I loved the idea and design of this and was drawn to it most because it's glass and has the clitoral stimulating function while being textured as well. The other reason I desperately wanted this was because the gorgeous color and look of it! How terrible of me to judge looks like that, huh?
The design is indeed genuis and gives us ladies more options instead of the regular silicone, TPR or jelly. Unfortunately, the ears and vibrations were a total fail. The ears are spaced so far apart that they hit right on my labia majora, which is nowhere near close enough to stimulate my clitoris. The ears are glass and when pipedream created this, I don't think they came to the realization that hard glass and pointy ears are painful. The pointy ears jab my bones and hurt! This means I have to limit my thrusting to prevent it. While I had no trouble bruising my cervix, I did run into a bruised cooter bone! Those flaws make this hard to enjoy.
The clitoral design was a fail, fine, but that on top of the bullet on cocaine resulted in my disappointment. I assumed that at least the bullet would stimulate my clitoris, but no siree! I'll give more information in my experience section. For now, let's talk vibrations.
The vibrations are crazy! Like I said, bullet on cocaine! The pink bullet lights up and if you turn the lights out, it's disco time! Whichever speed you choose, the bullet will flash to the beat. The controller is pink as well with an irridescent coating.
The bullet is smaller than most bullet vibrators and it fits through the hole in between the ears on the dildo. It's removable, thank God! It's intense on even the low settings and unlike any vibration I've ever encountered. It makes me jump and squirm and not in pleasure! It's the most uncomfortable sensation and so intense and buzzy that it makes me itch!
Cycle through the 10 settings by clicking the ON button located on the controller. To begin changing speeds, you use the MODE button. This is good incase of emergency when you need to quickly turn it off. You can do so by simply hitting the ON/OFF button. 10 speeds of vibrations sound promising, but they're torture!
The settings include a range of steady and crazy pulsating vibrations. The bullet gets louder when inserted into the glass hole. It's the loudest toy I've ever had!
My partner and I tested the sound, me in the bedroom turning it from speed 1-10 while he went to different rooms in the house. With me in the room running it, he's able to hear it on some of the settings if he's directly outside my door and sometimes throughout the house. To test all of this, took half the evening! This thing sounds like putting forks in a garbage disposal! Some settings sound like it's actually screaming and others sound like sirens.
The vibrations are intense and the strength resembles that of my rechargeable infrared massager! It's actually louder and far more high pitched than my massager. It's so high pitched that it sounds like screams. I made a video of the different vibrations and sounds when I first bought this. The video was rough so I didn't bother figuring out how to add it into my review, but if you're interested in hearing the noise, let me know.
If insterted in the glass, all settings can be heard through closed doors, blankets and TV's.
The 10 different speeds include:
1. Steady vibration. Bullet is constantly lit up. This setting cannot be heard through a TV and closed door.
2. Stronger steady vibration. Bullet is constantly lit up. This setting requires a closed door, covers and a loud TV. If it's not inserted in the glass, it probably won't be heard through TV and a door.
3. Strong steady vibration. Bullet is constantly lit up and this can be heard through a closed door, covers and a TV. Describing the sound, it's like "EERRRRRRRRRRRR!"
4. Pulsing. The bullet flashes and squirms. This is quieter than the steady vibrations and can't be heard through a blanket, TV and closed door.
5. Pulse. This one is something like this: "er er err errrr. er er err errrr" It can't be heard through covers, closed door and a TV. Bullet flashes to match the vibrations.
6. Escalating vibrations. The light is dim and gets brigher as the vibrations get stronger. The sound reminds me of a child's toy. I cannot type out the way it sounds. You can always ask me to see the video if you're really curious though. This can be heard throughout different areas of the house when it reaches screaming level.
7. This one's something like" bzz bzz bzz bzz BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ. It's short buzzes that get increasingly stronger and louder. It'll eventually begin screaming. The bulles lights up to match the Bzz's. It can be heard through a closed door unless you really blast some music!
8. It begins as "Bzz Bzz Bzz Bzz" then starts having seizures and going wild! I can't even describe the random craziness of the pulse. The rest of them do the same and they can't be heard through a closed door when the Bzzing begins, but only seconds later, they're screaming to the top of their lungs!
9. Another crazy as hell, random pulsing pattern. It too screams wildly while the bullet lights up to match the screams.
10. The highest one. It's about as crazy as the rest of them and it gets increasingly louder as well. These last few settings cause the bullet to literally jump all over my hand or bed! It's wild.
I don't like any of the vibrations. They're all crazy and the screaming is most annoying. It's not pleasurable. If I had another bullet to fit the glass hole, I'd use it. The bullet it comes with is smaller than most bullets (almost 2 inches around) so if you have one that's small enough, I'd suggest trying to use it instead.
Icicles No. 16 takes 3 AAA batteries. You slide them in via the door in the controller. The door slides completely off. The plastic controller is actually durable unlike most of my other toys have. The bullet is attached to a pink cord and at the end of that cord is a plug similar to one headphones have and this plugs into the controller. You can remove/unplug the cord to clean. The cord is 22" long.