When it comes to dongs, this one isn't particularly special. As usual, you get what you pay for. However, as it was my first dildo, I can't say I feel that I really made a bad decision.

When I first removed it, it seemed to have a bit of a smell to it, however, it did eventually subside. The package says it is Phthalates-free, so I'm going to chalk it up to being stored in an air-tight blister pack for who knows how long. It pretty much feels like a rubber hose, rather friction-y and plastic-y. It was surprisingly stiff, which I found both useful and troublesome. It has no particularly noticeable taste, nor anything more distinctive about it than your typical lump of rubber.

The tip is somewhat flat, which makes insertion a bit of trouble. Obviously you'll need to warm up for anal use, but its tip does it no favor in the insertion department. It took a little bit of effort to get it in, but once it's in there, it gets the job done.

It's satisfyingly sized, and at this point the stiffness was both its greatest advantage and its biggest problem. Being so stiff allowed for excellent manipulation, so it wouldn't awkwardly bend or flex when you were trying to do something else, and is great when you use the suction cup, but it also was rather unforgiving to my anus. And unfortunately, it wasn't much better on the inside. As I said, it does the job, but its stiffness means that once you hit your limit, you'll know it.

Everything from here on down ranges from useless to mediocre. The shape was nothing too special, and despite its appearance, it really didn't seem to have much texture to it. Not that I really expected much from anal use, but I would have appreciated a little more definition between the head and the shaft.

The fake testes really did nothing for me. Not that they were really supposed to do much more than serve as a flared base, they just seem a bit awkward. They almost seemed proportionally wrong, and really not very good looking.

The suction cup I am of mixed opinion on. I love that it's there, but it doesn't always seem so reliable for me. At one point, after putting it away, things shifted in the box and when I pulled it out I found the cup a but curled up (as something had been sitting on it). However, it was rather resilient and worked as well as it did before, which was about 70% reliable. The edges of the suction cup are a little flimsy, and as such don't always make a particularly good seal. But when it locks on, it's pretty good.

In all, you could do worse for a cheap, beginner's dildo, but you could also do better if you're willing to pay up to $5 more.

For anal use, you'll certainly need to work a little bit at inserting it. Its flat tip doesn't make getting started with it particularly easy, and its shape is immutable.