Lovehoney mon ami Remote Control Love Egg Review

Personal Experience

First Impressions

Public Play Potential

Design

The mon ami Love Egg is a typical egg vibrator in design: it has a rounded vibrator attached to a cord that makes removal of the toy easy. At the end of the cord is a button to turn the egg on or off, to cycle through patterns, and to turn on the travel lock. It has a slightly more elongated, pointed tip on the egg than others and the light pink silicone makes it feel very cute. Egg vibrators in general are pretty simple with not much variation besides material and quality of the vibrations themselves so there's little else to say outside of that. I do wish the egg was a bit thicker and rounded, but that's personal preference. If you prefer slim insertable toys, this is a good fit for you.

Ease of Use

The Love Egg has very simple controls, as it only has two buttons to juggle: one on the remote control, and one on the egg itself. Both actually serve the same function, so the user can choose which they want to control the toy with. It did take me about ten minutes to make sure I understood the controls, since different combinations control both the on/off switch, cycling through vibrations/patterns, and the travel lock mechanic, and at least one other button would make it more convenient, but reading the user instructions should be all that's required to understand it. I think anyone could manage it, but experience with other single-button sex toys would be recommended. I also appreciate that the tail for retrieving the mon ami Love Egg is fairly long compared to some other egg vibrators, but if you prefer deeper stimulation, or find it hard to grip thin cords, it may be harder to fish out. The button on the tail is also fairly small, and not very clear through touch alone.

Quality

The Love Egg definitely feels like a good quality toy, solid and soft. I was worried for a while that the cord would be more fragile but in all my handling of the toy, so far nothing has broken. The silicone is a good quality and feels velvety soft, and the rhe remote control, which is just plastic, feels surprisingly nice despite that. The product page for it on Lovehoney's website says that it is discreet, which is true, since the vibrations are quiet enough to be covered by most background noise, like conversation, running water, or an air conditioner, however I wouldn't test it up close and in an extremely quiet area. One thing I noticed is that, like all remote controls, the controller is sometimes finicky about when it registers inputs, which means practice of the angle of the remote is probably required before using it in public play.

Price

The mon ami Love Egg is priced at $64.99, and comes with the egg vibrator itself, the controller, and the USB charging cord. It's a moderate price for an egg vibrator, and much cheaper than some of the popular luxury egg vibrators. The main difference I see in it and egg vibrators with lower costs is the material quality, which would definitely up the price, though I'm not sure you get much more in function than an egg vibrator going for around $40. If you want a regular, good quality egg vibrator and don't want to shell out over a hundred dollars for one, this is probably your best bet, but if you're looking specifically for more functions or an easier time on your wallet, I think going twenty dollars higher or lower would be a better choice. The mon ami is a respectable egg vibrator, but doesn't feel especially unique.

Performance

The mon ami did the best thing it could've done, which is live up to its promises. It's a good quality, decent egg vibrator that works and feels good. It's a little louder than I expected, but far quieter than most of my external vibrators. It never gets hot or painful to the touch, and had both a longer battery life and shorter charging time than in the user instructions. I consider that a good deal.

Packaging

The packaging is a miss for me. It comes in a general cardboard box with purple accents displaying the product with a quick summary of the toy, pictures of it, the brand and name, and some general brief safety disclaimers on various sides of the box. It's one of those boxes that acts as a sleeve you can pull the internal cardboard insert out of from one side, and there's a plastic screen showing the mon ami Love Egg and controller inside the cut-outs. You remove this, lift up another internal section and some foam, and find the USB charging cord, and the safety/usage booklets. Personally, I don't like throwing away the boxes for my toys to store them, and I found all the layers in this kind of packaging annoying, but there isn't very much plastic or other waste. If you're looking for a discreet or luxurious storage box, this isn't it, but it's functional, if a bit tedious.

Materials and care

The vibrating egg itself is made of body-safe, latex-free and phthalate-free pink silicone, and the remote is made of some sort of lightweight pink plastic. Since the Love Egg is completely waterproof, cleaning it is as easy as washing it with soap and running water or the average toy cleaner. It doesn't come with any sort of storage, but it's small enough to find a place to stash easily.