Marital Aid Test Kitchen: Electrosex Plug (Or, Fun With ‘Trodes!)

To some, the idea of applying wires and electrodes to a marital aid that could just as easily be operated in the color pink and with a discreet battery is entirely the point: controlling sexual pleasure with a trail of wires, positive/negative terminals, and gunmetal hardware works well with a fantasy about the extracurricular activities of a sinister government lab.

Read more about Extreme Restraints' Electrosex Anal/Vaginal Plug after the gap.

California's Extreme Restraints is a company that does a brisk business in bondage gear and also deals in electrosex equipment with a common theme: each of its products is merely a noirish, Frank Miller-style innovation on existing sex toys. We mentioned them in a recent review of a device that turned your Hitachi Magic Wand into His Dark Materials.

The Electrosex Anal/Vaginal plug looks the part. Though it could just as easily have been painted lavender or even fleshtone, this dense little number is black and gray, and is attached to a Y-cable that plugs into a two-channel Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) box. Let the games begin, Herr Doctor.

We and everyone associated with this company point out that TENS boxes are prescription devices used by patients in need of pain management and this review should not be construed as a recommendation. But if you have a pain in your vagina....

Our subject is not a very anal person (you should see her car), so she chose to use the TENS box/Plug combo down in front. We asked what the feeling was as opposed to the same thickness of vibrator.

"It feels just a little malevolent in there," she said, and talked about a scene from "The Stand", which reminded us of why we like her.

"The stimulation is more intense and sustained than with a vibrator," she reported, "but I can see why people might get turned off with the elaborate setup."

The elaborate setup is actually just a plug and an adjustment knob, but the presentation does look a little involved.

"Well, you'd also have to deck yourself up in leather and riot gear," she added.

"Oh I see."

· Buy the Plugs and the TENS box (extremerestraints.com)

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Previously: Marital Aid Test Kitchen Archive