As a female I find the best way to use the cone, is to sit up on a chair or couch with it between my legs, and my vagina on the opposite side of the buttons so that they are left open to control. This way I can easily press my clit against it more firmly when desired, or have the entire surface area of my vagina buzzed and tickled! Using the cone this way is much like having a vibrating leg to hump. And since I miss the old high school days when boys were willing to dry hump for more than a few minutes, this reason alone made The Cone and I fast friends!

I often use The Cone while sitting at the computer, whether it be for gaming, browsing the internet, or dirty chatting. I'm a big fan of idle masturbation (masturbating without intending to orgasm) so the lower settings make it great for that. The higher settings can get a bit noisy, but nothing a little background music won't cover up through a closed door. The lower and in-between settings are audible, but easily muffled by my body, and nearly silent with the way I usually use it.

I require a lot of pressure on my clit to have a clitoral orgasm, as I'm more of a penetration girl. To achieve this I use the cone in the "upward facing dog" yoga position, with my clit pressed against a side near the top of the cone. This brings an amazing bunch of orgasms, and I often collapse in bliss onto the floor while I recover from them. I will warn those wanting to try "cone yoga", to warm up/stretch first, especially if you don't normally do yoga! My buns and outer thighs were major-ly sore the day after the first time I did this!

The cone is made of smooth scentless silicone, which is non-porous and easily cleaned. Silicone is also very strong, and The Cone doesn't show any signs of wear after I've pushed the tip over many times with almost full body weight!

The design of the Cone is what drew me to it in the first place. I love trying different things and the unique shape of The Cone brings new sensations and possibilities to erotic play. I've used the cone on carpet, tile, the couch, and a desk chair. The rubbery bottom holds it in place and I've never had a problem with it sliding around. The cone's bottom is about 8" in diameter and the large size is what makes it so hump-able in my opinion. The large surface area of the side of the cone is a nice change against my clit from the usual tiny, pokey little clitoral vibrators.

While certainly different, I wouldn't say The Cone is strictly for advanced users. When I think back to my first sex toy purchase, I would have found The Cone much less invasive and more welcoming than the usual vibrators. Beginners will probably enjoy this non-conventional toy as much as advanced users once they take the time to get to know The Cone and how it works best for them. Unfortunately to do this they must pay an advanced price tag.

The Cone is controlled by two buttons located near the base. One button is for turning on the cone and cycling through the vibrations. The other button is for "orgasm mode" which also happens to be the 16th, and last vibration setting on the cone. That's right there are SIXTEEN vibration settings on the cone. The lower ones tickle to get you in the mood, the middle and upper settings vibrate more stronglys and some even pulsate!

My only complaint is… you have to use just one button to cycle through them, and I often end up going through them twice before I figure out where the one I liked was. I suppose having too many buttons would ruin the ease of access to the controls, and this is why they stuck with two.

With the varying modes of vibration, come various levels of noise. The lower levels are easily silenced with my body contact. The higher levels can be quite noisy, but I found they were unnoticeable with a little background music and a closed door.

The Cone is made of silicone, which is non-porous, and easily cleaned with any wipe off anti-bacterial toy cleaner. The cone is not waterproof so you should not immerse your cone to clean it.

The drawbacks of the Cone's strong silicone material are that you can't use silicone lube with it, and it is a pet hair magnet! Use water-based lube if needed, and use a cloth dampened with toy cleaner to wipe off any lint or pet hair. As a silicone lube lover and cat freak, I still found it worth the trouble.

The Cone takes three C sized alkaline batteries. The generic store brand alkaline batteries seem to last me a very long time in The Cone, even when I've forgotten and left it running.

I've seen other reviews that say they didn't have their batteries last very long, and I wonder if they may have been using "heavy duty" batteries. It should be noted that "heavy duty" batteries are not as powerful as alkaline and will probably get the juice eaten right out of them by most toys.