Hot Octopuss Pulse Solo Interactive Review

Personal Experience

Solo Play

Partner Play

Interactive Features

Design

I think the Hot Octopuss Pulse Solo Interactive has a sexy design that almost reminds me of a sports car. I like the more masculine look of the dark colors, and I enjoy that it isn't based on a realistic vulva. I think this is great as it can appeal to more people regardless of their sexual orientation. It looks great and doesn't even look like a sex toy to the untrained eye. I can leave it out in my bedroom and not worry about it. It is also quite fun that the open end design means you can see yourself cumming.

Ease of Use

The Hot Octopuss Solo Interactive has a simple button layout with on/off, turbo mode and increase/decrease buttons. They all have the same texture and size, which makes them hard to distinguish without memorizing where they are. The power button is slow to react which makes you doubt if you pressed correctly and is bad for edging. The device is not too heavy for the size and sits comfortably in the hand. I also like that I can use it hands free resting on my stomach.

Quality

It has a good weight to it and feels like it has a solid construction. It can be a little loud especially on full power and can be heard through a closed door. The silicone feels great quality and is comfortable against the skin. The battery life is only 45 minutes, which is a little short and means it needs recharging frequently.

Price

Since the toy didn't have the partner play I function I hoped for, I didn't use the app terribly much. For the price of 180 dollars there just isn't enough justification without the app. If the app had worked as I hoped, I think the price would be ok. If I were to buy this again, I would go for the Hot Octopuss Solo Essential which is the cheaper version without app controls.

Performance

I think the Hot Octopuss Pulse device itself performed extremely well and it's my go to when I'm in the mood for using a toy. I really enjoyed the rumbly feeling of the pulse plate and think it's much more enjoyable than standard vibrations. The interactive performance was a bit of a let down though.

Packaging

So the packaging isn't something that's super important to me, if anything I wish there was no packaging, but I understand it needs to be protected. It came in a simple box with an insert to hold the toy in place and a small instruction booklet. The box was black with a tasteful design and picture of the toy on it, so it's easy to see what's inside. I like that there was nothing explicit on the box.

Materials and care

The toy was an absolute delight to clean. Sometimes the clean-up might deter me from using a toy, but since the Hot Octopuss has an open design, cleaning can be done in a matter of seconds without a need for long air drying, like a TPE sleeve.

Special feature

The Hot Octopuss Pulse Solo Interactive is an app-enabled sex toy that has a lot of different features and I had a mixed experience with them! It was very easy to connect the toy to the Kiiroo FeelConnect app and control the toy using the interface. It was also simple enough to get the toy to work in sync with online content and I feel it was fairly well synchronised with what was happening on screen. However, the interactive feature that interested me most was being able to connect to my partner’s toy as we don’t live together at the moment. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make this feature work and ended up being very frustrating and a bit of a boner killer. This was the only thing that let the toy down though!