Here’s the main conclusion: the Dolce has one of the strongest clit motors out of all my wearables, and it’s one of the few I can orgasm with hands-free from the clit stimulation alone.

The gradual settings from gentle to intense provide lots of warmup space, and, when both motors are running, they play off each other for an enjoyable, deeper thudding sensation.

The adjustability makes it more likely you’ll get good clit contact, though it’s still somewhat dependent on your anatomy for the perfect fit. But even if it’s not direct – the vibrations are strong enough that they travel.

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 Lovense Dolce has one of the strongest clit motors of any wearable I’ve tested, with a top power of 9.75 out of 10 – a touch stronger than even Lovense’s panty vibrator, the Lovense Ferri. It’s easily strong enough for me to orgasm hands-free from clit stimulation alone when the toy’s positioned well, and even when the fit sits a little off to the side, the vibrations are powerful enough that it’s still one of the most stimulating wearables for external vibes.

It also has one of the broadest power ranges you’ll find in a wearable – starting at a gentle 1 out of 10 strength with very gradual adjustability. That’s really useful since you likely wont be varying the toy’s position or pressure with your hand, if you’re sticking with wearing it for hands-free stimulation.

For me, both of the Dolce’s arms are a touch long, so the external arm sits near my clit, but not pressed totally against it. You can adjust the angle of the hinge point, but not the lengths of the arms. So whether the vibrations transfer well to you depends on the fit.

Thankfully, the vibrations are so strong that it stays very stimulating even without firm, direct contact. Especially when the two motors’ vibrations work together to create a sort of “thumping” feel.

If you want more guaranteed direct clitoral contact with your wearable, try the Lovense Ferri, a panty vibrator that you can position wherever you need it in your underwear and secure it with a strong magnetic clip. You can pair it with the Lovense Lush 4 to add in the G-spot vibes.

But if you’re not as concerned about a perfect fit, the Lovense Dolce is our strongest dual-stimulator.

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 rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because most people prefer them. But it’s a personal preference.

The Dolce’s clit motor is more rumbly than most wearables. It starts extremely rumbly on its lowest setting (around 49 Hz), stays neutral through the middle, and only turns extremely buzzy at full power (around 116 Hz).

Vibrations always get buzzier as the power rises, and the Dolce provides a nice variety of frequencies. And if you’re running both motors at once, (especially one high and one low) you can achieve a low-frequency “beat” sensation from the two motors interacting with each other – that beat makes the vibrations feel deeper and more rumbly than their raw frequency alone suggests.

The Dolce’s external motor is actually more rumbly than the Lovense Ferri, so it’s a great pick for those who prefer deeper vibrations.

The Lelo Ida Wave is slightly more rumbly, but it’s not as strong overall. So if you prioritize a good balance of rumbliness and power, the Dolce is better.

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.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the G-spot motor’s power and rumbliness in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion: the Dolce has the most powerful G-spot motor I’ve tested in a dual-stimulation wearable. Its girthy, bulbous arm presses firmly into my front wall, so the strong vibrations transfer right to your G-spot where you want them.

The vibes feel rumbly on low and buzzy on high. But when you have both motors going together, it adds a thuddy sensation that feels deeper and more layered.

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.

The Lovense Dolce has the most stimulating G-spot arm of my dual-stimulation wearable vibrator. Its internal motor is strong, reaching about 9.4 out of 10 on high, and that power tranfers to my G-spot well: the bulbous arm presses firmly against the front wall, hands-free.

These strong vibes and pressure on my G-spot make my orgasms from the clit vibrations feel richer and fuller.

Like the clit motor, the G-spot arm has incremental adjustments through the app – much more control than budget options like the Fantasy For Her G-spot Stimulate-Her provide. It starts gentle enough to warm up with, and gradually builds to the extreme top strength without large jumps. A wide range like this makes it easy to find power levels that work for you without getting overstimulated.

What makes the vibrations land so well is the internal arm’s shape. It’s a bit wider and thicker than even Lovense’s famous Lush eggs, so it applies firm pressure and creates a really full feel. The slim-armed Fantasy For Her actually reaches a hair higher on paper (about 9.75 out of 10), but its narrow arm doesn’t press as firmly, so the Dolce feels more stimulating.

