While some sex toys are purely for pleasure, there are others that are designed to both feel awesome on your most sensitive bits, as well do wonders for your health and physical wellness. One of these fabulous multi-tasking toys is the Kegel exercisers.

Originally created to work a woman’s pubococcygeus (or PC) muscle, which is otherwise known as the Kegel muscle, by being inserted into the vagina and gripped by the muscles, these toys just so happen to feel pretty amazing as well. Kegel exercisers come in a bunch of shapes, sizes, and weights. Two of the most popular options in muscle strengthening sex toys are the barbell exercisers and the ball exercisers. And one awesome option in ball exercisers is Fun Factory’s Smartballs.

Available in both one ball and two ball models, Fun Factory’s Smartballs are designed to both feel great inside you and work your PC muscles, which can help with continence and strengthening your pelvic floor muscles. A great way to use your Smartballs as a PC muscle exerciser is to insert the ball, then use your muscles to grip the ball while you tug on the retrieval pull. To find out more info on PC muscles and kegel exercises, check out our PC Muscles sex tips!

To really test out the Kegel-ness of this vaginal exerciser, we asked one of our mom friends to test out the Smartballs Teneo Uno (the one ball model) and report back on her findings. Take it away Smartball reviewer!

This is not what I had imagined. When I heard of Smartballs I thought, this should be an interesting experience, I’ll put them in and have to be careful when I get in and out of a car, move from one room to another…but nope. This pushed in with the ‘easy-in’ formed finger hollow and that was it. It is a very tight fit. There will definitely be no falling out. Again, not anything like what I thought.

I’m not exactly sure how this will benefit me. I’ve carried three children and pee just a tiny bit if I sneeze. The Smartballs don’t do anything for the bladder, or they don’t claim to. The Benwa Balls do claim to help with continence and make childbirth easier. Since the Smartballs are similar to the Benwa Balls, I’m hoping they will help with continence as well. When I inserted them I began to have a little bit of a stomach ache. It felt sort of like a tampon. I would shift my hips from side to side and feel a tiny movement from the inner ball. I had to severely concentrate to feel the movement.

I moved around a lot, up and down stairs, jumping jacks – nothing moved this and I felt like my pelvic muscles were not doing any extra work. If they were, I had no idea it was happening, which could be a great thing. Exercising without even knowing it. I got into the car and drove around town and ran some errands. The constant motions of the car made the ball move a little. I could feel small movements and kept starting and stopping the car. The movement was very subtle. The more I thought about it the more I could feel it. But if my mind was not completely focused on it, I would not know it was there, other than the flexible silicone retrieval pull cord hanging out.

The Smartballs are advertised as quiet and smooth, and both claims are positively true. I held it next to my ear and shook it vigorously. I heard a rocking noise, but once inside, I could hear nothing.

Smartballs is made with silicone, a very tolerable material for the body. It is very resistant and easy to clean. The unique grooves on the sides are meant to add additional stimulation. With the first time use, I could not feel any increased feelings from the groves, but I shall try, try again.

Can’t necessarily rate this as a toy…as a device, easy in and easy out. With a little pelvic muscle push and a pull on the retrieval handle, it was out. The Smartballs came with a water-based lubricant, which I also suggest using.

Thanks for helping us understand the Smartballs Teneo Uno! It’s true, Kegel exercisers are not just a wham bam kind of you. While you might not feel any difference the first few times, give your Smartballs a month or so of play and see if you feel any changes. Just like you wouldn’t expect to go to the gym for an hour, then be able to lift a 100 lb. weight with one arm, don’t expect to have a totally buff muff the first time. Take it slow, do it often and see if you can’t grip that ball extra tight soon!

Also, strengthening PC muscles can help a woman have bigger, longer orgasms, so definitely keep that in mind when you’re whining about your workout. But really, this is so much more fun than going to the gym…

Do something smart (and sexy!) for your body with Fun Factory Smartballs Teneo Uno! And keep a look out for our Smartballs Teneo Duo review, coming soon.

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