Then the strangest thing happened – as the explosion hit, I was overcome with such intensity of feelings that I burst out laughing. Personally I don’t like to rush when it comes to masturbation and favour the combination of clitoral stimulation and vaginal penetration, which the Magic Wand doesn’t offer. If you’ve ever had trouble climaxing, have never had an orgasm, get off on direct clitoral stimulation, or simply want a better orgasm, it’s for you. It’s also equally good when used alone or with a partner, to enhance your (or more likely his) foreplay technique. You said it was loud, how loud are we talking?

It’s used as an external vibrator with easily varied intensity, and if you’re a woman who gets off on direct clitoral stimulation (or perineal – men can play happily with the Doxy as well, with a bit of imagination), then applying a really hefty, mains-powered massager to that area has pretty explosive results. I don’t know whether it’s because of the more compact design, but I have never felt intensity like it. And I have tested a lot of sex toys over the years. Thirty seconds in, I threw it on the floor out of sheer frustration – it was so intense and so goddamn immediate that I wasn’t sure I could cope with it.

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My head quite literally felt as though it was going to burst, as well as floundering in paroxysms of delight I was simultaneously (and quite genuinely) wondering whether I was going to have to call for an ambulance.

Based on the infamous Hitachi Magic Wand ‘personal massager’, the Doxy was born when founder Will Garland couldn’t find a suitable replacement for his girlfriend’s broken Hitachi. He turned up at the 2013 adult products trade show ETO with a table, a pull-up banner and the first prototype Doxy Massager, where he met the buyers from Lovehoney and Simply Pleasure. It delivers a very different orgasm to your bullet vibrator as it stimulates your entire sex organ (vulva, clitoris, labia). You could combine it with a dildo for penetration, or save this for when you have an urgent need to orgasm – and fast. In short, you’ll be left satisfied and very sensitive after you orgasm – although everyone’s sensitivity is different.But I wasn’t going to be beaten by something that had the potential to be officially the Best Thing Ever, so the next day I informed my boyfriend that he could witness the power of the Doxy. The massage head of the Hitachi Magic Wand was made from cast metal, and it just so happened that Mr Garland knew someone who owned a factory in Cornwall, casting scaffold joints.