In the next sections, I’ll cover the Romp Party’s clit-motor power and rumbliness in-depth.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Romp Party falls in the middle of the panty-vibe pack on clit stimulation. Its motor is technically strong, but the straight design doesn’t transfer enough of that strength to my clit, and the vibrations are buzzy on the settings I actually use. In this price range, for a more stimulating panty vibe, go with the VeDO Niki if you want a physical remote, or the NS Novelties Techno Lucy if you want an app.

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

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Little Secret has the weakest clit motor of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, so I don’t find it stimulating at all.

If hands-free clit stimulation is your priority, go with the Lovense Ferri – same price, and roughly ten times the Little Secret’s top power. Or the VeDO Niki (remote-only) if you’re on a budget or you really prioritize rumbliness.

The Romp Party has one of the strongest top settings of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, though its design doesn’t transfer all of that power to your clit. The motor reaches a 9 out of 10 in vibration strength at its highest setting. Of my panty vibrators, only the Lovense Ferri reaches a higher top power. The Romp Party is just behind it. Spread across 7 distinct power levels from a gentle 1 out of 10 warmup up to that 9 at the top, it has one of the widest power ranges of any panty vibrator in this price range.

But with a wearable, you can’t press harder for more intensity the way you can with a handheld – the toy’s shape and fit has to naturally deliver the motor’s strength to your body. This is where the Romp Party’s design works against it. Its strongest vibrations are at the middle of the toy rather than at the clit where most panty vibrators concentrate them, so I had to situate it up higher in my underwear to feel more of the vibrations. This felt a bit unnatural, and my underwear kept trying to push it out of that placement.

The Romp Party is also straight rather than contoured, so it doesn’t sit snugly against my clit the way better-fitting panty vibes with a curve do, like the Lovense Ferri and VeDO Niki. When I get the placement right, it’s reasonably stimulating, but getting it right takes more effort than I want from a hands-free toy and requires frequent readjustments.

So the Party feels less stimulating than the raw 9 out of 10 strength suggests. If you want a panty vibe in this price range that delivers more of its motor’s strength to your clit, the VeDO Niki is a better option – its top setting is a notch lower at 8 out of 10, but its body-contoured shape gets more of that power where you actually feel it, so I can orgasm with it hands-free. For the strongest motor and best vibration transfer of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, try the Ferri for about $40 more.

The Little Secret has the weakest clit motor of any panty vibrator I’ve tested, with a top power of just 0.80 out of 10. Even its sibling Satisfyer Sexy Secret – which is also too weak – hits more than three times that strength at the top.

The panty vibrators I can actually orgasm with hands-free, like the Lovense Ferri, NS Novelties Techno Lucy, and VeDO Niki, all reach roughly ten times the Little Secret’s top power.

The vibrations aren’t even stimulating if I use it like a handheld toy and press it into me. Its full power range – from a barely-there 0.50 at the bottom up to that 0.80 at the top – is so narrow that the motor barely changes between its lowest and highest settings.

The fit does its job well enough, at least in bed. The broad, plush silicone arm contours well to my body and stays in firm contact, so what little strength the motor produces reaches my clit. But what reaches me feels tickly – more like a slight tease than anything stimulating.

Consider the Lovense Ferri or VeDO Niki (remote-controlled) for stronger vibrations.

We rate panty vibrators with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because most people prefer them, but it’s genuinely a personal preference.

The Romp Party is not very rumbly.

Its lowest power level is technically extremely rumbly at 59 Hz, but that’s the warmup setting – too gentle for the rumbliness to feel very stimulating. From there, frequency climbs as power does: the toy is moderately buzzy by its mid-range at around 100 Hz (about average for a panty vibe), and extremely buzzy at 127 Hz at the top. Since the vibrations don’t transfer well, I need to crank the power to feel anything, so most of my use with this toy is in the buzzy range.

If you care about rumbly vibrations, the VeDO Niki is one of the only truly rumbly panty vibrators and it’s an excellent choice in the same price range.

We rate panty vibrators with rumbly vibrations higher than buzzy ones because rumbly is what most people prefer – but it’s a personal preference.

The Little Secret is very buzzy. Its median frequency is moderately buzzy at 101 Hz, and it climbs to an extremely buzzy 122 Hz on high. The buzziness combined with low power makes them feel tickly and surface level.

