May 24th, 2011 @ Amber St. Clare

Japan is known for their technology and fashion, but they certainly shine when it comes to male masturbators. The only male masturbator on the market that seriously shows the Fleshlight who’s boss is the Tenga Flip Hole Black. Not only is this masturbator sleek, and stylish, it’s also cleverly designed. It’s affordable, discreet, and super stimulating. I’m a female, but even I was intrigued by this cool toy and couldn’t help but want to take a closer look. Now look at the toy, it looks more like an iPod accessory than a sex toy, right? This is a plus for men, I think, because you could leave it on your nightstand or your desk and chances are no one will know what it is. Not only that, but it’s not anatomical, it doesn’t look like a faux pussy or a mouth, which is a good thing for men who think the idea of sticking it in a fake vagina makes them feel silly. This toy comes in a clear plastic container, and it also comes with 3 Fliphole lotions: Mild, Real, and Wild. Each “lotion” is lubricant with a slightly different feel and texture so you can choose which you like best. Real has the feel and consistency of vaginal lubrication, Mild is a little thicker and is meant to last longer, and Wild is a little sticky in texture and has a different feel than the other two in texture. The design of the toy itself is really cool. See in the photo above, the three gray circles? Those are buttons. No, you don’t stick your dick into them! They aren’t holes meant for poking, but buttons to push while in use to help create suction and depth as you use the toy. This feature is beyond cool, but I’ll get into that later.
In the photo above, you can see the entry of the toy, on the bottom. The opening of the toy is nice and tight, but definitely has a lot of stretch to it to grasp your dick firmly. The material of the toy is soft to the touch, but is also firm and gripping. This particular Flip Hole, the Flip Hole Black, is known to be firmer and more snug than the original Flip Hole. The inner canal of the toy is made of a TPR Silicone material that feels like a jello material, so that it hugs your dick nicely and will fit snugly around the girth of your dick. Look at the entry hole in the photo above, see that seam that goes through the center, that is where the toy opens up! This is how you open it to clean the inside. The cool thing is that upon opening it, you’ll see that the inner canal is on each side, so it’s literally hugging your dick when you slide your cock inside. The inner canal textures a variety of textures: The Waving Ball, which features a ribbed feel and a circular shape, then it goes into the Cross Wall which has light ridges, then it goes to the Brushing Edge which is sightly wider and features a tight opening with fan-like arms that brush the dick. Those textures are on on side of the sleeve (the top or the bottom depending how you hold the toy). The other side features the Moving Ball texture which features two detailed balls that roll against your dick as you slide into the sleeve, then it goes into the Orb Shelter and Core Orb that features a tight area with nubs, then leads into the End orb when your dick meets a soft balled end. You can see the textures shown in the image below.

Cool huh? Not just one or two textures, but *all* of those textures working at one time, each and every time you slid into the toy! To clean the toy, you open it at the seam, wash with hot water and allow to air dry until you use it again, or store it back in the plastic cylinder container. Washing out the inner sleeve is pretty simple, just make sure you let it air dry while open, you don’t want water moisture getting stuck in the toy as it can bring bacteria. You can also use this toy with any water-based lubricant that you want, best not to use silicone lube as it may damage the TPR Silicone material. To lube up, you can apply the lotion/lube in the toy before snapping it closed, you can also apply some to the tip of your cock as you enter the toy. The wetter the better usually, as this makes it feel more life-like and stimulating over the glans of the penis and the shaft of the cock. You can grasp the toy and pump in and out of it, or you can use your thumb on the gray buttons to control the suction and feel of the inner canal. By pressing the buttons you can choose how snugly it grasps your dick, the amount of hard or light suction it provides and it also helps to move the textured chambers inside of the toy.

In the photo above, you can see the toy opened up. See the cool texture inside of the toy? This is also where you rinse the toy out after you’re done using it. Since I’m a chick, and therefore, sans penis, I had to offer up this cool toy to one of my male buddies. Needless to say, he was pretty psyched to try it out and see how it compared to the Fleshlight, which he already owns one of. My friends used the toy for about a week before even letting me know what he thought. I thought maybe he just hadn’t gotten around to using it, or maybe he didn’t like it. Turns out, he loved it! He said the feelings were intense, and he loved the control that the buttons gave him. It took him all week to “test” it a few times
He assured me that this is the best masturbator he has ever tried! He said that the different chambers inside of the toy felt like nothing he had experienced before during masturbation with any other sleeve, and that though he’s still rather have sex with a female, the Flip Hole Black made him orgasm harder than he expected and that it’s become his new best friend. He said that he thought it might be complicated to use, he was worried that the gray buttons might be difficult to push or to navigate. He also thought he was supposed to slide his dick into one of the gray buttons when he first saw the toy, then after opening it quickly realized that the opening was at the bottom. In his mad dash to try it out, he apparently overlooked a few things
He mentioned that out of all of the lotions, he liked the Real the best, but that he ended up using some of his own go-to lubricant that he usually uses to masturbate. He mentioned that he added more lubricant the more he used the toy to make sure that it stayed slick. He also said that cleaning it out was easy and didn’t take more than a few minutes. He said her liked the style of the sleeve and said that it’s one of the coolest looking male toys that he’s ever seen, and I have to agree. Even though I couldn’t test the toy out myself, I did lube up a few fingers and give it a good once over before gifting it to my friend. I have to say it was beyond squishy and stimulating on my fingers, it was the most realistic masturbator that I have ever fingered! Thats saying something too, since I’ve fingered my fair share of male masturbators sleeves. I really liked the snug feeling, and it felt awesome when it was all wet and lubed up! This is definitely in my list of toys that men should own!
Want to take the Tenga Flip Hole Black for a spin? Tabu Toys is selling it for $99.75 – which is an awesome deal for the feel and the fact that you can re-use this toy over and over to your dick’s content!

