Review: the Gyrating Flicker tongue vibrator SERIOUSLY spins

Though "spin­ning" isn't quite the right word; it thrash­es. It is aggres­sive.

And that's what makes the Cal Exotics Gyrating Flicker tongue vibra­tor what the Marvelous Flicker should have been:

• Stronger motor
• Bigger range of motion
• Softer sil­i­cone "tongue" body
• Circles so fast (up to 200 flicks per minute!) that it blurs

Same com­pa­ny. Ten years apart. Quaking contrast.

Look no fur­ther if you want exter­nal sen­sa­tions that feel like tap­ping — or if you missed the old Fun Factory Volta and want­ed to try some­thing sim­i­lar, but far more vigorous.

Yes, we're com­par­ing the Gyrating Flicker tongue vibra­tor to the old­er Marvelous Flicker and Fun Factory Volta.

And hint, hint: California Exotics' Marvelous Flicker was wow-​worthy for its price and time — actu­al­ly one of the first toys I received for a review — but it has noth­ing on the Gyrating Flicker and its bor­der­line per­cus­sive main­te­nance massage.

It's also too fast for me to count and con­firm that it's indeed 200 RPM — which is a good prob­lem to have here.

Ways to use the Cal Exotics Gyrating Flicker

When it col­lides on my cli­toris, it feels like a prop­er mas­sage with the soft "tongue" flex­ing and yield­ing just right. In prac­tice, light pres­sure slows it down a lit­tle, but it still cir­cles and kneads my skin with fervor.

(It's also too fast for me to count and con­firm that it's indeed 200 RPM — which is a good prob­lem to have here.)

When the Gyrating Flicker finessed my friend's frenu­lum with lube (while he also had a butt plug in), the sen­sa­tion was almost too much. He came the hard­est he had in a long time.

CAN you use this toy inside? I wouldn't rec­om­mend it that way; my Gorilla Grip stops it from mov­ing. It's def­i­nite­ly fast — but it's not meant to be used with high pressure.

Disregard the part of the prod­uct page that says, "Great for G‑spot, P‑spot or cli­toral stimulation."

Think of Cal Ex's Gyrating Flicker as mas­sag­ing maybe a cen­time­ter deep into soft skin (like, say, the fleshy labia majo­ra, near the vagi­nal entrance, and of course, cli­toral glans) with light-​moderate pressure.

Gyrating Flicker tongue vibrator settings & specs

Measurements & quantitative

• 9" total length
• 5" long "tongue" portion
• 1.6" across the widest part of the "tongue."
• 1 but­ton con­trols 3 gyra­tion speeds and 10 vibra­tion settings
• Up to 200 flicks per minute
• 40–55 min­utes of play time

Matte, soft sil­i­cone. 'I could see fan­ta­sy stu­dios mak­ing lit­tle drag­on dongs out of this' lev­el soft. IYKYK.

Fast facts & qualitative

• No, you prob­a­bly won't feel the vibra­tions or their Morse code much; the gyra­tion far out­pow­ers them as the star of the show.
• Matte, soft sil­i­cone, maybe Shore 9A (based on a durom­e­ter read­ing). It's "I could see some fan­ta­sy stu­dios mak­ing lit­tle drag­on dongs out of this" lev­el soft. IYKYK.
• 3 gyrat­ing speeds. It can feel like side-​to-​side move­ment or back-​and-​forth, depend­ing on what angle you're pressing.
• Waterproof and submersible
• Magnetic USB charger

Gyrating Flicker vs. Marvelous Flicker vs. Volta

What makes the Gyrating Flicker unique is its spin­ning motor — not just a vibrat­ing weight, but a tiny exten­sion from the base that swivels in a cone move­ment to "draw" those cir­cles on your skin.

To recap the review's adjec­tives and verbs: thrash­ing, aggres­sive, stronger, big­ger (move­ment), soft­er, faster, tap­ping, vig­or­ous, per­cus­sive, jig­gling, wig­gling, whirling, flex­ing, yield­ing, kneading.

The old­er Mini Marvels Marvelous Flicker, while also tongue-​shaped, decent­ly pow­ered, and cutesy hot pink, car­ried the con­ven­tion­al spin­ning weight that vibra­tors usu­al­ly have.

Similarly, Volta and the flut­ter­ing vibra­tors of the late 2010s gen­er­al­ly used flat, leaf-​like flaps to car­ry vibra­tions from the broad base to the tiny tips.

And I love it when­ev­er a vibra­tor includes vary­ing sur­faces to con­cen­trate or dif­fuse move­ment — both the Marvelous Flicker and Volta did that well.

But nei­ther of them can be described in the same way as the Gyrating Flicker. To recap the review's adjec­tives and verbs: thrash­ing, aggres­sive, stronger, big­ger (move­ment), soft­er, faster, tap­ping, vig­or­ous, per­cus­sive, jig­gling, wig­gling, whirling, flex­ing, yield­ing, kneading.

Cal Exotics' Gyrating Flicker tongue-​shaped vibra­tor is all of those things at once.

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Further reading

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