In the next sections, I’ll cover the Lucy’s vibration power and rumbliness in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion: The Lucy is one of the most stimulating panty vibrators I’ve tested, especially for its price – strong, with a form-fitting design that delivers that strength to your clit well. The trade-off is rumbliness – the Lucy is buzzy at every setting, and extremely buzzy at the top, but I still enjoy its vibration feel personally.

If strong, rumbly vibrations matter more, go with the VeDO Niki (remote-only, no app), but otherwise the Lucy’s clit stimulation is great.

Like all egg vibrators, the We-Vibe Jive Lite only stimulates your G-spot – not your clit. For clit stimulation, a panty vibrator is the better type of wearable for you. 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 even with our strongest G-spot vibrator alone, but when I pair it with clitoral stimulation, it makes my orgasms feel more full.

The Techno Lucy is one of the strongest panty vibrators I’ve tested, with a top power of 9 out of 10. Among magnetic panty vibrators, only the Lovense Ferri reaches a higher top strength.

The power range is wide, but there’s only three power levels: a soft 1 out of 10 at the low end (a good warmup setting), a jump straight to 7 in the middle, and a powerful 9 at the top. While there’s not a ton of intermediate settings, I personally find the three settings it provides enough to comfortably warmup and finish strongly.

The Lucy also transfers that power to your clit really well. Its curved, broad design contours to your vulva, and a strong, wide magnet keeps the toy from pivoting out of place. Among magnetic panty vibrators, only the Lovense Ferri delivers more of its motor’s strength to your clit. While a lot of panty vibrators feel weaker than their strength would suggest, the Lucy’s 9 out of 10 power actually feels strong on your clit.

The Lucy’s curve also gives you some ability to press the vibrations more firmly into your clit hands-free. When you’re sitting, shifting your weight onto the end opposite your clit tilts the front end more firmly into you – closer to handheld pressure control than a straight panty vibrator gets, though still certainly not the level of pressure you get from a handheld vibrator.

We rate rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because it’s what most people prefer – rumbly vibrations travel deeper and feel more diffuse, while buzzy ones stay nearer the surface with a sharper kick. But this is a personal preference, and many people do enjoy buzzy vibes.

The Lucy is buzzy. Its lowest setting measures 92.5 Hz, which is moderately buzzy, and the top climbs to 142.5 Hz, well into the extremely buzzy range. There’s no level where the Lucy feels rumbly or even neutral – its vibrations stay in the moderately-to-extremely buzzy range across all three settings.

This is fairly typical for panty vibrators – the small motors that fit inside a wearable often have a hard time generating the low-frequency vibrations that feel rumbly while also spinning fast enough to feel strong. I personally enjoy the Lucy’s strong, buzzy vibrations, because they stay pressed to my body and transfer well to my clit.

But if you want a strong, rumbly panty vibrator, the VeDO Niki is a great option for about $20 more. It’s a rare panty vibrator that delivers deep, low-frequency vibrations throughout its whole power range.

Like all panty vibrators, the NS Novelties Techno Lucy only stimulates your clit – not your G-spot. Since most women need clit stimulation to orgasm, a panty vibrator is often the right type of wearable. But if you’re interested in G-spot stimulation instead, see all our recommendations for the best egg vibrators here.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Jive Lite delivers good G-spot stimulation despite its moderate power since it’s rumbly. But better eggs are just as rumbly and have more power too. For more stimulating app-controlled eggs, consider the Lovense Lush 4 or Lush Mini. If you prefer a remote control, the Jive 2 and VeDO Kiwi are more stimulating.

The We-Vibe Jive Lite’s vibrations are impactful, but the top power lands at 5 out of 10 – softer than other leading G-spot eggs I’ve tested. The Lovense Lush 4 doubles its strength at 10, the Lush Mini reaches 9.5, the We-Vibe Jive 2 climbs to 9, and even the budget VeDO Kiwi hits 8.

What you’ll actually get with the Jive Lite in normal use is even softer than the 5 strength if you’re using the app. The We-Vibe app has a bug that caps the highest setting at about 4.25 out of 10 – roughly 15% short of what the on-toy button reaches. The power range starts gently around 0.7 and climbs continuously up, so you do get a comfortable warmup.

It’s slimmer and less bulbous than the Jive 2 or the Lush line, so it doesn’t press as precisely into my G-spot – and I don’t get that little squeeze sensation against my bladder (which feels more stimulating) that those eggs provide. But the vibrations feel rich and full because they’re rumbly, which I’ll discuss below. So if the app worked better, I would use this one more.

