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 Romp Party’s clit-motor power and rumbliness in-depth.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Romp Party falls in the middle of the panty-vibe pack on clit stimulation. Its motor is technically strong, but the straight design doesn’t transfer enough of that strength to my clit, and the vibrations are buzzy on the settings I actually use. In this price range, for a more stimulating panty vibe, go with the VeDO Niki if you want a physical remote, or the NS Novelties Techno Lucy if you want an app.

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 Romp Party has one of the strongest top settings of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, though its design doesn’t transfer all of that power to your clit. The motor reaches a 9 out of 10 in vibration strength at its highest setting. Of my panty vibrators, only the Lovense Ferri reaches a higher top power. The Romp Party is just behind it. Spread across 7 distinct power levels from a gentle 1 out of 10 warmup up to that 9 at the top, it has one of the widest power ranges of any panty vibrator in this price range.

But with a wearable, you can’t press harder for more intensity the way you can with a handheld – the toy’s shape and fit has to naturally deliver the motor’s strength to your body. This is where the Romp Party’s design works against it. Its strongest vibrations are at the middle of the toy rather than at the clit where most panty vibrators concentrate them, so I had to situate it up higher in my underwear to feel more of the vibrations. This felt a bit unnatural, and my underwear kept trying to push it out of that placement.

The Romp Party is also straight rather than contoured, so it doesn’t sit snugly against my clit the way better-fitting panty vibes with a curve do, like the Lovense Ferri and VeDO Niki. When I get the placement right, it’s reasonably stimulating, but getting it right takes more effort than I want from a hands-free toy and requires frequent readjustments.

So the Party feels less stimulating than the raw 9 out of 10 strength suggests. If you want a panty vibe in this price range that delivers more of its motor’s strength to your clit, the VeDO Niki is a better option – its top setting is a notch lower at 8 out of 10, but its body-contoured shape gets more of that power where you actually feel it, so I can orgasm with it hands-free. For the strongest motor and best vibration transfer of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, try the Ferri for about $40 more.

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 panty vibrators with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because most people prefer them, but it’s genuinely a personal preference.

The Romp Party is not very rumbly.

Its lowest power level is technically extremely rumbly at 59 Hz, but that’s the warmup setting – too gentle for the rumbliness to feel very stimulating. From there, frequency climbs as power does: the toy is moderately buzzy by its mid-range at around 100 Hz (about average for a panty vibe), and extremely buzzy at 127 Hz at the top. Since the vibrations don’t transfer well, I need to crank the power to feel anything, so most of my use with this toy is in the buzzy range.

If you care about rumbly vibrations, the VeDO Niki is one of the only truly rumbly panty vibrators and it’s an excellent choice in the same price range.

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 Romp Party 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.

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.

The Romp Party isn’t controlled through an app. App control lets you create custom patterns, control multiple motors or toys, play long-distance, and lets a controlling partner see exactly what your toy is doing. If that matters to you, see our app-controlled recommendations in these guides:

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

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.

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.

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 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).

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Romp Party’s remote features and connectivity.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Romp Party has a basic, reliable remote – stable connection, instant response, and separate + and – buttons to adjust the power. Remotes can be useful if you don’t want to use a phone to control your toy.

Its main limitations are typical of remotes versus apps: less partner feedback and shorter range. If you want this more-detailed control, go with the Lovense Ferri for the best app control, or the NS Novelties Techno Lucy for a budget-friendly app experience.

The Romp Party’s remote is simple, but works well – the two-button design gives all the control you’d need for power adjustment. Its few minor downsides are typical of remotes in general compared to apps.

Power control is fast and direct – the dedicated + and − buttons let you move forward and backward through seven power levels, and there are no vibration patterns to cycle through at all, which keeps the remote uncluttered. And you won’t accidentally switch from a constant setting to a pulse or wave.

The remote is comfortable to hold – a good size, fits easily in my hand, and the buttons are easy to tell apart by feel so I don’t have to look at the remote. This is a big upside compared to an app-controlled toy if you don’t want you or a partner to have to be tied to a phone. With the Party, you can make adjustments from your pocket without looking.

Like most panty-vibe remotes, the Romp Party’s partner feedback is just a faint blink when you press a button – there’s no way to tell what setting the toy is on. That’s fine if you’re using the toy yourself, and many partners won’t mind. But others find it less engaging when they can’t tell what the toy is doing or what you’re feeling.

An app-controlled panty vibe gives your partner real-time visuals of the toy’s vibrations, which can make controlling it feel more engaging. If that’s a priority for you, the Lovense Ferri is the best app-controlled panty vibe.

The Romp Party’s remote connectivity is excellent, though its maximum range lands in the middle of the pack.

The remote maintains a reliable connection through typical interference. Body tissue between a remote and toy is the main thing that typically breaks a remote’s signal during partnered control. Remote’s signals are weakened by water-rich materials like your body sitting between the remote and your toy.

Our body-interference test simulates this scenario at three progressively challenging angles, and the Romp Party holds a stable connection through all of them. Our test also runs harsher than typical real-world conditions, so partner-controlled play should stay reliable in practice.

Button presses register instantly – the toy reacts before my finger even lifts off the button. And the remote is always connected, so there’s no reconnection routine when starting to play.

One quirk: occasionally a click sounds as if it went through but the click was too light or off-center to make it actually take affect. You do have to give a deliberate, full press of the button.

