Violet Wand For Electrosex

When it comes to your sex life, incorporating electricity [electrosex or e-stim] might seem like a shocking idea. But if you can’t deny the allure of electricity, you can safely play with a violet wand, and many kinksters already have a violet wand in their arsenals.

What’s A Violet Wand?

A violet wand is a specific sort of sex toy that allows you to play with electricity. Originally made from Oudin coils, many violet wands now use circuit boards (known as solid-state wands), which makes them safer -- and much more affordable -- than older style wands.

A violet wand looks a bit like an electric toothbrush, and you can choose from a variety of glass attachments known as electrodes to get the kind of stimulation you desire.

Violet wands plug into the wall, and they rely on low current and high voltage to provide a safe dose of static electricity to your body. After inserting the attachment, you’ll want to hold the attachment slightly away from your skin (about ¼”) without not touching it. This method is known as direct stimulation and allows small arcs of electricity to jump between the violet wand and your skin.

The electricity is colored light that looks especially cool in a darkened room, and you can even choose the color of light in a violet wand made by certain manufacturers. The difference is the gas in the electrodes.

Not only can you see it, but you can hear the electricity -- sort of like a bug zapper!

The effect feels ranges depending on the power setting. On the lower end, the feeling is more like a tickle or pins-and-needles feeling. It increases to a pinch or a shock like getting shocked from a doorknob, and it can increase to a harsher zap. Because of this, violet wands are fancied by kinksters.

Are Violet Wands Safe?

Of course, there’s always some risk to playing with electricity. But violet wands have low current, which makes them fairly safe to use all over your body except for your eyes. The warnings that come with most violet wands instruct you not to use them if you have a pacemaker or heart issues. Avoid electricity play if you’re pregnant.

Any device or electrical implant, including hearing aids, are incompatible with violet wand play. Don’t play near your electronics if you don’t want to risk damaging them, either.

Some people prefer to use their violet wand only below the belt to keep it safe.

Note that any jewelry you’re wearing that contains metal might be conductive so that you might feel a bit of a charge in your piercings. If you don’t like it, you may want to remove the jewelry, but you might even like the extra charge produces by jewelry.

If you want to prevent irritation, you can play with your wand with conductive gel.

One thing to keep in mind is that you’re bound to accidentally shock yourself from time to time when playing with violet wands. Perhaps the electricity jumps or you accidentally touch yourself with the electrode. At the power level of your average violet wand, this isn’t something to be worried about in terms of safety. But it might be quite a shock. Wearing gloves can prevent accidental shocks.

Intensity of Violets Wands

All violet wands are not the same. Aside from attachments, which we’ll talk about later, and build quality, there is one more difference: intensity. Violet wands have a range of power output, which is listed in volts. You control intensity with a knob.

Those wands with lower output are less intense and may be better for beginners or those who desire less intense stimulation. Typically, the wands made by sex toy manufacturers (Kinklab, Pipedream, etc), are the lower intensity variety and are described as “neon” wands and not violet wands.

Some violet wands have a maximum of ~50,000 volts, and these are devices made by companies that specialize in violet wands. Some of those wands These higher intensity wands typically have a longer run period before they need to be shut off, but you should definitely check your manual to determine how long you can use the device safely.

You can always start low and move up, but not all violet wands are powerful. If you want the most intensity, a metal electrode or attachment that comes to a point is your best bet. Read on to learn more about electrodes that you can use with your violet wand.

Violet Wand Electrodes

Most electronic violet wands are sold as kits with several attachments, and you may be able to buy additional attachments for your violet wand. These pieces are made from the same type of glass as Pyrex and insert into your violet wand base.

The following are some of the common types of attachments.

• Combs/rakes have several prongs for multiple points of contact. The electricity is evenly split between each contact point.

• Spoons can be placed over nipples or your clitoris.

• Probes have a single point of contact.

• Mushrooms have a convex cap.

• Internal electrodes are phallic shape and can be inserted.

Violet wand electrodes come in a variety of other shapes, however, including hooks and T-shaped electrodes. Those with a small surface area will produce a smaller and more concentrated arc. And if you hold the tip of the wand toward your body, you’ll achieve a similar effect. Electrodes with a wider surface area pack less of a punch because the electricity is more spread out, however.

