In the next sections, I’ll cover the Ida Wave’s clit vibration power and rumbliness.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Ida Wave has one of the best clit motors of any dual-stim wearable. It’s got the most rumbly clit motor of the dual-stim wearables I’ve tested, and has great power. It’s strong enough for me to orgasm hands-free, and while some others have even more strength, the broad external arm helps the vibrations reach my clit more effectively than many stronger toys.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Club Vibe is one of the weaker panty vibrators for clit stimulation – not one I can orgasm with hands-free. Having only a single power level (no warmup, no build) and a loose fit, the vibrations just don’t feel stimulating.

For meaningfully better clit stimulation at a lower price, go with the Lovense Ferri (about $20 less) if you want app control, or the VeDO Niki (about half the price) if you want a physical remote.

The Ida Wave has strong clit vibrations – strong enough for me to orgasm hands-free. Its ten power levels span from a very gentle 1.0 up to 8.5 out of 10, with gradual steps for a comfortable, slow build.

The vibrations transfer really well to my clit too. With hands-free vibrators, the toy’s shape and fit have to naturally carry the motor’s strength to your body. The Ida Wave’s design does this very well: the tight angle of the internal arm pushes the clit arm firmly against my body, and the broad shape distributes this pressure evenly and consistently (and very comfortably).

Of the dual-stim wearables I’ve tested, the Lovense Dolce and Lovense Flexer reach higher raw top powers, but neither delivers their power to the clit as effectively as the Ida Wave.

The Club Vibe 3.OH’s clit vibrations fall short. I can’t orgasm with it hands-free like I can with better panty vibes like the Lovense Ferri and VeDO Niki.

There’s only one power level – sitting at about 6.75 out of 10. There’s no way to dial intensity down for a gentler warmup or up for a stronger finish. And since it’s a hands-free toy, this really eliminates your ability to vary stimulation.

The vibrations also transfer poorly to my clit because there’s no magnet to secure it in place like better panty vibrators have. So the toy slips easily out of position, especially in looser underwear or pants. But even when wearing tight clothes, I still end up pressing the toy against me by hand to try to get the vibrations to feel stronger.

Both the Lovense Ferri and VeDO Niki are better picks with a better fit and more power levels.

We rate wearables with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because rumbly is what most people prefer. But it’s definitely a personal preference, so consider what you like.

The Ida Wave’s clit motor is one of the most rumbly of my dual-stimulation wearables. Its lowest power setting is extremely rumbly at 46 Hz, the middle of its range is moderately rumbly at 68 Hz, and its top setting reaches neutral at 84 Hz – it never crosses into buzzy territory. My other dual-stim wearables are buzzier: the Lovense Dolce starts rumbly on low (49 Hz) but climbs into extremely buzzy at its top, and the Lovense Flexer is extremely buzzy at every power level.

Rumbly vibrations travel deeper into your body and tend to feel less ticklish than buzzy ones, which is part of why many people prefer them. While I can orgasm just as well from buzzy wearables as rumbly ones, the Ida Wave will be best for those who prioritize rumbliness.

We rate panty vibrators with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because rumbliness is what most people prefer – but it’s genuinely a personal preference, so consider what you like.

With only one power level, there’s a single frequency: 109 Hz, which is extremely buzzy.

Panty vibes with buzzy clit motors can still feel great if the rest of the design delivers (like the Lovense Ferri). Unfortunately, the poor fit and lack of settings make this toy understimulating no matter the frequency.

If you do prefer rumbly clit vibrations, try the VeDO Niki.

Like all panty vibrators, the OhMiBod Club Vibe 3.OH 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.

I really enjoy the Ida Wave’s G-spot motion and it hits my G-spot well, but it’s somewhat subtle – like gentle fingering. It adds depth to my orgasms driven by the clit motor, but isn’t the main event on its own.

