In the next sections, I’ll cover the Pearl 2’s vibration power and rumbliness in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion: the Pearl 2 is one of the least stimulating panty vibrators I’ve tested. The motor itself is strong, but the design doesn’t deliver that power to my clit, and the vibrations are extremely buzzy. Buzzy vibes need consistent firm contact to land, and the Pearl 2’s loose fit can’t provide it.

In the same price range, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy hits the same top strength and actually transfers the vibrations to your clit. For about $50 more, the Lovense Ferri is a much better option – the best vibration transfer of any panty vibrator I’ve tested.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Ferri’s vibration power and rumbliness in-depth.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Ferri is the most stimulating panty vibrator we’ve tested, and one I orgasm with hands-free the easiest.

It’s the strongest panty vibe I’ve tested and transfers more of its motor’s power to your clit than any other. Like most panty vibrators, the vibrations are buzzy rather than rumbly. If rumbly stimulation matters more to you, go with the VeDO Niki. If power matters more, go with the Ferri.

Although the Honey Play Box Pearl 2’s vibrations are strong, they don’t transfer to the clit well so it feels weak.

The Pearl 2 has a strong clit motor – at a 9 out of 10 top strength, among my panty vibrators it’s second only to the Lovense Ferri, which hits 9.35. On paper, that’s enough power for me to orgasm hands-free. But the design doesn’t deliver that power to my clit – the Pearl 2 has the worst vibration transfer of any panty vibrator I’ve tested.

The Pearl 2 has no magnet, so it shifts around freely in my underwear. The Pearl’s raised bump keeps the toy from naturally hugging my body, and the stimulation point shifts off my clit quickly. The vibrations are also buzzy, and buzzy vibrations need more consistent, firm contact with my clit since they don’t travel as deep. The only way to actually feel this motor’s strength is to press the toy against my clit with my hand, which defeats the entire purpose of a panty vibrator.

Power range is also narrow, spanning from 6.75 to 9 out of 10, which means there’s no gentle starting point for warming up – the lowest setting is already moderately strong.

In the same price range, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy hits the same top strength, a wider power range, and it has a contoured body that transfers vibrations well. If you’re willing to spend a bit more, the Ferri is the across-the-board better option – stronger power, better vibration transfer, and a far better app.

The Lovense Ferri reaches a top power of 9.35 out of 10 – the strongest of any panty vibrator we’ve tested, and it’s the one I orgasm with the easiest.

Other panty vibrators I recommend like the VeDO Niki and the NS Novelties Techno Lucy top out at 8.0 and 9.0. And the range available through the app is wide, from a very gentle 1.0 up to that 9.35, so there’s soft warmup levels and strong upper levels.

The Ferri also transfers that power to my clit better than any other panty vibrator I’ve tested. With a handheld toy you can position the toy where you want it and press harder for more intensity; but with wearables the toy’s shape and fit have to do all the work of delivering the motor’s strength to your body. The Ferri is one of the few panty vibrators that does an excellent job transferring vibrations to my clit. The slightly curved design hugs the body, and the short length prevents the toy from pivoting or getting knocked out of place with movement.

And the Ferri’s curve with a taller front also lets you apply more pressure when you want to without using your hands – something flat panty vibes can’t do. When you’re sitting, shifting your weight against the end opposite your clit tilts the toy and presses the clit-end more firmly into you, making the vibrations feel stronger. It’s the closest a hands-free wearable gets to the pressure control of a handheld.

The stimulation profile here is focused and precise rather than broad and blanketing. If you prefer broad stimulation that spreads the stimulation out, the VeDO Niki is also a good option, but not quite as strong.

We rate panty vibrators with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because most people prefer rumbly. But it’s a personal preference, and some people enjoy buzzy vibes more.

The Pearl 2 is extremely buzzy across its entire power range. Its lowest setting measures 132 Hz, the median lands at 143 Hz, and the top climbs to 154 Hz – all sitting well into the extremely buzzy range.

