November 21st, 2010 @ Amber St. Clare

It’s here, it’s finally here. What I’ve been lusting and waiting for…a waterproof LELO toy! Introducing the new LELO Insignia line. Three toys to tempt your naughty bits, rechargeable, and made of silicone like other Lelo toys, but what makes the Insignia line different is that this is the first collection of waterproof Lelo vibes, and I’m totally thrilled. Let’s just say that I was more than happy to get my hands on the new LELO Insignia Soraya for sex toy review, the dual action vibrator from the Insignia collection. The toy looks similar in design to the LELO Ina, but it’s quite different also. First off, the Insignia Soraya comes in the classic Lelo black gift box, and comes with a user manual, charger, and how cool is this…a silver Insignia pin/brooch! Yes, you can wear the pin wherever you want and show off your good taste in sex toys. It’s a cute and fun little feature, the Insignia design features a figure 8 with an extra hoop, a swirled ribbon effect that is pretty and looks posh. The most exciting part for me is that the toy is waterproof! I love LELO toys, and love the fact that they are rechargeable, but they’ve yet to come up with a waterproof toy. So I was thrilled when this was released! Soraya is toy made of an ABS plastic that is wrapped in a supple silicone body. You can see the ABS plastic on the sides of the toy, which is silver in color, and with the toys and bottoms of the toy being silicone, wrapped all around the ABS frame. The silicone feels smooth and luscious. The toy has a handle that features the seamless buttons of the toy, the user buttons are in the same shape as the Insignia design and feature a +/- button. The buttons are absolutely seamless and are a part of the silicone, so no worries about moisture seeping into the buttons. The handle of the toy also features a fingercut out hole, which is prefect for grabbing the toy and thrusting, so you can get a better handle on the toy, even with lube on your fingers. At the toy of the toy, there is a flexible arm that is meant for clitoral stimulation, much like on the design of the LELO Ina. The clitoral arm has it’s own special motor inside, so the vibrations you’re getting from the clitoral stimulator is direct, rather than the vibration just carrying through the silicone arm. I love this! Also, the second motor is in the other end of the toy, the head of the toy that is meant for vaginal stimulation. The end of the head is slightly curved upward with a little more width to it than the shaft of the toy, this is great for G-spot stimulation.

Closeup of Soraya

Closeup of the Insignia user buttons

Charging port
So how do you charge this toy if it’s waterproof? Through the little charging port, pictured above. You can’t see a “hole” to plug the charger in to. Instead, you press the end of the charger right into the little indention that you can see above. The charger presses through the silicone and charges the toy in it’s base. When the toy is not charging, the silicone stays sealed and doesn’t let water get inside. Not too difficult, but definitely a lot different than the way you charge other Lelo toys. You can charge the toy by plugging it into any electrical outlet. The toy also comes with the usual Lelo satin storage pouch. I like to charge my LELO Soraya while it’s safely laying in the storage pouch with the end of the pouch open. It’s also a good way to charge the toy if you have roommates and you don’t want people walking into your room and seeing a sex toy charging
The Soraya comes in three colors: black, deep rose, and cerise. I have the deep rose color and it’s really pretty. As for vibration, Soraya offers vibration speeds that range from low to high. I love the rumbly deep vibrations of Lelo toys, even though their highest setting isn’t super high, the way the vibrations resonate deeply makes this toy very orgasmic. The toy is pretty quiet too, like most other Lelo toys, so you could masturbate with the toy and definitely not be heard in the other room. Well, you won’t hear the toy, anyway…
The Soraya also offers 8 vibration settings that range from quick vibrating pulses, to longer drawnout pluses of vibration. You can easily browse through the speed settings and the vibration modes with the touch of a finger at the top of the toy at the base. The buttons are pretty easy to press, and navigate. You can also lock the toy and unlock the toy the same way you do any other LELO vibes, by pressing the holding the +/- buttons at the same time for about 3 seconds. This toy works great with water-based lubricant too, the lube works nicely on the duo of ABS plastic and silicone on the body. Even though you can use silicone lube on ABS plastic, you cannot use it on silicone, so since this toy is made of both materials, you can only use water-based lubricants with Soraya.
So now that we got the technical aspects out of the way, how does Soraya perform? Awesome! I adore this toy. I almost climaxed just at the thought that I finally owned a waterproof LELO, but aside from that, the vibrations were great. I love LELO’s motors because the vibrations aren’t buzzy or pitchy, they actually create stimulation that seems to stimulate me thoroughly and deeply. I loved using the Soraya on the highest setting, and found that the cut-out fingerhole made it much easier to thrust with the toy! With other toys, sometimes my hand gets wet from lubricant, and I can’t get a good enough grasp for serious thrusting, but that wasn’t really a problem that I had when using the Lelo Soraya. I found that I could grasp the toy properly, even if my fingers were a little moist. I also the way the toy of the toy felt vaginally, the slightly angled tip felt nice when used to stimulate and thrust against the G-spot. The clitoral arm is great too, because of it’s own motor, and the fact that the silicone arm is flexible, which means since every woman’s anatomy is different, it can stimulate your clit pretty much no matter what. I found that once the toy was inside, it fit nicely inside of me and the clitoral nub felt insanely awesome against my clit while the shaft of the toy buzzed away inside of my pussy. Yummy! It made for an intense orgasm from deep stimulation while working both my vagina clitoris at the same time. A lot of other dual stimulators, such as rabbits, can be a let down because of the positioning of each woman’s clit and the same cookie cutter positioning of the rabbit ears, but Soraya is different, like her less water friendly half-sister Ina, Soraya’s clitoral arm is large enough to cover the clit, and because of it’s flexibility, it can nuzzle and press against the clit quite nicely for direct stimulation.
Since this toy is waterproof, it finally means that I can have LELO-esque orgasms in the bath and shower! This excites me. I used to be a bit of a bad girl and take my Lelo toys into the tub with me and just made sure not to get water into the buttons. I know I know, what a rebel!
Now I can use the Soraya during a bath, in the shower, or even in the swimming pool or hot tub! This makes for some fun scenarios using Lelo toys, that I hadn’t been able to try before. Also, this toy would be fab for couples. Lie down in bed and let your lover grasp the fingerhole on the Soraya and pump away until you’re writhing in pleasure. So many naughty little possibilities. This makes clean up a snap too. Use your favorite toy cleanser, toy wipes, anti-bacterial soap and water, or a solution of Isopropyl alcohol to water. No boiling the toy, since it’s not 100% silicone. My only complaint is that I would have loved for the toy to be made of all silicone or maybe a marrying of silicone and steel instead of silver plastic ABS. I know the latter would have made the toy truly expensive though, and the former might not have been what they were going for design wise. Either way, I still adore the Soraya and am glad Lelo finally came out with a line of waterproof toys.
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