This rotational motion is one of my favorites, because this angle can direct pressure against the front wall where my G-spot is. Of the motion-based wearables I’ve tested, the Ida Wave hits the G-spot best: the “fingering” motion of the Lovense Flexer actually creates more clit movement than internal movement. And in-and-out thrusting toys like the Lovense Vulse feel good but don’t press on my G-spot specifically. The Ida Wave’s motion is also more stimulating than the Lelo Hula Beads which have too little range of motion to reach my G-spot reliably.

The stimulation is on the gentle side because the internal arm is flexible, so the pressure is light. If you like substantial force on your G-spot, handheld G-spot toys like the We-Vibe Nova 2 or Lovense Nora allow for much more leveraging pressure. But what I enjoy about the Ida Wave is that it’s effortless.

I can let the clit vibrations bring me to orgasm hands-free while the G-spot motion makes the orgasm stronger and more full.

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

Here’s the main conclusion: Lelo’s app is clean, easy to use, and reliable, but it’s basic compared with the best vibrator apps.

Close-range and long-distance controls works well for adjusting intensity, choosing preset patterns, or controlling power through your phone’s movement. But there’s no custom pattern creation, sound sync, multi-toy control, or independent control over each motor. Long-distance connections are reliable, but the experience is bare-bones with no video calling or photo sharing. Bluetooth connectivity is solid during normal use, though heavy body interference can cause dropouts.

If basic, reliable control is enough and you primarily want the Ida Wave for its comfortable motion and rumbly clit vibrations, the app works well. If a feature-rich app and engaging long-distance experience are priorities, go with a Lovense dual-stimulation wearable like the Lovense Dolce or the Lovense Flexer if you still want motion.

The OhMiBod Club Vibe 3.OH 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).

The Lelo app’s close-range features are clean, easy to use, and work well – but they’re very basic. It’s essentially a glorified remote control which can be good if you like simplicity.

You can adjust intensity, choose preset patterns, and use Lelo’s unique motion-control feature like their physical remotes provide. But it lacks the advanced features better apps offer, like custom pattern creation, music/sound sync, separate control over each motor, and the ability to control multiple toys at once.

Manual mode is just a picture of Lelo’s remote and + / − buttons to raise or lower intensity. It works well, but with 10 power levels, it takes lots of repeated taps to reach high power. Better apps like Lovense’s feel smoother because you can tap or drag directly to the intensity you want instead of clicking a button several times.

For faster intensity changes, use the Screwing mode. This adjusts the toy’s power based on your phone’s tilt – level for gentle vibrations, closer to 90 degrees for stronger. This is also a great way to control your toy without staring at a screen.

Shaking changes intensity based on how hard you shake the phone, but I think it takes too much energy, so it’s not very useful.

On all 3 screens, you can select a pattern and control its intensity. The pattern names are vague like “Delighted” or “Overjoyed” instead of descriptive like “Waves” or “Pulses”. And the app shows small waveform icons for each motor, but you don’t see them until you’ve selected the pattern. So you have to select and try each pattern to know what it feels like.

It’s missing more advanced functionality other apps provide. There’s no custom pattern creation, no music or sound-reactive control, no multi-toy control, and no individual control over each motor. Each pattern in the Ida Wave’s app assigns a preset waveform to both motors, and some Modes give the clit and G-spot motors different patterns. But any intensity adjustment applies to both motors together, so you can’t turn up the clit vibrations while keeping the G-spot motion slow for example. Better apps like Lovense allow individual control of each motor.

One small annoyance: the app requires an account even for close-range solo use. It usually stays logged in, but it sometimes signs me out, which is frustrating when I’m ready to use the toy.

For simple, reliable close-range control, the Ida Wave’s app is good. But if you want more advanced app features, the Lovense Dolce is a good dual-stimulation wearable with a better app.

Lelo’s long-distance experience is very basic.

