This product is intended to be used by couples for restraint in BDSM activities. It restrains one partner’s wrist and ankles leaving them to the mercy of their playmate. It can be used by lovers of any sexuality and works great for foreplay or the main event. It’s a great alternative to tying complicated knots as you can quickly and easily restrain your partner for play. Because of its easy design you can also release your partner fairly quickly as well. This set is good for beginners just starting to experiment with bondage play that may be intimidated by tying their partners up with rope and are looking for an easy uncomplicated restraint set.

Hog-tied is a five piece set consisting of four cuffs and a metal o-ring connector. The cuffs are all the same size, there are not separate ankle or wrist ones. Being a female the ones on my wrist I had to adjust down quite a ways but they still fit. I tried them on my boyfriend and even with much larger wrist they fit him too. These cuffs could fit a wide variety of wrist and ankle sizes. The cuffs are about 10 inches long with a five inch piece of Velcro hanging off. Half of the cuff has Velcro so the size range it could accommodate could go from a circumference of 6 inches to 14 inches assuming you give at least an inch for the Velcro to attach to itself for hold. At the ends of that size spectrum it maybe easier for a partner to escape the restraints, I have wrist with a 6 inch circumference and I could not wiggle them lose in play. The material that the cuffs are made from has a velvety texture to it. The packaging that comes with it does not mention what it is made from, but some research on the product says faux fur and nylon. The cuffs are secured by Velcro, which offers some pluses in my mind; its adjustable to a wide range of sizes, easy and quick to put on, and quick to release and take off. The cuffs have a metal clip attached to them via a key ring, which is used to attach them to the metal o-ring. Again this clip makes attaching and release to and from the o-ring very quick and easy. I think this is a huge plus for beginners. Another plus of the clip system, you can wear the cuffs without being attached to the o-ring, you can attach them to one another for variety and if wanted you could you another set of cuffs with the o-ring. The metal o-ring is just a large metal ring with smaller metal rings attached to it via nylon straps. I was pleasantly surprised to see the smaller rings attached to the larger ring via the nylon with metal rivets and not plain stitching. I think that the metal rivets will be able to handle more tug and pull than simple stitching would be able to. Overall it all seems to be fairly well put together.

This set ended up working out very well for me and my partner. Before he attached me to the o-ring I enjoyed wearing the cuffs around, they were very soft and comfortable. I felt very sexy wearing nothing, but the cuffs for him. When he finally did attached me to the o-ring it was very simple, just clip on and that’s that. You could clip the legs and arms together behind the back or you could clip them all together in front of your body. You could just clip your ankles together, it’s really up to your imagination. As someone really new to BDSM play this was a great set to use with my partner to get us in the game. I was really pulling against them at points and they held strong and were not uncomfortable. I am not the most flexible either so if it worked well for me it should work well for a variety of people.

Nothing on the packaging mentioned if the set was washable or not so I would suggest hand washing if needed. There are some heavy metal parts so I would not want it to be clanking around in my washer or dryer. The faux fur for sure cannot be dried in a dryer, so sudsy water to wash and hang to dry is going to be best for this set and is recommended. The set is fairly small as well so it can easily be tucked into a drawer to store between uses. I would suggest clipping it all together for storage to keep it all in one place ready to go. It is a fairly low maintenance product.

I would not call the packaging that this set came in discrete, it has a picture of a naked man hog-tied taking up the majority of the front of the package. On the plus side it’s a plastic clam shell so it’s easy to open. You can re-use the package to store it in as well if you wish. If you do not want to see the naked man’s butt on the front of the package, it’s a removable insert; you can just toss it and keep the plastic shell. I found that the plastic packaging was about twice the size that it needed to be to contain the set. I will not be keeping it for storage just because it is too bulky. It also did not have any mention as to what materials the set was made from or if they were washable or not.

I am fairly new to the world of bondage so I knew that this would be a completely new experience for me and my partner and boy did we enjoy it. I find that I really like being restrained and he likes to have my pleasure at his will. I would suggest that if you do use this set you use it with someone you trust since you will be put in a very vulnerable position and well, restrained.

So far we have only used this restraint set for foreplay. It was awesome to be restrained and have my partner use different toys on me as he saw fit. He also loved the sound of the metal rattling together as I my body was shaking with pleasure during orgasm. Due to the sound of the metal clanking together I did rate it 1 bee for noise. We have not used this during intercourse yet, but I am looking forward to it as I imagine it will be just as much fun if not more!