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 Sexy Secret’s vibration power and rumbliness in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Sexy Secret has one of the weakest, buzziest clit motors of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, so even though it fits on my clit well, the result is more tickly than stimulating.

If hands-free clit stimulation is your priority, go with the Lovense Ferri – same price tier, similarly capable app, and more than three times the Sexy Secret’s top power. Or the VeDO Niki (remote controlled, no app) if you prefer a remote or are on a budget.

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 Sexy Secret has one of the weakest clit motors of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, with a top power of just 2.5 out of 10. The only panty vibrator I’ve tested with a weaker motor is its sister product, the Satisfyer Little Secret. Stronger competitors like the Lovense Ferri, NS Novelties Techno Lucy, and VeDO Niki all deliver more than three times the Sexy Secret’s top power.

I can’t orgasm from this toy hands-free, even when I use the strongest setting and press it firmly into my clit with my hand. Its full power range – from a barely-there 0.5 at the bottom up to that 2.5 at the top – sits entirely below the strength I need to orgasm.

The frustrating part is that the fit is doing its job well. The broad, soft silicone arm contours well to my body and stays in firm contact, so the vibrations actually reach my clit. But what reaches me feels underwhelming – the vibration can feel enjoyable, but more as a warmup and slight tease than anything truly stimulating.

For a panty vibrator with a motor strong enough for hands-free orgasm (for me personally), consider the Lovense Ferri if you want excellent app control. On a budget, the VeDO Niki (remote-only) and the Techno Lucy (app controlled, but more basic than Satifyer’s) both pair similarly great body-contoured shapes with much stronger motors than the Sexy Secret’s.

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 rumbly is what most people prefer – but it’s a personal preference, so consider what you like.

The Sexy Secret is on the buzzy side. Vibrations start neutral at its lowest power (80 Hz) and quickly climb into the extremely buzzy range, hitting 144 Hz at the top. The motor’s median frequency is 127 Hz – well into the extremely buzzy band.

Vibrators always become buzzier as you increase power, so this curve isn’t unusual on its own. But because the motor is so weak (covered above), there’s no point on the curve where the vibrations feel rumbly and impactful: by the time you’ve turned the toy up enough for the vibrations to register, you’re already deep in extremely buzzy territory. That’s why the sensation feels tickly – the buzziness layers on top of the weakness, giving the vibrations a high-frequency, surface-level character rather than the deep, resonant feel rumbly vibrations provide.

Most panty vibrators actually lean buzzy, but plenty have better power so that the vibrations still feel impactful – for instance, the Lovense Ferri is also buzzy, but its strength makes it the one I can orgasm with most easily.

If you specifically prefer rumbly vibrations, the VeDO Niki is a better option. It’s the only panty vibrator I’ve tested centered around the rumbly range (66 Hz at the median) and it has great power too.

Like all panty vibrators, the Satisfyer Sexy Secret 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.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

Satisfyer’s app is the closest second to Lovense’s. Its close-range and long-distance features are genuinely strong, with only minor tradeoffs compared to Lovense. Connectivity is the one mixed area: the app is designed well, so there aren’t bugs causing connection issues in close or long-distance play. But the bluetooth signal struggles when there’s a lot of your body between the phone and the toy, which can happen more often when letting a nearby partner control your toy from certain angles.

If app control is your top priority, go with the Lovense Ferri – the absolute best app and panty vibrator. Otherwise, the Satisfyer Connect app is the closest you’ll get to a Lovense-quality without going Lovense.

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.

The Satisfyer Connect app’s close-range features are great overall – second only to Lovense’s.

The Live Control screen (which is like Lovense’s main Remote screen) is its best feature. Here I can adjust a constant vibration intensity or draw a custom pattern from the same place. You raise or lower the intensity by swiping up or down on the screen. You can also tap the loop button, draw a pattern, and it will repeat. Many apps split those into separate screens, so the seamless switching is nice. There’s also a Boost button for an instant 30-second burst at high power.

The biggest way Satisfyer Connect differs from Lovense is in user experience. It’s harder to tell your exact strength in Satisfyer’s app, so if your partner is controlling, it’s harder for them to have an exact idea what’s happening. Satisfyer can also take more “swiping” to reach your preferred setting rather than single-taps compared to Lovense.

