DEM renamer

A simpler review than normal tonight, only one category to fill out due to this being well.. a renamer, not a visual piece.

Function

So.. lets get started. To access it you need to type your initials followed by menu in channel 19, I.E for me it is /19 awmenu. For newer avatars with only one name, its whatever your first initial is, say E, followed by R for resident, so /19 ermenu. This prefix CAN be changed.

The top left option is lock/unlock, as you'd expect. Only an owner can do this however. Then you have titler. When in this, hit Set title to open a small textbox which you type your floating text title into simply put. You can hit enter for multi-line ones. You can also adjust its colour using RGB values, or type in a pre-set colour name. A list of pre-sets should be included with the device. Then you have hide/show the title, Self hide, a handy little option to hide it on the wearer screen, also allowing for owners to title their captives/subs without letting them know what it is.

Evil/normal mode is next. Normal is just a static title, the kind you get from most titlers. Evil mode periodically announces to people nearby in local that your title needs changed and gives them the channel address to do it in. As far as I know, its based somewhat on an older titler, also made by the maker of this product. It also has the detach alarm, for people not using RLV I suppose. Should the alarm go off, a Clear option appears as well, which turns the alarm off.

Then we get to the namesake, the renamer. The first option, as expected, lets you set what name it uses, simple enough. The next one however allows you to change words, making it impossible for the wearer to use certain ones. For a simple example, you could change No to come out as Yes, and other such things that could lead to very awkward and/or evil situations for the poor sub.

Next option is merely on/off, simple enough. You can then hit Self Off/On. This one forces any I, myself, me, and other such things to come out as the chosen name from before. For example, in my case, "I am myself" became "Aria am Aria". This also affects emotes.

Next we have owners, which is self explanatory, and lastly we have the prefix changer mentioned at the start. Hitting these makes a text box appear again, and merely type in what needs to be used on channel 19 to access your renamer. What you set is case sensitive, so be careful of capitals, and must be followed by menu. So for example if I change mine to Aria, it would be /19 Ariamenu. /19 ariamenu or /19 aria will NOT work.

Score

Function - This thing pretty interested, and the word changer could prove to have some really great utility for play, especially if you don't tell the sub a word has being changed. - 8/10
Price - 199 linden. Seems fair - 8/10

DEM - The Goddess Set

I'm lazy, sue me. I know I should review more often, but hey, times are busy.

Quality

Soo.. We have  quite a fancy set of cuffs here. The collar and belt are golden rings, slightly tapered with a zigzag design splitting them into two golden sections. The cuffs themselves are more liek bangles and armbands. Personally I got a very anctient egyptian feel from them, and find they would work very well in tandem with an outfit based on that era.

They only have the on appearance, however for the most part the appearance suits what the item is intended to be, so I can't deduct from it too much there.

Also, its mesh.

Function

To start off, in the words of the person who made this set, the cuffset itself is more of a beta/freebie release, the meat of this is in the collar.

So we'll start with the cuffs. One most of the gear you'll get four menus, Lock, resize, cancel and owner. If you click on the wrist or ankle cuffs, you'll also get pose. The locking system is simple yet effective. If you get locked withotu all the gear on for example, then add another piece of the set, it will auto lock as well. Resize is simple enough that i needs no explanation, as is owner and cancel.

For pose, the arms have three built in. Front, back and head. These are all fairly normal poses, and the ankle ones merely have the option to shuffle walk, or hobble in other words. Clearly these cuffs are designed for dragging your sub around and showing them off, as opposed to doing heavy duty restraint on them.

The collar is pretty similar to my previously reviewed DEM collar ( link ). In fact is so similar, the only differant is that the Goddess set can be hidden, but lacks a bell, which makes sense given its design. It does mean it suffers from menu clutter however.

Scores
 
Quality - I'm quite taken with its looks, even if they can;t be altered - 7/10
Function - The cuffset is basic, but freebie/beta included with the collar. Otherwise same as other DEM collars, - 8/10
Price - 555, same as the collars by themselves, with the cuffs as well - 8/10

DEM Iron Pipemare Yoke

Another from Dark Elf Manufacturing

Quality

The yoke is quite a ncie design, thin metal bars going from the collar to the wrists where two heavy duty cuffs are locked onto you.  Comes with a resizer built inf or good measure, so easy to fit. No colour change options (yet?) so its staying as black. best worn with lighter clothes unless you are going for that all black look

The cuff and collar design is fairly normal. Black iron wrapped around the neck and wrists with a ring hanging from the front for any possible leashes you may wish to clip on.

Good - Lightweeight design, easy to fit
Bad - Lack of customization

Function

You know the deal by now if your ead my reviews. For those that don't, the function starts from the top left of the menu.

