I didn't really know how to purchase any kind of Ben Wa balls for my first time because, well, it was my first time. I figured that these looked like a reasonable size and from looking at the previous reviews, they seemed to be recommended for first time buyers. However, they look a lot smaller on my computer screen than they did when I opened the package and those reviews led me down the wrong path.

I knew immediately that they were going to be too big and I wouldn't have to "work" to keep them in, and I was right. They fit tightly and I didn't even have to use my muscles to keep them in. It was almost like I didn't have anything in at all. I also wasn't looking for ones that vibrated because that wasn't my goal for buying Ben Wa balls, but if I didn't know they were supposed to vibrate when I bought them, I would have never known. I couldn't feel anything while I had them in.

The strings are also very unsanitary, if you ask me. You can only clean them so well without sticking 'em in a washing machine to get them thoroughly clean, and we all know that would be a stupid idea. I only had them in for about ten minutes before I decided they were useless for me, but when I looked at the string between the balls I thought "how in the heck am I supposed to get this clean enough to potentially stick it back in my body?" But the answer is, you really can't. You can wash it with soap all you want, but with using your hands, all you're doing is making whatever was on it in the first place seep into the center of the strings and it will end up staying there and worsen every time. Not something I would want in my body over and over again. Overall, as a first time buyer, I was highly disappointed.