When the Duet c-ring by Vibratex arrived, I was extremely impressed with the presentation. It came in a nice looking clear plastic case which, when opened revealed a quality looking toy, some instructions, and 4 spare watch batteries. When I removed it from the case, it had a great feel to it. It looked to be of excellent quality and had some weight to it as well. I had one concern and that was the fact that it came with all those batteries. Would this mean that each pair would only last a couple of uses? So far, my fears have been unjustified and the spare batteries remain in their packaging.

When we finally had a chance to use the Duet, we played with it a little to test the vibration at first. It has a vibrator in the top and one at the bottom. The bottom one can be turned on or off with a button on the side but the top vibrator has two modes. You can turn it on with a switch on its side or it is touch sensitive so that it gets activated by pushing on it. The idea being that as the woman pushes against the man it vibrates for a second, then stops as she backs away. Neat idea, except that we found you have to push just right to get it to do that and since it slides a little, it would come on sporadically. We preferred to just turn it on and leave it on.

Overall, we have enjoyed the Duet, but it just hasn’t “wowed” us for some reason. I’m not sure what it is, but we just don’t seem to pull it out of the nightstand too often. We both enjoy it, I guess just not as much as we thought we would. One thing I’ve noticed is that you must use just the right amount of lube. I suppose you could get away without any, but just a little makes it much easier to put on. Too much though, and it slides around too much during use. Perhaps we just need to be more creative with it and we’ll find just the right position to use it in. Typically, we use this with her on top so that she can push against it better although we have used it in plain old missionary as well.

The Duet by Vibratex is made of elastomer and can be cleaned with mild soap and water or a toy cleaner, but remember the Duet is not waterproof so do not submerge it. We have had no problems cleaning it thoroughly and our favorite thing about the Duet is that the vibrations are fairly strong, yet it is surprisingly quiet.