Most panty vibrators actually lean buzzy, but many have enough power to 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 in the rumbly range (66 Hz at the median) and it has great power too.

Like all panty vibrators, the Romp Party 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.

Like all panty vibrators, the Satisfyer Little 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 Romp Party isn’t controlled through an app. App control lets you create custom patterns, control multiple motors or toys, play long-distance, and lets a controlling partner see exactly what your toy is doing. If that matters to you, see our app-controlled recommendations in these guides:

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

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Little Secret’s app features and its connectivity in detail.

Here’s the main conclusion:

Satisfyer Connect is the closest second to Lovense’s app with minor tradoffs. Connectivity is reliable for solo use and great for long-distance. But the bluetooth signal struggles when there’s a lot of your body between the phone and the toy. This happens more often when letting a nearby partner control your toy from certain angles.

Unfortunately, the low power negates the benefits of the app. It’s actually less expensive to go with the Lovense Ferri – the absolute best app and panty vibrator I’ve tested.

The Satisfyer Connect app has great close-range features – second only to Lovense’s. The Little Secret uses the same app as the Satisfyer Sexy Secret, so the close-range experience is identical.

The best feature is Live Control, which lets you control steady vibration or draw a custom pattern from the same screen. Swipe up or down to adjust intensity, or draw a looped pattern that repeats. There’s also a Boost button for a 30-second burst at high power.

The main downside is precision. Compared to Lovense, Satisfyer makes it harder to see the exact strength level, so partner control feels less clear. It also takes more swiping to reach your preferred intensity.

Satisfyer’s pattern creation tools are strong. You can draw a real-time loop, save a full vibration session as a reusable pattern, or use On-Screen Sketch to draw and preview a 5-second waveform before saving. The real-time loop tool sometimes simplifies what you draw, but the Sketch mode gives much better control.

The preset pattern library is also solid. There are lots of built-in patterns, community-shared patterns, waveform previews, and a Sequences feature that lets you play several patterns back-to-back. However, the library feels cluttered because many default patterns are similar, and the icons don’t always match how the pattern actually feels.

Satisfyer also includes synced audio features like Remotyca Stories and High Touch Meditation. Remotyca Stories pairs erotic audio with vibration patterns that usually start gentler and ramp up toward the end. It’s a fun feature if you like erotic audio, but browsing is frustrating because you can’t filter by specific fantasies or tags, and the search tool is weak. High Touch Meditation works similarly, but with guided meditations instead of erotica.

The weaker features are Music Vibes and Ambient Sound. Music Vibes responds okay during softer parts of a song, but fuller music usually turns into a mostly steady vibration. Ambient Sound reacts to noise around you, but the controls are too limited: Satisfyer combines sound sensitivity and vibration intensity into one slider, instead of separating them like Lovense does.

Overall, Satisfyer Connect is the closest app to Lovense for close-range control. But if you want the best panty vibrator with the strongest app features, the Lovense Ferri is still the better choice – especially because the Little Secret itself is not stimulating enough.

The Satisfyer Connect app’s long-distance experience is good too – again the closest second to Lovense’s. As with close-range, the Little Secret runs on the same Satisfyer Connect app as the Satisfyer Sexy Secret, so the long-distance experience is the same.

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, Loop function for drawing real-time patterns, and 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 app paints a light blue or pink gradient over the feed to indicate the toy’s power, which is distracting if you want to see your partner clearly, and can’t be removed. 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, or 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.

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

The Little Secret’s app connectivity is reliable for solo, and 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 Little 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 Little 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 Little Secret holds a stable connection at the first two but loses it at the third, most severe angle.

Its sister product, the Satisfyer Sexy 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 Little 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 came in around 145 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. For solo control, partnered control from angles without much of your body in the way, and long-distance play, the Little Secret’s connectivity holds up well.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Romp Party’s remote features and connectivity.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Romp Party has a basic, reliable remote – stable connection, instant response, and separate + and – buttons to adjust the power. Remotes can be useful if you don’t want to use a phone to control your toy.

Its main limitations are typical of remotes versus apps: less partner feedback and shorter range. If you want this more-detailed control, go with the Lovense Ferri for the best app control, or the NS Novelties Techno Lucy for a budget-friendly app experience.

In the next sections, I’ll cover the Little Secret’s remote features and connectivity.

