So, me and Laya II, we’ve come full circle.
My first review, fresh out of Epiphora and JoEllen’s sex blogging class, was my anguished take on how startlingly unimpressive I found the original version of this toy to be. Back then, it was called the Layaspot.
Since that post, we’ve collectively witnessed not one, but two upgrades, to the toy everyone assumes they’re going to love. And Fun Factory is seemingly never quite satisfied with.
This Fun Factory vibrator apparently requires more upgrades than my Windows 10 PC. A bit of an exaggeration? Sure, it is. Still, it’s unusual to see a company spend so much time and energy on trying to perfect a single toy.
With the advent of each new incarnation, my hopes and dreams of experiencing some spectacular hands-free orgasms get heartlessly snatched away, waded up into a ball, and thrown into the garbage, over and over, again.
Taking along with them any lingering faith I have forever obtaining a proper lay-on vibrator. If a well-respected brand like Fun Factory can’t pull it off, then quite frankly I’m not sure it can be done.
On Epiphora’s good authority I elected to skip Fun Factory’s secondary offering of the Laya, the Laya II Black line. Which has since been discontinued. I trust her judgment. Only now, I regret the missed opportunity to be better equipped at making a more comprehensive comparison.
It’s no surprise given my long-held ambition to experience those ever-elusive, hands-free orgasms, that an upgraded Laya II sounded like a remarkably good idea to me.
It meant another shot at triumph. After catching the news of the Laya II latest “re-release” I anxiously anticipated exploring the newly revamped version. A toy that is perfectly suited to lay atop or grind against while performing oral. As the name so coyly insinuates.
Come to think of it, that is precisely how and why I initially got snookered into trying the OG Layaspot in the first place. It was a provocative blend of the toy’s smooth, rounded ergonomic-shape and my persistent fantasies of receiving hands-free orgasms while giving my boyfriend a blow job that fueled the charge.
As unlikely and nearly impossible as it that might sound, you have to admit it’s a rather enticing notion.
By now, you must know there’s always a catch, dear reader, isn’t there? Yep, it looks like a reasonably good design, and hot damn, these bold, new colors are everything! But, as you might have guessed already, it turns out the Laya II only works in theory.
I swear if I had a nickel for every time a sex toy reviewer wrote or uttered the words – “It sounded like a good idea….in theory” Like that old Gwen Stefani song, I’d be a rich girl. These six, small – but heavily loaded words, virtually always precede a huge “BUT.” Which generally trails along shortly after that infamous phrase has been dropped.
Let me break it down for you as best I can. For those out there wondering if the Laya II is an overall improvement over the OG. “Oh, hell yes!” – This model’s motor is light-years beyond the freakishly buzzy first-iteration. This version’s motor leaves the OG Layaspot’s pitifully annoying, evocative of a fly buzzing around your head motor, sitting idling in the dust.
If the old Layspot was the equivalent of a Moped, the new Laya II is a full-fledged Harley Davidson hog.
At least, this time around when I attempt to lie down atop the Laya II it manages to feel like an actual vibrator. Instead of feeling like I’d accidentally laid down on my smartphone set to vibrate.
Plus, this time around I was actually able to orgasm with the Laya II. Unlike the OG Layaspot which forced me into a short-lived orgasm drought.
So on top of the easily recognizable mechanical improvements, I noticed in the motor and button set up, the toy is now fully coated in a layer of silicone. The Laya II is now, USB rechargeable and fully waterproof, and has been since its last upgrade.
According to Fun Factory, this version has the most robust motor of all three editions. I can verify that it transcends the OG by leaps and bounds, but I’m unfortunately unable to comment on the Laya II performance in comparison to the Laya II Black line.
I think you know how bad I wanted this one to work for me. It crushes my spirit to have to say that the Laya II’s motor, while representing a colossal improvement over the original release, still doesn’t pass muster for me. Nor does it satisfy the standards of my doggedly stubborn clit. I’m afraid to say once she’s made up her mind, there’s no convincing her otherwise. It’s a done deal, and if she ain’t happy, then I ain’t happy.
Honestly, I’m a bit annoyed to find that I’ve allowed myself to be lured in by the siren song of hands-free orgasms, yet again. After swearing off of them during the We-Vibe Jive fiasco. By now, you’d think I’d have learned my lesson.
Ironically enough, I think it is the blunted shape of the Laya II that creates the biggest issue for me, and the otherwise, lovely Fun Factory vibrator. The form, while ideally suited to a fit in a cupped hand or wedged beneath or between bodies, turns out to be a jinx for me. The dull edge causes the vibrations to lack in strong concentrated quality, that I’m prone to favor.
I’ve seen this before. The Laya II is one of those aberrations where the vibrations feel superbly deep and rumbly when I have the toy in my hand. Yet, as soon as I decide to press the rounded end to my genitals, in a flash all the strength gets zapped right out of it.
It’s an enigma, I don’t pretend to understand the physics behind such anomalies. I have a hunch that although it seems at first blush to be the shape that has everything to do with why I find this toy unsuitable, the real cause for my dissatisfaction is the motor being over insulated by a dense covering of silicone. Which unfortunately absorbs the lion’s share of the motor’s potency and byproduct deadens the general intensity of the vibrations.
Let’s get something here straight, the Laya II is not a bad vibrator, per se, I just find it to be incompatible with my clit’s extreme power-hungry and pinpoint preferences.
However, if you’re overly sensitive, or opposed to jarring motors, and prefer a softened more diluted class of vibration you could conceivably find pleasure in the Laya II’s design. While obviously, no, this toy doesn’t work for me, that doesn’t mean I don’t expect there to be a large audience of people that will absolutely love it.
I’m just bitter that the Laya II presents such a promising form and premise and doesn’t work for mine and my body’s preferences. It’s not fair. *Crosses arms and sticks out bottom lip, like a three-year-old.*
I can readily see why Fun Factory has made multiple efforts to fine-tune this toy’s execution. If they do another version, I hope they’ll go for the gusto and install one of those rip-roaring G5 motors in that puppy.
Bet, you won’t hear me complaining then.
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