Lelo’s HUGO™ 2 Remote: Double Your Fun

M. Christian
5 Min Read

Innovatively designed massager is spot-on—for pleasure

If you or someone you know has a fondness for anal stimulation, especially of the prostate variety, I heartily suggest either of you rush out and get Lelo’s HUGO™ 2 Remote toy as soon as possible.

Not only is the HUGO™ 2 Remote specifically designed for comfortable and effective prostate play, but it also comes with a unique remote system, making it twice as enjoyable.

What you need

It’s easy to say a sextech device has been maximized, updated, or improved, and quite another when those tired, old advertising buzzwords are actual, factual reality.

As you may have guessed, I really do feel the HUGO™ 2 Remote is precisely that toy. 

In addition to its ergonomic shape, which makes it effortless to insert and get where its eight different vibrational settings can do the most good, its twenty percent power boost means that when it did hit the mark, it got me where I wanted to go faster than practically any other prostate massager I’ve used.

What you want

Though I was sent a HUGO™ 2 and a HUGO™ 2 Remote, I chose to focus on the latter due to its unusual—and surprisingly exciting—set-up.

When I get a toy and remote combo to check, both are often charged via a USB cable.  

Not so with the HUGO™ 2 Remote.  Or, to be more accurate, one is, and one isn’t as the toy itself has a USB port while the remote requires a pair of AAA batteries.  

I initially thought this was a somewhat weird decision on the manufacturer’s part.  However, after thinking further, I realized it’s actually quite brilliant.  

After all, few things are as annoying as wanting to fool around with a remotely operated state-of-the-art pleasure device only to find out either or both is deader-than-a-proverbial-doornail.  

Sure, the toy part of the HUGO™ 2 Remote combo still needs a two-hour charge for half that in playtime, but at least all that’s necessary to get the remote up and running is having a few extra batteries lying around.

What really, really works

Vibration-wise, the HUGO™ 2 Remote has eight unique patterns delivered by its set of twin motors, which are selectable through the toy’s built-in controls, its remote control, or the smartphone app.  

Making the remote is a whole lotta fun to use as it’s built around SenseMotion™ technology so you only have to turn, twist, or lift it to speed up, slow down, or cycle through the toys settings or lower levels.

What, alas, doesn’t

Unfortunately I experienced one real difficulty while test driving my HUGO™ 2 Remote, mostly that however hard I tried, I could not get it to work with the app.  

Not a huge deal, but disappointing nonetheless. Fortunately, it’s remote—despite taking longer than I would have liked—was much less problematic.

It’s also worth mentioning that, like with many toys I’ve reviewed, the ridiculously tiny manual is less than useless—making me sympathize again with those who have less-than-ideal eyesight, like myself, or don’t have access to a computer and might be unable to access the actually readable PDF version.

Back to the app, I wish Lelo would learn from other sextech companies and rethink its layout and features.  As it is now, attempting to navigate, let alone log-in, made me growl in frustration.

All in all, more than worth it

Also, like my other reviews for Lelo’s products, I have to give their HUGO™ 2 Remote top marks and highly recommend it to anyone with a prostate.

Its powerful twin motors, overall brilliantly designed shape and pleasure-enhancing engineering, novel and surprisingly comfortable remote, and Lelo’s SenseMotion™ technology make operating it a breeze. 

So much so, I totally forgot about needing to actually touch it, instead relishing in how I could simply lie back, wave its remote around, and enjoy the ride.

Adding all of this together guarantees you or any of your prostate-owning playmates will have a good and—maybe even a great time—playing with a HUGO™ 2 Remote as well.

Image Sources: Lelo

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M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex. Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.” Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian. As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2. M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise. Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex. If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro. M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.