Riding the $1,000 Motorbunny Original, Sybian, and Tremor saddle vibrators broke my brain

Ride-​on sex machine com­par­isons — beyond "any of them on my clit could make me cry."

Why wouldn't I take the chance to ride a $1500 vibra­tor? It seemed like a no-​brainer to mount, pants still on and all, know­ing the motor would be (beau­ti­ful­ly) too much and break my brain, whether I was clothed or nude.

If you're con­sid­er­ing a Sybian, Motorbunny Original, or Tremor, you prob­a­bly like it that way — mind-​melding and face-​furrowing. But maybe you're not sure whether the Sybian is worth it, and you want a saddle-​style vibra­tor comparison.

All of these mount­able machines were made for high-​intensity, forced orgasm ecsta­sy — hands-​free pow­er across the board — but there's only one that real­ly wows me with its frills-​to-​funds ratio.

It’s for … pow­er queens, gamers, spicy stream­ers, play partiers who live alone, with a part­ner, or love erot­ic exhi­bi­tion. In oth­er words: geeks — both in the con­ven­tion­al sense of the word, and in the sense of sex geeks who want to dis­sect details and engi­neer the expe­ri­ence for max­i­mal­ly expan­sive orgasm control.

And the price dif­fer­ences are worth a pause, whether you're shop­ping for a sad­dle vibra­tor for cou­ples, solo play, groups, or parties.

(Yes, par­ties. I said what I said. Ever try Sybian karaoke?)

(Listen in on me turn­ing the speed up to 11. I could bare­ly han­dle it; can you?)

Saddle Sex Toy Pros and Cons

The unini­ti­at­ed might won­der what could make such an expen­sive vibra­tor worth it.

What Hardcore Fans Love About All These Vibes

Here's what the fanat­ics love about these mighty machines:

Earthquake-​level pow­er, even stronger than the Hitachi Magic Wand: the deep, rumbly vibra­tions trav­el fur­ther into the flesh than just about any hand­held vibra­tor. A nice­ly heavy motor weight shakes and wakes even the parts of the clit (or penis root…) you can't see.

You can let a part­ner take con­trol of your Sybian or Motorbunny for the shock fac­tor. And it's mains-​powered! No con­cern of main­tain­ing a charge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A wide range of swap­pable attach­ments means you can com­bine seis­mic sen­sa­tions with pen­e­tra­tive pres­sure or the cli­toral glans glid­ing across tex­tures. I have my eyes on the Vac-​U-​Lock adapters, which work with your faves that have Lock-​On ports, like those from Uberrime, Dee's Big Daddies, b‑Vibe, Hankey's Toys, and so on. Delicious.

Hello, acces­si­bil­i­ty aid! Ride-​on vibra­tors offer a hands-​free expe­ri­ence — no need to grip and angle a wand exact­ly right. Set up cush­ions for soft ele­va­tion and let your weight do the work, so you can enjoy the ride — no tingly hands nec­es­sary. And they're durable and built to last, with high­er weight lim­its than oth­er toys.

Because sad­dle vibra­tors are so strong, many users can use them over clothes (or bar­ri­ers), includ­ing poten­tial­ly let­ting mul­ti­ple par­ty­go­ers share with­out flu­id exchange. (Niche? Yes. Worth con­sid­er­a­tion? Um, yes, if you have many spicy friends you're com­fort­able with.)

An adjustable-​intensity sad­dle vibra­tor with a remote con­trol is per­fect for some users.

Earthquake-​level pow­er: the deep, rumbly vibra­tions trav­el fur­ther into the flesh than just about any hand­held vibrator.

So What's the Downside to a Saddle Vibrator?

The most glar­ing down­side is the hefty invest­ment — so it's smart to play with the pos­si­bil­i­ties and variables:

• Maybe the deep vibra­tions leave you plen­ty starry-​eyed, but your goril­la grip coochie or booty­hole tends to stall inter­nal move­ments, like the twirling func­tion of these vibes.
• Maybe you love the Motorbunny's con­trols and want to focus on the nov­el­ty fac­tor (I'll go into detail lat­er in the post)
• Maybe penetration's more impor­tant to you, and you real­ize a sad­dle vibra­tor isn't the best fit; per­haps you'd rather just get an adjustable-​angle fuck­ing machine. (Valid.)
• Maybe you'd rather have some­thing more com­pact — Sybians, Motorbunny sex machines, and their com­peti­tors are bulky, heavy, and hard to stash. 
  • Maybe a mount­ed wand vibra­tor is enough for you, espe­cial­ly when even the low­est Motorbunny speed set­ting is fer­al. (Also valid.)