Buzzy vibrations stay concentrated near the surface rather than traveling deep, so they need strong power AND excellent vibration transfer to feel stimulating on my clit. The Pearl 2 has the power but, as noted above, its loose fit keeps the vibrations from transferring to your body well. As a result, even though I often enjoy buzzy vibes personally, they don’t work for this toy.

For rumbly clit stimulation in a panty vibrator, the VeDO Niki is the best choice by a wide margin, never crossing into buzzy territory. Just note the Niki is remote-only, not app-controlled. If you like buzzy vibrations, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy is a better option in this price range – while it’s similarly buzzy to the Pearl, it transfers the vibes to my clit well.

We rate rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because most people prefer them, but it’s a preference and some people enjoy buzzy vibrations more (I like them personally).

Like most panty vibrators, the Lovense Ferri’s rumbliness is mediocre. The Ferri’s vibrations are moderately buzzy at medium strength, and extremely buzzy at the top of its range. Although its lowest settings are rumbly, most people will use them mainly while warming up. Vibrations always become buzzier as you increase power, and by the time you reach the upper levels that you’ll likely need to orgasm, the vibrations are entirely in the buzzy range.

This buzzier feel is typical of most panty vibrators, including the We-Vibe Moxie+, NS Novelties Techno Lucy, Romp Party and others. The small motors that fit inside a panty vibe tend to need to spin faster (be buzzier) to produce the power larger motors can at slower (more rumbly) speeds.

If rumbly vibrations are a strong preference for you, the VeDO Niki has much deeper-feeling vibrations. I personally enjoy both the buzzy feel of the Ferri’s vibrations and the rumbliness of the Niki’s.

Like all panty vibrators, the Honey Play Box Pearl 2 only stimulates your clit – not your G-spot. Since most women need clit stimulation to orgasm, a panty vibrator is often the right type of wearable. But if you’re interested in G-spot stimulation instead, see all our recommendations for the best egg vibrators here.

Like all panty vibrators, the Lovense Ferri only stimulates your clit – not your G-spot. Since most women need clit stimulation to orgasm, a panty vibrator is often the right type of wearable – that’s why I personally enjoy it more than the Lovense Lush 4 and Lush Mini. But if you’re interested in G-spot stimulation instead, see all our recommendations for the best egg vibrators here.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the HoneyPlayBox app’s close-range features, long-distance features, and connectivity in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion: the HoneyPlayBox app does basic intensity control well but falls short on any greater customization capabilities. People who care a lot about the app control quality should get the Lovense Ferri.

There’s a good, basic interface for adjusting a constant vibration setting which is all a lot of people need. But pattern selection is poor, pattern creation is buggy, the long-distance features are limited, and connectivity has some issues in specific situations – missed commands during quick intensity changes, occasional long-distance session drops, and disconnections when there’s a lot of body interference blocking the signal.

If exceptional app control is your top priority, the Lovense Ferri is a much better option for about $50 more.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Lovense Remote app’s close-range and long-distance features in depth, plus the Ferri’s connectivity in both modes.

Here’s the main conclusion: Lovense’s app is the best of any brand’s I’ve tested, by a wide margin.

I have many remote and app-controlled toys, and Lovense’s app provides the most control, is easiest to use, and has the most reliable connectivity.

If app control matters a lot to you in a panty vibrator, the Ferri is the best choice.

Note: Honey Play Box has updated their app since this section was written. We are working on updating this discussion. However, the video demo is up to date.

The Honey Play Box app’s close-range feature quality is split: setting and adjusting a constant vibration intensity is genuinely good, but most other features are clunky or don’t work as designed. If a clean intensity controller is all you need from the app, the Pearl 2’s app will be fine. If you want pattern creation, real sound-reactive control, or richer features, the experience is worse than better apps like Lovense.

The strong point is the “Free” control screen (This is what this control mode is called, there are not “paid” vs “free” features). You drag an on-screen dot up or down to set the vibration intensity, with a live waveform showing the level you’ve set. It’s precise, easy for you or a partner to use, and the visual feedback is good – your partner will understand what intensity they’ve set your toy to. It’s similar in concept to Lovense’s main remote screen, and for basic intensity control it works well.

