Synopsis: An elastomer (latex/silicone blend) masturbation sleeve with internal nubs
for extra stimulation.
Freddy's Review:
Picture a lonely man sitting home, his wife having left for a 12
day vacation in Greece with a girlfriend, with the added bummer
of throbbing balls due to his having a vasectomy just two hours
prior to said wife's departure and you pretty much have the
scene set for my life in November of 2006. For the couple who've
been apart cumulatively less than 30 days in 18 years,
this would be an extra trying time - at least for ME.
You see, I have over the
years yielded to the inescapable conclusion that life, in my case, simply
doesn't function too well without Alicia around. Indeed, during two trips
away to Africa some years ago I practically had nervous breakdowns being
away. I hate being "out with the fellas," bar hopping, getting drunk
with my buds,
watching Sunday football all day, and just about any activity not including the
missus. Call it obsessive, surely, but we seem to be the kind of couple who
are perfectly content to spend every waking (and sleeping) moment next to
one another. We work together, eat together, sleep together, etc. and the
end result has been the melding of our two names into one "IanandAlicia,"
a
moniker jokingly used by our friends when referring to either one of us.
It's so odd to see us apart that most folks who know us will approach with
concern and ask what's wrong.
So there I was, my balls
hurting like hell and my wife gone, charged by my urologist with the task of
ejaculating 10 times before engaging in contraceptive-free sex. This would seem an easy enough task, right? After all, I AM in the
adult business with access to any and all manner of pornography and sexual
paraphernalia; but for me, masturbating hasn't exactly been the most regular
of occurrences with such an
active sex life.
It's quite rare that we go two days without making love and it had been
almost 6 months since my last self-pleasuring session.
Luckily, two new products
showed up that overcame my awkwardness and got the balls rolling, so to
speak. The first was a collection of amateur adult videos from a company
called Shot at Home.
I was sent eight DVD's containing hours and hours of great - if not raw -
footage of couples of all types engaged in sex, sex, and more sex. There
were even a few scenes containing a couple of extremely hot Asian gals to
really get my attention and Mr. Happy suddenly jumped back to life after my
4 day post-op waiting period had elapsed (by then I was dying without
Alicia).
This is where product
number two infiltrated my solo scenario. A new masturbation sleeve called
the Sidekick, from Vibratrex, had just arrived a week before and everyone at
the shop was pressing me to conduct a review. As I said before, jerking off
isn't something I get to do often, so the stars aligning in the form of
Alicia's vacation, my need to ejaculate 10 times, and the DVD bounty from
Shot at Home proved to be the winning combination. And so, I set about my "work"
with great enthusiasm; the Sidekick would get its test drive after all.
First, the skinny; the
Sidekick is an elastomer (silicone/latex) sleeve approximately 6 inches in
length, 1.5 inches across, with an opening about 3/4 of an inch wide into
which you insert your erect or semi-erect penis. Inside the sleeve, there
are dozens - if not hundreds - of little nubs that run the entire length
that provide additional stimulation. The sleeve is closed on one end, which
is great for cleaning up as it traps expelled fluids and prevents them from
escaping, in contrast to the more traditional fake vagina
Utamaro. The drawback with this design is that, if you're longer than 6
inches, the Sidekick cannot stimulate the entire shaft of your member. Since
most nerve endings are located toward the top of the penis, however, this
didn't turn out to be much of a hindrance, despite my initial reservations.
During the week's worth of
use, my truty Sidekick proved very competent, if not unspectacular, getting me to
my magic number (and then some) exactly a day before my wife arrived from
her long flight back from Europe. The fit was very snug and the nubs gave
good pressure, though in some cases TOO much pressure, causing slight
discomfort after coming when I had to remove it. One thing I learned quickly
was that you can never use too much lube with this thing (I used almost a
full bottle of Sliquid
Silk in just over one week). Cleanup was a snap, as the Sidekick traps expelled fluids just like a condom and I simply had to
turn it inside out under warm water, lather it up with antibacterial soap,
rinse, and let it dry on a paper towel in preparation for its next mission.
In summation, the Sidekick
is a bargain at $12.95 and will provide hundreds of orgasms if properly
cared for and lubed up properly. Some of the nubs broke off after my 10
uses, but I attribute this to insufficient lubrication and enough still
remain to keep me satisfied for the foreseeable future and beyond. As an
aside, my wife used it on my shortly after her return, but didn't care
much for the Sidekick's appearance very much, preferring the Utamaro and
its ability to move up and down my entire shaft. If your mission is to fly
solo, however, the Sidekick is a great vehicle with which to get airborne.
Interested in purchasing a
Sidekick?
Click here or on the links above.
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