You can also purchase metal electrodes if you’re looking for more intense stimulation. Metal attachments come in a greater variety of shapes because they don’t need to be bulbous like glass electrodes. Shapes vary from loops to firecrackers to probes to coils.

If you want to expand your violet wand, make sure you buy a device that’s compatible with the standard 7/16″ electrodes.

Some people worry about glass electrodes breaking. This is possible but unlikely due to the type of glass. However, you still want to handle them with care. Electrodes insert straight into the device. Don’t twist them, which can damage the attachment.

Getting Creative With Violet Wands

Indirect Application

Violet wands become even more interesting when you consider what else you can do with them. For example, when you touch a wand directly to someone else, they become the attachment when they touch someone else. An entire chain of people who are touching can extend this effect.

Similarly, you can hold the electrode in one hand and shock your partner with the other. Electricity arcs from your fingertips to their body when you hold your hand near their skin.

Instead of using your hand, grab a conductive toy such as a Wartenberg wheel and run it across your partner’s skin. A mylar or ball chain flogger is another option, or you can use some sort of blade -- even a dull one -- to direct the sparks. Even though you’re not cutting your partner, it will feel like you are.

A body contact cable. Which you can tuck into your clothes, facilitates these activities so your hands can be free to stimulate your partner. Contact pads applied directly to your body also enable you to become the attachment.

Reverse Application

This devious use of a violet wand enables you to use any metal object on your partner while they hold an electrode or are connected to a contact pad. The electricity jumps from their own body to whatever item that you’re using.

Some kinksters even wire a contact pad into their bondage devices or gear, so when someone is in or on the device and the violet wand is on, you can use a metal implement to create sparks without having to worry about securing a contact pad into position.

Advanced Violet Wand Use

You can get pretty creative with your violet wand if you put a little thought into it. All you need is a conductive object that you can tease or torture your partner with.

For example, wiring yourself when you go down on your partner means sparks can fly between your tongue and their body. Beware that your tongue can eventually become numb from the electricity.

A number of specialized attachments that make your violet wand even more versatile.

• Conductive rope channels electricity when your partner is tied up and in contact with your violet wand.

• Energy balls are small, spiked balls that conduct electricity. Try rolling them on your partner’s body while they’re connected to a contact pad.

• Charm attachments are metal “charms” that connect to a basic electrode.

• Phosphor electrodes contain chemicals to produce more intense and colorful light. Many come in lightsaber forms.

• Helix attachments are glass electrodes that come in dual colors and look like DNA!

• Edison adapter/light bulb adapter allows you to use a regular light bulb with your violet wand, even if the light bulb is burned out.

• Rolling drums are attachments that are similar to Wartenberg wheels but with a much wider drum. Imagine an electrified rolling pin that you can run across your partner’s skin. Glass drums don’t make contact, and the motion keeps the current arcing while metal rolling drums may even have spikes.

• Claws are worn on your fingers. Without any electricity, the claw is a fun stimulation tool, but when you add electricity from a neon wand, your claw becomes even more exciting.

If you want to become an advanced user, you can also try violet wand cupping, branding

Beware The Fakes

Before we review the best violet wands, you should know that there are many similar devices, especially those that cater to people who want to improve their skin (and professionals who provide those services). These so-called high-frequency beauty devices look just like violet wands; although, they are often more cheaply made. The electrodes break more easily than those of violet wands because they’re made from a different type of glass.

Another significant difference is the power output, which might come nowhere near even the lowest setting on a violet wand. Those who are looking for beauty treatments don’t want the shock of a violet wand.

A leak detector is another similar device, which is intended to be used for no more than ten minutes at a time.

The Best Violet Wands

Neon Wand Electrosex Kit From Kinklab

Kinklab’s Neon Wand is one of the most affordable on the market. You can buy versions for the U.K. and the U.S. (110 volts). The wand is available with either red or purple light.

In the kit, you’ll find four electrodes: probe, tongue, comb and mushrooms. It’s easy to use, and once, you’re done, you can wrap everything back up in the box.

Maximum use time is between 25 and 30 minutes.

Things We Liked

• Affordable
• Comes with multiple attachments
• Available in two colors

Things We Didn't Like

• May not be powerful enough for some

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