Clitoris Pumps - Your Guide to the Clit Pump

Clitoris Pump Sex Toys

The clitoris is defined as a highly sensitive bundle of nerves, similar to the head of the male penis. As with a penis, the clitoris can become aroused, engorged with blood, and erect.

A clitoris pump is a specially designed vibrator made with a built in pump to facilitate the flow of extra blood to this highly sensitive erogenous zone. The combination of increased blood flow due to suction, and the vibration, makes for a great team!

Vibrators are the most common sex toys for women, but most designs simply focus on vibration and penetration in the vulva area (and that's often more than enough). Although penetration is an important part of sexual pleasure for some of women, it's generally considered secondary in importance to stimulation of the clitoral gland, a complicated part of the female body, as explained by this BBC clitoris article.

While a traditional jelly vibrator can be held against the clitoris for a wonderful stimulating effect, it's not specially designed for that purpose. The pump looks like a kind of small oxygen mask, with a soft rubber cup that fits over the clitoral area, covering the female gland completely and sealing it inside the cup.

A hose attached to the outside of the pump cup ends with a hand bulb. Squeezing the bulb in your hand results in suction on the clitoral area. This suction causes the clitoris to be engorged, like in these 3D clitoris ultrasound scans. This helps in increasing and enhancing sensitivity of the sensitive female gland.

That increased sensitivity of the glans clitoris region makes the waves of sensation from the vibrator built into most pumps that much more intense. Lots of women have found a good pump is a sure ticket to orgasm, where other methods of stimulation have failed. The FDA even approved a small battery operated clitoral pump in may of 2000!

The suction created mimics that of gentle mouth suction during oral sex - notice the word GENTLE. You don't want to keep pumping and pumping past the point of discomfort. Usually a few pumps are enough to create some nice suction. It partly depends on your vagina, your position, and even how you trim your pubic hair! For more suck with less "fade" a shave might help!

Most pumps have release valve on them, to let pressure equalize so that the suction cup can let go.

A bit of lube (or saliva) can help to form a seal around the clitoral area, for more effective pumping action.

Pump Use: Simply cover the clitoris with the small rubber cup. Depending on the design of your sex toy, you might want to use some personal lubricant to improve the suction seal. Now press the cup gently against the clitoris/vagina take the pump bulb in your free hand, and start gently pumping. Try playing with rhythms and different ways of releasing pressure. Turn on the vibrator component to top it all off (if your sex toy has one).

Washing the Pump: Cleaning a clitoris pump is as simple as taking it apart and washing the parts that touch your vagina with warm water. Make sure you store it in a dry place away from dust until you use it again.

If you need to know more about this body part, try the clitoris wiki or the-clitoris.com for more general clitoral info, and clitoris pump wiki page for more on these devices.