Whether you're sure an all-​in-​one sad­dle vibra­tor is what you want, or you're on the fence, this Sybian vs. Motorbunny user expe­ri­ence com­par­i­son can help break down the best options for you.

The Tremor and Sybian keep it sim­ple. Meanwhile, the Motorbunny is made for those who want full frills.

HEAR MY MOANS ON THE MOTORBUNNY

Motorbunny Original vs. Sybian vs. Tremor Differences (Summary)

The Sybian sad­dle vibra­tor is the old­est, most styl­ish, most intense, and well-​known of the three. It's cush­ioned for com­fort, with a faux-​leather cov­er on top, and most crit­i­cal­ly, a clit-​clobbering motor.

There's a good rea­son it's (to orgasm con­trol kinksters) an imme­di­ate­ly rec­og­niz­able brand name, like "Chap-​Stick," or "Hula Hoop," or "Jell‑O."

(Warning: your legs might turn to Jell‑O upon try­ing this toy.)

The Tremor is the (com­par­a­tive­ly) less pricey option, bring­ing big buzz and bam with less luxe. Its machin­ery is encased in a bare-​bones ABS plas­tic shell, and topped with a flex­i­ble sil­i­cone sheet for easy clean­ing of inevitable body flu­ids. It's also nar­row­er (and lighter!) than the oth­ers at the top, which could be more com­fort­able for some users.

The good news is that you can gen­er­al­ly swap Sybian attach­ments with those made for the Tremor and Motorbunny. Pop the Tremor's sil­i­cone mat on either of the oth­ers, the Motorbunny's Vac-​U-​Lock attach­ment on anoth­er sad­dle vibe; It all works.

While the Tremor ride-​on vibra­tor is not as pow­er­ful as the oth­ers, it's still above and beyond basic wand vibrators.

Motorbunny Features & Benefits

Last but cer­tain­ly not least, where the Motorbunny Original shines is its com­bi­na­tion of force and fine-​tuned controls.

It doesn't start and end with "it's super pow­er­ful, and you let some­one else con­trol it" — it's chock full of fea­tures, out of the box:

• Higher RPM than the Sybian (more on that in a bit)
• Loops for attach­ing restraints — think cuffs, nip­ple clamps, or rope bondage, so someone's lim­it­ed in how much they can squirm or hover
• Smartphone app inte­gra­tion with pre­ci­sion con­trol, long-​distance play, music and ambi­ent sound sens­ing, cam site con­nec­tiv­i­ty, and games that let you play with antic­i­pa­tion and sur­prise, even when play­ing solo. Read more about the Motorbunny app.
• Riser attach­ments for adjust­ing angling — espe­cial­ly use­ful if you're going to pair your orgasm con­trol with bondage.

…and many oth­er acces­sories you can add!

SHOP MOTORBUNNY

Motorbunny Fluffer App Games

When I men­tioned play­ing smart­phone games linked via Bluetooth to the Motorbunny, a read­er replied, “Doing that shit with a freak­ing Motorbunny is hard­core, like learn­ing to dri­ve in an F1 car."

Some games reward you with a gen­tly esca­lat­ing thrum for turns well-​played — but make a mis­take, and it turns up the vibra­tion speed all the way up to 11. In turn, I get gooned and dazed, lead­ing to more mis­takes, lead­ing to a hot­ter mess. I LOVE IT! It brings me the chaos of a partner-​controlled vibra­tor, while play­ing solo.

Think of the sim­ple arcade clas­sics: 2D plat­form­ers, snake, rac­ing, pong, invaders, and stack builder tow­ers, but with extreme erot­ic uproar. Or com­bine con­sole games with the Fluffer Playmate Haptic Relay Plug-​In so that hap­tic con­troller response and con­troller tilt turn up toy vibra­tion speed, too.

