The Eden Beaded Clamps can be used on the nipples by either gender (or both at the same time, since there are two of them!). While they're not particularly complicated or require any skill to use, they can be used by beginners, but those who are not into a little pain with their pleasure may want to hold off.

These are for the nipples, but there's no reason they can't be tried out on other areas such as the clitoris, lips, ears--anywhere you can pinch, these clamps can go.

The clamps are made of food-grade metal and have rubber clamps for use on the nipples. The rubbery portion did make these a little less intimidating, as I was worried about the pain factor, and they held on rather comfortably while still giving a good squeeze.

The beads seem to be traditional beads (as one might find in a necklace), and give a decent amount of weight to the Eden Beaded Clamps.

The nicest element of these clamps is their simplicity: you simply place them on the desired area, then slide the adjusting ring until the ends have tightened and clamped on to your nipple or other body part. You can tighten the rings incrementally or loosen them as necessary.

They are a bit too large and dangly to wear under a shirt, but are otherwise comfortable to wear around the house. We had a hard time clamping these on Mr. Awkword's larger nipples, since his are wide and flat (even when hard), and the clamp kept slipping off. We were able to get them on after a few tries, however.

The main feature of Eden Beaded Clamps is the attached strings of beads, which add weight to the clamps and pull on the nipples. These combined with the clamps themselves create a stimulating experience which mingles pain and pleasure.

These are really easy to clean, although I haven't had to do much for these yet, since we've used them exclusively on our nipples. I simply wipe off the rubber portion with a damp cloth if they get a little sweaty. You shouldn't have to do much more than that.

We keep these in a box with the rest of my toys.

These simply came in a small bag, which I promptly lost. There were no instructions included (although there didn't really need to be any).

Something we learned the hard way that should be applicable for any toy, but especially nipple clamps: BE CAREFUL WHEN TIGHTENING. Mr. Awkword decided to slide the tightening ring all the way up to the top in one quick motion; needless to say, he was forced to endure the same thing once I managed to remove the clamp.