How We-Vibe's Temp Temperature Play Vibrator Won Me Over

Warming up to the warm­ing and cool­ing We-​Vibe Temp was a wild ride.

"Why, though?" I thought the first time I saw it at a trade show — but in a mat­ter of min­utes, actu­al­ly using it, my men­tal fil­ing swapped the We-​Vibe Temp from "goofy gim­mick" to "glo­ri­ous gizmo."

See, I love tem­per­a­ture play paired with slow sen­sa­tions: an ice cube caress­ing my skin, cold fin­gers inside, and warm sighs for contrast.

I didn't see the sense in com­bin­ing it with vibra­tion in one toy — until now.

What Is the We-Vibe Temp?

We-Vibe's Temp com­bines their sig­na­ture silky sil­i­cone and rumbly vibra­tions with a met­al plate and sec­ond motor for active warmth and chill­ing. From "fever­ish" to "fer­rous and fresh off the night­stand," it switch­es between 68°F and 100°F (20°C and 38°C) in seconds.

No, lit­er­al­ly. The We-​Vibe Temp tem­per­a­ture play set­tings are "met­al that's been left out" and "a bit beyond body heat." And it holds that tem­per­a­ture through­out your thrum­ming ses­sion — no need to re-​dip a dil­do in cold water!

This mas­sager was made for a full-​body tease before the please, implied by how it fits in one's palm. Cup the curve like a com­put­er mouse while slid­ing the lev­el sur­face all over — per­haps the cold on the col­lar­bone, or ribs, before the dips near the hips.

You get the idea: Temp tantalizes.

But how does it do beyond that?

Interlude: an Anatomy Lesson

I need to give some (high­ly clit­er­ate!) con­text about what I like, in order to answer these questions:

• "Is the We-​Vibe Temp worth it?"
• "Who is the We-​Vibe Temp for?"

Generally, on my cli­toral glans — the exter­nal por­tion — I like pin­point stim­u­la­tion.

But the cli­toris is so much more than the princess's pea; it's also the parts you can't see, wrap­ping along the left and right sides of the vulva.

I like using my fin­ger­tips and nails where the inner "lips" meet — but I also like rub­bing with broad­er strokes all along the labia majo­ra, where the inter­nal cli­toris swells up.

That's the key in con­sid­er­ing how I went from, "Why does its shape have to be so fuck­ing bland?" to "Ohh, fuck, I've used it every day since I unboxed it, and I love it enough to bang out a review draft in one sitting."

The We-​Vibe Temp is most cer­tain­ly not for every body. But it is for me, some­one who:

• Gets off on mas­sag­ing her labia majora
• LOVE LOVE LOVES nov­el sensations
• Could use a lit­tle pelvic floor-​relaxing TLC on her goril­la grip coochie. (The warm­ing in par­tic­u­lar can help here, though every body is different!)
• Might pre­fer but doesn't need focused vibra­tion to climax
• Appreciates deep, rumbly motors — but doesn't nec­es­sar­i­ly go for raw intensity

Temp's low-​pitched purr is decid­ed­ly rumbly, but some users might find its peb­ble shape too dif­fuse. I thought that might be the case for me, until I actu­al­ly got my hands on it — not at a trade show, but in the pri­va­cy of my own home.

Don't get Temp if you're barg­ing straight for the clit; get it to savor slow seduc­tion and a soul-​stroking summit.

We-Vibe Temp Specifications

We-Vibe's Temp vibra­tor dimen­sions nes­tle in the curve of my palm and fin­gers, and they're just right for hug­ging my vulva.

Fun fact: I mis­placed my We-​Vibe Temp for a bit because it's shaped like a com­put­er mouse — so my eyes glossed over it next to my actu­al mouse when search­ing my desktop.

