Barre d'écartement en cuir de luxe pour poignets et chevilles, DOMINIX

Do you trust your partner to tease you just the right amount? To pleasure you until you can't take anymore? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then read on, this is the bondage toy for you.

This arrived in plastic packaging with a leather 'DOMINIX' tag attached to one of the straps. No assembly required. So if you're anything like me, you can whip it out the packaging and start playing immediately.

I could tell straightaway that the quality of this spreader bar was fantastic. The leather is sexily black, smooth and soft. The sight and feel was enough to get me in the mood.

Personally, I am a beginner to spreader bars. However, the extra restraints mean this is suitable for both beginners and advanced users alike. Unless you need padlocks, which as the description shows, do not come with this toy.

In just one session we spread me in at least 4 different positions. The extra wrist restraints make it so versatile. The only limit is your imagination! We tried doggy, standing up doggy, myself on my back with my arms and legs in the air and the other position was so complex I'm not sure how to describe it!

I am a size 16 and the fit was ideal. There is no doubt these would easily fit people both smaller and larger than myself as the velcro covers a large amount of the straps.

I put my hands up. I am not very flexible. The spreader bar is our new saviour. Positions that were once not possible I can now be secured into. It's not a magic wand, my body can only be pushed so far, but it certainly makes a difference.

Once secured into this spreader bar I was there to stay. Until my partner decided otherwise. These may not have padlocks, but they just aren't needed. The Velcro keeps you firmly in place whether you like it or not!

The leather is very comfortable around your ankles and wrists. I kept this on, in one position or another, for over an hour with no discomfort at all. At least no unintended discomfort.

A blindfold adds to the fun like you wouldn't believe. Spread in this with one sense less was amazing. I was completely at my partners will, and I loved every second of it.

All I need now is a tiara as when I'm securely spread in this I feel like the queen of bondage.

As a very wriggly person (and what's the point of a spreader bar if you can't wriggle and struggle to get out of it?), I sadly found this spreader bar completely not up to the task.

Five minutes into playing with it I twisted one of the cuffs (one of the two towards the centre of the bar) while strapped in, and the stitching ripped apart. I now have one spreader bar with five cuffs, and a separate piece of velcro. Disappointing!

The spreader bar didn't appear defective before use, so I think it's likely a design flaw in how the bar's put together. There was only one row of stitching attaching the cuff to the bar, which turned out to be inadequate. I returned the bar and received a full refund, thanks to Lovehoney's no quibble returns policy!