It made the experience very realistic to my needs: start slow, work my way up, then, if I’m feeling it, go for turbo. Admittedly, when you have the Spinel on turbo, you’re likely to have flashbacks to when Carrie Bradshaw was subjected to such aggressive jack rabbit sex that she couldn’t stand up straight at Charlotte’s wedding. However, because the vaginal muscles create resistance when it’s inside, turbo mode was quite pleasurable, especially because I used a lot of lube. You absolutely want to lube up for Spinel.

What’s also great about this dildo is that you can slide on the clitoral stimulator, so while you’re enjoying proper thrusting, at the speed and intensity you like—there are three levels and four patterns—your clitoris is also getting its fair share of stimulation.

When you’re ready to swap out the heating dildo with its epic amount of thrusts per minute, you can then move on to the G-spot attachment. While some internal arms have a slight curve to stimulate the G-spot, this one has a far-reaching, deep curve to it, meaning if you’ve struggled to find your G-spot in the past, you can’t miss it with this attachment. You can also slide on the clitoral stimulator here, too, if you’re in the mood to hopefully score a blended orgasm.

Like all Lovense products, the Spinel comes with an app that isn’t difficult to use, but with all the options, including speed, intensity, and temperature, it became a little project to explore the different features each time I opened it. I don’t often use a sex toy’s app all that much, but for this toy, it makes sense. It would be uncomfortable to control it entirely by hand, so the app feels necessary. Just be prepared to take some time to learn how it all works.

Not a Quick Romp

The Spinel takes time to put together, figure out, and decide on not just attachments, but how you want to use them. It can be a handheld device, placed on a flat and secure surface to make use of the suction cup feature, or its handle can literally turn it into a gun-shaped dildo that you can use on yourself, although it’s not particularly comfortable to hold, so it’s best used with a partner.

When you use the suction cup, you’ll want to explore different flat surfaces to ensure it’s super-secure, to avoid a precarious situation. If you have roommates and thin walls, and don’t want people hearing your sex toy doing its thing, that’s also something to consider. While there’s no shame here, you don’t want to make other people uncomfortable with the sounds that transpire.

If you love a sex toy that’s going to do the majority of the work for you, heats up, and has long battery life—it takes about 2.5 hours to charge, and offers about four hours of playtime—then the Spinel might be your next favorite toy. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth the splurge.

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I first encountered LetPot as a brand earlier this year while testing its LPH-SE Senior hydroponic growing system for my guide to the best indoor gardening systems. Positioned as alternatives to the long-beloved OG Aerogarden tabletop hydroponic systems, LetPot’s countertop gardens (which are popular enough to have their own subreddit) allow you to grow any seeds you’d like—no proprietary pods needed—using inexpensive baskets and sponges that are ubiquitous on Amazon and run about 20 cents each. (LetPot’s sets come with enough baskets and sponges to get you started, but no seeds.) I regularly recommend LetPot’s version as the best budget option for anyone looking to get into hydroponic gardening.

Since then, I’ve tried a variety of smart gardening devices from the brand, which has been established in Hong Kong since 2007 but expanded into the US in 2019. If you’re shopping for a plant lover or gardener this holiday season, these are the products I’ve had the best success with in my own home and gardening setups and would buy myself.

The 12-pod LPH-SE Senior, featured in my indoor gardening guide, has been a trusty tabletop companion for several months now, producing organic baby chard that can be clipped every few days for fresh salads. (Food doesn’t get more local than greens grown inches away from your dinner plate!)

The LetPot app is kind of funky, but it’s not needed once you’ve set the timer for the 24-watt LED lamp, which both raises and lowers and flips up for easy harvesting access. A pop-up gauge tells you at a glance what level the water is, the pump runs every 30 minutes on its own, and instructions on when and how to add nutrients are right on the bottle. (Two bottles with dehydrated nutrients are included.)

I’ve also tested a couple of Aerogardens alongside the LetPot, and while the Aerogardens’ app, design, and interfaces are a bit slicker than LetPot’s, the end result is the same. LetPot’s LPH-SE is not only less expensive than the comparable Aerogarden Bounty, it has spaces for three more plants.

Second on my list of LetPot hits is the brand’s grow light for houseplants. (Though it would also be perfect for seedling trays.) It also works with the LetPot app, but like the LPH-SE, the app’s not totally necessary once you’ve set the timer, and if you don’t want to deal with the app at all, there’s a corded remote that also lets you turn the light on and off and adjust the light intensity.

The powerful 100-watt light can either hang from the ceiling or sit on its telescoping stand, rotating around 360 degrees to shine where you need it. (Keep in mind 100 watts is pretty hot—you won’t want it too close to any leaves.) I appreciate that the light itself is large (2 x 3 feet), so it keeps plants from becoming too leggy. One downside to note: While the description says the stand can extend to 72 inches, it really only goes to about 60 inches, so if you have tall plants, you’ll want to keep this in mind—or use the hanging feature.

LetPot’s SS Pro seed starter is brand-new, but promising. It’s still in preorder right now, but I’ve been using it for the past couple of months to grow onion, carrot, and parsnip starts. A full-coverage, 24-watt light (12 x 7 inches) sits over a plastic vented dome, which rests atop a seed tray. The tray is set into a shallow container, underneath which sits a 24-watt heating pad. Fill the container with water, pour whatever medium you’d like into the tray (you’ll need to purchase this separately; I used expandable seed starting soil, $12), and plant your seeds.

The LetPot app’s auto mode will recommend a temperature range and light duration based on what you’re growing and turn the system on/off accordingly, or you can choose your settings manually. A temperature and EC sensor (electrical conductivity, which measures dissolved solids—essentially, the amount of nutrients in your soil available to the plants) goes in the soil, and a digital screen on the front tells you all you need to know at a glance: current temperature, EC level, and how many days it’s been since the seeds were planted. LetPot boasts a 99 percent germination rate, and while mine wasn’t quite that high, I appreciated that the finished seedlings were noticeably healthier and less leggy than those grown with only a small grow light. The power adapter makes a high-pitched sound when the lights are on, the temperature and EC sensor give some occasionally buggy readings, and auto-mode erases whenever it’s unplugged, but if those minor foibles don’t bother you, the SS-Pro is unique in this space and worth a look.

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