Control Panel & Vibration Settings

• 3 steady speeds and five patterns 
  • 60, 85, 100 Hz vibra­tion pitch with some fluttering
  • Generally deep and rumbly with mod­er­ate intensity
  • Technically, there are 3 speeds ini­tial­ly and 7 oth­er options to click through, but two of them feel very con­sis­tent and could be con­sid­ered steady vibration.
• 3 but­tons — cycle vibra­tions, cool­ing on/​off, heat­ing on/​off
• Long-​press the vibra­tions but­ton to turn the whole unit on/​off
• Generally qui­et — use under a blan­ket on the low set­ting and behind a closed door if you turn it up

Note that only one but­ton con­trols vibra­tions; the oth­er two are ded­i­cat­ed to tem­per­a­ture settings.

If you want more com­pre­hen­sive con­trols in a rumbly, pebble-​shaped, lay-​on-​style sil­i­cone vibra­tor— and don't care for tem­per­a­ture play func­tion — con­sid­er the Je Joue Mimi or Mimi Soft instead.

I'll have more rec­om­men­da­tions lat­er in this post.

But We-​Vibe wowed me with their tem­per­a­ture play vibra­tor, and it does make a dif­fer­ence for me.

Here's how the We-​Vibe Temp went from goofy to glo­ri­ous in my mind.

My Experience With the We-Vibe Temp

I didn't ask to review Temp — but We-​Vibe was right to be con­fi­dent in send­ing me one anyway.

Foreplay

Of course, the met­al plate feels cool against my skin at first. And when I turn on the tem­per­a­ture con­trol, it gets even cold­er in sec­onds, and it stays that way against my thighs, my col­lar­bone (and my neck, my back…) It's not as chilly as an ice cube — and not quite as showy, but enough for me to shiv­er and squirm.

Slide it on a lover's skin to tease, or touch and tap the plate for the sur­prise. Bonuses: Combine it with cool­ing lube or — dare I say? — dami­ana and MJ to savor, loop, and fix­ate on repet­i­tive sen­sa­tions and every lit­tle detail. If you know, you know.

The We-​Vibe Temp's flat face was made for full-​body mas­sage. But when I want more direct focus, it's metal­lic mag­ic on my vulva.

The plate rests on my cli­toral glans. It's warm enough to feel like I'm throb­bing, and sub­tle enough to feel like the heat is com­ing from within.

Clit Focus

There's one main defined edge. When I cup this clit vibe like a com­put­er mouse to click the but­tons with my thumb, the nar­row­er part of the oval near my fin­ger­tips can be angled against my cli­toral glans, my labia, my per­ineum — whichev­er part needs extra attention.

(Note: the edge's place­ment implies that Temp was made for right-​handed use. Left-​handed users can still use their fin­gers to tap the but­tons, but it might not feel as intuitive.)

Vulva-​Va-​Voom

Okay, okay, we're final­ly get­ting to my absolute favorite way to use the We-​Vibe Temp — it teas­es me, but it also pleas­es me in a unique way no oth­er vibra­tor has.

This is where the warm­ing unit kicks in for me.

The plate rests on my cli­toral glans. It's warm enough to feel like I'm throb­bing, and sub­tle enough to feel like the heat is com­ing from within.

(If you like the sound of that, you'll prob­a­bly love the Womanizer Next, too.)

From there, even the slight­est pres­sure and the thrum of the low­est set­ting feel like a lot. Pushing with my hand feels divine. Sitting on it is almost dev­il­ish­ly delight­ful, espe­cial­ly when I sway my hips side to side, shift­ing my weight to crush my cli­toral cru­ra and labia on the lat­er­al (left and right) curves.

And this is on the first set­ting; the syn­er­gy with warmth real­ly takes it from "that's nice” to “oh my gosh. It's already almost too much. I both do and do not want more.”

Just kid­ding; I always want more.

And I can turn up the vibra­tions and angle the con­tours all over my lips. Swaying, rock­ing, cir­cling, some­times press­ing the nar­row part into my per­ineum to soothe the goril­la grip, some­times nudg­ing near the entrance.

