Review: Playboy Ring My Bell Clit-Thumping & Shallowing Vibrator

It’s about damn time that thuddy thumping toys received the recognition they deserve.

Experience clitoris-​rocking rum­ble — with­out break­ing the bank.

Could I sum up this Playboy vibra­tor’s effects on me? Sobbing, whim­per­ing, soak­ing my face with tears, ruin­ing my make­up, stick­ing my tongue out, whin­ing, beg­ging my boyfriend to take con­trol with it against me, both wish­ing that the over­whelm would and wouldn’t stop?

Its ecsta­t­ic inten­si­ty was enshrinement-worthy.

You know a fea­ture is full-​on trend­ing when it’s made its way to main­stream man­u­fac­tur­ers. Such clitoral-​thumping vibra­tors include:

• Ring My Bell by Playboy Pleasure and Evolved Novelties
• Ovation Acclaim by California Exotics

They rapid­ly pulse back and forth for tap­ping sen­sa­tions and a more promi­nent range of motion than tra­di­tion­al rotary vibra­tor weights — stim­u­lat­ing the sens­es on a deep­er lev­el, under the right con­di­tions. I’ll elab­o­rate more on who is or isn't a good fit for them.

Playboy Pleasure Ring My Bell

Playboy Pleasure’s Ring My Bell mas­sager spe­cial­izes in shal­low pen­e­tra­tion, paired with pum­mel­ing my pea. Its most­ly exter­nal impact yield­ed mind-​melding scream­ing and shak­ing for me — which could have looked like I was being exorcised.

I’ve nev­er before encoun­tered such a com­pelling com­bi­na­tion of cli­toris clob­ber­ing and tip-​drilling. Keep in mind: I’m usu­al­ly a pen­e­tra­tion princess, savor­ing spelunk­ing cervix mas­sage.

But the Playboy Ring My Bell vibra­tor has both brute force and tar­get­ed technique.

The main down­sides include:

• Dual stim­u­la­tors, by nature, won’t line up with everyone’s anato­my.
• If you apply pro­fuse pres­sure, the pul­sa­tions damp­en and feel like con­ven­tion­al­ly buzzy vibra­tion — but frankly, that would nev­er be a prob­lem, because I wouldn’t want to crush it against me. Its thump­ing is that strong.
• The inter­nal vibra­tions are too buzzy to do much for me — which is fine. The cli­toral thump­ing and shal­low­ing shape are the stars of the show.

Indeed, Playboy’s Ring My Bell vibra­tor is not for every­body, but it feels like it was made for me and will keep going and going until I can’t take it anymore.

I’ve been one to press my labia mino­ra and vagi­nal entrance like a door­bell if I craved cum­ming quick­ly. And if you’re a tip-​drilling devo­tee like me — or would like to be — daaaaaaamn, is the Playboy Ring My Bell worth it!

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Measurements & Specs

• 1” insertable length
• 0.9” insertable diameter
• Submersible for show­er and bath­tub play
• 3.9” total length
• 2.69 inch­es total depth
• 1.34 inch­es total width
• Most of the space tak­en up by the fin­ger loop
• 2 but­tons
• Independently con­trolled motors
• 3 thump­ing speeds and 7 patterns
• 3 vibra­tion speeds and 7 patterns

Ovation Acclaim by Cal Exotics

Meanwhile, Cal Exotics’ Ovation Acclaim mas­sager feels like the caress­ing kiss­es of the Karma Lilac Unihorn — with a few differences.

Pros & Cons

Compared to Karma Lilac, the Ovation Acclaim by California Exotics:

• Has 10 steady speeds and no Morse code-​like patterns
• Is juu­u­ust a tad weak­er but more rumbly at the top speed
• Doesn’t have a buzzy vibrat­ing motor on the oth­er end — fine by me!
• Is frill-​free in its form, focus­ing less on cute­ness and more on the sleek, com­pact car­ry­ing case

No, it’s not shaped like a uni­corn, but it fits dis­creet­ly in dain­ty purs­es. You might also love the Ovation Acclaim’s small­er steps between set­tings. And if you’re the type to get sen­si­tive after orgasm, you can quick­ly click back to the low­est steady speed instead of mov­ing into patterns.

Downsides that both the Ovation Acclaim and Karma Lilac Unihorn share include:

• One but­ton con­trols the pul­sa­tions — you won’t get the tight con­trol of an “increase” and “decrease” option.
• They stall and stop quite eas­i­ly when strained. While there’s still more rum­ble than a tra­di­tion­al vibra­tor, you bet­ter be will­ing to keep the pres­sure steady.

In oth­er words, they’re wow-​worthy and out­per­form oth­er mini-​vibrators in their price range. As I wrote before about Karma Lilac, “If and only if you like light pres­sure, this Unihorn vibra­tor’s quick kiss­es can feel quite brisk.”

What's more? These clit thumpers not only feel fan­tas­tic, but are also quite affordable!

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Measurements & Specs

To recap how the Ovation Acclaim mea­sures up:

• 10 steady speeds
• 1 but­ton
• 2.75” total diameter
• 1” total depth
• Submersible

Which Clitoral Thumping Vibrator Should You Get?

You might pre­fer the Ovation Acclaim if you:

• Want some­thing more com­pact and discreet
• Want to keep cli­toral stim­u­la­tion and pen­e­tra­tion separate
• Like hav­ing some options on the gen­tle end
• Enjoy some pow­er but don’t need much pressure

The Hot Octopuss Pulse Queen might be more up your alley if you:

• Want more pow­er from your puls­es — think of wand-​level power
• You like rel­a­tive­ly pin­point stim­u­la­tion and a big range of motion
• Want to keep cli­toral stim­u­la­tion and pen­e­tra­tion separate

I’d rec­om­mend the Playboy Pleasure Ring My Bell for users who:

• Enjoy tip drilling and tap­ping along the inter­nal clitoris
• Can han­dle mod­er­ate­ly high-​intensity exter­nal cli­toral thrumming
• Have an exter­nal clitoris-​to-​vagina dis­tance of 1 inch
• Looooove the inten­si­ty of forced orgasms
• Just fuck­ing want to cry when they cum