tokidoki x Lovehoney Bandita 7 Function Girl Power Vibrator

I had never even heard of tokidoki until I was contacted by Lovehoney to review these brand new vibrators as a secret tester, so I did a little research. The tokidoki brand is a world of fun-looking characters inspired by Japanese culture and street art, including the Moofia (a kind of cow mafia), and Donutella (a character covered in donuts).

bandita, I'm guessing, is meant to be a bandit (she is wearing all black including a mask and her tummy is full of treasure). The vibrator comes in fun brightly coloured cardboard sleeves, with comic-book style images and the vibrator showcased in the middle in plastic.

They're really simple to open. You can just pull up the cardboard tab at the very top, unfold the top and then pull the plastic the vibrator is in out like from an envelope. Although simple, the packaging really does add to the branding of the toy.

bandita is mainly black, with a masked face at the top, with her big blue eyes glancing sideways (to show she's shifty perhaps?) and her lips covered in pink lip gloss (what bandit wouldn't wear lip gloss?). One side has what looks like a weird string of pearls, (or is it an arm, I'm not sure), and the other has a diamond.

At the very bottom is the tokidoki logo of a heart and cross bones. The really fun detail on bandita is her treasure at the bottom of the toy it’s full of happy smiling diamonds and jewels (I guess they wanted to be stolen?), and even a crown. The bright colours of the treasure are in beautiful contrast to the matt black of the rest of the toy.

The material bandita is made from is really velvety soft to the touch. It's a hard plastic that's been coated in something to make it matt and feel really nice. I can feel the images are slightly raised when I run my fingers across them, but there is no friction in this toy at all.

To get started you just unscrew the base of the toy and put in two AA batteries (these aren't included, so make sure you have some in, or just rob them from the TV remote) then screw it back on. It will only go on one way, so pay attention to the little plastic raised bits inside it and make sure they are aligned properly before you try to twist it shut.

Operation is a simple push-button design. You click it once to turn it on and click to scroll through the speeds and patterns. To turn it off you just hold it down for a few seconds. When you turn it back on it will come on with the last pattern you turned it off with. Clever.

Internally, the pulsating patterns work great for G-spot stimulation. The shaft is fairly slim and easy to insert into my vagina, and the toy is totally smooth. If you like some friction internally, this may not be the toy for you. However, this vibe is very powerful and the vibrations deep and rumbly; those pulsating patterns made it feel like the toy is moving inside of me, and are more than enough to get me to a fantastic G-spot orgasm alone, no clit stimulation needed.

I think another reason why the toy works so well for this, despite being straight and smooth, is that is completely rigid so I can grind against it and push a lot of pressure (and deep, rumbly, powerful vibrations) on to the front wall of my vagina. For me, that is the best technique: insert it, put pressure on the right place and let the vibrations do the work for you. Because it is smooth, straight and slim, thrusting this toy does not really do much.

The rounded end can be used as a large surface clitoral stimulator. It's not great for precise stimulation, but with that much power I don't think you need it. I love using a constant speed and applying pressure to my clit. It leads to a fantastic orgasm in no time.

I wouldn't say bandita is the most discreet toy. The vibrations are fairly audible, which is the price you pay for all that power. However, it's unlikely anyone will hear them through a closed door and heavy duvet.

Clean-up is very easy as bandita is waterproof. You can give it a good clean with warm water and antibacterial soap or sex toy cleaner.

Overall I think bandita is a fantastic toy! It is really unique looking, with a fun design and really intricate details. The motors inside are excellent, really powerful and rumbly, and it makes a great clitoral and G-spot stimulator. I love that it is waterproof, easy to use and take AA batteries. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the tokidoki design and wants a really good vibrator.

When this vibrator first arrived, I was thinking it was going to be just another vibrator, nothing special at all apart from the look. But how wrong I was, not only is it cute but it's amazingly powerful, and the patterns are so teasing. It had me gripping the sheets in ecstasy.