The We-Vibe Jive Lite has good rumbliness.

For G-spot stimulation, rumbly vibrations matter more than they do for clitoral. With clit vibrators, you’re placing the vibe directly on a highly sensitive area. But G-spot vibrations have to travel farther through tissue to reach more nerve-rich regions, and lower-frequency rumbly vibrations travel through your body much more effectively. I’ve found that even vibrators without a ton of power can feel impactful if they’re rumbly.

The Jive Lite’s lowest setting measures 28.82 Hz – in the extremely rumbly range. And at median power it stays extremely rumbly – around 52 Hz. Vibrations only cross into neutral territory at the motor’s top speed (only accessible from the on-toy button). The rumbliness keeps the vibrations feeling deep and impactful despite the moderate power.

However, other good egg vibrators like the Lovense Lush 4 and Lush Mini are just as rumbly on their low settings while carrying on to stronger top settings. Or if rumbliness is your top priority, the VeDO Kiwi (remote-controlled) is the most rumbly egg.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Love Spouse app is very basic and can feel spammy. But it’s functional for both close-range and long-distance play. The Techno Lucy is also more sensitive to body interference blocking the bluetooth signal than pricier panty vibrators. But at this budget point, it’s a good option.

If you want a feature-rich app and the best connectivity available, you’ll need to increase your budget and go with the Lovense Ferri. If basic, working app control is fine, the Lucy’s app does the core job.

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

Here’s the main takeaway: the We-Vibe app is buggy enough to be a dealbreaker for the Jive Lite. Unlike the Jive 2, there’s no physical remote to fall back on, so you’re stuck relying on a broken app.

The app is far behind Lovense, which has the best app-control experience. In close range, several We-Vibe products, including the Jive Lite, have bugs where the controls freeze and the app only reaches about 85% of the toy’s true top strength. Long-distance control also has a bug that can prevent you from connecting at all.

For better app control, choose the Lovense Lush Mini if you want a slim, comfortable egg, or the Lovense Lush 4 if you want something fuller-feeling and stronger.

The Love Spouse app’s close-range features are very basic – it has the most limited close-range app experience I’ve tested in a panty vibrator. The core constant-intensity control works, so if you just need an app to select your vibration power it’s fine – especially at this budget. But more customized controls you’d expect from higher-end apps are either missing or don’t work well. Consider the Lovense Ferri if you care about greater customization.

The one useful screen in the app is Classic Mode, which lists the toy’s preset modes as “Mode 1” through “Mode 9.” Modes 1-3 are the toy’s low, medium, and high constant intensity; the rest are the toy’s preset patterns.

That’s the entire intensity-control system – three stepped levels rather than the continuous adjustment most panty-vibe apps offer. If you want to dial in a precise feel between low and medium, you can’t; you’re stuck with the three steps the toy ships with. The modes also aren’t descriptively labeled, so you (or a partner controlling your toy) can’t tell what a pattern feels like without trying each one first, you have to memorize what each means.

Beyond Classic Mode, the app is cluttered with poorly built features that don’t add value. Draw Something is meant to let you drag your finger on the screen to control vibration intensity – but the response is so inconsistent that after ten minutes I still couldn’t figure out how it was supposed to work. Music Mode plays the toy along to music, but you’re limited to a handful of pre-installed songs the brand made up – no Spotify, no Apple Music, no songs from your phone – and the vibrations don’t really match the music anyway. Game Mode and a Shaking feature (where you shake your phone to control intensity) are similarly unusable in practice. Ads for the brand’s cam services run throughout the app, often taking up more space on the main control screen than the controls themselves. You don’t have to watch ads before playing, but they’re on the screen taking up space.

If you want anything beyond stepping between three preset intensity levels or selecting from the preset patterns the Lovense Ferri has a much better app. If you’re fine with basic controls and just need a functional app on a budget, the Techno Lucy’s app can be fine.

The We-Vibe app’s close-range features are frustrating because the app is so buggy. If everything worked properly, it would be decent for people who only want simple intensity control and preset patterns. But persistent bugs make it hard to recommend – especially because the Jive Lite doesn’t include a physical remote as backup.

The main controls are Single Vibe and Multi Vibe. Both let you drag a dot around to adjust intensity. In Multi Vibe, the screen is split into four corners, and each corner can hold a preset pattern. Dragging the dot into a corner switches to that pattern at the intensity you choose. In theory, it’s a clean way to move between steady vibration and presets without digging through menus. But oftentimes, it doesn’t play the correct pattern or freezes.