Very first option? Expose. Always a nice one. If you hit it, you cannot turn ti back off however, and need help to get unlocked and unexposed. Next is help, gives the help NC, self explanitory. Then we have settings. You can update, resize, add an owner or turn on Yell alerts. I'm guessing yell alerts work by screaming the sim down when you break the rules in non-RLV.

Next is RLV, which is off by default. Once activated, you can choose to limit touch to close, turn touch off altogether, block interactions altogether or hit detail. Under detail you can further adjust it by picking specific things they can and cannot touch.

Next is timelock, with options ranging from adding 5 minutes.. to adding 6 months. Be careful with this. Theres also punishment, similar to timelock except it just adds sometime on. The person who tries to punish you can have anything from 2 minutes to 30 minutes added to the timelock.. and cna press the punish button more than once. This can be disabled however, for those that are cautious.

Theres lock and hide yoke next, both self explanitory. Then theres Arousal.. This menu involves Xcite and Sensations and has a full options. As I use neither of those systems, I can't accurately comment on how it works.

Good - lots of options, timelock
Bad - Punish looks kinda like just more timelock options

Scores

Quality - 6/10
Function - 7/10
Price - 349 is very resonable - 8/10

Dark Elf Manufacturing - Ravenhold Latex Collar

Another store contacted me recently about revieiwng some of their gear.. So here it is.

Quality

This collar is certainly unique in desigh. Its shiny, black with a purple lining along the front lacing as well as inside. The feather design is an interesting touch as well. To be honest I'm not sure I have it on right..

Regardless, in design it seems to be a posture collar, and the textures do look very nice.. But it has no colour options. You're stuck with the black and purple. It also can be a little annoying to fit properly.

The Good - Well textured, unique design, shint
The bad - no colour options, can be difficult to fit.

Function

When I was visiting the store and speaking with one of its owners, I was informed taht all the collars they stock have the exact same functionality.  As such oen review covers them ALL. Saves me soem work down the line I suppse. Kinda like kidnapped in that way.

However, unlike kidnapped, theres a hell of a lot in these collars..

As always, top left to bottom right. This list is from the locked menu, I think the list order chanegs when unlocked.

First up there is the ever brillaint timer. You can use this to of course set how long the restraint is locked for, but also use it to set up regular shocks, whether or not it unleashes you and even if it frees you from the animation you are currently using. Following this is Update, self explanitory.

Theres a bell in here as well. Can adjust how loud it is, and turn it on or off. The RLV menu gave me some trouble, as when locked I had the optiont o turn RLV on, and that was it. When unlocked it let me in a bit further. You can access teh RLV folders, turn on various RLV restrictions and of force TP as well.

The Shock menu is a sort of gag I suppose. Should the wearer speak while its active, they recieve a nasty shock. The higher the setting, the worse the shock, which of course has accompanying anims.

The next menu is giveme. In it are a few interesting things. 3 differant handles, a landmark, an anchor for the leash, and a leashpost. Theres also a posestand, and of course an instructions NC. Following this is the owners menu, which lets you add someone nearby as an owner.

You can enable and disable a posture anim, which holds your head up straight, and adjust the collar to be set for male, female or "other" via the gender menu. Other acts as if you were an genderless object.
On the next page, the first thing is Leash. You cna adjust its length, have to attach to a post or just activate a general leash.

Theres a readme here for some reason, it seems functionally the same as the instructions button under giveme. On the next row is a button for adjusting the chat channel used ot enter the menu. Default is /1 (example /1 awmenu). Following that is the ever fun Expose command.

Next up we have the "partners" button. THis is not an owners style menu as expected, but is instead a list of anims meant for well, Partners. Couples, etc. Theres an AO in the next menu. It comes with a  couple of stands, the same walk AO as the OC one uses, but also has a Pony and crawl set to use as well.

Commands is next, which makes local give out the long liust of chat based commands you can use. You can also set it up to ignore commands on channel 0 (default, no / required), which I personally find handy. I hate it when people spam awmenu inc hat instead of using /1 awmenu. Using /1 hides it in local, gives a little more surprise if you suddenly change pose or have someone access it, etc.

Lastly we have Animate, which does as the name suggests. It has 45 anims bult in, including some that have little restrictions. Such as Stay, which forces you to stay kneeling on the spot.

The Good - Lot of stuff built in.

The bad - The menus could be tidied up a bit, Stuff like Expose, update, etc could be under a settings menu to clean it up a little. No hide command

Scores

Quality - 7/10
Function - 8/10
Price - Every collar seems to be 555L$ - 7/10

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