The Pocket Rocket is a clitoral vibrator. Its main draws are its small size and discreetness. It's not too loud and is pretty strong for its size and for the fact that it only requires one battery. I've seen in movies that apparently some women like to carry vibrators around with them. I'm not sure where and when they have time out of the house to use a vibrator, but if that was the sort of thing I wanted to do, the Pocket Rocket might not be a bad choice. That is, as long as no one else is in the same room. It's not the sort of vibrator that would accidentally turn on inside your bag, it's small enough to be discreet, and it's strong enough to get you off reasonably quickly, as long as your clit isn't desensitized because you have a Hitachi wand at home. I only used the Pocket Rocket solo, but I imagine it would be easy and amazing to use during sex, either as foreplay or as something to take you over the edge during penetration.

The Pocket Rocket is hard plastic. I think it had a strong plastic smell when I first took it out of the packaging, but it was manageable and went away eventually. I personally like hard plastic vibrators because they allow me to apply more pressure to my clitoris, although it does make me a little sore after extended use. I believe the head is a textured cap that you can remove, if you prefer one texture over the other, although I don't think I ever removed the cap from mine, so I can't quite recall for sure.

The small size was definitely very nice. The shape was decent and able to get the job done, although if I held it for a long time, my fingers would get sore. It's not beautifully sleek or anything, but as I said, its small size makes it easy to hide away, so I didn't care that it wasn't the most beautiful thing in the world.

There are only two settings for this vibrator: on and off. The bottom of the case turns. Off is in the middle. On is in one direction, and turning the other direction opens the case to access the battery. It requires more than one hand to turn, but since there is only one speed, it's not like you're going to be wanting to alter the speed a lot while it's in position, so this isn't actually a problem. Vibrations are concentrated in the head, which is good because it's more focused and easy to direct.

The best part, for me, is the strength you get from just one battery. One battery also powered the Pocket Rocket for a decent amount of time. I think I usually switched out the battery between 30-45 minutes because I wanted the vibrations to stay strong enough. Plus, I was using a 4-pack of rechargeable batteries when I had this, so I could play with it for twice as long as a normal vibrator. It made some noise, but was not so loud that I was worried about people in the next room hearing it. Using it under a blanket also helped muffle most of the noise.

As a clitoral vibrator, I don't think it gets too gross too easily. Either way, the hard plastic is easy to clean with a wet cloth.

I can't quite remember the packaging. It was not especially modern or innovative in design, but that also wasn't my primary concern when I got this in the mail. I don't remember the detail of the user's instructions, but it was very easy to figure out and use. The only issue I recall having was forgetting which direction to put in the battery, but even that wasn't a major inconvenience.

I used this one summer when I was home from college and far from my boyfriend. I was not afraid to use it when my parents were in the house, and frankly, I used it quite a lot. It broke eventually, after maybe 4-5 months, but during those 4-5 months, I used it quite intensively (like at least 2 hours on average, daily; I know, it was not a productive summer).