Hot Octopuss Pulse III solo review: powerful vibrator for penises

"How was the orgasm [with the Hot Octopuss Pulse III] on a scale from 1–10?" I asked my boyfriend, "1 being your typ­i­cal jack-​off ses­sion and 10 being my orgasms when I'm get­ting fisted."

"Well, that's a high stan­dard to com­pare any orgasm to, but prob­a­bly a 4."

What is the Pulse III?

My boyfriend ex want­ed a penis mas­tur­ba­tion toy, so I request­ed from SheVibe the fan­ci­est one I could: the Hot Octopuss Pulse III Solo.

UPDATE: My more recent boyfriend and I got the chance to review an even fanci­er one! Read my new Hot Octopuss Pulse Duo Lux review.

There are two main things you need to know about the Hot Octopuss Pulse series.

First, the Pulse III is a vibra­tor for penis­es. Hot Octopuss calls it a "guy­bra­tor," but there are women with penis­es or enlarged cli­toris­es who would ben­e­fit from using it, as well as non­bi­na­ry peo­ple. The sec­ond thing you need to know is that Hot Octopuss's vibra­tions are rumbly AF. Like the Eroscillator, the Pulse III achieves the rum­ble by rapid­ly swivel­ing and oscil­lat­ing rather than vibrating.

Such qual­i­ty pow­er doesn't come cheap (and is often loud, for that mat­ter). But a 4 out of 10 is pret­ty dang impres­sive by our cal­i­bra­tion. For con­text, when I get fist­ed or use a dil­do the cir­cum­fer­ence of a soda can, I'm scream­ing like I'm push­ing a baby out. In the best way pos­si­ble. A 10 is the kind of orgasm that makes peo­ple with penis­es jeal­ous and almost want to give up their male priv­i­lege. Anything that lets a penis expe­ri­ence a 4/​10 with­out any extra effort is worth spread­ing the word.

"[Using the Pulse III] was pret­ty intense," my boyfriend com­ment­ed. "It wasn't just the orgasm, but also the build-​up. It's like edg­ing, but more con­stant and eas­i­er to maintain."

How to use the Hot Octopuss Pulse III

The design is ergonom­ic for hold­ing the oscil­lat­ing plate against the frenu­lum of the penis. There are "wings" that wrap around the penis, but don't expect them to pro­vide much stim­u­la­tion. They're most­ly there to keep the vibra­tor in place with less effort. You can enjoy the vibra­tions with­out always grip­ping tightly.

The Hot Octopuss Pulse III is decid­ed­ly not a stro­ker. However, you can pair the vibra­tions with stroking. My boyfriend uses the Pulse III while pulling his fore­skin, stretch­ing his frenu­lum, and stroking his shaft with small move­ments. His penis's head, mean­while, grinds on the tex­ture on the inside.

He doesn't use long strokes with the Pulse III because the vibra­tions are so strong that they veil his usu­al mas­tur­ba­to­ry move­ments. The small strokes enhance the vibra­tion, rather than vibra­tions strength­en­ing the typ­i­cal jack-​off motion.

And the beau­ty of a not-​stroker is that you can have just as much fun using it while flac­cid as when erect. Using the Pulse III in this way can sub­stan­tial­ly expand the sex­u­al reper­toire of some­one with erec­tile dysfunction.

Comparison with other strong vibrators

The Pulse III plate's strong vibra­tions are easy to aim, and at the same time, more com­fort­able to hold against my boyfriend's penis than the Eroscillator. In con­trast, the Eroscillator tend­ed to wob­ble and was too pin­point for my boyfriend to aim at the area he wanted.

We also used the earth-​quaking BMS Factory Swan Wand. It's about the same price as the Pulse III, with com­pa­ra­ble vibra­tions. But it just couldn't mea­sure up to the Pulse III's ease of use and my boyfriend gave up. Yes, you can use an ultra-​rumbly wand for the same pur­pose, but the Pulse III was far more intu­itive to hold in place.

When you try to hold two phal­lic things togeth­er, they just kind of roll against each oth­er. Add some lube, and you're in Slick City. My boyfriend got frus­trat­ed try­ing to use the Swan Wand on his penis and gave up.

Lube doesn't ever get in the way when try­ing to hold the Pulse III in place. Instead, it pro­vides a dif­fer­ent sen­sa­tion, allow­ing the tex­tures on the inside of the vibra­tor to coast against the penis. A con­ven­tion­al exter­nal vibra­tor can't get him off, but the Hot Octopuss Pulse III can. It's a game-​changer for peo­ple with penis­es look­ing for a new route to orgasm.

(Oh, and it actu­al­ly works, unlike the piece of shit known as the MysteryVibe Crescendo.)

Controls, settings, and charging

I appre­ci­ate the 3‑button con­trol pan­el: one turns the toy on/​off and cycles through the pat­terns, a sec­ond one increas­es the speed, and the last decreas­es the speed. As well, if you hold the "increase" but­ton, it turns on "tur­bo" mode, i.e., quick­ly switch­es to the fastest steady vibra­tions. There are 6 pat­terns and 9 speeds to combine.

The Pulse III doesn't come with­out quirks, though. First, its but­tons are stiffer than I would hope. On occa­sion, I would think I pressed the but­ton, but noth­ing would hap­pen. And sec­ond, it's the first time that I've been annoyed at a mag­net­ic charg­er. I've nev­er had an issue with one before, but the Hot Octopuss Pulse III's charg­er is espe­cial­ly fid­dly and doesn't eas­i­ly stay in place.

Just make sure you check the light occa­sion­al­ly while charg­ing to ensure that the mag­nets are con­nect­ed. 3 hours of charg­ing gets you up to 1 hour of play time. The charg­er style makes the toy 100% water­proof, but this is stan­dard for a lux­u­ry toy.

Overall verdict on the Hot Octopuss Pulse III

My boyfriend appre­ci­at­ed the gift and will con­tin­ue to use it, but it's a lux­u­ry item that he would nev­er shell out the cash to buy him­self. In the long run, it can't replace the long motions of a jack-​off, and that's because it's just so dif­fer­ent. That's the point— to be some­thing nov­el and fresh.

If you want a more com­pact and afford­able penis vibra­tor, con­sid­er the Hot Octopuss Pocket Pulse or Pocket Pulse Remote. The Pocket Pulses use con­ven­tion­al vibra­tions instead of oscil­la­tions, and there aren't any hor­i­zon­tal ridges on the inside. However, Hot Octopuss's motors are gen­er­al­ly very pow­er­ful, even with­out the PulsePlate Technology™.

If you have the bud­get and you're look­ing to treat your­self, though, the Hot Octopuss Pulse III's oscil­la­tions are fit­ting of the price tag. It's a well-​made prod­uct with strong vibra­tions and a sol­id design that yields orgasms many peo­ple with penis­es only imagine.

Also, read my Hot Octopuss Pulse Duo Lux review if you're look­ing to upgrade.

You can get both the Hot Octopuss Pulse III Solo mas­tur­ba­tor and the remote-​controlled "cou­ples" Duo set at SheVibe

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