Satisfyer’s Pattern creation is strong with some small downsides. There are three ways to creat your own pattern. The first is drawing a real-time loop from the Live Control screen. We’ve found that the pattern it loops back often doesn’t match what you drew. It speeds it up or oversimplifies it (for instance, it usually transforms pulses to waves) – but this won’t be too big of an issue for most people.

You can also save your full vibration session as a pattern (up to 15 minutes long), so if you like the build-up you had during a certain sesssion, you can replay it. Lastly, you can use the On-Screen Sketch mode to draw a 5-second waveform with an instant preview before saving. This gives very fine-tuned control, because you’re not drawing it in real-time (unlike Live Control). You can preview the feel and start again if you don’t like it.

Satisfyer’s preset pattern selection and adjustability is fairly good. There are a lot of presets to choose from with a variety of waveforms (waves, pulses, triangular waves, gradual ramping, etc.). And you can adjust the intensity of the pattern by swiping your finger up and down on the screen.

There’s also an active Satisfyer community that creates and shares vibration patterns, and you can save these to your presets list. You can sort by “popular” to see which ones are well liked. You can also see a preview of the waveform so you can easily tell which ones are designed for two motors vs one motor, so you can download the ones that fit your toy. Any patterns you created and saved yourself are available in the Presets library to use again too. You can also use the “Sequences” screen to string together a series of preset patterns to play back-to-back.

It does have a few noticeable weaknesses: There’s too many default preset patterns with many of them being very similar, so it clutters the pattern selection screen and makes it harder to find what you’re looking for. The preset patterns all have a descriptive name and an icon of the waveform so you can tell what it should feel like before selecting it – some match well, but others don’t. So you still have to just try them to see what they feel like.

Satisfyer also has some synced audio features like Remotyca Stories and High Touch Meditation.

They have a large library of erotica audio stories for you to listen to. Throughout the story your toy will be vibrating along – usually on a pattern or a constant setting that’s gentler to moderate power near the beginning of the story. Toward the end of the story, it ramps up to a stronger, constant vibration to help you orgasm. There is a slider so you can adjust the intensity yourself during the story too.

This can be a great feature for people who like erotic audio. But it can be difficult to find stories by your interest because you can’t filter by specific fantasies or tags. There is a search bar, but it doesn’t work very well. So you have to scroll through stories and read their descriptions to know if it interest you.

The meditation feature works the same as the Erotica feature, except that the audios are guided meditations, which can be great for people who enjoy combining masturbation and mindfulness practices.

Music Vibes and Ambient Sound are the weaker of Satisfyer’s features. Music Vibes feels reasonably matched to a song’s softer moments, but once the music gets full, the toy just does a steady vibration with a bit of a wobble, so it’s not very accurate.

Ambient Sound is the sound-reactive mode – the toy vibrates in response to noise around you. It works, but the controls are more limited than the best apps. The best apps like Lovense, give you two separate sliders: one to set how loud a sound has to be before the toy reacts, and one for how intensely the toy vibrates when it does. Satisfyer combines both into a single slider, where sliding up makes the toy respond to quieter sounds and raises the intensity at the same time.

The problem is that usually you want the opposite behavior – you want the toy to vibrate stronger only when the sound around you is louder. So it’s not ideal in Satisfyer’s app.

If you want a better panty vibrator with the absolute best close-range features, go with the Lovense Ferri. But the Satisfyer’s app is the closest second to Lovense’s – it’s just a bummer the Sexy Secret itself is not stimulating enough.

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 Satisfyer Connect app’s long-distance experience is good too – again the closest second to Lovense’s.

During a long-distance session, your partner uses the same Live Control screen they’d use during nearby Bluetooth play. They get the same intensity adjustment controls, the same Loop function for drawing real-time patterns, and the same waveform display so they can see what you’re feeling. The one slight reduction from close-range is that there’s no prompt to save patterns at the end of a long-distance session like there is during close-range play.

You can share control of your toy with or without video and voice.

Getting into a call is easy. There’s a clear accept/reject popup, all the standard controls are there (mute, camera toggle, switch front/rear, end), and locking the phone or backgrounding the app doesn’t drop the connection – the camera freezes but the toy keeps vibrating, and everything resumes smoothly when I unlock my phone again.

