Hello everyone! My name is Jamie and I will be todays host. Today I will be reviewing the Lelo Mia Lipstick Vibrator. This product is new to the market so we thought we would do a review.
Before we get started I have a giveaway for our podcast listeners. We want to hear your feed back! If you call in and leave your comments about our podcast, good or bad, review suggestions or whatever else, we will select a winner and will send you a Lelo Mia free of charge! So please make sure to leave your email address in your telephone message and so we can contact you if you are the winner. Please spell it out for us so there are no mistakes when trying to contact you. Your email addresses will not be collected or used in any way and we will not contact you for any other reason other then if you win. The offer ends when our next podcast is released. So call in! 1-800-409-9739 - Option 5
Ok so onto the review. When I first saw the Lelo Mia I didn’t realize that it was designed to look like a Lipstick case. While reviewing this product my partner pointed it out and I went oh shit your right. At that point I hadn’t read anything on it so I guess being a guy I didn’t spot it. I thought it was a funny.
This product is a high end vibrator, which fits with all the Lelo products. It comes in Deep Rose and Pink. It is Latex and Phthalate free so it is very safe. Its designed for travel and of course home use. It fits in your purse and is very desecrate as mentioned it looks like a Lipstick case. You can take this anywhere you go! On a plain may be a bit hard with the security measures so you might want to put it in your suite case not your carry on! Which means no trip to the lavatory for a quickie!
The Lelo Mia vibration is very good and very quite especially for the power it produces. I would say it probably produces close to the same amount of power as most of the other Lelo products but is in such a small vibe. Really nice. The Mia has 4 vibration settings. 1 is a steady vibration and of course you can press either the plus or minus buttons to increase the vibration intensity or decrease it. If you hold down the plus button and release after a second or so it will change to a slow pulsating vibration. Hold it down again and you get a little faster pulsation and you guest it hold it down again and you get a very fast pulsation. I think you women out there will enjoy these settings.
Of course the quality of the Lelo Mia is great as usual. Saying this thought it is a new product and has only been out for just over a month so we cannot guarantee great quality just yet, but knowing Lelo there will not be any problems. The Mia comes with a limited 1 year warranty form Lelo.
The packaging is the same as the other Lelo products. Nice black box, instruction manuals charging cord and a satin bag to put it in for storage.
Now onto how to charge the Mia. This is what makes this toy unique. You don’t plug it in to the wall. You charge it using USB! It comes with a usb cord or you can just plug the vibe directly into a usb slot. I personally have mixed feelings about this. I guess if you travel and carry a laptop with you it would work great or if you have a personal computer at home and no kids then thats ok to. The problem I think people may run into is when you have kids and no personal areas to charge it in. Or you don’t have a laptop when you travel. You can purchase a wall adapter from your local electronics store but they can be a bit expensive. So I am not sure if this is a plus or a minus I guess it depends on your life situation. To be fair I will take a half point away in my star rating because of the not sure factor.
Overall I would give this product a 4.5 out of 5 rating. Its a great toy the half point taken away only because of the USB thing.
Anyway hope you enjoyed the show. Remember to call in to win the Lelo Mia! 1-800-409-9739 - Option 5. You can also purchase the Lelo Mia from our retail store at www.adultsensations.ca - Sex Toys.
Ok have a good week.
August 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Hi. I’ve been listening to your podcasts & find it pretty pitiful, and also boring, that a man is reviewing the toys primarily designed for women. I really saw this when listening to the pussy/ass review vs. the jack rabbit review. You actually experienced the toy meant for a guy and seemed much more enthusiastic, but you could only talk in general mechanical terms about the girl’s toy - there was none of the more personal information that a woman would get and be able to share by using the toy herself.
I did scroll through some of the other products and saw that a female staff member reviewed the gigi, but it would be so much more helpful to actually have a woman on air talking about the toys as only a woman, with her anatomy, can relate.
Also heard the comments about the talc and seeing as how you’ve never heard of that concern, even if you promise to research it, when most of my women friends/relatives have heard of it, I think you’re doing women a real disservice. A woman would be much more in tune with issues like this. It’s just not the type of thing that’s on a man’s radar.
Other than that, I do appreciate the podcast and find it somewhat informational re: general sex toy care, hygiene, types of materials, etc. But as a woman, your reviews aren’t really that helpful - I can get better by searching for comments on the products by actual women online.
August 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Hi Rachel,
In response to your comments. I would have to agree that we do need more feedback from listeners like yourself and to include a womens perspective on the female toys. My experience is a little more then just an average guys option as I get feedback from female customers, employees and my partner. BUT saying this I am not a female so you are correct that we need to start incorporating a female into the show. Please also keep in mind that this podcast mainly is created to review the problems with a toy, quality, settings and not necessarily how it feels. I include that only to give my point of view. You must remember even if a person gives their opinion on a toy it may not be correct for you as everyone is different. We deal with the products everyday and we know what products get problems and what do not. This can be matched by few podcast out there as they do not own stores.
Now the talc issue, I do not consider this as doing women a disservice. How do you get that? I mentioned it so that people can make up their own decision. Its still being used on babies and in many other areas. Which I agree does not make it safe but you need to look at the bigger picture. The talc is also mainly used in male toys which is not a concern as it doe not get inserted into the body. I have asked some people and they have not heard of it, so you must have a group of friends and family that keep up on these things. You must remember I am NOT a doctor and I do not pretend to know everything. I raised the issue in hopes to get feedback on it and at the least give a warning out there in case this is a problem. If you think that is not enough I am sorry but if we where to ban everything that may cause problems we would not be using any toys or drinking coffee or even breathing. So to say I am doing a disservice to women is not a fair comment.
I glad you somewhat enjoy the show as you mention the things you like and they are the areas we want to get across in our show.
Please do search for other comments on other sites and podcasts. You should never just take one persons option on a product. We have comments placed by customers on our retail site for most of the toys. If you notice there are good and bad we do not delete bad comments so you can get a good idea of how a toy preforms.
Anyway thanks for your comments we hope you keep listening and giving feedback! If you call in and leave your comments on our toll free number you have a chance to win the Lelo Mia so give us a call and we will include your comments on the show even if you do not win the Mia.
Thanks,
Jamie