Blush Novelties Avant D5 Review: striped silicone dildo w/ suction cup

Who thought that a dil­do could be a stand-​in Rorschach test? The strik­ing red, white, and bands on the Avant D5 con­jure asso­ci­at­ed images of coral snakes, clowns, Sin City, and Dr. Seuss, among others.

Despite the sub­jec­tive inter­pre­ta­tions, most sex geeks can agree that it's remark­able for a $45 dil­do to be this gor­geous. There's no short­age of pret­ty, arti­san sil­i­cone dil­dos with stripes, sparkles and oth­er­wise. However, when you sink into the sub-$50 price range, it's a dif­fer­ent story.

Blush Novelties' Avant line stands out with its aes­thet­ic revamp of previously-​used dil­do molds. The Avant D5 is the same shape as the Real Nude Rollo, but is a sin­gle den­si­ty through­out. Its "Sin City" palette fea­tures stripes of red, black, and white. Its sib­ling, the Avant D6 "Electra" dil­do has bands of black, elec­tric blue, and hot pink. Both are entic­ing eye candy.

I hoped that my vagi­na would appre­ci­ate the Avant D5 as much as my eyes did. Perhaps I was set­ting it up for fail­ure; I enjoy twist­ing the D5 inside me, but I'm not enthralled with using it any oth­er way. Somehow, thrust­ing it over­whelms and bores me at the same time.

In this Blush Novelties Avant D5 review:

• Key char­ac­ter­is­tics
• Texture
• Cervix stim­u­la­tion
• G‑spot stim­u­la­tion
• Who would or wouldn't enjoy this toy

Pictured from left to right: Tantus Uncut #2, Blush Novelties Avant D5, Blush Novelties Avant D4, Tantus Cush O2

Features of the Blush Novelties Avant D5

Along the 6.5" of insertable length, the Avant D5 fea­tures a slight coro­nal ridge, ver­ti­cal bumps and ridges down the shaft, and a suc­tion cup base. If you're used to tak­ing average-​sized cocks, this dil­do is a nice next step up in girth. Its 1.6–1.7" diam­e­ter makes it about the same cir­cum­fer­ence as the broad­est part of the Tantus Uncut #2 and thin­ner than the Tantus Cush O2.

The Avant D5 is one of the more pli­able single-​density toys I've used. It's almost as squishy as the out­er lay­er of Tantus's dual den­si­ty sil­i­cone. It has more give than Vixen Creations' sin­gle den­si­ty while being firmer than Bad Dragon's medi­um firm­ness toys. If I had to com­pare, I'd say that the bend­able, some­what drag­gy nature reminds me of the Tantus Super Soft C‑ring, espe­cial­ly with how much the base stretches.

How does the Blush Avant D5 texture feel?

The tex­ture looks so sub­tle, but when I clench around the Avant D5, I can feel every lit­tle bump and vein that drags over the front wall of my vagi­na as I rotate the dil­do. Twisting it back and forth with a vibe on my clit is my favorite way of using it to add vari­ety. Click on the thumb­nails above to zoom in and see the tex­ture more closely.

Frankly, I'm a tex­ture wimp. I don't love fine sur­face tex­tures. A few well-​placed bumps can be stim­u­lat­ing, but any­thing more than that reg­is­ters as straight-​up vagi­nal rug­burn to me. There are two main kinds of tex­ture I can appre­ci­ate: big bumps for jig­gling in place against my G‑spot, and small ver­ti­cal ridges for twist­ing back and forth.

The D5 falls into the lat­ter cat­e­go­ry. Add it to some exter­nal stim­u­la­tion for more explo­sive orgasms.

The ridges, how­ev­er, turn into a hin­drance when I thrust it by itself. It's not that the tex­ture alone is too much; it just takes so long for this toy to do any­thing good for my cervix or G‑spot. By the time I think I might get some­thing amaz­ing from thrust­ing it, the lube dries up, and the tex­tures start to irri­tate my vagi­na. I reap­ply the lube, repeat the cycle, and I often end up frustrated.

How does the Avant D5 perform for G-spot or cervix stimulation?

I want­ed to love the Avant D5, but I dragged my feet every time I had sched­uled to test it. At first, I chalked up the vagi­nal rug­burn feel­ing to hav­ing washed the dil­do with peppermint-​infused soap. No big­gie, right? I'd wait for the next day to test it again.

As it turned out, though, my vagi­na real­ly didn't care to thrust it. Even with a dif­fer­ent kind of soap. Even with extra lube. At worst, I'm irri­tat­ed. At best, it some­times gets the job done, but I think anoth­er toy would have been bet­ter at it.

Cervix stimulation

It's easy to assume that I'd like any dil­do that's long enough to reach my cervix. I can some­times squeeze out a cer­vi­cal orgasm with the D5. However, there's a lim­i­ta­tion at play.

When I attempt rapid­ly thrust­ing this dil­do to mas­sage my cervix, it's just "bleh." It's straight-​shafted, mod­er­ate girth, and bendy with an only slight­ly defined head. These fea­tures make it more dif­fi­cult to tar­get the opti­mal spot in my pos­te­ri­or fornix. And since it's so hard to aim, it gives the tex­ture and drag more time to start feel­ing scratchy.

I had to bring out my Tantus Silk Large to com­pare and make sure I didn't imag­ine things. Surely enough, I had a cer­vi­cal orgasm with the Silk Large, with no prob­lem. The Silk might be basic AF, but it's firmer. And the slight­ly tapered increase in girth towards the tip does a bet­ter job at press­ing into my cervix just right. As well, my beloved Vixskin Johnny and Outlaw might be squishy on the out­side, but they have a firm inner core for thrusting.

G‑spot stimulation

The Avant D5 is also too flex­i­ble to aim at my G‑spot. I like toys I can thrust into my G‑spot dur­ing the "in" stroke, more than pulling on it on the "out" stroke. The sil­i­cone sur­face is drag­gy enough to pull on my G‑spot, despite the bare­ly pro­trud­ing head, but it's just not enough for me to get off. For me, the D5 is decid­ed­ly nei­ther a G‑spotting dil­do nor a cervix-​massaging one.

Who would I recommend or not recommend the Avant D5 to?

I see this dil­do as some­thing fair­ly frill-​free to clench around, to twist, and to enhance exter­nal stim­u­la­tion. Fans of light tex­ture would love love the Avant D5. The same goes for peo­ple who want a medium-​firm and flex­i­ble dil­do. As some­one who enjoys glass toys and girth, how­ev­er, I fall into nei­ther of those cat­e­gories. The flex­i­bil­i­ty and straight shaft are under­whelm­ing to me.

If your tastes are sim­i­lar to mine, you'd be hap­pi­er with an Avant D3 or D4. It's girthi­er, smoother, and more rigid, with big struc­tur­al bumps. The "Sin City" col­ors made me want to like the D5 and D6's shape, but my feel­ings toward it are the def­i­n­i­tion of lukewarm.

Disclaimer

I received the Avant D5 from Peepshow Toys in exchange for giv­ing my hon­est, unbi­ased opin­ion. If you want to sup­port me and see more reviews, check out this and oth­er toys in Peepshow Toys' care­ful­ly curat­ed col­lec­tion (like the Avant D3 or D4!). Purchases through my links will bring me a com­mis­sion at no extra cost to you.