The “Presets” screen is where things start getting clunky. You drag a slider from 1 to 9: positions 1, 2, and 3 are low / medium / high constant intensities, and 4-9 are preset patterns. The patterns are simply numbered – no descriptive names, no preview icons – so there’s no way to know what each pattern feels like without selecting it. There’s also no intensity adjustment for the patterns; you get them at one fixed strength.

Pattern creation works in principle but not in practice. From the “Free” screen, you can tap a “loop” button and draw your own waveform, and the vibrations actually play live as you draw – which is the right design (some apps like We-Vibe make you draw blind without being able to feel what you’re drawing). The problem is the resulting pattern doesn’t match what you drew. A smooth wave you sketch on the screen might come back as a jerky pulse or a series of discrete steps.

A second save-a-session feature records the vibrations you used throughout your entire play session so you can play them again later. But it’s inconsistent – sometimes the save prompt appears, sometimes it doesn’t, and saved sessions are buried and hard to find under your Profile menu rather than alongside normal controls.

The Sound Reactive and Music modes that many apps provide are present but barely usable.

The way Sound Reactive control usually works is that the vibrations get stronger only when the noise around you is louder. But the Honey Play Box app’s Sound Reactive mode has no threshold control. So even quiet sounds trigger the vibrations – and several Honey Play Box toys start with enough power that the vibrations are loud right away.

Music sync only works with audio files saved on your phone (no Spotify or other streaming), and the vibrations don’t really match the music. Both sound and music modes feel like they were shoved in to pad the feature list.

There’s one genuinely uncommon bonus: a Voice Control mode. You set a wake word (“Hi, Honey” by default, but customizable), then give spoken commands to change intensity or switch patterns. There’s a small command list to learn and a bit of lag, but it works as designed. I don’t reach for it often, but I could see it being useful when your hands are busy or have lube on them and you don’t want to touch your phone.

A small annoyance worth mentioning: the app requires account creation even if you only ever plan to use it close-range with no partner. You stay logged in after setup, so it’s not recurring friction, but it’s worth knowing going in.

For pure intensity control via the Free screen, the Pearl 2’s app is genuinely fine – and better than the NS Novelties Techno Lucy‘s more basic app at the same price. But if you want the full close-range features done well – clean preset patterns, a pattern loop that actually matches what you draw, real sound-reactive control with thresholds – the Lovense Ferri is a much beter option for about $50 more. The Lovense Remote app is the best of any brand.

The Ferri’s app has the best close-range features of any panty vibrator I’ve tested.

From the main remote screen, you’ll control the Ferri by dragging its control dot up and down to adjust the power. Tap “Float” to keep the power constant or click “Loop” to quickly repeat a pattern you draw on-screen. This makes it easy to set your Ferri exactly to your preferred intensity or quickly create your own vibration patterns from the same screen.

The vibrations play as you draw, so you can feel whether you actually like the pattern – some apps make you draw a waveform blindly, save it, then play it back to feel what it does. Tapping “Record” also saves the pattern to “My Patterns” for re-use if you enjoyed it.

You can also connect and control multiple Lovense toys at once with each motor getting its own dot on the Remote screen. So if you have both a Lovense Lush 4 and a Ferri, you can control them together for simultaneous clit and G-spot stimulation (which I personally prefer over using the dual-stimulation Lovense Dolce). Or you can control your own toy and a nearby partner’s toy at once. We tested four toys simultaneously without issue.

For preset patterns, you can use the “My Patterns” screen which has four defaults to choose from, plus anything you’ve drawn and saved, and any patterns you’ve downloaded from Lovense’s community library. Lovense has an active community creating and sharing patterns to browse and download.

