We called it Doxy after the old fashioned word for a “floozy”. It took two years to get the design right and source the components that we couldn’t make ourselves,’ he said. A Doxy doesn’t have endless options to think about – there are just three buttons: on/off, up and down.

You could combine it with a dildo for penetration, or save this for when you have an urgent need to orgasm – and fast.On first use I started off slow with some gentle vibrations and as I turned up the power I instantaneously felt the magic. Within minutes the intense build-up of tension in my body had been released and I was left throbbing and fluttering. Based on the infamous Hitachi Magic Wand ‘personal massager’, the Doxy was born when founder Will Garland couldn’t find a suitable replacement for his girlfriend’s broken Hitachi.

He turned up at the 2013 adult products trade show ETO with a table, a pull-up banner and the first prototype Doxy Massager, where he met the buyers from Lovehoney and Simply Pleasure. You can shop the full Lovehoney flash sale here with prices dropping by 50% across a number of best selling products. This might sound unimportant, but if like me you suffer from repetitive strain injury (I get it from typing, before anyone suggests the obvious) that’s triggered by vibrations, it’s an important plus point. Their latest model is the Doxy Number 3 which at first glance is simply a smaller, compact version of the original.

I was given my first Doxy as a gift from my partner a few years ago and have since acquired two more – first the Die Cast and then the ‘ ‘new old’ Doxy, which is basically a reworked and perfected version of my original. It isn’t just me that has strong feelings about the Doxy 3 – this blog post by Girl on the Net contains the best audio review of a sex toy I have ever heard (not only is it absolutely NSFW, it’s also not suitable for anything other than consenting adult ears). The massage head of the Hitachi Magic Wand was made from cast metal, and it just so happened that Mr Garland knew someone who owned a factory in Cornwall, casting scaffold joints. It was the weirdest sexual experience I have ever had in my life – and I speak as someone who has impregnated themselves with homemade alien eggs. I can only assume that the sheer intensity of the sensations caused by the Doxy 3 unleashed some inner emotions, but I’m not complaining: intense orgasms and the most fun I’ve had in years? I’ll take that.