Oxballs Cock Lock Review

Due to the typical NSFW images that go along with them, this product review is behind a jump…

Oxballs has a new…er…um…chastity device? It’s called the Cock Lock and I got it from Mr. S Leather and have been wearing it for a few days now. It’s an interesting object. Not really a device as it’s all one piece. Perhaps not even a chastity device as it has no lock (despite its name) and is easily removed. But it is…something.

The basics

According to the Oxballs website, the Cock Lock is 3.5″ long (which is really big for a chastity device) and weighs just 2.5 ounces. The interior of the tube is an inch across and the hole where the balls go is also. It’s made of super-stretchy TPR just like Belle’s big blue boyfriend.  It’s design bends down over the testicles and protrudes forward more than other chastity device.

It doesn’t have an A-ring, per se, since it’s all one piece and it doesn’t have any form of lock. It depends on stretchy grip to stay on (which is more less successful). It’s available in five colors: black, clear, translucent blue, translucent red, and translucent yellow. Mr. S only carried it in clear and red at the time of my purchase.

It’s relatively inexpensive. Oxballs sells it for $48 and Mr. S has it for$47.95.

Chastity theater

At first blush, the Cock Lock seems a pretty poor chastity device. If so, it’s not because it lacks a lock and key. The Cock Lock makes one really think about what actually constitutes male chastity in the first place.

There are two basic tenets that make up my fundamental approach to male chastity. The first is you need to want to be locked up to be able to live that way. If you’re going to cheat or try and defeat the device when you’re unsupervised, you’re missing the point of the exercise. The second is that any chastity device, even one like Belle’s Steelheart which is totally impossible to remove without a key or power tools once locked on, is nothing more than a deterrent to playing with oneself and/or achieving orgasm without the consent of one’s keyholder. Yes, a very effective deterrent, but I always have an emergency key on or near me so I always have access if I wanted it. When I’m wearing something like the Looker 02 or the Holy Trainer, then all that’s keeping me from playing with the penis is pulling it out the back. The inescapable device is, admittedly, hot as hell but it’s also kind of a farce. In short, locking a device onto a penis is nothing more than chastity theater. The sexual equivalent of taking one’s shoes off while going through airport security: Makes everyone feel good but won’t stop a determined individual from doing something they shouldn’t.

If you can accept that, then you see the lock itself is functionally pointless. So I don’t actually ding the Cock Lock for lying right there in its name. There is a cock, it’s not locked. Not even a little. But since the Cock Lock plays into zero of the standard male chastity tropes, many will dismiss it out of hand as a Serious Chastity Device. And, if I’m honest, I do, too. But that doesn’t mean it should be totally dismissed.

The point of the thing

While wearing the Cock Lock, I found I could feel incidental penis sensation much more than in any other device. Even more so than a silicone device. Being locked nearly all the time, I am very aware to what it feels like when I’m not and the Cock Lock felt much of the time as though I wasn’t, even when just walking around and such. In bed, I could not only feel pressure and grip though its soft, stretchy walls, the depth of the tube and slippery when wet interior allowed me to feel a lot of skin sensation around the head of the penis. The point of this object is not to create the same kind of experience one would have in a solid device. I think it’s more about putting a barrier between it’s contents and their objective. It’s not about denying sensation and pleasure. I think it’s more a psychological toy than a physical one. “Oh, we can’t play with that because it’s all sealed up.”

Belle surprised me by not disliking it out of hand. She thought it was interesting and liked how it felt, but she did not like that I could feel her squeeze the penis. That I could get pleasure through it was a major strike in her book. Even if a couple played with “traditional” male chastity in a scene-based way (as opposed to a lifestyle thing like Belle and I), the Cock Lock is an odd fit. It’s not hard to wear. It doesn’t create any discomfort on the part of the guy. On the contrary, one could easily pleasure a man wearing it.

Odds and ends

Some random observations about the Cock Lock:

• The TPR is stretchy but also clingy. Getting into it when totally flaccid is tricky. A bit of a boner would help, though I used a little silicone lube. A great thing about TPR is that it’s safe to use with any lubricant.
• The clingy aspect caused it to grip the sheets while turning over in bed. Once, it was nearly pulled all the way off the penis. So no, security is not a strong suit.
• The TPR is so stretchy that while grinding into Belle while getting her off, I accidentally pushed the head of the hard penis through the hole at the end of it. That turned the object designed to limit penile attention into a de facto masturbation sleeve.
• The tube is so big. I felt like I rarely filled it (other than when hard, of course). I tend to kink on penile restriction so that aspect of the Cock Lock was distracting and a turn-off for me. I was wondering why it wasn’t shorter, but after having the end of the penis poke through the end, it became clear that’s why it’s not shorter.
• The interior of the tube was constantly moist. Distractingly so. Since I was wearing the clear version, I could see condensation on the interior walls not unlike the standard-length old CB6K tube. Didn’t care for that, either.
• Which leads to a hygiene experience not unlike devices made of silicone. Read: Not great. It traps a lot of moisture and doesn’t dry out readily.
• A perhaps lovely byproduct of the sheer size, squishy nature, and forward protrusion of the thing is, when worn, it makes you look like you have a giant schlong. Maybe that’s a plus for you, maybe it isn’t. I found it to be a little like how Cinderella must have felt at the ball before Midnight: Make-believe is fun, but you don’t want anyone to take too close a look. Here’s how it appeared on me after a morning spent shopping and driving around in my car while wearing moderately tight jeans. Much more natural than any solid tube looks.

Who’s this thing for?

Andy in his review said, “for those of you who’ve read [chastity device reviews] and thought ‘I quite fancy that, but where do I start?’, then this is probably the device for you.” I suppose that’s right if you’re the kind of guy (or gal) who thinks even silicone devices look scary. The Cock Lock might be the Fisher-Price My First Chastity Device, but it’s no more a valid place to start in my opinion than an Easy Bake Oven is if one wants to learn how to make wedding cakes. Lack of lock and key aside, it just doesn’t feel like chastity, it feels like playing. If that’s what you want it for, then great. It’s a well made, quality thing. But it’s not a chastity device and it’s ill-suited to long-term wear (as in, more than a day and a night). My recommendation for someone looking to dip their toe (or…whatever) in male chastity remains the Holy Trainer.