ROMP Cello Vibrating Egg Review

Personal Experience

Out of the Box

Solo

With Partner

Design

The design of the ROMP Cello egg is actually quite nice. It's small, curvy, and very soft. The tail is a flexible silicone and the tip where the power button is located also vibrates, so you can use it to tease yourself while the toy is inside. I do wish the power button design was a bit more prominent. I understand that they minimalized it for the purposes of using the tip as a toy as well, but it makes it kind of difficult to change settings or turn off/on unless you're looking directly at it or maybe have extremely sensitive fingertips. I do not like the remote. It feels like it's made of cheap plastic coated in silicone to make it seem nicer, uses a specialty kind of battery and is not rechargable, and is very finicky when connecting to the toy.

Ease of Use

The ROMP Cello is a pretty simple vibrator, but can have a lot of issues for people with tensile or grip issues, or for people who struggle with reaching below the belt. If you have any of those issues, you may be intrigued by something that you could comfortably control with a remote instead of on the toy itself. You can easily turn on the toy before putting it in, but since the remote only works at specific angles, it makes even using the toy solo a hassle. If the toy was connected to an app and used bluetooth, I believe it would fix most of the issues.

Quality

While the Cello doesn't feel questionably cheap, it's certainly not a luxury toy. Both the egg and the remote are very lightweight, which I feel is a sign of poor quality in electronics, and the remote in particular feels like I bought it at the dollar store. Throwing the remote entirely out of the equation, the vibrator is pretty nice for the price. It's more buzzy than rumbly, but the battery does last a while and is fully rechargable and waterproof. It also feels very soft, and the little tip of the flexible tail where the power button is doubles as a tiny vibrator, too.

Price

When you look at other remote control vibrators on the market, the ROMP Cello is close to the cheapest, though it doesn't look it. Disregarding the shoddy remote, since any toy on the cheaper side is gonna have similar issues, the toy itself is soft, waterproof, rechargable, and has a fun design. You won't get a travel bag with the toy, but you do get a cheeky little sticker sheet. Overall, the toy is worth the price as long as you're not buying it specifically for the remote control capabilities. If you really want a remote control vibe that works well, you're just going to have to bite the bullet and buy something more expensive.

Performance

The ROMP Cello didn't live up to the hype in my opinion. I loved the website advertising a diverse collection of people using it, and that it's trying to give you something nice for a smaller price point. The egg is still a pretty quiet toy, and I think it would be great if you live in a share household and want to have some quality solo time in bed or in the bath. It's even rechargable! But since the toy is advertised as remote controlled, as a couple's toy, I was unfortunately disappointed and underwhelmed. I don't think this would be a good toy to have some discreet play with your partner, unless your idea of discreet is them loudly clicking a little remote at your crotch from different angles.

Packaging

The box that the ROMP Cello comes in has a fun graphic design. It features the typical buzzwords you'd be looking for down the side, like the number of patterns and it's waterproof rating, but an extra thing they added that I liked was that it had an image of the egg and remote with the measurements next to them. I think this is something all sex toy companies should do so people can easily estimate if a toy is going to be the right size for them. Other than the outer packaging, everything the toy comes with is packed into a little plastic tray with a quick start guide and sticker sheet on top.

Materials and care

Since the ROMP Cello is made of silicone and is a pretty basic shape, it's fairly easy to clean. I like to fill my sink with some warm water, pop that sucker in, and use an unscented toy soap or castile soap to scrub it before rinsing it off. One thing to note is that since the brand of the toy and the power button indicator are laid into the toy, you have to take something like a washcloth or soft bristle brush to clean out those crevices. Once that's done, I lay it out on a towel to dry and then tuck it into my toy bag. It doesn't come with a storage bag, so you'll have to buy one or get creative with your storage. Please do not wash the remote, though. It's in no way waterproof and should be wiped with a damp cloth to clean.