Sound-reactive control is also excellent and the most practical I’ve used in any app. You set a minimum decibel threshold – the toy stays silent when the sound around you is below the threshold. And you set a sensitivity – how much of the toy’s power range will be used when the sound is above the threshold. There’s also a live decibel readout to calibrate against the room you’re in. Many other apps try to combine these settings or don’t even have a threshold control.

The music-sync mode is pretty good: it follows what’s playing on Spotify or your local files, but the only real control is capping the maximum intensity. It works fine as a way to get changing vibrations without having to control anything yourself.

Lovense has a few niche extra control features and settings that can be helpful – Voice Control if your fingers are otherwise occupied, and Device-to-Device control where another Lovense toy (the Max 2, Nora, or Solace) drives the Ferri’s vibrations through the controller’s own movements. You can also set a max-intensity setting for each toy to cap how high the vibrations can go – this can be useful both for keeping the toy below a noise threshold and for limiting how high a partner can push it if you’re sensitive to overstimulation.

Overall, the Lovense app’s close-range features are excellent and the best of any brand.

Note: Honey Play Box has updated their app since this section was written. We are working on updating this discussion. However, the video demo is up to date.

The Honey Play Box app’s long-distance feature set is limited and a bit confusing to learn. You can video call your partner and have them control the Pearl 2’s vibration intensity in real time, but that’s the entire feature set – for anything richer, the Lovense Ferri is better.

In a long-distance video call, your partner sees a single intensity slider and can raise or lower the Pearl 2’s vibration power. That’s it. They can’t send preset patterns, and they can’t draw looping patterns the way you can during close-range play. If you both have HoneyPlayBox toys, only one of you can share toy control at a time – there’s no mutual control during the call. With better apps like Lovense’s, your partner has the same control screen you’d have during nearby control, and both partners can control each other’s toys simultaneously.

Getting into the call is also confusing. There’s a “Remote” screen that’s actually the long-distance screen (it isn’t labeled that way), and a separate chat screen with your saved-partner list. Both have buttons that look like they’ll start a video call, but only the “Remote” screen actually shares toy control with your partner – starting a call from the chat screen is video-only without any toy control.

Once you’re past the setup confusion, the call itself is fairly good. The video call controls – mute, camera on/off, front/rear camera swap, end call – sit along the top of the screen and can’t be minimized, so they take a slice of your view of your partner, but not much. Your partner’s intensity slider sits along the edge of the screen, out of the way of the video, and your own camera preview is a small window you can drag wherever is least intrusive. Video quality is decent rather than great – there’s slight pixelation around edges that some will find off-putting, but it didn’t bother us.

In-app messaging exists, but it’s entirely separate from toy control. You can’t text your partner while they’re controlling your vibrations, so if you wanted to swap steamy messages mid-session, you’ll have to use a regular messaging app.

If long-distance play is a major priority for you, the Ferri is a much better option for about $50 more. Lovense’s long-distance experience is the best of any panty vibrator I’ve tested.

Lovense’s long-distance experience is also the best of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, by a wide margin.

When messaging or video calling, my partner gets the same great Remote screen with the Float and Loop controls, so they can set a constant intensity or draw a looping pattern easily. The long-distance core controls aren’t stripped down like many apps do. One minor downside is that you can’t control your own toy during a video call; only your partner can. Most of the time that’s fine, but occasionally I’d like to take over for a moment to set my own intensity.

The video call tools are excellent and make for a seamless experience with your partner.

Getting into a call is easy – when your partner sends a video call request, there’s a clear screen on your phone with a green accept button or red reject button. Some apps send the request to a particular screen and your partner has to go there to find it, which makes calls easy to miss, but requests in Lovense’s app are noticeable.

When you’re in a video call, you can mute, toggle your camera off/on, flip video to front or back, cast the audio to a speaker, or end the call.

It’s easy to see your partner and access the controls – the video feed is clear by default. Just tap the screen to bring up the control panel. You can also reposition your self-view anywhere on the screen to see your partner more clearly. Some apps keep annoying controls permanently covering the view of your partner.

