I can use the ball gag as you are supposed to but my wife's mouth is way too small for her to be able to use it. When she tries it just sits on her teeth making it less fun for me and very uncomfortable for her. When I do use it the strap isn't soft near the mouth and it begins to hurt the corners of my mouth in no time at all. With the ball being made of rubber you also get a rubber taste along with that. Spend the extra money on a silicone gag and really look at the size and straps.

The size of this will require a very large mouth because the ball is rather large. The ball is made of rubber that I think would hold up nicely to lots of use but does have an odd flavor to it, not nasty but not pleasant either. The strap seems to be of decent quality but will not fit very big heads. The strap is wide at the corners of your mouth and can cause some pain, at least for me it does.

This gag fell way short on performance for us, it was too big for us to have a lot of fun with. Having not used it a great deal I can only guess that it would handle a great deal of use without breaking. We don't use it very much as I am the only one that can wear it. I would really like to try a bit style gag rather than a ball gag as I think they would be more comfortable for longer play sessions.