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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