You can both lock your phone screen or use other apps without issue. The in-app messaging is alo excellent and very easy to use with a thread that’s easy to follow – it looks just like any other message thread. You can send all the important media types you might want to: voice notes, photos, and videos from your camera or camera roll. And there’s an effective, optional “burn after reading” feature for single-time viewing and preventing screenshots.

You can adjust your partner’s settings to auto-accept their control requests so they can take control of your toy by surprise, get a push notification when they come online, or hide your online status from them specifically. And each partner’s controls can be set differently.

Anonymous and group play is broader than any other app-controlled brand. You can send a one-time control link to someone or create a group link for up to 10 people to control your toy. When time’s up they lose control and can’t request it again.

If long-distance play is the main reason you’re buying a panty vibrator, the Ferri is the best choice.

The Honey Play Box app’s connectivity is decent in both nearby Bluetooth and long-distance modes – pairing is fast and Bluetooth range carries far, but the signal can be unreliabile under a lot of body interference.

Pairing the toy to your phone is pretty fast and consistent. Every time you connect, you have to go to the connection screen and select your toy, so it always takes a couple clicks and a few seconds – not the instant auto-pairing better apps like Lovense provide, but quick enough that it doesn’t get in the way.

When a bluetooth disconnection happens, either because you’re out of range or something blocks the signal, getting reconnected is relatively quick and easy, but it takes manual action in the app – it won’t automatically reconnect like many apps do. The app pops up a screen letting you know your toy is disconnected with a “Reconnect” button. You have to click that button and then select your toy from the list. It takes a couple seconds to pair, but works reliably. The vibrations stop on disconnect, which is best for discretion but disrupts the stimulation.

The Pearl 2 maintains a reliable connection under low-to-moderate body interference like typically exists when controlling the toy yourself or with your partner alongside or in front of you – angles where your body doesn’t fully sit between their phone and the toy. But it disconnects completely under more extreme positioning with a lot of body interference. Body tissue is the main thing that can make an app’s bluetooth connection drop during play because water-rich materials like your body weaken an app’s signal much more than other materials like clothes and typical walls.

Bluetooth reached about 240 feet in our open-air max range test – measured with clear line-of-sight and no body interference. That’s outstanding range, more than enough for room-to-room use. But keep in mind real-world range will be shorter at angles with body interference.

There’s a minor issue with missed commands on the “Free” control screen. Drawing a fast spike up and then pulling intensity back down often skips the spike entirely – the app jumps straight to the lower intensity without registering the first command. It feels like control input is being read slightly too slowly, so quick back-to-back changes lose their intermediate commands. If you like to play with quick intensity swings rather than smooth ramps, expect to lose some inputs.

Long-distance reliability is decent during active use, but there are some inactive phone behaviors that can cause the session to occasionally drop. As long as one of you keeps the app open, control runs through cleanly – no missed commands, no session drops. But the session occasionally drops if you both lock your phone for some reason; when that happens, you both have to reopen the app and the toy-wearer has to reconnect the toy. Switching between Wi-Fi and cell data mid-session also breaks control, but you can avoid this by starting the session on cell data – once you do, you can switch back and forth without losing the connection. For occasional long-distance use, these quirks are workable.

If you need more reliable connectivity, for both nearby and long-distance play, the Lovense Ferri is a much better panty vibe for about $50 more with outstanding connectivity.

The Ferri’s connectivity is excellent and the most reliable of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, in both nearby Bluetooth and long-distance modes.

Pairing is fast and easy. The very first time is fast but takes a couple steps: tap “Add Toy,” turn the Ferri on, and it appears in the toy list to be added in seconds. After that one-time setup, the Ferri auto-connects immediately when you turn it on with the app open.

Once paired, the Ferri stays connected through normal phone behavior – locking the screen, switching to another app, or leaving Lovense Remote idle for long stretches doesn’t drop the connection.

It also stays connected through body interference like happens when a partner is controlling your toy from an angle or behind you. Water-rich materials like body tissue dampen Bluetooth signals more than walls or clothing, which is why some panty vibrators that handle solo app control fine still drop the connection during partner control.

