You Can Be My Little Matron Any Day: A Review of the Matryoshka Vibrator

She sits, cradled by her charging base/stand, and flashes a pretty blue light as she charges. For first-use, it’s recommended that you charge Matryoshka for about eight hours. For subsequent uses, it takes two hours for Matryoshka to reach her full-charge. (Please don’t charge Matryoshka for longer than 12 hours at a time.) When she’s charged, the light stops flashing. If you need to be discreet, or are just a neat-freak, you can pop the cover of the charging case on, and no toy will be visible, just a shiny, cylindrical, plastic purple case… with a trailing power cord. Nifty, huh?

When I first started playing with the five vibration patterns offered by Matryoshka, I was disappointed. I couldn’t understand why such a thoughtfully-designed toy would prove to be so weak. Then, I discovered that you have five speeds available to you, and you can scroll through them, increasing the intensity of vibration with any of the patterns (or your standard, constant vibration) to find your desired level of pleasure. Discovering that was a relief!

I probably could have saved myself from the mini freak-out if I had first read the instruction manual that accompanies Matryoshka (with six languages to choose from, aside from English). Besides the manual, inside the deep purple glossy box, you’ll find power adapters for the USA, Australia, and Europe, so you can take Matryoshka with you when you go jet-setting. Also included is a soft travel pouch to keep your toy safe and lint-free, a warranty card in its own pretty envelope, a booklet with information on other products by Rianne S. and how to best use them for your pleasure (which ends with a cute chart detailing the various ways to experience orgasm), as well as the charging base and the Matryoshka vibrator herself.

Matryoshka is short and study, and lends herself well to being palmed or grasped with just a few fingers during solo-use or partner-play. It’s convenient that she’s small enough to fit comfortably in the palm of a woman’s hand (kudos to the designer for that!). However, due to Matryoshka’s petite and shapely figure, she does need to be constantly held in position during use, so keep that in mind, as well.

Matryoshka is designed as an external vibrator, and you’ll only get about 1-1/4″ of insertable length if you explore (closer to 1-1/2″ of insertable length if you’re okay with the function button being temporarily inaccessible). Feel free to use Matryoshka to tease the entire vulva, the opening of the vaginal canal, or the perineum, as well as to stimulate blood-flow to the nipples. This little matron isn’t just for the ladies, though. Matryoshka’s compact size and ease-of-use makes her a delight to add sensation over the cock and balls during masturbation, intercourse, or oral sex, regardless of your identity or orientation.

Matryoshka is waterproof, and I’ve used her underwater, as well as beneath running water, with complete success. Speaking of water, you can clean Matryoshka with warm water and mild soap. If you are a fan of lubricant (which I definitely recommend with Matryoshka, as it minimizes the drag from the silicone and intensifies the vibration sensations), stick to water-based lubes only with this toy.

I’ve experienced some difficulty with charging Matryoshka, even when I was careful to place her on the charging dock so that the contacts aligned. She would blink blue for a few seconds to indicate charging-in-process, and then stop, as if she had suddenly, without outside disruption, become mis-seated on her tiny throne. Picking the vibrator up and setting it down again usually restarted the charging process for me, though sometimes I had to wiggle Matryoshka around on the base until I saw the flashing blue light (thank goodness for that indicator!) or push down on her for a few seconds to get things running more smoothly. You do have to make sure to charge her on a level surface (which I did), but I haven’t been able to identify a reason for my difficulties. This, as you probably imagine, is annoying. It’s my biggest pet-peeve with Matryoshka.

On my wishlist? A whole set of Matryoshka-styled vibrators in increasing size. It would be so adorable to have a complete set sitting daintily on a shelf in my boudoir or in my living room. I wouldn’t mind having a set of Russian Nesting Dolls mingling alongside these pleasure objects, either. Talk about a conversation piece!