Is It A Sex Toy For Men? Is It A Car For Your Penis?

Meet the Cobra Libre: it's a one-of-a-kind vibrating gadget for guys, it's modeled after the sleek and sexy AC Cobra sports car, and it'll be best friends with your frenulum preputii penis. What's a frenulum? You're about to find out.

This toy represents a new direction for Fun Factory, the German sex accessory (sexcessory) company. Before the Cobra Libre, they focused on crafting dildos and vibrators for the ladies and vibrating cock rings for multiple partners to enjoy. Now they're shifting gears, giving the vibrator the masculine overhaul it's always needed. Go ahead, watch the commercial for this thing and tell me what you think you're buying.

The Cobra Libre is more than just a penis car modeled after a penis car, it's a truly novel stimulator thrown into a wide world of redundant male pleasure devices. Here's how it works: unlike masturbator sleeves (such as Fleshlights), you don't fuck the Cobra Libre. Only the tip of the dick and a bit of shaft fit inside the snug, silicone body (mouth? grill?), and a small ridge cradles the bottom of the head and the frenulum—that stretchy bit of tissue under the glans. One light tap on the touchpad starts the Cobra purring, and two buttons control the intensity and cycle through the pulse/vibration patterns.

How does it feel? Well, it's different, that's for sure. Don't let the aerodynamic elegance fool you; this bad boy boasts two (that's right, two) motors under the hood, as if to taunt the Twin Paxton Superchargers of the 1966 Cobra Super Snake. When I put my key in the ignition, my natural impulse was to hit top speed. Thankfully, I used enough lube to protect my delicate frenular delta as the vibrations traveled through my body and rattled my prostate. No joke.

The Cobra Libre isn't exactly mind-blowing. Since the head of the penis is wedged semi-securely inside the toy, there's no real friction against the skin. I may have stumbled across a couple of toe-curling pulse programs, but that just made me want to fuck the Cobra and it's simply too cramped, smooth, and solid to screw successfully. My advice: find your favorite setting, hold it there, and work your base/balls with your other hand (or better yet, have a loved one do it). If it sounds like a lot of work, that's because it is. Plus, this new, unfamiliar buzz doesn't lend itself to fantasy as easily as a Fleshlight, so you need more time and greater suspension of disbelief to get off. Sorry, Cobra; nothing's faster than the Flesh of Light.

So the Cobra Libre won't replace your girlfriend, your boyfriend, or your car, but it's still an amazing product. There's absolutely nothing like it on the market, it's got a fancy rechargeable battery inside, and cleaning it is as easy as washing your favorite mug (if you have sex with your mugs). It might not be too flattering to look down and see the tip of your cock buried in what looks like a weapon from "Minority Report" or maybe the mouth of a xenomorph from "Alien," but gosh darnit, it makes your penis go vroom.

· The Cobra Libre comes out August 23rd. Pre-order it! (goodvibes.com)
· Fun Factory (funfactory.de)