The dedicated G-spot eggs still do one thing better: the Lovense Lush 4 and older models press a little more precisely into the ideal spot since you’re not trying to position two arms in a perfect place. So if targeted G-spot stimulation alone is all you’re after, an egg vibrator can be better. But the Dolce also provides the clit stimulation that many need to orgasm (which the Lush eggs lack).

The Lovense Dolce has a good balance between rumbly and buzzy vibes. But it is my most rumbly powerful dual-stimulation toy. And when both motors run together, there’s an extra thuddy sensation layered in that makes the vibes feel even more rumbly.

Rumbliness matters more on the G-spot side than it does for the clit motor. On the clit side, you’re placing the vibe directly on a highly sensitive area, so whether the vibrations are deeper (rumbly) or more surface-level (buzzy), it feels very stimulating. But G-spot vibrations have to travel farther through tissue to reach more nerve-rich regions, and lower-frequency vibes do that better.

So it helps that the Dolce’s G-spot motor is on the more rumbly end compared to most wearables. The entire first half of it’s settings fall in the rumbly range, and it only turns extremely buzzy at the very top strength. But when you have the two motors going at the same time, it adds that low-frequency “beat” sensation that keeps the top level from turning into a thin surface-level buzz.

The Dolce has the best balance of rumbliness and power I’ve found in a dual-stimulation wearable.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Lovense app is by far the best of any brand. It provides the most control, is easiest to use, and has the most reliable connectivity. If an outstanding app is your top priority, stick to a Lovense toy.

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 Lovense Dolce’s app has the best close-range features of any brand. It gives easy intuitive control over power or patterns.

On the main Remote screen, you drag the control dots up or down to adjust intensity of the vibrations.

Tap Float to hold a steady power, or Loop to draw a custom pattern that repeats. Since the toy reacts as you draw, you can feel the pattern in real time instead of creating it blindly and testing it later. If you like what you made, tap Record to save it to My Patterns.

Lovense provides separate control of each motor, so you can set them to different intensities. Or drag one dot on top of the other to control them together if you find that easier.

For presets, the My Patterns screen includes Lovense’s default patterns, anything you’ve saved, and patterns downloaded from Lovense’s active community library.

Lovense’s sound-reactive mode is also the best I’ve used. You can set a minimum decibel threshold, so the toy stays quiet until the sound around you is louder, and adjust sensitivity to control how much of the toy’s power range it uses. The live decibel readout makes it easy to calibrate. Many other apps either combine these controls or don’t offer a threshold at all.

The music-sync mode works with Spotify or local files and follows the music well enough to keep the vibrations varying without any effort on your end. You can cap the intensity to keep it in a comfortable range to you.

Lovense also includes a few useful extras: Voice Control, device-to-device control with certain Lovense toys, and per-toy max intensity settings. The intensity cap is helpful if you want to limit noise or prevent a partner from pushing the toy too high.

Overall, the Lovense app’s close-range features are excellent – and easily the best of any brand I’ve tested.

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.

Lovense also has the best long-distance experience of any brand, by a wide margin.

During messaging or video calls, your partner gets the same excellent Remote screen used for close-range control. They can set a steady intensity with Float or draw a repeating pattern with Loop, so long-distance control doesn’t feel stripped down. The only small downside is that you can’t control your own toy during a video call – only your partner can.

The video call tools are excellent. Incoming calls are easy to notice and accept, and once you’re in a call, the video feed is clear. You can mute, toggle your camera, switch between front and back cameras, cast audio to a speaker, or end the call. The controls stay out of the way until you tap the screen, and you can move your self-view so it doesn’t block your partner.

The app also handles normal phone use well. You can lock your screen or switch to another app without disrupting the session.

Messaging is equally strong. The thread is easy to follow, and you can send voice notes, photos, and videos from your camera or camera roll. There’s also an optional “burn after reading” feature for one-time viewing that prevents screenshots, and it works as intended.