The main downside is what the screen looks like during the call. The vibration waveform always sits prominently across the video feed of your partner and can’t be minimized. The app paints a light blue or pink gradient over the feed to indicate the toy’s power, which is distracting if you want to actually see your partner clearly. Lovense handles the same controls more gracefully – minimizable, no color-tint – so for couples where visual clarity matters, Satisfyer’s video feed is a real downgrade.

Messaging during a session works well (easy back-and-forth, partner gets notified), but the media tools are limited: photos only, no video clips, no voice recordings, and no screenshot-disable for privacy. Lovense’s app does all three.

Satisfyer is also missing a few of the partner-side controls Lovense has: no max-intensity cap, and no setting to control what the toy does on a Bluetooth disconnect (Lovense lets you pick between stopping for discretion or keeping the vibrations going for smoother continuity). There’s no anonymous control or social matching either – niche for most couples.

If long-distance play with the cleanest video and richest partner tools is your priority, the Lovense Ferri is a better option.

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 Sexy Secret’s app connectivity is reliable for everyday solo use and for long-distance play. But the signal can be unreliable under a lot of body interference like often happens when letting a nearby partner control your toy. If outstanding connectivity is important, consider the Lovense Ferri instead.

Pairing the Sexy Secret is typically quick and easy. The very first time takes a couple of seconds (hold the toy’s button until it vibrates twice, then select it from the toys list when it shows up). After that, the app auto-connects when you turn the toy on – which works reliably as long as your phone was the last one connected to it.

If it doesn’t (auto-connect usually only fails after I’ve used a different phone with the toy in between) you typically have to hold the toy’s button for about 10 seconds until you feel several quick pulses to reset it, then re-pair. If that still fails, you may have to “forget device” in your phone’s Bluetooth settings and try again. Tedious, but it gets you back in every time and is typically only necessary if you connect multiple different phones to the toy.

If the connection drops mid-session, reconnection is automatic when the signal returns cleanly. However, when signal is only partially blocked rather than fully gone (say I shift my body and the connection degrades without dropping outright) the app can freeze instead of auto-reconnecting. The fix is to force-close the app and reopen; the toy is typically already paired by the time it loads back up, so control resumes right away. (Avoid tapping “Connect Now” in the disconnect popup – that routes you into a manual screen you’ll need to exit.) Once you know the move it’s not too disruptive, but is still annoying.

Commands go through reliably when I’m controlling my own toy. And the Sexy Secret can handle light to moderate body interference like happens when a partner is controlling your toy while facing you or at a slight angle. But it drops connection when body interference is more substantial.

Water-rich materials like body tissue can significantly dampen bluetooth signals – moreso than clothes or typical walls. Our body-interference test simulates this at three progressively harder positions: the Sexy Secret holds a stable connection at the first two but loses it at the third, most severe angle.

Its sister product, the Satisfyer Little Secret and their egg vibrator (the Satisfyer Petal), all struggle under some body interference so this looks like a Satisfyer-hardware pattern rather than a Sexy Secret-specific defect. The Lovense Ferri holds a stable connection at all three positions, which is important if a partner will be controlling your toy from another room or with a lot of your body in the way.

Bluetooth range comes in around 135 feet in our open-air test (measured with a clear line-of-sight). That’s plenty for partner control across a normal house, but keep in mind that body interference at certain angles will make your real distance shorter.

The long-distance connection is great.

Session start is fast and reliable. There’s a clear Remote Play tab where you send your partner a control or video request; the request shows up wherever they are in the app, and pushes a notification if their phone is locked (you can turn notifications off if you don’t want them).

Sessions don’t drop unexpectedly, commands consistently go through, and the app handles real-world phone behavior gracefully – locking my phone, switching to another app, or backgrounding Satisfyer Connect doesn’t disrupt the session. The app handles switching between Wi-Fi and cell data mid-call smoothly too.

The connection works in two parts: the toy 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. Since during a long-distance call, your phone right by you is the one connected to your toy’s bluetooth, the body interference issue doesn’t really come into play. So as long as your cell data or Wi-Fi is decent, the long-distance connection works well.

If a reliable connection through any situation matters most, the Lovense Ferri is a better option – more robust through body interference and a slightly longer Bluetooth range. For solo control, partnered control from angles without much of your body in the way, and long-distance play, the Sexy Secret’s connectivity holds up well.

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).

The Satisfyer Sexy Secret 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).

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.

