Vixen Silicone Strapless Strap-On Double-Ended Dildo 6.5 Inch

Wow, this feels as though it really shouldn't be a hard product to review as the quality, design and feel of the toy are an 11 on the scale.

However, despite all it's promise, My Princess and I have had little success in having this work for us as a shared couple's toy (as yet).

We commenced our escapade with the focus entirely upon My Princess and using the Vixen Peacemaker as a standard dildo.

The look, texture and firmness of the penis end of the strap-on is phenomenal and is of a good size, neither too big, wide, small or thin.

Meaning that when coupled with another Lovehoney purchase producing a steady vibration, then My Princess was soon experiencing a crescendo of orgasms.

Full marks so far for the Peacemaker, however it was from this point that we started to stumble.

On the surface everything about the circumstances told us it should be simple, I mean it's just a double-ended dildo, one side each, and away you go, right?

Well that's what we thought, but weren't too sure, so we looked for clarification.

We checked on the side of the tube in which the toy had been delivered but found no guidance or advice.

We looked for an instruction leaflet to no avail and so eventually figured we'd try things each and every way and see what worked.

We started with the presumption that the "cock" end was most likely intended for 'her' and the thinner, curved side would be 'his'.

The sufficient girth of the penis took a short while to work in to a practical and deep enough position but once there I manoeuvred myself into the cowgirl position and attempted to dock.

And so the challenge commenced... and I tried again, and again.

The issue we found was that the thin, soft, smooth, flexibility of the purple end provided too little resistance to aid insertion and despite our best efforts to 'thumb-in' the tip we still struggled.

"Okay," we thought, "we've got the ends wrong." Despite the greater girth than I'm used to, I felt up to the challenge and we thought that the extra rigidity of the phallic end would aid the insertion process and that perhaps the curvy purple end was better shaped and designed for G-spot teasing.

Had we already lost the mood? Was I too stressed or too intimidated by events? Was there a 'better' position to do things in? Were we just doing this wrong?

It wasn't clear, but things just weren't working out on this particular foray with the toy's flexibility seeming to be the cause of most of our difficulties as the lubed up toy found it easier to move out of the way than go where we told it.

So for the sake of an early night we sent the Vixen to the subs bench for the remainder and employed some strap-filled strap-on fun to complete the night's events.

Beyond our initial try we have been able to confirm the comfortable insertion capabilities of the Peacemaker, with the rigidity of the penis end making it the easier of the two to insert anally, however we have still been unsuccessful in using the toy solely for the purpose of pegging.

Having done a bit of external research on the matter, it appears that me and My Princess are not the only ones who have struggled with this particular toy.

Had we been able to make it perform as we intended, we may still have found issues with the toy moving in ways counterproductive to our desires.

The solution employed by many others it would appear is to make use of a variable O-ring harness suitable for a double-ended dildo. That's right, unfortunately, to get the best from this strapless product it may be necessary for some to attach straps.

Having scoured Lovehoney's range of harnesses, I have as yet been unable to locate one suitable for double-ended play. I have sourced one from elsewhere so that we may eventually reap the full rewards that are so enticingly teased by this otherwise wonderful product.

I hope to be able to provide an even more positive review in the future.