Svakom's newer CICI quotes less than half the runtime of the old one
The battery went from 220mAh to 320mAh, the price roughly doubled, and the play time on the sheet went from five hours to two.
Three products with the same name, sold side by side, where the newer and dearer ones give up the one figure the older one was best at. Nobody publishes how the runtime is measured, so the reason is not knowable from the pages. The numbers are still the numbers.
| CICISvakom | CICI 2Svakom | CICI+ 2Svakom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Internal vibrators | Internal vibrators | Rabbit vibrators |
| Price | $42.40 | $89.00 | $89.00 |
| Price in pounds | about £31.80 | about £66.75 | about £66.75 |
| Runtime | 5H | 2H | 1H |
| Battery | 220mAh · Polymer Lithium Battery | 320mAh · Polymer Lithium Battery | 320mAh · Polymer Lithium Battery |
| Rating | 4.7 / 5 | 4.8 / 5 | 4.7 / 5 |
| Reviews | 343 | 183 | 117 |
| Two stars or below | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Weight | 60 g | 59 g | 72 g |
| Length | 182 mm | 178 mm | 176 mm |
| Breadth | 25 mm | 25 mm | 55 mm |
| Waterproof | IPX7 - Waterproof (submersible up to 1 meter) | IPX7 - Waterproof (submersible up to 1 meter) | IPX7 - Waterproof (submersible up to 1 meter) |
| Full spec | Full spec | Full spec |
The original CICI is the one to buy if you want a full evening out of a charge. The newer two trade runtime for a second motor, at about twice the price.
The runtime halves while the battery grows
CICI quotes 5H on a 220mAh cell. CICI 2 quotes 2H on 320mAh, and CICI+ 2 quotes 1H on the same 320mAh. A bigger battery with a shorter quoted life is not a contradiction in itself: the newer two run an extra motor group, which is why their function line reads 5+1 against the original's 5. It could also be that the three pages were measured differently, and none of them says how. What you can act on is that the cheapest of the three is the only one quoting five hours.
What the extra money buys
CICI 2 adds that second function group and publishes a height of 49mm where the original publishes no height at all, which is the shape of a second stimulation point rather than a bigger body. CICI+ 2 goes further and widens to 55mm, which makes it a rabbit rather than an internal vibrator. Weight barely changes, 60g to 59g to 72g, so the extra money is not going into materials or a bigger motor housing.
The reviews did not move
All three are counted by the same system, Loox, which makes them comparable with each other in a way that cross-brand figures are not. CICI reads 4.7 from 343 reviews with 0.6% at two stars or below, CICI 2 reads 4.8 from 183 with 0.5%, CICI+ 2 reads 4.7 from 117 with 0.9%. The newer versions did not fix anything, because on this evidence there was nothing to fix. The original also has the largest sample by a wide margin.
Which one
If runtime is what you care about, the cheapest is the answer and it is not close: 5H against 2H and 1H. If you want the second motor, pay roughly twice as much and plan on charging more often. What I would not do is read the newer model number as an improvement across the board, because on the one number the family was good at, it went backwards.
Every figure in the table is read from the maker's own product page. Prices are theirs and move; the product pages carry the full specification and the date it was read.