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

Here’s the main conclusion:

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

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

Like all egg vibrators, the Lush Mini only stimulates internally. The external arm is an antenna, not a clit motor. For clit stimulation, a panty vibrator like the Lovense Ferri is the better type of wearable for you. Or see all our recommendations for the best panty vibrators here.

An egg vibrator is a good option if:
1. You enjoy internal vibrations, G-spot pressure, or fullness on its own. (Many people need clit stimulation to orgasm, but internal stimulation can still feel good and be great foreplay.)
2. You plan to pair it with clit stimulation from something else.

I can’t orgasm from G-spot vibrations alone, but when I pair the Lush Mini with clitoral stimulation, it makes my orgasms feel much more full.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Lush Mini’s G-spot vibration power and rumbliness in-depth.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Lush Mini is one of the most stimulating egg vibrators I’ve tested. Its G-spot vibrations are among the strongest of any wearable, while starting very gently. Its slim, bulbous shape presses that power right into your G-spot, and it stays deeply rumbly through its low and middle settings.

The slimmer form is more comfortable, and yet the stimulation is similar in strength and rumbliness to the full-size Lovense Lush 4.

If the deepest rumbliness matters most, consider the VeDO Kiwi (remote-controlled). If vibration strength matters more to you, the Lush Mini is better.

The Lovense Lush Mini has strong G-spot vibrations, a wide power range, and a shape that presses that power right into your G-spot.

Its vibrations are among the strongest of any wearable I’ve tested, reaching 9.5 out of 10 at the top – just shy of the full-size Lovense Lush 4 and its older versions, which top out at 10. That’s a small gap that’s hardly noticeable: the Mini still delivers powerful, focused G-spot stimulation, well above what most egg vibrators manage.

The power range is among the widest I’ve tested, too. You can adjust the intensity continuously through the Lovense app in tiny, comfortable increments – from a gentle 0.6 at the lowest setting, great for warming up, up to that strong 9.5 at full strength.

Just as important, the Lush Mini’s shape and fit transfer that power to my G-spot very effectively. With a wearable you can’t press it harder for more intensity the way you can with a handheld – the toy’s design has to get the motor’s strength to the right spot on its own – and the Mini does this well.

Even though it’s smaller than the full-size Lush, its G-spot-focused bump-out still sits right against my front wall and presses right where I need it. I was actually surprised by how similar the stimulation felt even with a smaller size.

The one stimulation-related difference from the larger models is a slightly less-full feel – the slimmer body doesn’t fill you up quite as much. For me that’s a plus, since I don’t love too much girth, and it doesn’t take anything away from the G-spot stimulation. But if a fuller, girthier feel is more stimulating to you, the Lush 4 would be better for you.

The Lovense Lush Mini has great rumbliness for an egg vibrator.

Rumbliness matters more for a G-spot toy than for a clit toy. A clit vibrator sits right against a super sensitive area, where the nerves are easy to reach. But a G-spot toy has to send its vibrations deeper into your body to reach the sensitive nerves along your front wall. Lower-frequency, rumbly vibrations travel through the body better than buzzy ones.

The Lush Mini starts extremely rumbly on its lowest settings and stays deep through the low and middle settings. Like most vibrators, it gets buzzier as you turn the power up – neutral to buzzy settings on the stronger half. But there’s a lot of strength behind those top settings, so they still feel full and impactful rather than the thin, surface-level buzz you get from a weaker toy.

It’s only slightly less rumbly than the larger Lovense Lush 4, and the difference is not really noticeable when wearing it. Only one egg vibrator I’ve tested is meaningfully more rumbly: the VeDO Kiwi. If the deepest possible rumble is your top priority, the Kiwi is better. But it’s remote-only and is less powerful than the Lush Mini.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Lush Mini’s app has the best close-range features of any brand.

On the main Remote screen, you drag a control dot up or down to adjust intensity. Tap Float to hold a steady power level, or Loop to draw a custom pattern that repeats. Since the toy vibrates 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.

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

For 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 room gets loud enough, 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 for hands-free variation. You can cap the intensity to keep it in your comfortable range.

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 still the best of any brand I’ve tested.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Lovense gives you helpful partner settings too. You can let a trusted partner auto-accept control requests, 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 Ferri’s connectivity is excellent and the most reliable of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, in both nearby Bluetooth and long-distance modes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Lush Mini’s connectivity with the Lovense app is outstanding. It’s still the most reliable app-controlled brand I’ve tested, in both nearby Bluetooth control and long-distance sessions.

Pairing is quick: the very first time you connect, just tap Add Toy, turn the Lush Mini 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, it stays connected through normal phone use like screen locks, app-switching, and long stretches of inactivity without it dropping. On the rare occasion the signal does drop (say, you walk too far from your phone), it reconnects on its own as soon as you’re back in range, and the app clearly flags a red “Reconnecting…” so a partner controlling your toy is never left guessing whether it’s still working. You can also choose whether the Mini stops or keeps vibrating if the connection drops – handy if you’d rather it go quiet than keep buzzing.

Its Bluetooth range is excellent, too. In our test, it maintained connection up to 365 feet in the open before it dropped – even a touch farther than the full-size Lush 4. Walls and interference will shorten that in normal use, but it’s plenty for a partner to move around freely while controlling your toy nearby.