It is a lot. It is lit­er­al­ly hot.

And yeah, just the vibra­tions on their own might be sub­tle to mod­er­ate, but the trem­ble and tem­per­a­ture com­bo is the cause of crying.

I've used the We-​Vibe Temp over and over again because it real­ly is that good and glo­ri­ous, with­out gimmick.

Is the We-Vibe Temp Worth It?

It's easy to say, “Um, YES?” for myself — but for oth­ers, only under cer­tain conditions.

First and fore­most, do you enjoy tem­per­a­ture play? Do you love the sen­sa­tion of cold sur­faces on your skin? Does the warmth of a partner's mouth do it for you?

Easy Ways to Try Temperature Play

If you're unsure and want just a lit­tle taste with­out break­ing the bank:

• Dip a met­al or glass dil­do in cold water to sam­ple the sen­sa­tion. It'll warm up to your body tem­per­a­ture, but you can re-​immerse and re-​chill it.
• Same as above, but with warmer water! Or even two bowls for tem­per­a­ture contrast.
• Try a low-​temperature soy wax can­dle all over someone's body dur­ing foreplay.
• Try a reusable ice pack, per­haps wrapped in a tow­el to buffer the cold a lit­tle, and a den­tal dam to keep it hygienic.
• Use a heat­ing pad over a den­tal dam.

Of course, the first two can be clunky, and the last two are tem­po­rary tri­als to see if the sen­sa­tion does any­thing for you.

Temp puts it all into one sleek sil­i­cone pack­age and takes play from “cool and cozy” to “con­ve­nient” to "clit-​cuddling cum kingdom."

I didn't ask to review Temp—but We-​Vibe was right to be con­fi­dent in send­ing me one anyway.

What to Expect With We-Vibe

Yes, I gen­er­al­ly think We-​Vibe is a high-​quality sex toy brand.

Yes, I think their exter­nal vibra­tors are gen­er­al­ly gen­er­ous­ly rumbly. There's a rea­son their Tango X, Touch X, and Wand 2 are all top-​tier in my book.

The We-​Vibe Temp fills in a gap: a com­pact car­ry vibra­tor with breadth for body mas­sage and for rub­bing all over the vul­va. (Yes, you can use it on a penis, but its shape and size are unique­ly suit­ed for labi­al massage.)

My lips want more.

And the bat­tery can deliv­er; I've used it sev­er­al times dai­ly all week­end, and only charged it once. Is that a tes­ta­ment to the bat­tery life, or to how much the motor does for me with so lit­tle effort? Why not both?

Temp boasts a bux­om motor for the size, but you won't get the Touch X's vari­ety of sen­sa­tion scopes — cup­ping the cli­toral glans! point­ed pres­sure! edges! broad bulges! all in one! — nor the Tango X's stripped-​down hard plas­tic shell for max­i­mum vibra­tion transfer.

Where Temp excels is turn­ing the throb­bing and shud­der­ing into a whole-​body expe­ri­ence. Don't get Temp if you're barg­ing straight for the clit; get it to savor slow seduc­tion and a soul-​stroking summit.

Where to Get the We-Vibe Temp

Get it straight from We-​Vibe or from one of my favorite retailers:

• Betty's Toy Box (use code SUPER for 10% off)
• SheVibe (often 15% off sitewide dur­ing weekends)
• The Sex Shed
• Spectrum Boutique

Rogue Recommendations

Still shop­ping around? You might like:

• Mimi by Je Joue — a rumbly pebble-​shaped cli­toral vibra­tor with a great con­trol pan­el for turn­ing the speed up and down
• Touch X by We-​Vibe — a more petite mas­sager that packs a purring punch, with a pointy tip, con­cave dip for cup­ping the clit, and edges and curves all over
• Kiwi by the Pelvic People — made for exter­nal mas­sage, labia lov­ing, and tip drilling