It works for offering a partner simple, reliable control of your toy from anywhere in the world, but it doesn’t have the communication features that make long-distance feel more like sharing an experience together: no video or voice calls, no saved partners, no photo or voice messaging, no custom pattern creation, and you can only send text messages when you’re both in an active session.

To start, you create a new Room and send your partner the code outside the app. That’s fine for one-off sessions, but you have to create a new room every time. There are no saved partner profiles, online status, auto-accept settings, or permissions. So with a regular partner, you have to start from scratch each time.

Once connected, the controlling partner gets a version of the same Play screen used for close-range control: they will use the Manual mode, and the Screwing/Shaking motion modes to contol your toy. Lelo does add two useful long-distance controls: a drag-to-position dot for setting intensity quickly, and a voice-control mode that changes power based on sound picked up by the phone’s mic. Both make it quicker to set a specific intensity than tapping + / − repeatedly.

But it lacks lots of communication features that make most long-distance toys feel fun and connecting. There’s only text messaging, with no message history once the room ends, so you can’t go back and reread fun messages. Video or voice calls have to happen in another app, like FaceTime or Zoom. But if you each have a Lelo toy, you can each control the other’s toy.

If long-distance play is a priority, the Lovense Dolce or Lovense Flexer is the better dual-stim wearable. Lovense has in-app video, messaging, saved partners, permission settings, and detailed controls so your partner can make custom patterns. Lelo is fine for basic control-sharing, but Lovense is much stronger for ongoing partner play.

The Ida Wave’s close-range Bluetooth is good for solo use: pairing is reliable, commands consistently go through, and the range is strong – 215 feet in our test without any blockage. It can be sensitive to too much body tissue coming between the phone and toy, but this doesn’t happen much in normal use.

The first time you connect, you’ll add the toy to your list which takes a few clicks. After that first one-time pairing, I just tap the toy from the My Toy list, tap Play, and it connects within a few seconds.

The Ida Wave stays connected well when the phone and toy have a clear path, but Bluetooth struggles when a lot of body tissue sits between them. In our body-interference test, it handled light body interference but dropped at the two harder angles with more material blocking the signal.

For most people this won’t really be an issue with the Ida Wave. Our test runs harsher than real wear. The Ida Wave’s receiver is in the external arm and often will have a relatively clear shot – especially since this toy is best in bed rather than wearing around where your partner might be at an odd angle like controlling your toy from behind you.

If the connection drops between your phone and the toy, the app won’t automatically reconnect when the signal returns. You have to go back to the toy’s connection page, and press the physical button on the Ida Wave itself to re-pair. Since the button’s on the external arm, it’s not much trouble, but still takes effort.

Connecting in long-distance mode through a “room” is reliable because your partner’s phone isn’t talking directly to the toy. Your phone controls the Ida Wave over Bluetooth, and your partner’s phone connects to yours over Wi-Fi or cell data. As long as your phone stays near the toy and both internet connections are decent, the long-distance connection works well.

One small long-distance quirk: if the controlling partner locks their phone or leaves the app for more than about 30 seconds, they drop out of the Room and have to re-enter the code. The wearer’s connection doesn’t drop – control just pauses until they rejoin.

For most typical uses, the Ida Wave’s connection is solid. But if the best connectivity is important to you, the Lovense Dolce or Flexer is a better pick. They handle tougher body-blocking angles better, and are stronger overall for app-controlled play.

The Lelo Ida Wave 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 OhMiBod Club Vibe’s remote features and connectivity.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The remote itself is great – a longer range and a reliable connection set it apart from many panty-vibe remotes. But the toy gives little to control: just one intensity level, a few pulsing patterns, and sound-responsive control. The lack of steady vibration settings is a big downside.

If you want a great remote on a toy with stimulation worth controlling, go with the VeDO Niki (about half the price).

The Club Vibe’s remote is functional but flawed.

The toy itself gives the remote almost nothing to work with: you can toggle its single power level on or off, send a “burst” of that same power level by holding the burst button, and cycle through a short loop of four vibration patterns without the ability to adjust their strength.

