Cuddly Bird steals hearts

© Alina Shikut

Russian version

This is toy that stole my heart last spring at the exhibition in Shanghai. I returned from China with a clear understanding – I want it. By the way, the manufacturer did not respond to my letters with a request to send me the product for a review.

Preparing the design

It is interesting that it was the Chinese who developed it, but it is done in the best traditions of Japanese design. Cuddly Bird is the winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2019 (an international design competition), in which Tenga often wins: the creators of the bird were clearly inspired by these miracles from the world of sex-toys.

The appearance of the bird is a slap in the face of the stereotype that a sex toy should be hidden in a bedside table behind thick layers of underwear. This one can stand proudly in a prominent place and at the same time remain invisible. A toy for pleasure, combining vibration, non-contact stimulation and a nightlight – it is ingenious.

I am naturally on cloud nine when a product is well designed from beginning to end, when there is nothing illogical in it. And here is the bird, its charging station is philosophically executed as a nest, all this is highlighted and covered from above by a dome-cage, which also protects the toy from dust. The manufacturer managed to make even a promotional video without slipping into vulgarities.

This is the first manufacturer in my memory to combine control buttons and charging contacts. The docking station has a USB type C connector – and this is another feature worthy of the wow-effect.

In addition to the cage and instructions, which solemnly begins with a couple of words about the brand’s ideology, the kit includes the softest storage bag. As picky as I am, it is a complete delight

The bird itself is made of 100% medical silicone – completely safe and non-allergenic. In addition, it is also tactile as a marshmallow.

The bird has a ribbed abdomen in front and a tapering tail in the back, which makes it possible to use the bird in different ways. The beak is a bell (not very large): 11 mm in diameter, the depth varies from 8 to 12 mm. Consider these parameters when choosing a toy, so that it fits the size of the clitoris and is not too small.

Usage

The most unexpected thing was to find a button lock function and a battery indicator in the Cuddly Bird. To enable the button lock, you need to hold both for a few seconds.

How to use the indicator: the red light blinked 2-3 times – 40 minutes of use are left. Before shutting down completely, the light flashes red for 6 seconds.

The stated operating time in the vacuum mode is 2.5 hours. In vibration mode – 80 minutes.

To turn it on, you need to hold one of the buttons. Both vacuum and vibration functions cannot be used together.

The vacuum has only three modes, but this is quite enough, and transitions between them do not seem to me as harsh, as, for example, the Womanizer Starlet.

How to take care of it?

Use a toy cleaner or wash it with warm water and soap. There is an IPX6 dust and water protection standard. This means that the toy is not afraid of water flows of any strength, from any angle, but full immersion under water it will not stand (for this you need the IPX7 standard). Just put it on the charging station under the dome or put it in the bag – as you like it. M0y bird lives in its cage next to the bed.

Worth taking?

Cuddly Bird will be of interest to beginners in the first place. A universal toy that is nice to roll over the body in vibration mode and stimulate the clitoris with gentle non-contact effect. This is not an analogue of Womanizer, it is more like Lelo Sona, but, in my opinion, it is more tender. Despite the notable Sona functionality, the bird pleased me much more.

Of the minuses – it was quite difficult for me to keep the vacuum stimulation in the right position.

In its price range, this offer from CW is great, and worth taking even for its design. My bows to the manufacturer.