I really like cuffs, if you've followed any of my other reviews then you will know that my sub is a fighter. If you don't follow my other reviews, shame on you because you should, but my sub is a fighter. We practice consensual non-consent - that means she fights me for dominance. So as such, handcuffs are really nice because they are designed to prevent exactly that behavior. On that note, these handcuffs are freaking awful at pretty much everything, let me count the ways.

Function-

So I have a pretty basic expectation of what hand cuffs should d; cuff hands without causing undue damage. Any set of real handcuffs can do this with little to no effort, as they have been designed to do such for years now. These handcuffs are the same kind of handcuffs I got as a little kid in a play set with a plastic gun and badge for playing cops and robbers when I was like five, and it shows. They are clearly designed for the smallest of wrists. I have tiny little girl wrists and these pinch on me, which is just plain embarrassing on so many levels. Just to put that into perspective, my wrist is barely under seven inches in circumference and these pinch hard.. that is plain just embarrassing. Oh, and the fuzzy covering is really itchy, which does not help, ever. The key is pointless because these have a safety latch. All good cuffs should by the way, but they key for these barely works. So what do I use them for? I wear them on my pants; a fashion accessory, that is what they are now.

Durability-

I could bend these with neither effort nor tools, which means hooking them to the bed post is going to just plain destroy them.

Appearance-

Thankfully, removing that pink fuzzy covering is really easy, it just slides off. I think you can wash them, but I really don't see these holding up in the wash very well. I can't honestly say I have not tried it. I looked over some other reviews and I didn't get a clear answer on that. The keys are designed to look like old skeleton keys and look really cool on a necklace or a key chain, so that's good, too. Once you have the pink fuzz off, these look like a cheap set of kids play handcuffs.. woo.. I guess. I don't honestly know what I expected for the price, but I suppose it was more than this, because I can get cheap kids handcuffs for much less.

All in all, these cuffs are either really good if you're super tiny, or really bad if you want an actual handcuff. Stick to some of Eden's sets of leather cuffs. If you want a set of light play restraints, Doc Johnson has a set in the same price range, I'll list them in my recommendations for you.

My girlfriend covered hers in fake rhinestones and pearls, they actually look pretty cool now. Still useless though.