Here’s the main conclusion:

The Little Secret’s remote is easy to use, with a reliable connection. But the toy’s motor is simply too weak for that to matter.

If you want a great remote-controlled panty vibrator with stimulation worth controlling, go with the VeDO Niki.

The Romp Party’s remote is simple, but works well – the two-button design gives all the control you’d need for power adjustment. Its few minor downsides are typical of remotes in general compared to apps.

Power control is fast and direct – the dedicated + and − buttons let you move forward and backward through seven power levels, and there are no vibration patterns to cycle through at all, which keeps the remote uncluttered. And you won’t accidentally switch from a constant setting to a pulse or wave.

The remote is comfortable to hold – a good size, fits easily in my hand, and the buttons are easy to tell apart by feel so I don’t have to look at the remote. This is a big upside compared to an app-controlled toy if you don’t want you or a partner to have to be tied to a phone. With the Party, you can make adjustments from your pocket without looking.

Like most panty-vibe remotes, the Romp Party’s partner feedback is just a faint blink when you press a button – there’s no way to tell what setting the toy is on. That’s fine if you’re using the toy yourself, and many partners won’t mind. But others find it less engaging when they can’t tell what the toy is doing or what you’re feeling.

An app-controlled panty vibe gives your partner real-time visuals of the toy’s vibrations, which can make controlling it feel more engaging. If that’s a priority for you, the Lovense Ferri is the best app-controlled panty vibe.

The Little Secret’s remote is great, with a few minor downsides – most of which are typical of remotes compared to apps.

Power control is fast and direct – dedicated + and − buttons let you move forward and backward through three power levels separate from patterns so you’re never stuck cycling through a ton of settings to step the intensity back down.

The 7 patterns are on a separate single-button cycle loop, and you can adjust the intensity of each of them.

The remote’s comfort is just decent. It’s a thin, flat rectangle, so it doesn’t sit in my hand as nicely as some remotes, but it’s not uncomfortable. Unfortunately, the buttons aren’t easy to use without looking. They’re flat, hard to feel, and you can hardly feel the click, with an unintuitive button layout. You’ll likely need to look at the remote while using.

Like most remotes, partner feedback is limited. The Little Secret gives your partner just a faint blink when they press a button – no indicator of what setting the toy is on, or even whether the toy is currently running (the light blinks the same way whether the toy is on or off).

That’s fine if you’re using the remote yourself, and many partners won’t mind. But if you want a partner to actually know what your toy is doing while controlling it, apps are better than remotes in that way.

The Romp Party’s remote connectivity is excellent, though its maximum range lands in the middle of the pack.

The remote maintains a reliable connection through typical interference. Body tissue between a remote and toy is the main thing that typically breaks a remote’s signal during partnered control. Remote’s signals are weakened by water-rich materials like your body sitting between the remote and your toy.

Our body-interference test simulates this scenario at three progressively challenging angles, and the Romp Party holds a stable connection through all of them. Our test also runs harsher than typical real-world conditions, so partner-controlled play should stay reliable in practice.

Button presses register instantly – the toy reacts before my finger even lifts off the button. And the remote is always connected, so there’s no reconnection routine when starting to play.

One quirk: occasionally a click sounds as if it went through but the click was too light or off-center to make it actually take affect. You do have to give a deliberate, full press of the button.

The remote reaches about 55 feet in our open-air range test – measured with clear line-of-sight and no body interference. This is middle-of-the-road for the wearable vibrators’ remotes we tested, and real-world range will likely be shorter once objects and body interference come in. But the Romp Party has comfortable headroom for most activities, and especially any same-room use. If you need an especially long range, many app-controlled toys stay connected much farther – for instance, the Lovense Ferri stayed connected until 190 feet in our same test.

The Little Secret’s remote connectivity is excellent, with less issues from body interference compare to the app.

Body tissue between the remote and the toy is the main thing that often breaks a remote’s signal during partner control – your body sits in the signal path between your partner’s remote and the toy.

Our body-interference test simulates this scenario at three progressively challenging angles, and the Little Secret holds a stable connection through all of them – meaningfully more reliable than the Satisfyer Connect app on the same scenario, which drops the connection at the most severe angle. Our test also runs harsher than typical real-world conditions, so partner-controlled play through the remote should stay reliable in practice.

