Sex Toy Review: Hot Octopuss Pulse Solo Lux

The Product: Hot Octopuss Pulse Solo Lux

The Verdict: (out of five)

Want to know what, to me, is the absolutely best thing about the current sextech renaissance? The seemingly endless parade of exciting new sexual pleasure devices I’m fortunately able to watch being developed and, even better, get my (ahem) hands on end.

They’re certainly smart, able to seamlessly connect with other, similar toys in the same room or halfway around the world.

Definitely, they’ve been finely engineered and superbly crafted to ergonomically fit the hand or other more intimate spaces.

All of this is great, but my personal techno-festish for all this cool gear is the way that the developers have begun to think way outside the box when it comes to what sextech can look and feel like.

That is my way of getting to my review of the amazing Pulse Solo Lux from the great folks at Hot Octopuss.

A Unique Design, Unique Feel, and Pure Pleasure

The first thing you’ll no doubt notice about the Pulse Solo Lux is that it doesn’t look like most other penis pleasurers.

Not to put those other types down, as I have used and thoroughly enjoyed many of them, but a sleeve toy can sometimes feel kind of isolating. By that I mean that when your member is snuggly inside a masturbation sleeve, you can’t do much else with that body part, such as have sex with another person at the same time.

This is not a problem with the Pulse Solo Lux. Instead of being a tube you put yourself in, it’s a small, flexible unit that can pretty much be slid anywhere along the shaft of a penis.

That’s the greatest feature of this toy, as it allows the user to adjust the intensity through the ergonomic control setup, which I’ll get to in a second, as well as by moving the unit closer to, or farther from, your most sensitive bits.

You can even rotate the toy around the shaft of the penis, so the vibrations travel up through the tissue at all kinds of points. This level of control was a big part of why I found the Pulse Solo Lux so enjoyable.

Though there was more, of course, first let’s make a small detour to its manufacturing and quality.

Well-Made and Finely Engineered

When it comes to materials, the Pulse Solo Lux scores even more points: the covering feels like its been perfectly formulated to be slick when it needs to be, but with enough innate traction to keep you from accidentally shooting it across the room when things get energetic.

It’s also totally waterproof, allowing you to take it anywhere wet and or moist, including the tub or shower. It’s sturdy enough that should you accidentally drop it, the unit will keep right on buzzing along.

Another positive feature of the Pulse Solo Lux I want to touch on is this toy’s easy-to-feel and easy-to-use controls. Not to bash other devices, but all too frequently designers make the on/off, vibrate more or less, or oscillate buttons too small, and, therefore, hard to find-- especially in the wild throes of self-pleasure.

But with the Pulse Solo Lux, changing the action through controls on the unit or with the handy remote control couldn’t be easier. The buttons are tactile, being raised enough to feel without needing to look and are simple in design, but still provide a great range of options.

Controlled on the Wrist or on the Penis

Hot Octopuss’ innovation is further evident in where the controls are located. On the device itself, there are two sets of two: one pair that powers the unit on, increases or decreases the vibrations, or even gives a powerful boost (called appropriately the Turbo button. On the other side of the Pulse Solo Lux are the other pair, which alter the type of isolations.