Arcwave has put its Pleasure Air technology into a cheaper, plainer penis stroker called the Arcwave Air, which the German brand, part of the WOW Tech stable that merged with Lovehoney, launched in Berlin on November 5. It costs $119.
The technology it runs on arrived with the original Arcwave Ion, announced as a stroker promising “female orgasms for men”. That claim rested on Pleasure Air, the air pulse system made popular by the Womanizer line that sits beside Arcwave under the same owner, aimed at the frenulum rather than the clitoris.
An updated Ion 2 followed in 2025 at $199, and the Air sits well below it, wrapping a silicone sleeve around the same frenulum-focused pulses. There is no app: Arcwave’s FAQ says the Air has no app connectivity, and its six intensity levels are set with plus and minus buttons on the body. That puts the Air in the same app-free territory as the Arcwave Zing, a $149 stroker whose strong motors STG found trapped in a bulky body.
Arcwave’s product manager, Fin Lasse, says the goal was to make Pleasure Air more approachable. Beyond the price, approachable mostly means less. The Air runs for up to 60 minutes between charges, takes 90 minutes to recharge, weighs 280 grams and is waterproof to IPX7, with a two-year warranty.
The company says its own consumer testing found that 96 percent of testers reported the Air felt different from other devices of its kind, and that 86 percent said the stimulation felt like a new kind of sensation. Both measure novelty rather than preference, which is the easier thing to win.
Whether Pleasure Air belongs on a penis at all is the question Arcwave keeps answering in hardware rather than in argument, and another device at a lower price does not settle it. Our review of the Ion 2 was blunt about it: “While the air suction technology that made Womanizer a household name is great for clitoral stimulation, it just doesn’t make as much sense for penises, and the results are satisfactory at best.” A cheaper version of the same idea is still the same idea.
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