Fun Factory Duke Review

Personal Experience

Initial Impression

First Use

Design

The design of the Fun Factory Duke, well, the word ergonomic comes to mind and not exactly sure why. Anyways, I believe the intended design is likely something some people would appreciate. The way it should curve to fit the body seems to work fairly well and definitely finds spots you may not expect to feel otherwise. However, there is no rigidity and that makes it a bit difficult to use. The toy itself looks sleek, yet sorta fun with the colors. It's meant to do a job but not look terrible while it's at it.

Ease of Use

How easy was it to use? When you consider the design and ease of use, there is something left wanting in the Duke. See, as I mentioned, there is no rigidity throughout the entire toy. On the hook side of the toy there is a bit stronger and tougher flex there. However, the hole where the vibrator goes causes a weakness in that flex and it bends. The problem with this is that this is the portion of the toy you are gripping to insert it. Nothing easy to push with makes for a difficult insertion.

Quality

I wouldn't ever say the main portion of the Duke looks or feels cheap. In fact the opposite. But when you remove the vibrator it's light. VERY light. Made of a hard plastic, it seems odd that something so light puts out a decent vibration, and no lie, it does. So far the use I have put it through doesn't seem to have made it change in any way so it seems to be holding up.

Price

The price of the duke feels fairly steep for the unit. In fact when I checked some other similar units, it sits on the higher end of the scale. Now, is it worth it? I think there is some design components that play into the total cost of the item. I don't see many others following the same shape and contour and that singles the Fun Factory Duke out a bit giving flexibility to that higher price point. The additional fact that the materials are body safe and hypoallergenic lends a bit more to approve of the cost as well. For anyone coming from.. say Amazon and the enormous amount of cheap items there, yeah, it's QUITE expensive. In reality you are paying for quality and an experience a bit different than some others. Take note, the box comes with a pamphlet and the box cover has a printed game inside so, you are getting some stuff with it as well.

Performance

Performance. How did the Duke do here? Let's hit the battery. I believe it comes out to about 20 minutes of battery life, but frankly I had it set to the max speed and pattern. So of course that will shorten it a bit. Good for a session and then need to charge. It was not silent by any means. It's not a stealth toy. Don't even try. However, it was not like the sound of a rattling trunk passing by as the bass is pushed all the way up and the volume is maxed out.

Packaging

Man, that packaging. It wasn't wild like some I have seen, but if I came up with a few single word descriptors? Spunky, intriguing, sleek; all words I would use. The outer cover was easy to slide off and had a good amount of details about the product and things to expect. On the inside of that cover is a game you can play with a partner. The box, when opened, is plain, but in a colorful and fun way. Easy to use compartments splitting chargers and items up. Overall, a pretty lovely visual.

Materials and care

Other than stating that it's made of silicone, I haven't found too many details of its composition. Everywhere I looked stated it's body safe and submersible; hypoallergenic as well. Cleaning it was technically pretty simple, but something I wasn't expecting was smell. It's a thing. After reading up on some similar issues with different sex toy materials, I found instructions for cleaning that uses high percentage rubbing alcohol. Wash with warm, soapy water, use the rubbing alcohol as if washing again, and then give it a bit of unused air time. Seemed to do the trick. I'm not sure that using a scrubber of any kind would have assisted to do anything other than damage the materials.