The glass ben wa balls are great for exercising your kegel muscles. In my opinion, they are ideal for beginners because of their size. They can be used at home in bed, around the house, and once you strengthen your muscles, just about anywhere. These balls are NOT safe for anal use. They are designed for exercising your vaginal muscles and should not be used anally AT ALL. They come in a handy storage box, so they can be taken anywhere so that you can exercise at your convenience.

These ben wa balls are made of pyrex glass which has a safety rating of 10. Glass toys are non-porous, phthalates free, hypo-allergenic, latex free, and made of food-grade material. They are smooth to the touch and have no odor or taste to them. Since the texture is smooth and the glass warms to your body temperature, it's difficult to actually feel the ben wa balls until you are ready to remove them. There is no texture for stimulation so more advanced users may not enjoy these as much.

The glass ben wa balls are clear with a flower design inside. They are completely round, 1 inch in diameter, have a circumference of 3.25 inches and weigh 0.3 lbs. The shape and size of these are great for beginners. They are smaller than other kegel exercisers out there, but I think that's what makes them good for beginners. Another consideration for advanced users may be that the smaller size would require them to clench their kegels tighter, which could be more of a workout. The box that the 2 ben wa balls come in make traveling with them ideal. Unless someone opens the box, which resembles a box jewelry comes in, they wouldn't know what they were. And even if they do open the box, they'd probably have to have knowledge of sex toys to really know what they are.

These ben wa balls performed as expected. There's not a lot to their performance, you just insert them and clench your muscles and go about your business. The one thing that I liked and disliked about this toy was the smoothness. Because these are made of glass, they became more slippery than a silicone or texturized toy might. I found that this made it that much easier for the balls to slip down lower, which made removal easier but made being aware of them when standing a necessity. The good part of this was that it probably caused me to work harder, so led to a better kegel work out.

The care and maintenance of the glass ben wa ball is very simple. They can be cleaned with soap and water (my preferred method), toy cleaner, or boiled. They come with a velvet box with places to hold the balls securely which is great for storage and discreet as well. I did not use any lube with the ben wa balls, but if you wanted to any lube would be compatible.

This was my first experience with ben wa balls, so I started out with just one. I found that it was easier for me to sit or lay down when they were in, but was able to stand up and walk around as well. I did discover an unexpected side effect from using these. I could feel the ball inside me and it was definitely moving around and getting me very aroused. By the time I took it out, I was sooo ready to get off. I masturbated within minutes of removing it and had an amazing and intense orgasm. The next night I used them again and found that I could tell I had gotten a work out because my muscles were just a little bit sore when I would clench them. Nothing painful, just a 'hey, i used that muscle' feeling. I had the same arousing experience the second time around. I definitely plan to continue using these, work up to using 2 balls at once and checking out some of the other kegel exercisers out there.