And on the Jive Lite, the app doesn’t reach the toy’s full power. Even when the control dot is at 100%, the toy only reaches about 85% of the strength you can get from the on-toy button. The strongest app settings still feel good, but the app can’t access the Jive Lite’s true top level.

There are 10 preset patterns you can choose from in Single or Multi Vibe mode, each with a name and waveform icon. Some are easy to understand, like Pulse and Wave, while others are less clear.

Custom pattern is very difficult. It takes several taps to reach, and doesn’t let you feel the pattern while drawing it. You have to draw the pattern, save and name it, go back to the control screen, select it, and then test how it feels.

The patterns are also limited by your screen width, so they come out short and choppy. My partner and I both tried creating patterns: his played, while mine crashed the app repeatedly until I gave up. For custom pattern creation, the Lovense Lush Mini and Lush 4 are much better.

There’s also a Playlist feature that lets you string presets together, but you can’t feel what you’re building as you make it, so it’s mostly guesswork.

The sound and music modes are okay. Sound Mode uses your phone’s mic to make the toy respond to nearby noise. Music Mode syncs the toy to songs saved locally on your phone, but it doesn’t work with Spotify or Apple Music. Both modes function, but the controls are poorly labeled, and there’s no minimum-volume threshold like Lovense offers.

I don’t use Touch Mode often, because it requires you to keep your fingers moving on the screen the whole time.

When the We-Vibe app fails, your only fallback is the on-toy button, which cycles through 4 power levels and 6 patterns. That’s hard to use when you’re wearing the toy and it’s under clothing.

For an app-controlled egg vibrator with much better close-range control, the Lovense Lush Mini or Lovense Lush 4 are stronger choices.

The Love Spouse app’s long-distance features are basic but functional – the core call-and-control flow works, but getting to the call is rough.

Your long-distance partner controls your Lucy with the same Mode 1 through Mode 9 preset selector you have during close-range play, and the same limitations.

Getting into a call is unintuitive at first, especially if you want to control a partner’s toy without also owning a toy of your own. The easiest way to connect with a partner is to select YOUR own toy from the home screen. Once connected to your toy, you’ll see a “Friend Control” option in the menu. Add your partner, and then you can select to invite them to a control session. Then once in a control session, you can also request to start a video call. This way requires that you also own a toy in order to access your friends list through your toy’s menu.

If you don’t own a Love Spouse toy too, you have to navigate to the “World” menu, which takes you to a spammy screen with a ton of random users sending a constant stream of messages. But in the top left of this screen, there’s a message icon where you can access your friends list and start the video call with your partner from there.

Once you’re in, though, the video call itself is pretty good. Video quality is high on decent internet, your view of your partner fills most of the screen without the controls cluttering the feed, and the toy control panel is easy to access – toggling off fullscreen brings the controls up in the bottom half of the screen while keeping your partner in view at the top. You can also both control each other’s vibrations during the call.

The call does have a few notable gaps. You can’t toggle off your camera or mute your mic – only flip front/back camera, switch to speaker, or end the call (a voice-only call option exists as a fallback). And there’s an in-call messaging feature that you should not use: messages fill up the video screen and don’t go away.

The standalone chat experience is bad: messages appear in a tiny corner window, text overflows onto buttons of similar color, lines cut off mid-word, and there’s no message history. There’s no media sharing during an active control session either – you can’t send a photo or voice clip while controlling your partner’s toy.

For people interested in the Anonymous play some higher-end apps like Lovense offer, it exists in the Love Spouse app, but it’s behind a paywall.

If long-distance play is a priority for you, the Lovense Ferri is a better choice – its app gives your partner rich control in long-distance mode, with a clean non-spammy interface that works well. For basic control over your partner’s vibrations during a video call, the Techno Lucy can work fine.

The We-Vibe app’s long-distance features are broken. They’re designed fine in theory, but persistent bugs make long-distance play unreliable enough that I can’t recommend the app for it at all. If you need long-distance play, get the Lovense Lush Mini or Lush 4.

In theory, the long-distance experience mirrors close-range. Your partner gets the same Single Vibe, Multi Vibe, and Touch screens to control your Jive Lite, and you get the same screens to control their toy. You can even take back control of your own toy mid-session without ending the call – a feature I wish more apps had, since sometimes you know what your body needs better than your partner does.