The remote reaches about 55 feet in our open-air range test – measured with clear line-of-sight and no body interference. This is middle-of-the-road for the wearable vibrators’ remotes we tested, and real-world range will likely be shorter once objects and body interference come in. But the Romp Party has comfortable headroom for most activities, and especially any same-room use. If you need an especially long range, many app-controlled toys stay connected much farther – for instance, the Lovense Ferri stayed connected until 190 feet in our same test.

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 Romp Party’s on-toy controls are limited by design – the toy is inside your underwear during use, so you’ll typically rely on the remote.

There’s a single button on the toy that cycles forward through the seven power levels, with no patterns mixed into the loop. Unlike the remote, there’s no minus button – dropping back to a gentler setting means clicking forward until you start over in the cycle. Since there’s not many settings it doesn’t take too long to cycle, so the controls work fine if you also want to occasionally use it like a handheld vibe.

The button is well-placed: easy to feel and press without looking, and centered in the middle of the toy rather than tucked at the top the way most panty-vibe buttons sit. Pressing it does push the toy against you, which some people may find slightly uncomfortable, but the mid-toy placement distributes the pressure more evenly across your body than a button near your clit would.

The on-toy button works fine as a backup, but the remote is the main way you’ll use the Romp Party.

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 Romp Party’s secure fit is great in bed but gets worse with activity. It’s much more secure than panty vibrators without a magnet that just sit loosely in your underwear. But its long, straight body doesn’t curve along your vulva, so it shifts off my clit more easily during walking and moves around during heavier activity than curved toys – even though the magnet keeps the toy itself anchored to my underwear.

In bed, the magnet locks the toy to my underwear and doesn’t slip from where I position it. The toy moves a bit with my body when I shift around, but it stays anchored and keeps a good position for stimulation fairly easily – you’re generally not moving around a ton here so the toy doesn’t shift off your clit that much. Form-fitting underwear helps; loose underwear lets the toy bounce against me more.

Walking is where the design starts working against the toy. The toy stays anchored to the underwear, but it doesn’t press as firmly against my body as panty vibes that curve with your vulva and it wiggles around more easily – so contact between the toy and my clit goes from solid in bed to only decent during light activity like walking around. When wearing a thong, the toy is long enough that the back end can poke out of the underwear as the toy starts to shift; full-backed underwear keeps that from happening.

Heavier activity is the hardest test. Running and jumping jacks bounce the toy around enough that stimulation drops off even more. It doesn’t fall out, but it’s not a good experience.

The magnet design is part of why this toy shifts more. It’s a small disc with decent strength, but it’s not big enough to anchor the long body of the toy completely and prevent the end from swinging around as I move. Still, the magnet is a clear improvement over panty vibes that just tuck into your underwear.

If you want a panty vibe that stays put while you move, the VeDO Niki is a better option in this price range – its body curves, so it stays firmly against your clit during walking instead of shifting off the way the Romp Party does.

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 Romp Party is comfortable in bed if you like focused, slim contact against your clit, but it shifts around enough when walking to cause some slight discomfort.

In bed, I’m not moving a ton, so the toy sits consistently against my body. The silicone is soft and smooth with no poke-y spots. While the contact is more focused than what I get from broader, contoured panty vibes, the pressure stays light enough to feel comfortable.

When walking, the slim, straight shape moves around more than a broader or contoured toy would. The materials are still smooth and there’s no pinching, but the toy taps against my clit a little more than I’d like. If wearing it with a thong, the back end sometimes sticks out of your underwear which is a distracting feeling.

For comfort, both the VeDO Niki and the NS Novelties Techno Lucy are better picks in this price range – each is more form-fitting to keep the toy from shifting uncomfortably.

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.”

The Romp Party is in the most discreet group of wearable vibrators I’ve tested. However, more stimulating panty vibrators like the VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy are similarly quiet, so they’re better options for most people.

The Romp Party’s decibel readings on low and high power were extremely quiet, too quiet for our Sound Level Meter to pick up on. The ambient room noise was 35 dBA, and the Romp Party never measured higher than this.

For our Background Noise Masking subtest, I wear the toy while my partner listens from three feet away and we play pink noise through a speaker at quiet, moderate, and loud volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). He couldn’t hear the Romp Party at any vibration strength under any of the three tested volumes of background noise. It’s audible in our room without any pink noise playing – but every wearable I’ve tested is, no matter how gentle and quiet its vibrations are.

For the closed-door 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 here, 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. He couldn’t hear the Romp Party from behind the door on any setting.

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 Romp Party has long battery life – much longer than typical for a panty vibrator in this price range. It lasted 115 minutes at its highest power during our test, more than twice as long as the comparably-priced VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy (both 55 minutes).

If you want even longer, the Lovense Ferri runs about 2.8 hours at top power. It’s pricier than the Romp Party but is a much better panty vibrator overall.

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 Romp Party is easy to clean. It’s fully waterproof – rated IPX7, so you can rinse it under a running faucet or fully submerge it 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 Romp Party’s build quality is decent for the price, but a step behind most panty vibrators I’ve tested. It’s coated in a nice silicone with a slight flex to the core, and the on-toy and remote-control buttons each have a satisfying click feel. The plastic remote feels fairly sturdy too even though it’s quite lightweight.

The weak spot is the magnet that holds the toy to your underwear. It has decent grip when seated, but it protrudes far enough from the toy that it’s easy to knock off by accident – and the same small magnet is what struggles to anchor the long, stick-straight body during heavier movement.