I was really excited to get my first actual pair of nipple clamps|Nipple Clamps & Breast Toys, as all my past experience has been with clip-on earrings and wooden clothespins. Being a little nervous, I figured I would start with tweezers-style, as they are said to be ideal for novices. The Silver Prong Nipple Jewellery clamps|Nipple jewelry: Silver prong nipple jewelry are indeed good for novices, and possibly advanced players who can handle the tightest setting. If you’re an intermediate (which I am now certain that I am), you should probably go with something else. They are also good if you’re looking for a decorative pair of clamps, without the masochistic experience to go along with it. However, if your nipples are small, you might want to pass on them. I get the feeling that they won’t stay on small nipples unless you tighten them up a ways.

These clamps are pretty tricky to put on by yourself. I would not recommend them to people for solo play, unless your manual dexterity far surpasses mine. My girlfriend was unable to put them on for me, and she’s not nearly as clumsy as I am. I kept fumbling with them on my own. They’d slip out of my hands or my nipples would slide out before I could affix them. The rings around the prongs, which adjust the clamps, are difficult to push up into place. In the end, my girlfriend had to hold each clamp whilst I held my nipples in place with my left hand and pushed the rings up with my right.

With these clamps, there are basically only two tension levels: light (when the rings are up just enough to grip you) and super-painful (when they’re up any further). As I could not handle the latter, I had to go with light. This setting gave me a nice pinch, but nothing too intense. They amplified the sensations of having my nipples licked and sucked, and that I did enjoy! When left alone, the pinch lessened and eventually became unnoticeable. After some ten minutes, they fell off. I could barely feel them fall off and there was virtually none of the post-clamp sting. Being the masochist that I am, I found myself a bit wistful for those aftereffects.

What I like most about the clamps is how they look. Seeing my tits chained together and my nipples squeezed to half their size is quite thrilling. I will keep using them for now, though I plan to get some jaw-style ones, to at least use until I’m ready to use the Silver Prong clamps at the super-painful level.