Unfortunately, the same bugs from close-range control carry over, including the power cap: your partner can’t reach the very top of the Jive Lite’s range from the app. And the control dot occasionally freezes or becomes unresponsive – drag the dot to raise your partner’s intensity, and nothing happens.

Worse, both partners frequently show up as “offline” to each other even when you’re both in the app, which prevents you from starting a session at all.

Even when long-distance does connect, getting into a video call takes four separate request-and-accepts (call, camera, control of your toy, control of theirs). And the in-app video feed is blurry and choppy in a way Lovense’s isn’t.

The chat messaging itself is decent as a basic messenger, with text, photos, voice notes, and video clips. We-Vibe also lets you save multiple partners, but doesn’t offer the anonymous one-time control links or the auto-accept settings for trusted partners that Lovense’s app does.

For long-distance play, the Lovense Lush Mini or Lush 4 are far better egg vibrators.

The Lucy’s app connectivity is reliable for solo control, but it’s just decent for nearby or long-distance partnered play. If reliable connectivity through any situation matters a lot to you, the Lovense Ferri is a better option, though it’s pricier.

Getting up and running is mostly automatic. The very first time, you have to enter a four-digit binding code from the toy’s instruction manual – annoying, but you only do it once (so don’t toss the manual before pairing). After that, the app auto-connects whenever you open it and turn the toy on. If the connection drops mid-session (like from going out of range), reconnection is automatic as soon as the signal’s clear again.

When I’m controlling my own toy, commands go through reliably and the connection holds through phone locking, app-switching, and periods of inactivity. The Lucy can also handle light body interference, like controlling the toy yourself or when a partner is facing you or at a slight angle. But as you put more of your body between the phone and the toy, it can lose the connection.

Water-rich materials like body tissue can significantly dampen bluetooth signals – much more than clothes or typical walls. Our body-interference test simulates this at three progressively harder positions: the Lucy holds a stable connection at the first, drops occasional commands at the second (but auto-reconnects on its own), and can’t maintain a connection at the third, most severe angle.

The Lovense Ferri holds at all three positions, which matters if a partner will be controlling your toy with a lot of your body in the way.

The Lucy’s Bluetooth range comes in around 40 feet in our open-air test, measured with a clear line-of-sight. That’s enough for same-room control, but well short of what Lovense’s and other panty vibrators reach – and body interference at certain angles will shorten your real distance further.

For long-distance play, the connection works well when both partners keep the Love Spouse app open. Sessions don’t drop unexpectedly, and commands go through reliably while both apps are active. If the toy-wearer’s app is locked or minimized, it can cause the controls to freeze until the app is back up again. Better long-distance apps like Lovense’s let the controlling partner keep adjusting your vibrations through normal phone behavior.

For solo control, partnered control from angles without much of your body in the way, and basic long-distance play, the Lucy’s connectivity holds up – especially considering how inexpensive the Techno Lucy is.

The We-Vibe app’s connectivity with the Jive Lite is poor in close-range and broken in long-distance – the cause is the software bugs, not the Bluetooth signal itself.

The Bluetooth hardware itself is fine: range is excellent, and body interference doesn’t disrupt the connection. But buggy app-side code causes unreliable reconnection, frequent command misses, and persistent bugs that make long-distance play unusable. Lovense has the most reliable app connectivity by a wide margin – consider the Lovense Lush Mini or Lush 4 if app control is a priority.

Initial pairing in close-range is straightforward – add the Jive Lite to the app’s toy carousel once, and from then on it’s two taps to connect with no on-toy action needed. For most people, who own one or two We-Vibe toys and use a single phone, this part works fine.

The breakdown happens if you own several We-Vibe toys and switch between them often, or if you regularly switch which phone is controlling the same toy (like you and your partner both connect occasionally). This causes the quick-connect routine to fail, and recovering often means deleting the toy from the app, forgetting it from your phone’s Bluetooth settings, and walking through the full pairing flow again – an annoying start to your play.

Reconnection during play is inconsistent. If you drop signal and get back in range within 10-20 seconds, the app typically reconnects automatically – but during that window the app doesn’t show that the connection has dropped, so your partner can be “controlling” the toy on screen while nothing is actually happening to your toy. Wait too long to come back in range and you’ll have to tap through the connection screens again, sometimes including holding the on-toy button until it vibrates twice – which can be hard while you’re wearing it.

Even when the connection holds, the app’s controls break. Command misses are frequent, especially on the Single Vibe and Multi Vibe screens – drag the dot up and the toy doesn’t respond, or pick a pulsing preset and a steady vibration plays instead. The misses are intermittent rather than constant, but they happen often enough that I don’t trust the app to keep up with what I’m asking it to do.