The remote also has a music/sound-reactive mode, like many apps have, where the toy vibrates in response to ambient sound picked up by a mic on the remote. But the vibes are at one fixed intensity – no softer vibrations for softer sounds.

And since the mic is on the remote, keeping it in your pocket causes more vibrations from your clothes rustling than the sound around you. There’s also a sensitivity adjustment with three settings, indicated by how brightly the power button glows – I couldn’t see any difference between the brightness levels, and I couldn’t feel any difference in how the toy responded between settings.

Partner feedback is better than some. The power button blinks in time with the vibration patterns, so my partner can actually tell what my toy is doing. But it only blinks like this for patterns which most people don’t use much. And the display keeps blinking patterns even when the toy is off – so I can’t fully trust the indicator if something’s gone wrong.

The remote is also comfortable to hold and the buttons feel good. There are four distinct buttons, the click is crisp and satisfying, and the remote’s small size sits naturally in my hand. The buttons are easy to tell apart by touch, but with this many buttons, I still need to glance down to remember which one does what.

If a physical remote is what drew you to the Club Vibe, the VeDO Niki is a better choice for most people. It has a great remote – and more importantly, the toy itself is much better at about half the cost.

The OhMiBod Club Vibe’s remote connectivity is outstanding.

Its connection is reliable through common interference. Body tissue is the main thing that often breaks a remote’s signal during partnered play. Water-rich materials like your body weaken a remote’s signal – and your body often comes between your toy’s receiver and your partner with the remote.

Our body-interference test simulates this scenario at three progressively challenging angles, and the Club Vibe holds a stable connection through all of them. Several panty-vibe remotes I have tested drop the connection at one or more of these positions, so a clean pass through all three is a real strength. Our test also runs harsher than typical real-world conditions, so partnered play should stay reliable in practice.

Button presses register with no perceptible lag – the toy reacts the instant I press, keeping the rhythm of play intact. And there’s no annoying reconnection routine when starting to play – the remote’s automatically connected. Though you have to make sure both the toy and remote are turned on separately.

The remote reaches about 200 feet in our open-air max range test – measured with clear line-of-sight and no body interference. That’s by far the longest of any panty-vibe remote I have tested; the next-longest, the We-Vibe Moxie+, reached about 125 feet in the same test. Real-world range will be somewhat shorter once objects and body interference come in, but the Club Vibe has an outstanding signal strong enough to register at a far distance.

Like most wearables, the Ida Wave’s on-toy controls are limited by design – you’ll mostly control it through the app. The button is a single-button cycle for 7 vibration patterns, with only one vibration power level accessible on-toy. The rotating internal arm spins at one fixed speed regardless of which setting you select.

For the full 10 power settings and control over the arm’s speed, you have to use the app.

If you do have to use the on-toy button, the button placement is good. On most wearables, pressing the button often means pushing the toy uncomfortably against you or removing it completely first. But the Ida Wave’s button is on the side of the external arm.

It’s comfortable and easy to press, and doesn’t push the toy uncomfortably against your body, making it decent as a backup if you don’t feel like using the app.

The Club Vibe’s on-toy controls are even more limited than what most panty vibrators offer – the single button is a power switch to turn the toy on, but can’t control the vibrations at all from the on-toy button – you need the remote.

The button is squishy and takes firm pressure to register, with no tactile click to confirm the press worked. And because the toy sits between your body and your underwear, that firm press pushes the toy uncomfortably against your body when you’re starting or stopping it.

In practice this rarely matters during use – the remote handles everything else, and the on-toy button only comes into play at the very beginning or end of a session. But it does mean there’s no real on-toy fallback if you’d rather skip the remote or if you want to try to use the toy like a handheld vibe.

The Ida Wave is the least secure-fitting dual-stim wearable I’ve tested. I still really enjoy this toy, but you can’t wear it around. And even in bed, I have to make occasional adjustments.

