As soon as we received the Sparkles Softee Nubbie|Traditional vibrators: Sparkle softees nubbie, we were a little disappointed to find that it did not include batteries. Luckily, we had some lying around, but it would have been very aggravating if we would have had to wait another night to play around with this toy.

Upon opening the package the Sparkles Softee wasn’t quite as “soft” as we thought it would be, but it was still firmer than a jelly dong|Sunrise Dong - Jelly Dildo by Doc Johnson or something like that. The material this toy is made of, plus the shape (or lack thereof,) made this toy extremely hard to hold on to once lubed up fairly well. The phrase “trying to hold on to a greased pig” comes to mind. Once we had chased the thing all over the bed and clamped down on it, it wasn’t so bad to use on my wife. The raised bumps on the shaft weren’t really enough to cause a widespread feeling of arousal, but she said they were noticeable in an odd kind of way. The toy’s vibration has three settings, and with it on the highest setting it is pretty loud, it kind of sounded like one of them wooden flute thingies the Aborigines play in the Australian outback (a didgeridoo, I believe their called).

Anyway, with all the lube, the romantic view of lit candles, the aloneness of just me and my wife, and the haunting sound of the Australian outback flowing through the air it was quite a night.

Clean up was very easy, just some soap and warm water and it cleaned right up. The end cap where the batteries are connected seemed to be very water tight, so need to remove them during clean up.

Overall, we are fairly pleased with this toy, although my wife would have preferred it to have been a little larger, or at least the bumps on it a little more pronounced, but it will definitely stay in our collection of playtime toys.