Since you’ll use the app, the on-toy controls are very basic – a single button cycles through three power levels and seven vibration patterns, with the full power range only available in the Satisfyer Connect app. Three power levels keep the cycle short enough to tap through quickly, though I wish patterns weren’t on the same cycle – most people don’t use them, and it makes it take more clicks to cycle through power levels.

The button itself is easy to feel without looking. It sits center-placed on the broad, plush body – pressing the button pushes the toy into me a bit, but the pressure spreads evenly enough that it doesn’t dig in.

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 Satisfyer Sexy Secret fits extremely securely in bed, but the contact with my clit loosens a bit when I’m moving around.

The magnet that secures it to your underwear is excellent – strong, broad, and covering a generous portion of the back of the toy, it locks the panty vibrator to my underwear very well. The larger magnet prevents the toy from swiveling side-to-side like toys with smaller magnets often do.

In bed, the Sexy Secret stays exactly where I put it. The broad, soft silicone design follows the curve of my body, keeping it in great contact without shifting around, even as the underwear shifts.

While walking or doing anything upright, the toy’s position in my underwear stays in place, but the toy’s pressure against my body loosens. The magnetic anchor keeps it locked to the underwear reliably – it doesn’t drift to the side or come loose – but gravity pulls the underwear (and the toy with it) a bit away from my clit, so the already-gentle vibrations feel even more tickly than they do when I’m sitting or lying down. Sitting back down restores close contact immediately.

This pulls-away-from-the-body dynamic affects most magnetic panty vibrators to some degree, but it’s more noticeable on the Sexy Secret than on most other panty vibrators I’ve tested. If active-wear is a big priority, the Lovense Ferri and NS Novelties Techno Lucy each fit more securely, and are much more stimulating.

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 Satisfyer Sexy Secret is very comfortable.

It’s among the most comfortable panty vibrators I’ve tested in bed. The broad, soft silicone arm sits flush against my clit, the contoured back piece curves easily between my legs, and the whole form is plush and flexible enough that it feels like it melds to my body – no pinching, no awkward pressure points. The broad part by your clit spreads its weight across the area rather than digging in at one spot, and the form flexes with me as I shift around.

It’s also very comfortable when walking and moving around for many of the same reasons. The only complaint is that when I’m walking or doing anything upright, gravity makes the toy apply less pressure on my clit. So the vibrations are more tickly – it doesn’t bother me personally when walking around, but it could bother those senstive to buzzy, tickly vibrations.

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 Satisfyer Sexy Secret is one of the quietest wearables I’ve tested. But it’s only so quiet because it’s weak – for a stronger, quiet panty vibe consider the VeDO Niki.

The Sexy Secret’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 the vibrations never measured higher than this.

It’s also in the most-discreet group of wearables in our Background Noise Masking subtest. In this part of our noise test, my partner listens from three feet away as I wear the vibrator and we play pink noise through a speaker at set volumes. He couldn’t hear the Sexy Secret at any vibration strength under any of our three tested volumes of background noise (56, 62, or 68 dBA).

While its one of the quietest vibrators, it’s also worth noting that every wearable I’ve tested, including the Sexy Secret, is audible in a fully silent room (no pink noise playing) – no matter how gentle and quiet its vibrations are.

The Sexy Secret was also inaudible behind a closed bedroom door. For this part of the test, my partner listens directly outside our bedroom door while I use the toy in bed. For this test, 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. And he couldn’t hear the Sexy Secret at any setting in a silent house, with no fan or music needed to mask the noise.

However, the VeDO Niki is similarly quiet but is also one of the most stimulating panty vibrators I’ve tested, so it’s a better option if you care about power and noise.

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.

In our test, the Sexy Secret lasted 167 minutes continuously running at its highest power. While that’s among the longest battery lives of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, it’s not very impressive because the top setting is very weak so it doens’t use that much battery.

The Lovense Ferri had basically the same runtime in our test (168 minutes) while being the strongest panty vibe we’ve tested (3.7x stronger than the Sexy Secret).

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 Sexy Secret is fully waterproof (IPX7) so it’s very easy to clean. You can run it under a faucet or submerge the whole toy while scrubbing it with soap and water.

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 Sexy Secret is well-built. Soft silicone coats the entire toy, the magnet holds firmly to the underwear, and the on-toy button is responsive with a noticeable click. The whole form of the toy is flexible and plush for a high-quality feel – it’s just that the motor’s too weak.