I hope I rated this as 5 stars- the star chart doesn't make it obvious which is 1 star and which is 5 stars. In any case, I give this product 5 stars. After waiting a couple of weeks for this to travel to the states, I got right to it. There is a lot to explore with this device, and while the process of experimenting has come to be one of the joys of this device, it was initially frustrating as I wanted a knock-out experience right off the bat. While I haven't failed to have an orgasm yet, the first few uses were, I'd say, laborious. It took a long time, a lot of focus and a fair amount of frustration to get to the promise land.
With some practice, I've found lead placements and modes/intensities that work great for me. The insertable piece, well it wasn't for me. I tried it a couple of times and it just didn't add much to the experience, certainly not enough to justify cramming something in my butt. My wife was skeptical of it and used the insertable once (before I ever gave it a try, of course). She didn't like it, then I didn't like it, so now it's collecting dust.
I hoped to find ways to use both channels simultaneously on myself through a mix of TENS apads and the conductive rubber loops, but try as I may, I just can't find anything that beats the vanilla set up of two conductive rubber loops on my cock.
While I find every single pattern pleasant, most of them are not able to get me to orgasm. I think this is due to most settings having a very abrupt on/off to the electrical pulses, which feels more electric than sexual.
The torment setting, with a rising and falling intensity, is my favorite by far, as it doesn't take too much imagination to get the experience of a virtual blowjob. I've also been playing with the audio mode as of late with some good results. There are plenty of audio files available on the web. I've found I like to keep the middle knob turned up enough that there is a constant background level of electrical activity with the musical pattern superimposed on it.
What I wanted was something, anything to provide me with the mythical hands-free orgasm, and the electropebble has delivered. The fact that it is quite small and at first glance isn't obviously a sex toy is a big bonus. I was up in the air between buying this one or one of the intro2Electro Packs. With the benefit of hindsight I'm very glad I went with the Electropebble. I believe the two modes that have become my absolute mainstays are not on the beginner device, so I could imagine buying that one first then deciding e-stim just wasn't for me.