“Doing that with a freak­ing Motorbunny is hard­core, like learn­ing to dri­ve in an F1 car." – Reader

Let's recap this sad­dle vibra­tor com­par­i­son at a glance.

Ride-On Vibrator Features, Power, Price

Here's how the Sybian, Tremor, and Motorbunny Original stack up on specs and fea­tures that mat­ter most:

Sybian at a Glance

• Famous for: leg­endary pow­er, lega­cy sta­tus, cush­ioned comfort
• Outer mate­r­i­al: polyurethane faux-​leather cov­er over cushion
• Price: ~$1495
• Maximum speed: up to 6000 RPM vibra­tions, 150 RPM gyra­tions (I can't feel the gyra­tions at all)
• Boxy con­trol pan­el with 2 dials
• Warranty: 5 years (or life­time for anoth­er $195)
• Trial: 45 days, $175 return fee

Motorbunny Original at a Glance

• Famous for: adjustable angles, bondage loops, app con­nec­tiv­i­ty, game compatibility
• Outer mate­r­i­al: polyurethane faux-​leather cov­er over cush­ion (nylon cov­er option­al)
• Price: ~$999
• Maximum speed: up to 7000 RPM vibra­tions (high­er than Sybian), 160 RPM gyra­tions (I can bare­ly feel the gyrations)
• Comes with ris­ers for adjustable attach­ment angling
• Boxy con­trol pan­el with 2 dials, plus smart­phone con­nec­tiv­i­ty, option­al con­sole add-on
• Warranty: 11 years
• Trial: 45 days, $299 stor­age and inspec­tion fee (but keep the attachments)

Tremor Saddle Vibrator at a Glance

• Best for: low­er price, nar­row­er A‑frame, comes with a hygien­ic cov­er out of the box
• Outer mate­r­i­al: sil­i­cone cov­er on ABS plastic
• Price: ~$795
• Maximum speed: up to 7000 RPM vibra­tions, 160 RPM gyra­tions (I can't feel the gyra­tions at all)
• Narrower remote con­trol, eas­i­er to hold in one hand
• The cord doesn't detach, so be mind­ful of that when mov­ing the Tremor
• Warranty: 10 years
• Trial: 30 days, $75 return fee

The Tremor is a middle-​of-​the-​road option, with more “vroom" than con­ven­tion­al wands, but less brain-​melting pound­ing than the Motorbunny and Sybian.

All three options include a tri­al peri­od, so you can return your sad­dle vibe if it's not for you.

Of course, a mount­able massager's joie de vivre is its vibra­tions, so when answer­ing, "Which sad­dle vibra­tor is the best," we must take a clos­er look at how the motors perform.

Saddle Vibrator Motor Performance: Sybian vs. Motorbunny vs. Tremor

The Sybian is prici­er than the Motorbunny Original and Tremor, but its lega­cy and brand recog­ni­tion don't nec­es­sar­i­ly make it the best fit for you. Let's break down how the motors per­form — beyond "any one of them on my clit could make me cry" and "they're all far stronger than my beloved Doxy Die Cast."

(And my Doxy Die Cast also goes beyond the Magic Wands.)

When it comes to Motorbunny vs. Sybian pow­er and inten­si­ty, the depth of vibra­tion mat­ters, too.

Vibration Quality Comparison

I noticed a dif­fer­ence in how these sad­dle vibra­tors’ speed ranges ramped up:

• Motorbunny Original: starts rumbly right away, as clear in my voice record­ing, where it was already thump­ing at the first lev­el. While "cunt punt" would be an exag­ger­a­tion, "vibra­tion" doesn't quite do jus­tice to how it would pound against my clit.
• Sybian: thumps even hard­er right away. I repeat: "vibra­tion" would be less accu­rate than vul­va bul­ly­ing here. As you turn the speed up, though, the thrum­ming blurs togeth­er into more con­ven­tion­al vibra­tions, but nev­er­the­less scream-​inducing toward the end of the speed range. Subjectively, I find the Sybian's high­est slight­ly more intense than the Motorbunny Original, but they're both too much, in the best way.
• Tremor: also pow­er­ful, but has a way low­er and less intense start. You might pre­fer that if you want a gen­tle ramp. Still, at the high­er speeds, woooaaahhh.