Lovense gives you helpful partner settings too. You can let a trusted partner auto-accept control requests – so they can take control of your toy by surprise. Or get a notification when they come online, or hide your online status from specific people. Each partner can have different settings.

Lovense also offers the broadest anonymous and group control options. You can send a one-time control link or create a group link for up to 10 people. When the time runs out, they lose access and can’t request control again.

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

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 Dolce’s connectivity is excellent. Lovense has the most reliable app connection of any brand I’ve tested, both for nearby Bluetooth control and long-distance play.

Pairing is quick: The very first time you connect, simply tap Add Toy, turn the Dolce on, and it appears in the app within seconds. After that first setup, it auto-connects as soon as you turn it on with the app open.

Once paired, the Dolce stays connected through normal phone use, including locking your screen, switching apps, or leaving the app idle.

It also handles body interference very well. Water-rich materials (like body tissue) can weaken Bluetooth more than walls or clothing, which is why some egg vibrators work fine for solo control but drop connection when a partner controls them from certain angles. In our body-interference test, the Dolce stayed connected through all three positions, including the hardest one.

Bluetooth range was excellent too, reaching about 340 feet in our clear line-of-sight test. That’s one of the longest ranges we’ve measured for a wearable and far more than most people will need. Though walls and other interference will shorten real-world range.

If the Dolce does disconnect, the app reconnects automatically once the signal is clear. A red “Reconnecting…” message also tells the controlling partner that control has paused. You can choose whether the toy stops vibrating during a disconnect with Auto-Stop, or keeps vibrating at the last intensity level until it reconnects.

Long-distance connectivity is also excellent. The toy connects to your phone over Bluetooth, and your phone connects to your partner’s phone over Wi-Fi or cell data. Since the Bluetooth connection is strong, long-distance play works well as long as your internet connection is decent. Sessions stay stable, commands go through reliably, and locking your phone or switching apps doesn’t disrupt control.

One quirk: if you start a session on Wi-Fi and then switch to cell data, the first switch can drop control and require a quick re-invite. After that, switching works normally. To avoid this, start the session on cellular data – for some reason if you do that, you can switch freely between cell data and Wi-Fi without issue.

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 Lovense Dolce 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).

The Lovense Dolce has some of the best on-toy controls of any wearable I’ve tested. While you’ll probably use the app most of the time, the on-toy controls are still helpful if you don’t want to hold something or when straightening the spine to use the Dolce like a handheld vibe.

A pair of +/- buttons on the external arm lets you step up or down through 3 power levels and 4 patterns. The two buttons are nice, because you can backtrack instead of having to cycle thorugh every setting on a loop. And the buttons are raised, so you can find them easily without having to look.

The buttons only give you three steady power levels; the full range lives in the app. But through the app, you can set those three preset levels to be whatever intensities you enjoy most – so they’ll be levels you’ll actually use.

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 Lovense Dolce has good adjustability, and is the most secure fit out of all my dual-stim wearables. It doesn’t budge whether using it in bed, walking around the house, or even during heavier activity like running or jumping.

The girthy internal arm keeps the toy fully inserted, and prevents it from swaying side to side. Many of my other dual-stim toys start to loosen and work themselves out of place with movement.

And it has the good adjustability too. Many other strong dual-stimulation wearables, like the Lelo Ida Wave and Fantasy For Her G-spot Stimulate-Her – are simply flexible, and spring back. You can’t change their shape to fit your body better. But the Dolce has an adjustable spine you can shape to fit you better.

The Dolce holds at the angle you set it to. It even adjust a little side to side so you can nudge the external arm toward one side of your clit or the other. However, you can’t make either arm shorter or longer. It fits my anatomy okay, but you’re out of luck if you end up needing a longer clit arm, or shorter G-spot arm. So it’s still somewhat dependent on your personal anatomy.

If you are concerned about fit, a safer way to replicate a dual-stimulation toy is to pair the Lovense Lush Mini or Lush 4 for G-spot stimulation with the Lovense Ferri for clitoral stimulation. You can clip the Ferri in your underwear at the most stimulating position, so you’re not restricted to the set arm length of the Dolce.