First of all it's so cute looking, and the packaging, although simple is cute too. I was pleased I could get the vibrator out without tearing the packaging, and I'll be storing it in the original packaging for safekeeping.

The vibrator is so smooth, and I just love running my fingers over it, it just feels great in my hands. The design on the vibrator does feel very slightly raised, but in use I haven't noticed it at all.

It takes 2 AA batteries, I found the cap tricky to line up and close with the batteries in, but once done up it's all ready to go. There is a button on the cap to press to get it started. It starts on the lowest constant setting, just keep pressing the button to get to the other settings. It scrolls through the 3 constant settings, getting faster with each press of the button. Then it goes onto the patterns, there are 4 of these.

In the past I was never into patterns, but over the years I have come to love them more. I particularly like the ones that tease you almost to orgasm, and then stop, leaving you gasping for more. I was so pleased to find out the patterns on this vibrator are my very favourite kind. In no time at all I was writhing on my bed, really surprised at how good this vibrator is. It's really powerful, and between the constant vibrations and patterns a lot of orgasms have been had with this vibrator. In fact, I can't wait to use it again!

Personally, I've never been a big fan of internal vibrations, I really have to be in the right mood, and with the right toy, and for me this doesn't really work internally. It is really smooth and easy to insert with some water-based lube, but the vibrations inside just aren't for me. However, when it's used over the whole clitoral area it's a completely different story, and that's the way I'll be using this vibrator, as a big bullet, but it really works that way for me.

Overall, this is a good quality and powerful vibrator with a cute twist. Not only does it look good, but it feels very good too.

Imagine you get an email and it offers you the chance to review a new vibrator from a new mysterious range that should go live somewhere in Autumn 2016? I don't know you, but I accepted. Most of all when I was told that said mysterious new range was a collaboration between Lovehoney and tokidoki, a Japanese-inspired brand of clothing and accessories I've loved for a good while now.

tokidoki is an Italian brand that takes inspiration from the Japanese contemporary art for accessories and clothing (like Hello Kitty, for example) and creates little characters that are parts of different themed ranges. The Unicorn range is one of the cutest things I've ever seen, though the Kaiju City kinda stole my heart. But I digress.

This vibrator promises power from the very beginning, in fact it's powered by two AA batteries, not AAA ones. More voltage, more RMPs from the motor, right? And gosh it delivers.

A ravenous wolf in cutiepie clothing, this vibrator, with its slender form and broad rounded tip, is a pleasure machine. Slightly less thick than a standard vibrator, it makes penetration quite easy - and pleasurable - with just a dab of lube if required and bam said the lady you're in for a wild ride. The wide, rounded tip is perfect for broad stimulation of the clitoris (or wherever you enjoy it) and oh man it's absolutely fantastic. Maybe a little too strong, even on the lowest setting, but once you get used to such an assault to your senses it's absolutely enjoyable, most of all if you like strong sensations.

As for the design and the packaging, this quite toy comes in a cardboard box with plastic cutout that's an absolute treat to the eyes. With the white background and the colorful characters drawn all over, it's probably the least intimidating sex toy I've ever seen in my life. The vibrator itself is matte black with the character, bandita, printed over and a little heart and crossed bones on the screw cap of the battery compartment. The character appears to be a sort of Batgirl-style superheroine - thus the title Girl Power - and the whole thing becomes a cute, naughty little companion for fiesty girls - and why not, boys - looking for some great fun in a cute package, all in one.

And after the praising, comes the inevitable search for flaws. Does it have some? Yes, it does. It's extremely noisy, The rumble is sometimes overwhelming when on the highest speeds. Also it gets warm pretty fast, not that you'll need to keep it on for long, unless you need a long time to reach your orgasm, but still, it overheats quite fast.

All in all, an excellent vibrator that comes in a great package. Highly recommended if you're looking for people looking not only for something that works, but that also looks good.

And for tokidoki fans, of course.