The motors don't stop at vibra­tion, though — on paper, the oth­er dial on the sad­dle vibra­tor remote con­trols the twirling.

Gyration Intensity Comparison

In prac­tice, I don't give a fuck about this fea­ture. Sorry, not sor­ry! I want to be hon­est before you drop a thou­sand dol­lars on a Sybian or alternative.

• The Motorbunny's rota­tion motor was the only one I could feel spin­ning sen­sa­tion­al­ly inside me, albeit in part because I was using the default real­is­tic attach­ment, short­er and girthi­er than the oth­ers. When I tried the longer attach­ment, the Motorbunny's rota­tion still wasn't what I'd hoped.
• I didn't even feel the Sybian rota­tion. My goril­la grip coochie stopped it.
• I could feel the Tremor's twirling a bit more than the Sybian, but still less than the Motorbunny. Overall, I was under­whelmed by the spin­ning function.

My take­away: con­sid­er how impor­tant the twirling is to you, and bal­ance that with oth­er fea­tures, espe­cial­ly if you have a his­to­ry of hyper­ton­ic goril­la grip.

Sybian & Motorbunny Original Attachments Overview

How the vibra­tions and gyra­tions feel inter­nal­ly is, of course, affect­ed by the shapes and sizes of the attach­ments you use.

Whether you get a Sybian, Motorbunny Original, or Tremor, the pack­age will at least come with the vibra­tor itself, the single-​humped cli­toral mas­sager attach­ment, and an insertable or two.

As I men­tioned before, the Tremor also comes with a sil­i­cone sheet for easy cleanup, as sil­i­cone can be spritzed with bleach or boiled for sanitation.

And that brings me back to anoth­er ecstasy-​expanding reminder: you can mix and match sad­dle vibra­tors and attach­ments. In oth­er words: you can use a Sybian attach­ment on a Motorbunny Original, the Tremor sil­i­cone mat on either of the oth­ers, and so on.

So, which ride-​on mas­sager you get won't lim­it your attach­ment options. It's all per­son­al choice:

• Motorbunny Vac-​U-​Lock attachments
• Bad Dragon mon­ster dongs
• Saddle vibra­tor Fleshlight adapters
• Keeping it sim­ple with clas­sic cock

It is worth not­ing, how­ev­er, that the sil­i­cone firm­ness varies:

• The smoother Motorbunny dil­do attach­ments are fuck­ing hard
• Motorbunny's Bad Dragon attach­ments have more bounce, in con­trast to the rest of their line
• Sybian and Tremor's, from what I've felt, also have some soft springiness

If you care about squishy sil­i­cone, your best bet might be to get the Vac-​U-​Lock adapter and buy dil­dos with ports from an inde­pen­dent arti­san, like Uberrime Dildos, Dee's Big Daddies, or Squarepegtoys.

Are the Sybian Alternatives Worth It?

Here's the aster­isk: I'm not 100% the tar­get audi­ence for the "turn it up to 11 and see God" sad­dle vibra­tor expe­ri­ence. When it comes to exter­nal sen­sa­tions, I care more about well-​timed and well-​placed pres­sure than overt obliteration.

All of the fol­low­ing can be true at once:

• I can appre­ci­ate the leg­endary Sybian in a com­mu­ni­ty dungeon
• I'm more of a pen­e­tra­tion and pre­ci­sion princess
• A Sybian might be for you if you just want to pum­mel your pussy or oth­er parts
• Other adja­cent expe­ri­ences can get the job done as well or better

What Would I Recommend For You?

Every body and plea­sure map is dif­fer­ent, so here's what I'd rec­om­mend, from row­dy to rev­er­ent of your bud­get. There's some­thing for everyone.