Our body-interference test simulates this at three progressively harder positions, and the Ferri holds a stable connection at all three – including the most severe angle. Other panty vibrators like the Satisfyer Sexy Secret and NS Novelties Techno Lucy lose the connection at that worst-case angle. So if a partner controlling your toy with a lot of your body in the way is part of how you’ll use a panty vibe, the Ferri’s connectivity is excellent.

Bluetooth range came in around 190 feet in our open-air test (measured with a clear line-of-sight) before the connection dropped – well past the distance you’d likely cover during typical wearable use. Your own results may vary depending on walls and interference.

When a disconnect does happen (like if you walk out of range, or something briefly blocks the signal), the app reconnects automatically as soon as the signal is clear, and a red “Reconnecting…” indicator on screen shows the controlling partner that control has paused rather than pretending it’s still working.

Two settings also give you control over what the vibrations do during a disconnect: Auto-Stop pauses the Ferri until reconnection – useful for making sure the toy stays silent – or you can set it to keep the last vibration level running so stimulation isn’t interrupted.

The long-distance connectivity is also excellent. The long-distance connection works in two parts: the Ferri talks to your phone over Bluetooth (the same as during nearby play), and your phone talks to your partner’s phone over Wi-Fi or cell data. So as long as your cell signal or Wi-Fi is decent, the long-distance connection works well. Sessions don’t drop unexpectedly, commands consistently take effect, and the connection survives normal phone behavior on either end (locking the screen, switching apps, backgrounding Lovense Remote).

It can be spotty if you’re continually switching from wifi to cell data. So if you’re in this situation, it’s best to start the call on cell data, which prevents the call from dropping.

The Honey Play Box Pearl 2 doesn’t include a physical remote control. A remote lets you adjust the toy by feel – without pulling out your phone. Though there’s other downsides like less depth and no visual feedback to help your partner know what your toy’s doing. If you want to consider options with physical remotes, see our recommendations in these guides:

• best remote and app-controlled vibrators (all types of vibrators)
• best wearable vibrators (wearables only).

The Lovense Ferri doesn’t include a physical remote control. A remote lets you adjust the toy by feel – without pulling out your phone. Though there’s other downsides like less depth and no visual feedback to help your partner know what your toy’s doing. If you want to consider options with physical remotes, see our recommendations in these guides:

• best remote and app-controlled vibrators (all types of vibrators)
• best wearable vibrators (wearables only).

The on-toy controls are basic and a little uncomfortable, but with a panty vibe you’ll mostly control the toy from the app anyway. The on-toy button is mainly for turning the toy on and off, plus the occasional power step when your phone isn’t within reach or if you want to also use your panty vibe like a handheld toy.

A single button cycles through three power levels and six patterns. Three levels covering the full power range is a reasonable range for button control – fewer settings means fewer clicks to get to your preferred intensity. For the full continuous power range, you have to use the app. I’d also rather the patterns not be on the cycle because that adds more clicks I have to do when trying to adjust the power.

The button itself isn’t raised, so it’s hard to find by feel if you need to press it while wearing it. Pressing it also pushes the toy harder against you, and the prominent peak shape makes that pressure a bit uncomfortable.

Again, those downsides are pretty minor since you’ll mainly use the app.

Like most panty vibrators, the Ferri’s on-toy controls are limited by design – the toy sits inside your underwear during use, so you’ll typically rely on the app.

A single button cycles forward through three power presets and four vibration patterns; there’s no backward step, and the full power range is only available through the app. The three presets are programmable from the app’s “Adjust Levels” screen, so you can set them to whatever levels you like. I’d rather the patterns weren’t on the cycle – most people don’t use them, and they add more clicks when you’re cycling through power levels.

The button is easy to feel and press without looking. Pressing pushes the Ferri against your body, but the button sits further back from the clit-end than on most panty vibrators, so the pressure lands in a plusher, more comfortable spot than a lot of panty vibrators.