The rotating internal arm is small and flexible while the external arm is broad and heavy, so the toy’s own weight slowly works the internal arm out. It’s flexible, but not adjustable, so there are no hinges to actually re-shape the toy to make it more secure.

In bed, the Ida Wave stays workable but never feels fully reliably anchored. I can roll, shift positions, even kneel, but I find myself adjusting it or pushing the internal arm back in a few times per session. The clit vibrations are stimulating, but for the best experience, plan to use your hand every so often to re-position it. If you’ll find that annoying, dual-stimulation toys without motion like the Lovense Dolce are much more secure.

The Ida Wave is not designed to be worn around. When I walked around with it in, I had to keep pushing it back into position; only my underwear stopped it from falling all the way out. It also bumps against the inside of my legs, making walking awkward. With any sort of heavier activity like running or jumping the Ida Wave pulls most of the way out.

If walking around or moving with the toy in is part of what you want from a wearable, the Ida Wave isn’t built for it – and really none of my strong dual-stimulation wearables are easy to wear around. A panty vibrator like the Lovense Ferri or egg vibrator like the Lovense Lush 4 are much more secure. You can even wear both of these at the same time and control them through the Lovense app.

The OhMiBod Club Vibe 3.OH has one of the least secure fits of any panty vibrator I’ve tested. For a panty vibrator to fit well, it has to have a magnet that secures it to your underwear like the Lovense Ferri and VeDO Niki have, among others. This panty vibe just slips loosely into your underwear.

Without a magnet, I have to rely on tight clothing to hold it close to my clit, which just doesn’t work well.

Even lying down, the Club Vibe shifts around inside my underwear – especially when I roll onto my stomach, where it falls forward too high. During light or heavy activity like walking around, going upstairs, or working out it doesn’t fall out, but it shifts around a ton and doesn’t stay in contact with your clit – so the stimulation’s bad.

If you want a panty vibrator that stays where you put it, go with the Lovense Ferri if you want app control or the VeDO Niki if you’d prefer a physical remote. Both are great, magnetically secured panty vibrators.

The Ida Wave is much more comfortable in bed than it is for walking around. Lying down, the slim internal arm is pretty comfortable, and the broad external arm distributes pressure evenly. But once I’m standing or walking, the toy starts to pull out, which can make it pinch uncomfortably.

In bed, the internal arm is slim enough that it doesn’t limit my movement as much as more bulbous internal arms. The external arm is broad enough that I can’t fully close my legs around it, but my legs help to keep it in place. And this breadth helps spread the pressure out instead of pinching, like the narrower Lovense Flexer can.

Walking around is the weak point. As the internal arm slowly works its way out, it can press uncomfortably against my pubic bone. So if mobile comfort is your priority, try a panty vibrator like the Lovense Ferri or egg vibrator like the Lovense Lush Mini instead. Or try wearing them both at the same time for dual-stimulation that’s more comfy to wear around.

The Ida Wave is best treated as an in-bed wearable.

The Club Vibe’s loose fit makes it less comfortable than magnetically secured panty vibrators.

The loose fit isn’t as bad in bed since the toy’s not moving around a ton. Nothing actively hurts – no pinching, no pressure on my pubic bone, no sharp seams. But the toy is rigid, firm, and just sits loosely in your underwear, so it doesn’t exactly hug your body comfortably either.

Light activity is where the loose fit becomes a bigger distraction. The toy shifts inside my underwear with each step. The loose vibrations tickle as they lightly touch my clit instead of pressing into it, and the rigid, firm toy bumps against me when I walk up and down stairs. Not necessarily painful, but it pulls my attention away from the stimulation in a way the better-fitting panty vibes don’t.

If comfort matters, the VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy are some of my most comfortable panty vibrators. Each is form-fitting and magnetically secured.

The Lelo Ida Wave is very discreet – especially surprising since toys with motion are typically loud.