If you want to stay in the sad­dle vibra­tor family…

• Get a Sybian if you want the rum­bli­est, most intense ride-​on vibra­tor on a stur­dy mount
• Get the Tremor if you just want sol­id vibes and no frills.
• Get the Motorbunny Original if you want a sad­dle vibe motor that's still top-​tier, and you smirk at the state-​of-​the-​art sex-​tech: tight speed con­trol for short-​range and long-​distance play, cam­ming con­nec­tiv­i­ty, sync­ing to clas­sic arcade games, sound sen­sors, and over­all a great time play­ing in group settings

If you want a sim­i­lar expe­ri­ence for less (and are okay with some pow­er compromise)…

• Get a cushion-​style mount like the Liberator Bonbon if your wand-​style back mas­sager is intense enough for you — and maybe a dial- or slider-​style floor lamp dim­mer to adjust the speed while you ride. It's a very old-​school workaround from when the Magic Wands only had two speeds.
• Pair the cush­ion mount with the We-​Vibe Wand 2 for sim­ple long-​distance play and low-​pitched, purring vibra­tions — but don't need extreme intensity.

If it's the Motorbunny Original's app expe­ri­ence that caught your eye, but you don’t need the pow­er (or price tag)…

• Consider the Lovense Domi 2 — com­pact and rumbly for the size — with a thigh strap, or the Lovense Lush 4 with remote and Bluetooth app con­trol for pre­ci­sion. A past part­ner has tried both the Lush 4 and Sybian with me, and he liked both, but pre­ferred to edge me with the Lovense panty vibrator
• The Fluffer G‑Thing is all-​around gen­tle (read: buzzy), like most panty vibra­tors, and con­nects to the Fluffer app, mak­ing it com­pat­i­ble with the 2D plat­former mobile games I men­tioned above. It's more of a teas­er toy than a pleas­er toy; pro­ceed accordingly.

Lovense's game library is cur­rent­ly more devel­oped than the Fluffer app's selec­tion. However, Lovense's erot­ic game con­nec­tiv­i­ty is also very hen­tai male gaze‑y, aside from the Sims 4 Wickedwhims mod, and that's a top­ic for anoth­er post.

Closing Thoughts & Future Research

The future of fuck­ing is now.

I’ll bring out the Motorbunny Original's phone games again when I'm look­ing for erot­ic antic­i­pa­tion and inten­si­ty. It's play­ful and, frankly, fun­ny as fuck to watch my (rudi­men­ta­ry) gam­ing skill degrade as the ses­sion goes on. If you've ever turned a Sybian sad­dle vibra­tor up for a part­ner singing karaoke at a par­ty, you know what I mean by that.

And I think the Motorbunny Original is worth it for cer­tain, spe­cif­ic users: pow­er queens, gamers, spicy stream­ers, play partiers who live alone, with a part­ner, or love erot­ic exhi­bi­tion. In oth­er words: geeks — both in the con­ven­tion­al sense of the word, and in the sense of sex geeks who want to dis­sect details and engi­neer the expe­ri­ence for max­i­mal­ly expan­sive orgasm control.

The Tremor and Sybian keep it sim­ple. Meanwhile, the Motorbunny is made for those who want full frills.

If you're inter­nal­ly scream­ing, “Fuck yes” to every­thing but the price tag, remem­ber that both the Sybian and the Motorbunny Original have 45-​day tri­al peri­ods and sev­er­al years’ war­ran­ty. Tremor’s tri­al is 30 days; try it and see what you like with­out com­mit­ting 100%.

For Me: Further Future Sex Tech Testing

Sex geeky erot­ic exper­i­men­ta­tion for me would be more penetration-​focused. I, for one, have spent time Googling “fore­arm vein sims mod” to see what's out there.

I can cre­ate what­ev­er char­ac­ter I want in The Sims 4, com­bine it with the Wickedwhims hen­tai Sims 4 mod, and then con­nect it to a Lovense sex machine for more ver­sa­til­i­ty in positioning?

I don't have to lament the dif­fi­cul­ty of find­ing a lanky, veiny fore­arm guy fin­ger­bang­ing in an adult film, as that one Vice Magazine arti­cle said about me, any­more? I mean, come on; the future of fuck­ing is now.

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Disclosure: I use Motorbunny affil­i­ate links in this post, which bring me a com­mis­sion at no extra cost to you.

I adore and respect the Sybian, Motorbunny Original, and Tremor. And I'd be hap­py with any of them, but the Motorbunny is the best fit for me per­son­al­ly out of the three, even though one of the oth­ers might be the best sad­dle vibra­tor for you.