Okay, you guys, sit down. Are you sitting? There are three buttons on the Seed that control more features than you can shake a stick at. This will probably be the longest Functions portion of a review I've ever written. Feel free to skim for the info you're looking for. I really won't blame you.
There is a plus, a minus, and a circle. To turn on press the plus button. To turn off, click the minus button once if you are in the first constant vibration mode or hold the minus button for two seconds if you are in any other mode. To lock the device, hold the plus and minus button for three seconds. I did accidentally hit the buttons during use, but only once or twice. They are the easiest to use controls I have ever run across and more than make up for the two accidental presses. There is a learning curve, but once you get it, it's one smart vibrator.
When off, you can press the circle button and the Seed will tell you how much charge it has left. It will glow different colors that relate to the charge percent. Green is over 95% power. Light green is 70%-95% power. Yellow is 50%-70% power. Orange is 10%-50% power. Red is "charge me now!" or 0%-10% power. You can easily remember this by thinking of a stop light. Green means good to go, yellow means slowing down, and red means stop and charge.
Once on, you can go through the speeds with the plus and minus button. You can jump to the highest speed with a turbo boost feature at any time by holding down the plus button. This means you don't have to scroll through all the speeds to get to the highest one! How cool!
At the lowest setting, the Seed will vibrate at a level one vroom. The next speed will go to a low level two. The next is a higher level two. The next is a low level three. The next is a higher level three. The next and highest speed is a low level four.
I want to talk for a second about how I get to my level four "low/mid/high" ratings. I can cum from a mid to high level four. At a mid level, I have to try hard, but I can do it. At a high level, I can do it without trying but it takes a little longer than it would with a level five. At Seed's low level four vroom power, I could not cum. So I have a somewhat scientific rating system in place. Generally I'll separate a high level three from a low level four by the fact that a low level four will get my close but just not actually get me over the hump. That's what happened with the Seed.
The vibrations are strongest at the tip of the vibrator. The radiate back some, so you can lay this across you as well and use it that way. You won't get the full force of the vibrations, but they do work decently in this way.
The vibrations are right in the middle of buzzy and rumbly. They aren't overly buzzy but they aren't rumbly either. If I hold it in between my fingers they get a little numbing sensation, but will not actually go numb or get itchy. They are more than just surface level, but not super deep penetrating.
Maybe if these vibrations were stronger or more rumbly this would have worked for me. Alas, no matter how long I tried, I couldn't get the Seed to work for me. I would think that the Seed will pack more than enough power for most users, however. I'm need a lot of power in an external vibrator and this just wasn't enough for my particular tastes. If you need moderate or moderately high power levels, the Seed should satisfy.
Now, onto the patterns. Once you are in the constant vibration mode, you activate the patterns by pressing the circle button. It will then glow different colors that signal that vibrational pattern's "name" of sorts. So instead of remembering "okay, I liked the pattern that was three speeds up" you just go "I like blue" and find blue. It's so much easier! This is the most awesome thing ever. I usually can't even remember how many speed setting something has, so I never remember how many clicks to get to where I want to be. The color coding is really smart thinking.
White - Goes from low to high speed
Green/Blue Color - Moderate paced whirring pulse
Blue - Faster pulse
Orange-y/Red Color - Goes from low to high speeds, pauses, and then repeats
Pink - Like a car revving. Don't know how else to explain that. Increase in power as it goes.
Green - A flutter and then constant vibration
Purple - A somewhat fast pulse, but not a regular pulse. It's like the pulse is held for a different amount of time than a regular pulse and it creates a very different feel from a regular pulse.
Some other color blue - A slower but still moderately paced version of above.
Light Pink-y Purple - A semi-fast irregular pulse
Hot Pink - The weird pulse and then constant vibration
If none of that does it for you, you can hold the circle button when it pulse mode and put it in Random Mode. This will play random patterns. The LED screen will light up the color of the pattern that is playing at that time, so the colors will be constantly changing. This looks so cool! You can turn the lights off (would you do that?!) by holding the plus sign for two seconds. You can turn them back on by doing the same.
To get back into constant power mode, press the circle button again.
That's a heck of a lot of stuff you can do with this thing. I wish I liked patterns. I even tried these because I wanted to see the pretty lights. I still don't like patterns, but it looked so cool I could have just died. It was like a little rave in my bedroom! All you need is music.
The Seed is virtually silent. The manual says it is <49dB, if that means anything to you. It doesn't to me, but I figured I'd include the info. I can barely hear this with it up to my face. The little noise it makes can be muffled with covers and it cannot be heard through a closed door.
The manual says this is a splash proof toy. Because there is an open charging port in the back and the seam where the plastic meets is large, I do not trust this claim. I don't get this close to water. I would recommend you do the same. If you opt to test the claim, that's on you!
The Seed is rechargeable. It connects via charging port at the back of the toy. It will need a two hour charge for three hours of use, according to the manual. I've used this more than three hours and when I check my battery it's yellow. So you get a lot of use out of the charge.
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