No more fumbling around with start-stop, high-low buttons that just don’t, well, match your range. The new Ola is touch-sensitive, so the harder you squeeze, the more vigorously it vibrates. And if you find a pulsation pattern that you enjoy, you can program it to repeat—and repeat. By the way, it’s also waterproof, so you can take it into the tub and really make waves.

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Originally published in the April 2013 issue of San Francisco.

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