In practice, the on-toy button is mostly for turning the Ferri on and off – the app handles everything else.

The Honey Play Box Pearl 2 is one of the least secure panty vibrators I’ve tested. It shifts a ton while walking, and it can fall out during heavy activity. For a secure fit, a panty vibrator needs a magnet to secure it to your underwear like the Lovense Ferri and NS Novelties Techno Lucy have.

In bed is the least problematic of the three scenarios. The toy didn’t fall out for me, but I could feel it shifting when I rolled from one side to the other. Any leg movement bumped the toy – it’s fairly wide and has no magnet to keep it in place. The stimulation point mostly stayed on my clit, but the whole setup felt precarious.

When I walked around the house, the Pearl 2 shifted side-to-side significantly, especially on stairs, and the stimulation point drifted off my clit immediately. The toy is also wide enough that I could feel it bumping the inside of my legs as it shifted.

It was even worse during more rigorous activity. It fell out of my underwear during jumping jacks, bounced around during running and high knees, and shifted noticeably during squats. By that point, it’s essentially non-wearable.

In the same price range, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy stayed in place through walking and exercise. Or if you want a secure-fitting panty vibrator that also has an excellent app, consider the Lovense Ferri.

The Lovense Ferri stays securely in place.

The magnet allows you to position the Ferri in the best spot on your underwear for you and secure it in place. The Ferri’s magnet is very strong, and the Ferri’s body is lightweight, so there isn’t much weight working against the anchor. The magnet is strong enough to hold the Ferri through my hand. I can place the toy anywhere in my underwear it stays there.

When using the Ferri in bed, it doesn’t budge from where I magnet it. Leg movement when shifting between sitting, lying back, and rolling onto my side nudges the toy a little, but I never feel it slipping off my clit – any small repositioning is just to optimize the spot.

When wearing it around while walking, it wiggles side-to-side a bit, but the magnet holds securely – and this movement actually makes it feel more stimulating.

Heavy activity like running, squats, dancing, and jumping jacks is where the Ferri shifts the most. It bounces around a little with gravity on landings, but always snaps back to its original spot, never falls out, and stays in a stimulating place throughout.

The Pearl 2 is one of the least comfortable panty vibrators I’ve tested, whether in bed or moving around.

Lying in bed is the better of the two scenarios. The toy’s prominent peak digs into my clit a bit more than I’d like. The extra pressure can be more stimulating, but it’s also hard to control, so it’s more uncomfortable than helpful. The wider body also touches the inside of my legs whenever I shift positions, so I feel the vibrations in my legs which can be distracting.

It’s worse when I’m up moving around. The same width causing vibrations in my legs feels more pronounced while walking, and because nothing holds the toy steady, the raised peak taps my clit uncomfortably as it jostles around.

In the same price range, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy is one of the most comfortable panty vibrators I’ve tested.

The Ferri is comfortable to wear in bed and during light activity, but its firm body and focused contact surface keep it just behind the most comfortable panty vibrators I’ve tested.

When walking or going up and down stairs, the Ferri shifts a small amount side-to-side, and that movement translates into a little extra clit stimulation, but also a little less comfort. The toy is small enough that I never have to adjust my walk, and the slight wiggle doesn’t bother me personally. But it’s noticeable, and it isn’t something you can really control.

In bed, it’s very comfortable. There are no sharp seams, and the slight curve lays the toy along my pubic area so it doesn’t pull off or tap uncomfortably as I shift around. The Ferri has no flex or squish, though, and the contact area is small. When I roll onto my side, I feel some pressure as my legs push the firm toy into my body. It’s not painful, just something I notice. And the firm, focused shape is what allows the vibes to transfer so well.

If comfort is the priority, both the NS Novelties Techno Lucy (app-controlled) and the VeDO Niki (remote-controlled) are more comfortable options. Just be aware, the Lucy’s app is much worse, and the Niki isn’t quite as strong as the Ferri.

