This is the best sex toy review I’ve ever read. It may not be the most detailed in terms of the nitty gritty but it did one thing better than any other review I’ve ever read: it made me want the toy. Badly.

Nerve’s Caitlin Macrae conducted an experiment with the new Club Vibrator and she wrote it up, lab report style, complete with photos:

Methods: Describe, step by step, what you did in your experiment.

After picking up my remote-controlled vibrator from Babeland, I ran (or to be more accurate, “skipped gleefully”) to a nearby cafe to use their bathroom as a makeshift insertion laboratory. A few minutes later, I was strapped into a lacy, black one-size-fits-most thong, with a tiny, pink bullet-vibrator in my vagina, the remote control clipped onto my hip. The Club Vibe offers three settings: ambient, music and manual. In music mode, it connects directly to an iPod or mp3 player. In manual, it promises “seven ass-shaking vibration patterns.” I set the control to “ambient,” where the vibe responds to the tone and intensity of all of the noise surrounding you (the packaging recommends trying out a club setting, so that your nether regions will be “pulsating to the DJ’s jams”). I cranked the controls up to eleven and set out to feel the world.

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Happy Pride everyone! Babeland is ready to celebrate pride at our New York and Seattle stores – check out this weekend’s events:

TONIGHT, Thursday June 25th: Queer Eye for the Sex Toy Buy (LES and Seattle), 7:00pm (both locations)

We’re pretty sure that it was queers who invented sex toys—and if we didn’t invent them, at the very least, we perfected their use. And made them safe for the rest of the world. And added the sparkles. After all, we do all the things straight folks do—we just do it with more accessories. So if you consider yourself gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexed, transgender, queer or questioning and are looking for a new sex toy, some harness and dildo tips, or some affordable safer sex supplies, stop by the store for free mini-workshops and goodies.

New York Workshops: Strap-Ons 101 at 8:00pm and 9:00pm

Seattle: Strap-Ons, Cunnilingus and G-spot between 7:00 and 8:00, Fellatio, prostate play and toys for boys between 8:00 and 9:00pm.

Sunday June 28th, 8:00pm: Pride Flirt Party (Soho)

After the Pride parade, join Babeland and our sexiest customers for a night of color-coded fun and flirting–wear red if you’re taken and are just there to party, yellow if your eye could be caught by someone special, or green if it’s go, go, go! Celebrate Pride with like-minded folks, get your flirt on, and dance your ass off! Complimentary snacks and drinks will be served. This event is always full of cute folks and is the post-pride place to be! Plus, I’ll be there, so why not join us?

Just a quick note to say that Babeland Blog is on Twitter. Go here to follow us! We’ll post updates on what’s happening on the blog as well as fabulous re-tweets from sexuality educators, porn stars and other awesome folks.