Review: Fun Factory Bendybeads

Anal beads were one of the only sex toys I knew about before I ventured into the wonderland of sexblogging. I always pictured anal beads as precisely what they were called - a bunch of plastic beads on a string that, for some reason, people then stuck up their ass. In short - tacky.

During my extended perusal of sex toys online, I've come across a daunting number of anal beads that look exactly like I imagined. I'm happy to tell you that Fun Factory's Bendybeads, which PinkCherry.com sex toys gave me to review, is not one of them.

Fun Factory is one of a few sex toy brands that I trust off the bat to deliver quality products. You can already tell as much when you open the glossy, red & clear package it comes in. The box fastens shut with a fancy magnet, and inside the box is an instruction booklet which provides all the info you need about the Bendybeads, and a couple of packets of Fun Factory lube. How nice of them!

So how are the Bendybeads better than the "typical" anal beads I glimpsed in my tender youth? Let's do a comparison, shall we? Well, like I said, I expected anal beads to look more like this:

O hai Cal Exotics...

And the Bendybeads look like this:

I mean, do I really need to say anything else? First off, the Bendybeads are made of silicone, and we all know how wonderful silicone is. Non-porous, phthalate-free (holy crap I actually spelled that word right on the first try this time), sterilizable, BUT don't use silicone lube with it or store it next to other silicone toys. Right. The beads also aren't bead-shaped, i.e. they're not round, but oval. Ever so slightly tapered towards the tip. This makes them easier to slide in. The beads are also graduated - the smallest is about the phalanx of a finger, the largest... um, a rather large nut. Or in more specific terms, from 2.5" to 4" in girth. This isn't only more interesting, it also helps ease more inexperienced butts into accepting larger and larger objects.

See: graduated beads! Also, see how big it is compared to my tiny hand.

The Bendybeads are also less likely to get lost in your butt, because we all know we're worried about that. We'd like to keep the embarrassing hospital visits to a minimum, thanks. Unlike some anal beads, when after all the beads are inside you, the only thing left hanging out is the end of the string, Bendybeads have this large curl at the end. The curl is large enough to not enter your butt unless you, uh, actually try to ram it in or something (I don't recommend it).

Finally, the Bendybeads is one solid piece of silicone. That's right. I've seen beads where the string is "naked", or coated in silicone/plastic/something but "naked" at the very tip, but neurotic me would still be worried about the possibility of dirt deteriorating the string somehow. No worrying about that with Bendybeads. The design of the beads does make it a little more difficult to clean, since its design is like peas-in-a-pod, with this ribbon of silicone winding around the beads. This design means there are little grooves where dirt might hide, so you'd have to be careful of those spots. That said, I am very fond of the design. Very pretty. Fun Factory, as their name suggests, mostly uses cute and fun designs on their toys, things like bugs and dolphins. Sometimes almost disturbingly cute. Anyway, moving on...

How do the Bendybeads hold up during use?

Like their name, the Bendybeads are... very bendy, which lets them curve according to how your body curves.

Anal beads are a strange beast. As wonderfully made as they are, I actually don't use them on myself very much, preferring the constant, full feeling of plugs. Having something to clench my butt around while I'm jerking off is nice, and building up from one bead to the next is nice too, but it's just not that exciting a toy to use by myself. I enjoyed using them much more on the Actor - inserting them slowly, watching them disappear inside him and listening to his reactions, then swiftly pulling them out. He could also take the entire set in, while I could usually only take in three... feeling objects that deeply within my butt wasn't that pleasant an experience for me.

So I really don't have anything bad to say at all about the Bendybeads, except that anal beads aren't quite my cup of tea.

Specs:

• Length - 10 1/2"
• Insertable length - 7 1/2"
• Girth - 4" at largest bead, 2 1/2" at smallest
• Material - Silicone
• Colors available - Red, Black, Purple
• Price @ PinkCherry.com: $34.99

4/5 hearts

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