The Honey Play Box Pearl 2 is quiet, especially once you’re wearing it.

On low power, the vibrations measured at our testing room’s 35 dBA ambient floor – too quiet for our Sound Level Meter to pick up. On high, they stepped up to about 43 dBA, which is still quiet.

The Pearl 2 is in the most-discreet group of wearables in our Background Noise Masking subtest. In this subtest, I wear the vibrator and my partner listens from three feet away while we play pink noise through a speaker at quiet, moderate, and loud volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). He couldn’t hear the Pearl 2 at any vibration strength under any of our three tested volumes of background noise. It is definitely audible in our room without any background audio playing – but every wearable vibrator we tested is, no matter how gentle and quiet the vibrations are.

Behind a closed bedroom door, the Pearl 2 was inaudible on its low and middle settings, but my partner could just barely hear it on high in our silent house. For this part of the test, my partner listens directly outside our bedroom door while I use the toy in bed. I use it like a handheld toy since wearing dampens sound, and some people want the flexibility to safely re-position the toy or move it around. Holding the toy instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. This was his note from our testing spreadsheet word for word: “I had to try hard to hear them and don’t think anyone would in normal use.”

While the Lovense Ferri isn’t the quietest panty vibrator I’ve tested, it’s reasonably discreet.

It was just below the most-discreet tier of wearables in our Background Noise Masking subtest. In this subtest, I wear the vibrator and my partner listens from three feet away while we play pink noise through a speaker at preset volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). One of the Ferri’s oddities is that the lower settings have harsher, more uneven sound. Whereas the higher settings vibrate more cleanly and are less noticeable – even though their decibel readings are nearly identical at around 43 dBA each. So the Ferri’s middle and high vibration strengths were masked by our quietest background audio (56 dBA of pink noise). But to mask the lowest vibration setting, we had to increase the pink noise to our moderate level (62 dBA).

The Ferri had a similar pattern behind a closed bedroom door. For this part of the noise test, my partner listens from the other side of the bedroom door while I use the toy in bed. I use it like a handheld toy since wearing dampens sound, and some people want the flexibility to safely re-position the toy or move it around. Holding the toy instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results.

My partner couldn’t hear it on low or high power. But he heard the middle setting – really only when I was moving the toy so the sound was changing. The middle has that more jarring quality and enough strength that it draws your ear; high power settles into a cleaner, consistent pitch – which is why high power is actually more discreet than the middle behind a closed door.

If you want a more discreet panty vibrator without giving up much power, the VeDO Niki (remote-controlled) is meaningfully quieter and is another one of the strongest panty vibrators I’ve tested.

The Pearl 2 has a short battery life. It lasted 55 minutes continuously running at its highest power during our test – typical of panty vibrators in this price range, but well below higher-end options. Since you’ll use the Pearl 2’s lower power levels too, your real-use runtime will likely be longer.

If long battery life is a priority, the Lovense Ferri is a much better option for about $50 more – it lasted 168 minutes during our test, about three times the Pearl 2’s runtime.

The Lovense Ferri lasted 168 minutes during our test continuously vibrating on its top power level – the longest of any panty vibrator. Plus, in actual use you’ll likely use the lower and middle settings too which will extend the battery life.

The Pearl 2 is very easy to clean. It’s IPX7 waterproof, so you can wash it under a running faucet with soap and water and it’s safe to completely submerge.

The Lovense Ferri is easy to clean. It’s IPX7 waterproof, so you can rinse it under a running faucet or fully submerge it in soapy water without worry.

The Pearl 2 feels like it’s good quality. The body is almost entirely silicone with a slightly plush feel around the edges and a shimmery finish, and nothing feels easily breakable.

The Ferri’s build quality is excellent – I’ve had mine since 2020 and it’s still working exactly as expected. The toy is smooth, firm silicone on the side in contact with your body, with some plastic and magnetic portions on the other side. The magnet that anchors the toy is small but very strong. The seams are all tight, and the single button has a satisfying press without needing much pressure to activate.