The Jive Lite handles body interference cleanly. Our body-interference test simulates partner-control at three progressively harder positions – angles where your body sits between a partner’s phone and the toy which can block the signal. The Jive Lite holds a stable connection at all three. Water-rich body tissue weakens Bluetooth signals more than walls or clothes, and many wearables drop the connection under body interference, but the Jive Lite doesn’t. The signal is strong, and the reliability problems are app-side. Bluetooth range is also excellent – the connection held at an excellent 195 feet in our open-air test.

Long-distance is where the app is fully broken. The problem is the two app-level bugs I covered in the Long Distance Features section above: both partners frequently show as “offline” to each other and can’t start a session at all, and when they do connect, control commands often stop reaching the toys. Both bugs happen regularly without a reliable way to fix it.

If reliable app connectivity is what you need – close-range or long-distance – go with the Lovense Lush Mini or Lush 4.

The NS Novelties Techno Lucy 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 We-Vibe Jive Lite 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 Lucy’s on-toy controls are limited by design – the toy sits inside your underwear during use, so you’ll typically rely on the app.

There’s a single button on the toy that cycles through the same nine settings from the app – three steady power levels, then six vibration patterns. There’s no minus button, so dropping back to a gentler power takes cycling through the remaining settings. Nine settings is enough that the cycle takes some patience, but as a backup or if you want to occasionally use the toy handheld it works fine.

The button is well-placed: easy to feel and press without looking, and centered in the middle of the broad, plush body. Pressing it does push the toy against your vulva, but the central placement and broad surface distribute the pressure evenly across your body rather than concentrating it in one spot, so it’s comfortable.

The limited on-toy button works fine, since the app is the main way you’ll use the Lucy.

Like most wearables, the Jive Lite’s on-toy controls are limited by design: a single button on the antenna cycles through four steady power levels and six vibration patterns in one loop, with no way to step backward without cycling through everything in between.

The button itself is well-designed. It sits on the end of the antenna, so I don’t have to remove the egg to press it, and the broad raised texture is easy to feel without looking. It takes more force than the Lovense eggs’ buttons, but it’s still comfortable to press.

Unlike most wearables, though, this button isn’t just a backup. Because of power-range bug in the We-Vibe app, the on-toy button is the only way to reach the Jive Lite’s true max setting – so if you want full power, you’re using the button.

The NS Novelties Techno Lucy is the most secure fitting panty vibrator I’ve tested, even compared to other magnetic panty vibrators.

The clit-end is broad, but it tapers narrower toward the base between your legs, the toy curves to be form-fitting along your vulva, and the magnet is strong, large, and recessed into a divot at the back.

The broad clit-end paired with the large magnet pins the part vibrating by your clit firmly to your underwear. It has none of the wiggle room a narrower toy or small magnet sometimes leaves. Even if the toy tilts slightly as you move, the breadth of the clit-end keeps it secure against your body. And the curved, tapered shape means your thighs don’t bump the toy off-axis as you walk – it nestles naturally between your legs.

In bed, the toy doesn’t shift through normal moving around or changing positions.

During light activity like walking or doing chores, you can feel the toy move with you as you walk, but it doesn’t actually shift off the spot you secured it to – and gravity doesn’t pull it down off your clit even when standing.

Heavy activity is where most magnetic panty vibrators shift more, but the Lucy holds up better here than any I’ve tested. It stayed in place and maintained great clit contact while I danced and did high knees. Jumping and running do make it bounce – the toy pulls away from your body when you land – but it moves right back where it’s clipped without any manual readjustment.

Like most egg vibrators, the Jive Lite fits exceptionally securely whether you’re in bed, walking around, or doing heavier activity. It stays exactly where I put it and doesn’t budge. The especially secure fit is an advantage of egg vibrators over other kinds of wearable vibrators – once inserted, an egg’s bulbous shape tends to hold it easily in place without the need for any adjustable mechanism.

There’s no real adjustability on the Jive Lite either – the egg body is fixed and the only flexible part is the antenna, which sits naturally along your body.

The NS Novelties Techno Lucy is the most comfortable panty vibrator I’ve tested. It stays comfortable both in bed and while you’re up and moving around – where most panty vibrators drop in comfort to some degree when walking.

The same design that makes it fit so securely also keeps it comfortable. The broad clit-end distributes pressure evenly across your clit area, the slim section between your legs prevents it from getting bumped around much with movement, and the form curves to stay snug against your body.