Button presses register with barely any delay – the toy reacts the moment my finger leaves the button, keeping the rhythm of play intact. And there’s no reconnection routine required when starting to play; the remote is always connected.

The remote reaches about 50 feet in our open-air range test – measured with clear line-of-sight and no body interference. This is middle-of-the-road for the wearable vibrators’ remotes we tested, and real-world range will likely be shorter once objects and body interference come in. But the Little Secret has comfortable headroom for most activities, and especially any same-room use.

Like most panty vibrators, the Romp Party’s on-toy controls are limited by design – the toy is inside your underwear during use, so you’ll typically rely on the remote.

There’s a single button on the toy that cycles forward through the seven power levels, with no patterns mixed into the loop. Unlike the remote, there’s no minus button – dropping back to a gentler setting means clicking forward until you start over in the cycle. Since there’s not many settings it doesn’t take too long to cycle, so the controls work fine if you also want to occasionally use it like a handheld vibe.

The button is well-placed: easy to feel and press without looking, and centered in the middle of the toy rather than tucked at the top the way most panty-vibe buttons sit. Pressing it does push the toy against you, which some people may find slightly uncomfortable, but the mid-toy placement distributes the pressure more evenly across your body than a button near your clit would.

The on-toy button works fine as a backup, but the remote is the main way you’ll use the Romp Party.

Like most panty vibrators, the Little Secret’s on-toy controls are limited. The toy sits inside your underwear during use, so you’ll typically use the app or remote.

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 you have to cycle through all seven patterns to get back to a lower power level.

The button is large and easy to feel without looking. The placement is a little different compared to the Sexy Secret, but the plush surface distributes the pressuren evenly, so clicking it while wearing is reasonably comfortable.

The Romp Party’s secure fit is great in bed but gets worse with activity. It’s much more secure than panty vibrators without a magnet that just sit loosely in your underwear. But its long, straight body doesn’t curve along your vulva, so it shifts off my clit more easily during walking and moves around during heavier activity than curved toys – even though the magnet keeps the toy itself anchored to my underwear.

In bed, the magnet locks the toy to my underwear and doesn’t slip from where I position it. The toy moves a bit with my body when I shift around, but it stays anchored and keeps a good position for stimulation fairly easily – you’re generally not moving around a ton here so the toy doesn’t shift off your clit that much. Form-fitting underwear helps; loose underwear lets the toy bounce against me more.

Walking is where the design starts working against the toy. The toy stays anchored to the underwear, but it doesn’t press as firmly against my body as panty vibes that curve with your vulva and it wiggles around more easily – so contact between the toy and my clit goes from solid in bed to only decent during light activity like walking around. When wearing a thong, the toy is long enough that the back end can poke out of the underwear as the toy starts to shift; full-backed underwear keeps that from happening.

Heavier activity is the hardest test. Running and jumping jacks bounce the toy around enough that stimulation drops off even more. It doesn’t fall out, but it’s not a good experience.

The magnet design is part of why this toy shifts more. It’s a small disc with decent strength, but it’s not big enough to anchor the long body of the toy completely and prevent the end from swinging around as I move. Still, the magnet is a clear improvement over panty vibes that just tuck into your underwear.

If you want a panty vibe that stays put while you move, the VeDO Niki is a better option in this price range – its body curves, so it stays firmly against your clit during walking instead of shifting off the way the Romp Party does.

The Little Secret fits very securely in bed, but the contact with my clit loosens when I’m moving around.

The magnet that anchors the toy to your underwear is decent strength and holds well through fabric. However, it’s not as secure as the Sexy Secret’s larger, more flush magnet. I find the Little Secret’s magnet easier to accidentally knock off compared to the Sexy Secret.

In bed, the Little Secret stays exactly where I put it. The broad, plush silicone arm curves with my body, and the contoured design prevents it from shifting around much, even when my underwear shifts.

While walking or doing anything upright, the toy stays firmly clipped to my underwear, but its pressure against my body loosens. 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.

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 Romp Party is comfortable in bed if you like focused, slim contact against your clit, but it shifts around enough when walking to cause some slight discomfort.

In bed, I’m not moving a ton, so the toy sits consistently against my body. The silicone is soft and smooth with no poke-y spots. While the contact is more focused than what I get from broader, contoured panty vibes, the pressure stays light enough to feel comfortable.

