than most anal beads out there or prostate stimulators. You throw in the fact that it is very bendable (customizable to find YOUR spot) and its low price tag....definitely worth the money!

The Sensual Bender is made of a jelly material (which makes the beads really soft) with a bendable rod in the body of the toy. The rod can be manipulated to almost any curve and it maintains the shape you give it pretty well. The jelly beads and softness is one of its biggest pro's as an anal toy. It is much more pleasurable, in my opinion and my husbands, than most of the hard plastic anal beads.

The texture is smooth with bulged beads that get bigger the deeper you get on the toy. The smooth texture adds to the softness of the toy and pleasure with teasing your partner with it.

I find the design of this toy as a big positive. Having the softness with the ability to be very manipulated, and increasing bead girth makes playing with it (either anally or vaginally) fun and pleasurable.

The shape is pretty straight forward. It has a beaded shaft, that gets larger in curcumference as you get deeper on the toy. The shape is what you want! It is very flexible and can be manipulated to almost any curve to find that "right" spot for either you or your man!

The size is good too. It is not too big or small, and gives you the pleasure of getting bigger the deeper you go. It is 9 1/2" long, 9 1/2 " insertable, 4 1/2" circumference, and a diameter of 1 3/8".

Performance of this toy lived up to our expectations. The one expectation it exceeded was the softness of the beads. Which for anal play and/or prostate stimulation is a BIG plus!

Other than that, the performance is what you would expect. Doesn't have any bells or whistles, as some of the higher end anal toys and prostate stimulators but for beginners and its low price, it is worth the money and very fun to play with. If this was a vibrator, with a multispeed dial, it would be an even better toy!!

The care and maintenance of this toy is pretty basic. Just like any toy you have, make sure you wash it after each use and store it in an appropriate place. With this being a jelly toy, washing it is pretty easy with soap and water. Then store it in a safe place, away from any silicone toys you have. We store all of our toys that are either jelly, rubber, or silicone in its own separate cotton drawstring bag. Which then allows us to store all of our toys together in the same trunk.