It arrived super fast, possibly because I live quite close to them, but it might also have been because they are fab and they get their stuff sent out very quickly. It was packaged up nice and discretely so there was no chance of the neighbors or the postie knowing what was inside it.
When I removed it from the packaging the 1st thing I noticed about the box is the almost comical faces that the models are pulling on the packaging, it’s not the most tasteful packaging I have ever seen, but I found it to be more amusing than anything else.
There is a good description of the Shock Therapy Butterfly Stim on the back of the box including everything you need to know about how it works, this is particularly good as there isn’t any further instructions in the box.
There is a free eye mask/blindfold included with this kit, it’s very basic and quite cheap feeling, but its free and it does sort of block out the light, not as well as a bit of bondage tape does though.
The Butterfly Stim is wrapped in a small bubble wrap bag inside the box and it comprises of an electro unit which takes 2aaa batteries and 2 self adhesive pads which attach to the pads through press studs, the pads are reusable and can be cleaned with soap and water, they have a plastic sheet over them to protect the sticky part from dust and dirt.
The batteries are very easy to insert into the unit, just slide off the back and pop them in, there were 2 batteries included in the box with the toy, so as soon as you get it you are ready to go. You then attach the unit to the pad and then the pad to your partner or yourself.
We found this very easy to use, it sticks to you very easily and stays put, it says on the box that you can wear this under clothes and that nobody would know, and I believe that if you were wearing the right clothes that you could, I placed the unit onto my back and was able to walk around without it feeling like it was coming loose.
I thought that the unit felt a little cheap but this is a very good value e-stim kit, and for beginners, which we are, we thought that it was about right. To operate the unit there are 3 buttons, On which also increases the power, Off which also decreases the speed and a function button which you use to flick through the various settings, the unit is quite clever as it always reduces the speed back down to the lowest level when you change the pattern of the stimulation. The 6 speed settings are:
1. Short Tap which could be called a Fast Pulse
2. Medium length Pulse
3. Longer Pulse
4. Long Pulse followed by fast taps and shorter pulses (great for keeping your partner guessing)
5. Fast Taps this one feels like you are been flicked
6. Constant on
When the unit is on low it feels like something is gently vibrating against your skin, its quite soothing and relaxing, but this changes as you increase the power, it can feel uncomfortable when it is on high, now I personally think that this is a good thing, we like a bit of impact play and found that the slight sting that it gives when it’s on full was really good, although a few of them where too much for me when on high, especially the one that feels like you are being flicked (ouch). I really enjoyed flicking through the different settings when it was on my partner and watching his stomach muscles contract as I turned the power up, we were both amazed to see that it had enough power to be able to do that as it is such a small unit. The unit will easily sit in the palm of your hand.
We think that they got the power levels just right for beginners, there are a huge 10 different levels of intensity ranging for hardly there to ouchie, meaning that if you are new to it like we are that you can really experiment with the different levels and work out exactly what you like and what you don’t like, without breaking the bank or each other.
When the unit is turned on the lights on the front of it light up to show you which setting it is on, there are only 4 lights but there are 6 settings, two of the settings are shown by 2 lights been lit at the same time. The unit is totally silent, unlike a vibrator which will always make some noise this makes no noise at all. Meaning that there are no problems with the neighbors or the children hearing you use it.
It should go without saying but I will say it anyway, this is not waterproof, even though this is a very low powered toy, it’s still not cool to mix water and electricity, if you needed me to tell you that, then you probably shouldn’t be buying electric toys, if you giggled like a child when you read it, then you can go and get yourself one.
Overall, we both really liked the Shock Therapy Butterfly Stim, it was the 1st time that we had tried something like that and we used it in various areas of the body including the genitalia, without any ill effects, we liked that there are so many power levels so that you can tailor it to just what you want/like, it does feel a little like the tens machine I used when in labor, but much lower powered. We liked that it felt like butterfly wings flicking your skin one minute and then with the press of a button like someone flicking your skin quite hard with an elastic band. It can be nice and relaxing and could be used as an addition to massage, worn underclothes or used for D/s play. It’s wonderfully versatile.