When held in the open air, the decibel readings are somewhat loud on paper – about 45 dBA on low and 56 dBA on high. But once you’re actually wearing the toy, the body dampens both the vibration and the motion noise substantially.

The Ida Wave was fully masked at every power level in our Background Noise Masking subtest. In this part of the test, 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 Ida Wave at any strength under any of our three tested background volumes – and even when he stepped right next to me to check the sound, he could only pick up the vibrations, not the rotating motion at all.

Behind a closed bedroom door, the Ida Wave was also inaudible. 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 wearables or use some of them handheld. Holding the toy instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. He couldn’t hear the Ida Wave at any setting from behind the door.

The Ida Wave is the quietest of my strong dual-stimulation wearables.

The OhMiBod Club Vibe 3.OH is a quiet panty vibrator. But better panty vibrators like the VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy are just as discreet, and better overall.

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

For our closed-bedroom-door test, my partner stands directly outside the bedroom 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 it instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. He couldn’t hear the Club Vibe at all from the other side of the door.

But it’s not hard to find a panty vibrator at this same level of discretion. The VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy are similarly quiet and better in other important areas.

The Lelo Ida Wave lasted 135 minutes at top power in our testing – the longest battery life of any dual-stimulation wearable I’ve tested. And since you’ll spend plenty of time on lower and middle settings too, real-world runtime is typically longer. That’s plenty of time, even if you sometimes forget to charge between uses.

During our testing, the OhMiBod Club Vibe lasted 40 minutes continuously running on its only power level – short of an hour, and the lowest of any panty vibrator I have tested. The runtime is a hard ceiling too: with only one power level, there are no lower settings to fall back on to stretch the battery the way you can with most panty vibrators.

If runtime matters to you, the Lovense Ferri lasted 168 minutes at max power in our test – more than four times longer than the OhMiBod Club Vibe – and is about $20 cheaper.

The Lelo Ida Wave is very easy to clean. It’s IPX7 waterproof, so you can rinse it under a running faucet or fully submerge it in soapy water without worrying about water damage.

The OhMiBod Club Vibe is easy to clean. It’s rated IPX7 waterproof, so I can rinse it under a faucet or submerge it without worrying about water damage.

One oddity worth mentioning is that OhMiBod’s own product listings discuss the Club Vibe as “splash-proof” rather than waterproof. When I reached out to OhMiBod about the discrepancy, they confirmed in writing that the toy is genuinely IPX7-rated and fully waterproof – but they label it splash-proof on their site as a precaution because they say the pin charger might wear over time with repeated use.

Because of the odd situation, we did a quick check on this product ourselves (not as rigorous as the official standardized IPX7 testing). We filled our bathroom sink with water and submerged this product for 20 minutes. It has continued to work fine. And to get an IPX7 rating (which this toy has), it has to undergo standardized immersion testing in a meter deep of water for 30 minutes without allowing harmful water damage. Because of our own quick check and the fact this toy has an IPX7 rating, we personally feel comfortable submerging it, but you can decide for yourself what you’re comfortable with.

The Ida Wave’s build quality is excellent. I’ve owned my Ida Wave since 2022, and it’s continued to operate as expected. The silicone is smooth, the shiny plastic top has stayed scratch-free with normal use, and the seams between materials are tight. The flex point between the internal and external arms feels solidly built, with no loosening or signs of strain.

The Club Vibe’s build feels cheaper than its price suggests. The back of the toy hard plastic, but even the front’s silicone is thin and feels plastic-y, without the plushness or give of many panty vibrators. Both the toy and the remote have a lightweight, somewhat hollow feel to them. The on-toy button is squishy and lacks a satisfying click, but the remote’s silicone buttons are crisp and feel nice.

That said, nothing has rattled or broken in our testing, and the Club Vibe has held up reliably so far. But other panty vibrators in this price range, like the Lovense Ferri, feel sturdier and better-made.