Once the Dolce inserted, it’s actually difficult to adjust because of how firm the hinge is – a little annoying until you find the right fit, but convenient for the tight hold. This rigidity and girth works great for a secure fit, but it does cause some issues with comfort – primarily when walking around.

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 Lovense Dolce can be a bit uncomfortable, mainly when walking around. In bed, it can be comfortable in the right position and depending on your preferences for girth.

The same things that keep it securely in place are what affect comfort: the bulbous arm is most comfortable to those who don’t mind a stretch and a full feel. I prefer internal toys that are slimmer, so the Dolce is most comfortable to me when laying flat. If I try to bend forward, it starts to press painfully at my vaginal opening and against my bladder.

The adjustable, but somewhat rigid hinge also gets in the way once you’re not laying flat. There’s no squish to cushion your pubic bone, and when you’re walking, this can get pushed too hard against you. Especially if you’re wearing clothes that will force the clit arm firmly against your body.

None of this is unusual for a strong dual-stimulation wearable. They’re generally the bulkiest wearables there are. They’re really only designed for in-bed use, and most don’t even stay fully inserted unless you’re lying down.

If you’re sensitive to girth and pubic-bone pressure, the slimmer Fantasy For Her G-spot Stimulate-Her may be more comfortable in bed – but you give up the Dolce’s stronger, stimulation and its app control. And if what you really want is a toy to wear comfortably while you’re up and moving around, combine the Lovense Ferri panty vibrator with the Lovense Lush 4. You can control them together in the same great Lovense app.

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.

Unfortunately, the Lovense Dolce is louder than most wearables I’ve tested, especially on its higher settings – a bit expected, since both its motors are powerful.

Decibel readings range from 43 dBA on low to about 57 dBA on high. On those higher settings the vibrations also take on a slight grating quality rather than the kind of clean, consistent hum of the Lovense Lush 4 that blends in with other background sounds more easily.

The Dolce did worse than many wearables in our Background Noise Masking subtest, where I wear the toy while my partner listens from three feet away and we play pink noise through a speaker at set volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). Its lowest strength was masked by the quietest background noise we played, but on the middle and high strengths we had to raise the audio to our moderate volume (62 dBA) before he could no longer hear it. Plenty of wearables – including the Lush 4 and Lelo Ida Wave – were fully masked by that quietest audio.

For the closed-door test, my partner listens directly outside our closed bedroom door while I use the Dolce like a handheld toy. Wearing dampens sound, and the Dolce works well handheld because you can straighten the spine and grip the clit arm like a handle, so holding it gives us the most conservative results. My partner couldn’t hear the low setting through the door, but the middle and high came through clearly. Turning a box fan to its lowest setting was enough to mask both.

If you want a more discreet dual-stimulation wearable without giving up much power, the Lelo Ida Wave stays fully masked at our quietest tested background level on every setting.

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 Lovense Dolce has a short battery life – in our test it ran 45 minutes with both arms vibrating at their highest power before dying: among the shortest of any wearable I’ve tested.

That 45-minute figure is a worst case, though. It’s measured at constant full power on both motors. Since you’ll likely spend plenty of time on lower settings, or with only one of the motors running strong, your real runtime will likely be longer. For a typical solo session in bed – where the Dolce is at its best – that’s usually enough, as long as you charge it beforehand.

If you want to go longer between charges, the Lelo Ida Wave lasted 135 minutes at full power in our test, though its stimulation isn’t as strong. Or pair the Lovense Lush 4 and Lovense Ferri which both have a run time of 2 or more hours on high.

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 Lovense Dolce is very easy to clean because it’s fully waterproof – rated IPX7. You can rinse it under a running faucet or fully submerge it in soapy water.

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 Lovense Dolce has excellent build quality. It’s covered in smooth, firm, body-safe silicone, and the central hinge feels strong and solid, with no loosening in the time I’ve owned it. I’ve had mine since 2021 when it was still called the Quake, and it still works like it did when I bought it.

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.