It also handles body interference very well. Water-rich material 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.

Our body-interference test simulates this at three progressively harder positions, and the Lush Mini holds a stable connection at all three – so a partner can keep reliable control even with a lot of your body in the way. Plenty of wearables (like the Satisfyer Ribbed Petal) lose the connection at the toughest angle; the Lush Mini doesn’t.

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 and then you can switch freely between the two.

For nearby or long-distance play, the Lush Mini’s connectivity is very dependable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like most wearable vibrators, the Lush Mini’s on-toy controls are limited by design – you’ll mostly control it through the app. But the Mini has some of the better on-toy controls because you can customize its three on-toy intensity presets from the app’s “Adjust Levels” screen, so even though the button only offers 3 intensity settings, the levels it cycles through can be the ones you actually like to use.

Pressing the button cycles forward through three power levels and four patterns on one shared loop. You can’t step backward, so dropping to a lower power means clicking past the remaining levels and patterns. I’d rather the patterns weren’t in there – most people don’t use them, and they just add clicks when you’re stepping through the power levels.

The button itself is excellent. It sits on the tip of the antenna, so it stays reachable while you’re wearing the Lush Mini, and it’s raised enough to find by feel with a firm, satisfying click. And thankfully, the button is external – unlike eggs that put the button on the body, you never have to pull the Mini out to press it.

The Lovense Ferri stays securely in place.

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

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

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

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

The Lush Mini fits extremely securely whether you’re in bed, walking around, or doing heavier activity.

Once you insert it, it guides itself into place and stays there unless you tug it out with intentional force – just as the full-size Lush models do. A secure fit is an advantage egg vibrators have over other kinds of wearable vibrators: an egg’s bulbous shape holds it easily in place on its own, without the need for any adjustable mechanism.

In bed, rolling and shifting positions it doesn’t budget at all. Walking, stairs, and normal movement around the house didn’t make it pull down with gravity either. Even when I jumped up and down, it stayed put unless I tugged it out intentionally.

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

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

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

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

The Lovense Lush Mini is the most comfortable egg vibrator I’ve worn, whether I’m in bed or moving around the house – one of the main reasons it’s my personal favorite.

It’s smaller than other models, which is the biggest reason it’s comfortable. The slimmer shape doesn’t cause the same fullness and bladder pressure that the bigger Lush models and other eggs like the We-Vibe Jive 2 do. These can feel a bit more restrictive when sitting upright, bending forward, or walking up stairs.

I can wear the Mini comfortably for much longer sessions, in bed or up and going about my day.

The external antenna helps, too. It’s the same curved, form-fitting design as the Lush 4 – it hugs the body instead of sticking out, so it rests comfortably near my clit without tapping it, and I never have to reach down to adjust it as I move.

If you’d rather have a fuller, girthier feel, the larger Lush 4 can be better. But the Lush Mini is my personal favorite specifically because I find it so comfortable.

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

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

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

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

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

The Lovense Lush Mini is quiet, with a clean, smooth hum. Its vibrations sound cleaner than the slightly more grating older Lush 2 and Lush 3. It has a similar, clean-sounding motor to the full-size Lovense Lush 4.

On low power, it measured right at our 35 dBA ambient floor – too quiet for our sound level meter to even pick up. On high, it reached about 46.5 dBA, which is still quiet.

It also did well in our Background Noise Masking test. While I wore the Mini, my partner listened from three feet away as we played pink noise at quiet, moderate, and loud volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). With the moderate and loud background noise playing, he couldn’t hear the Lush Mini at any strength. With the quietest background noise playing he couldn’t hear the low or middle settings either; only the high setting was barely audible – a subtle hum he had to listen closely for, and it took him several minutes to decide whether he was really hearing it.

Behind a closed bedroom door, the Lush Mini was completely inaudible. For this part of the test, my partner listened directly outside the closed door while I used the Mini handheld in bed. Holding it instead of wearing it gives the most conservative result, since wearing dampens the sound and some people also use eggs clitorally in bed. My partner couldn’t hear it from the other side of the door at any power level.

Most eggs are pretty quiet, so you have lots options, with the Lush Mini being an excellent one!

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

The Lovense Lush Mini has a short battery life for an egg vibrator. It lasted 65 minutes at its highest power in our test.

I actually ran this test twice since this is quite a bit shorter than the larger models, and Lovense advertises “up to 236 minutes.” If you use the lower and middle settings you’ll get a longer runtime – but at the max power we got about 65 minutes.

If a longer battery matters more to you than the slim, comfortable feel, the fuller Lovense Lush 4 and older Lovense Lush 3 last about twice as long – 120 and 135 minutes.

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

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

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

The Lush Mini has excellent build quality. It’s covered entirely in a smooth, body-safe silicone with a solid, quality feel, and its curved antenna is thick enough to feel sturdy and holds its shape well. The single button has a satisfying, responsive click, too.

I can’t speak to the Mini’s long-term lifespan yet, since it’s a newer toy. But I’ve had the Lush 2 since 2020 and the Lush 3 since 2021, and both still work as expected; the Mini feels built to the same solid standard, so I expect it to hold up well with normal use and care.