July 19, 2025

(Updated May 2, 2026)

Summary

The Griffin is a nice looking thrusting dildo with soft/slightly squishy silicone outer layer but hard inner mechanism, slight texture, and a thick knot. The thrusting power is decent for the extending shaft kind of mechanism but stalls if clenching or riding/thrusting at too much of an angle. Remote adds more control and pause/start functions for thrusting and vibration separately. Overall, this majestic beast makes for a decent mount to ride, combining a thrusting dildo with fantasy design.

Pros: Pretty coloration

Nice shape/knot and soft outer layer

Decent thrusting power for a thrusting dildo, variety of patterns

Cons: Thrusting can stop if clenching or at more of an angle

Fairly loud mechanical thrusting

Uncommon battery for remote

Peroxide-cured silicone (instead of platinum-cured silicone that is higher quality, typically found in artisan dildo/fantasy brands)

Verdict: Recommended with reservations. A decent choice if interested in trying both a fantasy and thrusting dildo in one, but has notable drawbacks. While the tip is soft and squishy, it quickly gets to the very firm motor core making it difficult to actually knot and hilt this dildo given its 9" insertable length. As with all thrusting dildos, thrusting power is limited, although the Griffin is better than some others we have tried.

Experience

First, a quick firmness/squishiness check of the Griffin, which has some squishiness of the outer layer, and the inner mechanism acts as a hard core (makes it too hard for taking the full length). The tip being the squishiest with the shaft being a bit squishy just on the outside, as the motor core is inside the shaft.

Vibration

The vibration motor of the Griffin seems to be towards the widest part of the mid-shaft and is most intense there, with some vibration intensity traveling to the tip and near the knot. The vibration is a nice power level with a lot of nice modes to choose from, and I always enjoy the more 'irregular' patterns rather than constant/predictable ones! The shape of the toy, and softness of the tip don't make for particularly targeted vibrations like a firm g-spot vibrator or wand would, more of a pleasing/teasing sensation that adds to the overall experience rather than pushing over the edge alone.

The more exciting part in my opinion is the thrusting! As mentioned it is the kind of thrusting where the shaft of the toy is expanding/contracting to thrust, but relatively powerful for this mechanism – but will still stall out and can't thrust when clenching or at a sharper angle. The thrusting also has some nice 'irregular' thrusting patterns! There is a power button on the toy to turn it on (LED lights up red) then pressing again can cycle through combined thrusting/vibrating modes.

Packaging

The Griffin box is a very discreet, plain black box with the only hint the small sticker labeled adult novelty. Inside the box is the Griffin dildo itself sealed in a plastic bag, charging cord, remote, battery for remote, and product manual.

Unwrapping the dildo, my first thoughts were how nice the coloration is on this majestic beast, and, as in mythology, the Griffin is also a relatively large beast! (but the smaller and soft tip make it slightly more approachable, challenging to master. More on that later...)