When walking, the slim, straight shape moves around more than a broader or contoured toy would. The materials are still smooth and there’s no pinching, but the toy taps against my clit a little more than I’d like. If wearing it with a thong, the back end sometimes sticks out of your underwear which is a distracting feeling.

For comfort, both the VeDO Niki and the NS Novelties Techno Lucy are better picks in this price range – each is more form-fitting to keep the toy from shifting uncomfortably.

The Little Secret is among the most comfortable panty vibrators I’ve tested – outstanding in bed or when actively moving around.

In bed, the Little Secret essentially melds to my body. The broad clitoral section blankets the area very comfortably. The contoured lower region tucks easily between my legs – it’s the kind of toy I can forget I’m wearing.

While walking or doing anything upright, the form itself stays exceptionally comfortable. The only complaint is that gravity pulls the toy a bit farther from my clit, so the already-gentle vibrations feel even more tickly than they do in bed, and some people may find that tickling sensation uncomfortable.

The Romp Party is in the most discreet group of wearable vibrators I’ve tested. However, more stimulating panty vibrators like the VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy are similarly quiet, so they’re better options for most people.

The Romp Party’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 Romp Party never measured higher than this.

For our Background Noise Masking 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 Romp Party at any vibration strength under any of the three tested volumes of background noise. It’s audible in our room without any pink noise playing – but every wearable I’ve tested is, no matter how gentle and quiet its vibrations are.

For the closed-door part of the test, my partner listens directly outside our bedroom door while I use the toy in bed. I use it like a handheld toy here, 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. He couldn’t hear the Romp Party from behind the door on any setting.

The Satisfyer Little Secret is one of the quietest panty vibrators I’ve tested – but only because it’s so weak. For a similarly quiet panty vibrator with much stronger stimulation, go with the NS Novelties Techno Lucy (app-controlled) or VeDO Niki (remote-controlled).

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

The Little Secret is also in the most-discreet group of wearables 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 Little Secret at any vibration strength under any of the three background-noise levels. It’s audible in our room without any pink noise playing – but every wearable I’ve tested is, no matter how gentle and quiet its vibrations are.

For the closed-bedroom-door part of the test, my partner listens directly outside our bedroom while I use the toy in bed. I use it like a handheld toy here, since wearing dampens sound and some people want the flexibility to safely re-position the toy or move it around – holding it instead of wearing it gives us the most conservative results. He couldn’t hear the Little Secret on any setting from behind the closed door, with no fan or music needed.

The Romp Party has long battery life – much longer than typical for a panty vibrator in this price range. It lasted 115 minutes at its highest power during our test, more than twice as long as the comparably-priced VeDO Niki and NS Novelties Techno Lucy (both 55 minutes).

If you want even longer, the Lovense Ferri runs about 2.8 hours at top power. It’s pricier than the Romp Party but is a much better panty vibrator overall.

In our test, the Little Secret lasted 167 minutes continuously running at its highest power. That’s among the longest battery lives of any panty vibrator I’ve tested – but it’s only because the motor is too weak to draw much power.

The Lovense Ferri had basically the same runtime in our test (168 minutes) while reaching roughly ten times the Little Secret’s top power.

The Romp Party is easy to clean. It’s fully waterproof – rated IPX7, so you can rinse it under a running faucet or fully submerge it without worry.

The Little 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 Romp Party’s build quality is decent for the price, but a step behind most panty vibrators I’ve tested. It’s coated in a nice silicone with a slight flex to the core, and the on-toy and remote-control buttons each have a satisfying click feel. The plastic remote feels fairly sturdy too even though it’s quite lightweight.

The weak spot is the magnet that holds the toy to your underwear. It has decent grip when seated, but it protrudes far enough from the toy that it’s easy to knock off by accident – and the same small magnet is what struggles to anchor the long, stick-straight body during heavier movement.

The Little Secret feels well-built, with one caveat: the magnet protrudes a bit from the back of the toy with a shape that’s easy to accidentally knock off. Its sibling Satisfyer Sexy Secret doesn’t share that vulnerability – its magnet sits at the front of the toy with a wider, more securely-shaped hold.

The weak, tickly vibrations can also feel low quality. But otherwise, the Little Secret seems well-made – soft silicone coats the entire toy. The on-toy button is responsive with a noticeable click, and the whole form is flexible and plush.