In bed, the contours extremely well to the body. Like the Sexy Secret, it’s the easiest panty vibrator I’ve found to settle into a comfortable placement, but the Lucy is far more stimulating.

During light activity like walking around the house or sitting at a desk, the broad, plush surface keeps good contact with the clit without any uncomfortable “tapping”, even if the toy is jostled a bit. When sitting, the extra pressure distributes evenly across the plush surface. The Lucy is one toy I could wear for a long time without becoming uncomfortable.

The Jive Lite is a comfortable egg whether in bed or wearing it around – slimmer and less bulbous than some eggs.

The slim shape means that while there’s a stretch when I insert it, there’s no uncomfortable internal pressure once it’s in. I don’t get the squeeze against my bladder that I do with the We-Vibe Jive 2 or the bigger Lush eggs like the Lush 4 and Lush 3. That reduced pressure makes it more comfortable for longer periods, but also slightly less stimulating.

The antenna jostles around a bit since its somewhat floppy, but it still lays against my body pretty comfortably. Just with rolling from one side to the other you may feel the antenna lightly tap against your clit. But I find it more comfortable than stiff antennas like the old Lush 2’s.

During light activity – walking, stairs, everyday chores – I’m more aware of the internal fullness from the egg, even though it’s slim. But it doesn’t prevent me from bending over or make me change how I walk. And the antenna actually lays even more comfortably against my body when I’m wearing it around since my clothing presses it flat against me.

While the Jive Lite is comfy, the Lovense Lush Mini is even more comfortable and better overall.

The Lucy is exceptionally quiet – tied for the quietest panty vibrator I’ve tested. And unlike the others tied with it (Satisfyer Sexy Secret, Little Secret, and Romp Party), it’s also one of the most stimulating.

Decibel readings on low and high power were extremely quiet, too quiet for my Sound Level Meter to pick up. The ambient room noise was 35 dBA, and the Lucy never measured higher than this.

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

Behind a closed bedroom door, the Lucy was similarly inaudible. For this part of the noise test, my partner listens from outside the closed 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 reposition the toy or move it around. Holding the toy instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. He couldn’t hear the Lucy at any setting from behind our bedroom door – no fan or music needed to mask it.

The Jive Lite is in the most discreet tier of wearables I’ve tested.

Decibel readings on low and high power were too quiet for our Sound Level Meter to pick up. The ambient room noise was 35 dBA, and the Jive Lite never measured higher than this on either setting.

For our Background Masking Noise subtest, I wear the toy while my partner listens from three feet away and we play pink noise through a speaker at quiet, moderate, and loud volumes (56, 62, and 68 dBA). He couldn’t hear the Jive Lite at any vibration strength under any of our three tested volumes. It’s also worth noting that every wearable I’ve tested, including the Jive Lite, is audible in a fully silent room (no pink noise playing) – no matter how gentle and quiet the vibrations are.

For the closed-bedroom-door part of our test, my partner listens directly outside our bedroom door while I use the toy in bed. For this part of the test, I use it like a handheld toy since wearing dampens sound, and some people want to use it clitorally. Holding the toy instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. He couldn’t hear it on any power level.

One thing worth knowing is that most insertable eggs I’ve tested are quiet, including the We-Vibe Jive 2, Lovense Lush 4, and Lush Mini which are all better options.

The Lucy has a short battery life – it lasted 55 minutes in my test on its highest setting. That’s lower than high-end panty vibrators – the average runs closer to 90 minutes, and the Lovense Ferri lasts closer to three hours. You can extend the Lucy’s battery life during normal use since you’ll likely also use the lower settings some too.

During our test, the Jive Lite lasted 125 minutes vibrating continuously on its top setting – about average for a G-spot egg, and longer than most other wearables I’ve tested.

But better eggs also lasted long. The Lovense Lush 4 lasted about 120 minutes, essentially the same as the Jive Lite, and the We-Vibe Jive 2 lasted 40 minutes longer than the Lite.

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

The Jive Lite 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 Lucy feels high quality, especially for a budget panty vibrator. It’s covered entirely in thick-feeling silicone with a nice flex to it, the button presses with a satisfying click, and the broad, strong magnet creates a solid, sturdy connection.

The Jive Lite feels well-built – a smooth silicone coating over a firm core, almost identical to the original We-Vibe Jive. The silicone is body-safe and non-porous, and nothing about the toy felt loose or fragile through testing – I have no durability concerns – we bought our original Jive in 2022 and it’s still working.