I have wanted the Vixen Creations Off With Your Head Hitachi cap for a while now, so I was super excited when PinkCherry.com gave me the chance to review one. It comes in black, but it also comes in a gorgeous turquoise, which is the one I have. The color really is awesome.
See, while the Hitachi is awesome, the head of the toy can’t be sterilized. That means that unless you’re fluid bonded with your partner, you have to put a condom over the head if you want to use it with someone else (which can be an irritating and difficult task). Enter the Off With Your Head! It’s made from silicone, so it’s totally sterilizable. All you do is remove the cap that comes on the Hitachi and replace it with the Off With Your Head.
This is a more difficult task that it sounds like. Getting the Hitachi cap off was a pain in the motherfuckin’ ass, let me tell you. The cap did not want to come off, and I ended up having to kind of pry it off. I was FINALLY able to remove it, and then put the Off With Your Head on in its place. I loved the way my Hitachi looked with the pretty teal head! It takes some a lot of maneuvering to get the cap in place, but once it’s on, you’re good to go… until you have to take it off again to clean/sterilize it. Seriously, the installation and removal of the cap is a freaking process. Also, I kind of had to clean the Hitachi once the cap was off. There was some black foamy kind of stuff, and I’m unsure where it came from.
Once the cap is on, the Hitachi works the same way as it did before. The vibrations are slightly dulled by the cap, but only very slightly. Most people probably won’t notice the difference. The volume is unchanged; still loud as fuck! The three ridges on the one side provide some stimulation or texture if you want it, but I found them to be kind of odd and preferred to just use the flat part.
To clean it, do just what you would do with any other silicone toy. Warm water and anti-bacterial soap work if you’re not planning on sharing, but isn’t the whole point of this product so that you can share this toy with a partner? Therefore, chances are you’re gonna want to sterilize it. And y’all know the drill there: boil it, wipe it down with a 10% bleach solution, or throw it in the dishwasher (no soap!). Voila! Completely sterilized Hitachi cap!
Of course, then you have to get the cap back on the toy. Honestly, my only complain about this product is the difficulty I had getting the cap on and off. However, I don’t really see how that can be rectified, as you want the cap to fit snugly. Either way, this is a great product, and Vixen Creations are geniuses for finding a solution to the oft bemoaned downfall of the Hitachi: the inability to sterilize the cap. Well, problem solved!
Thank you, Pinkcherry.com for sending me this awesome product to review! If you guys want to grab this, or something else for yourself, you can head over there and pick something up. And for my Canadian readers, they’re located in Canada, so you can get cheaper shipping and all that stuff! Pretty sweet, no?
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Huh, I didn’t realize that you had to actually take the cap off and it’s not just a cover for the cap [although the name now makes sense!]. I’ve heard that taking the cap off of the hitachi can rip/harm the original cap, have you used the original cap since, or do you solely use this now?
I solely use this, but the original cap didn’t rip when I removed it.
That’s good.
Thanks! I like my gspot attachment from jollies too much to try taking the cap off! lmao. I wouldn’t want to risk it!
Ha, I totally used a Hitachi tonight with this on it. (But in black, not turquoise.) I think you’re right the ridges would be funny for actually touching genitals with, but what my top did tonight was use them to hold the Hitachi into a rope harness he’d hooked through my legs. It stayed in really well and sent the vibes right through my crotch. So I definitely approve of this toy!
Love the turquoise, terrified by the naked Hitachi head. Looks like something out of Terminator.
To make it easier to remove the cap, I would totally recommend using a thin layer of (decent, thick) dishsoap around the inside, last 1/4 inch or so. Make it a pretty thin layer and definitely test it in your hand to make sure it won’t come off too easily, but it should be fine.
I used to have a hammer drill with a silicone sleeve (hand grip) that occasionally needed to be removed to repair the chuck. After taking it off the first time and having to get a new one (I will admit I got cranky and cut it off), a friend suggested it. While there is no question that the Hitachi has some serious oomph, believe me, it doesn’t begin to compare to the vibrations of cutting a three inch hole in concrete with a hammer drill.
I would also like to say that I appreciate the dishwasher suggestion, as that was something I was completely unaware of. Not that I share my toys mind, but I do get paranoid about germs…