KDC - Chastity Belt

So, a new toy from KDC

Appearance

As you;d expect from KDC, visually this thing is high quality. It also has a colour hud that lets you fully adjust it to match whatever else you have on, (or to make it stand out more if you're a humiliation, etc kinda person)

It DOES have poses built in but.. Well the function section will explain. Its mesh, in two pieces so you can adjust the waistband and the crotch area separately for a better fit. Each of the rings around the edge can have chains linked to it if you have other TouchBound gear (KDC cuffs to be exact), and you can use the fingerprint lock included to lock each ring, making a padlock appear.

Function
 
So.. How to put this. First things first, DO NOT BIND YOURSELF TO THE FINGERPRINT LOCK, at least not if you bought this to have your owner lock it on you. Also if you want public play? You have to go buy one of the more conventional padlocks from KDC.

All of KDCs gear uses touchbound these days. You click the lock (finger or normal), click the ring/area you want to lock, and its locked on. If you click say, a ring, then one of her cuffs, it'll chain them together. However, if you do not own any of her cuffs, the belts mostly visual only. Which is why there's so few pics for this one, I don't own any of her cuffs.

Her key system is.. fairly simple I think. If you buy the normal padlocks, you rez them, accept an unlinking permission, you can then take the key and padlock. If you rez them on the ground, anyone can use them, whereas if you wear them, only you can. Unlike the fingerlock, you need to use both items. The padlock to lock things, the key to unlock. Its a simple system, and it does work (I know I said before it was horrible), but I still feel a lot are gonna make mistakes with it unless they read up first. Lets hope this review helps with that.

So, long story short. Belt has poses. Poses can only be used if you have KDC cuffs. Fingerlock can only be used by the person bound to it. Do not bind self to fingerlock if you want it for someone else. Buy padlock if you want more public access.

My thoughts

Its a good looking belt, and the hud allows for plenty of customising, so both pluses there.

I want to try and like touchbound. Its concept is great, but the documentation on its usage is all on KDCs wiki-like page, and most SL users in my experience aren't gonna go shooting off to a webpage to learn this stuff. Hell most of them don't even read NCs in world that come with toys.

Touchbound is a nice idea, but the key system is my major fault with it I suppose. For photoshoots, or D/S play between two long term, it;ll work fine. For those that like spontaneous bondage or sudden RP? Its gonna have some issues.

Scores
Appearance - Unable to fully rate, was unable to see poses - 7/10 based on looks alone
Function - Good in theory, but needs.. Something to ensure people don't mess it up - 5/10
Price - 400 Linden

The many Plugins and locking systems of SL

Seeing as its Christmas, I don;t really have time to do a proper review, so just gonna write up what a lot of the plugins built intot teh gear do, in more depth than I do in the normal reviews.


Restrained Freedom

Aux Bound - This allows third party objects to control your restraints, primarily the phantom Mistress included with the secure cuffs. it lets it bind you as it sees fit, and I believe puts the restraints on expose for others to access. I am uncertain of timers.

Cager - Sets up a cage around the victim. Simple little thing, but be warned, you seem to be unable to de-cage yourself.

Cam Control - As you'd expect, it allows them to limit how far away yoru camera can go.

Cycle Bound - When turned on and bound, this will cycle through the positions built into the restraint on an adjustable timer. Fun for people like me who get bored of one pose if stuck in it too long.

Cycle Iso - This works like cycle bound, except it adjusts how youa re isolated (Gagged, blinded, deafened)

Future Lock - This is a handy little plugin. You choose the pose (random is there as well), how many hours later it should bind you, and then for how long it should keep you locked up. It has Timebound, which just unties you, and general timelock, that will clear all owners when done (Not visible for self bondage)

Invisi-cage - This limits you to an area specified in the menu, varying from 3 meters to 25. Should you walk out of this boundary, you'll be dragged back to the middle.

Mannequin Mode - This mode will freeze you when certain conditions are met. You can set it as Dependant or Secret. For Dependant, you will freeze if there is no one near by, for secret, you will freeze if people are too close. You can set the range from 5 meters all the way up to 90.

Catatonic - You will randomly freeze every so often.

Keep Away - Will forcibly push you away from any other person.

PA Plugin - Please see my multi-cuff review for info on this.

Bell Control - When turned on, you'll jingle a bit as you move.

The locking system for RF is fairly simple. One person takes the keys, they can then give the keys to someone else or leave them hanging again.. Or just hold onto them until rather a timelock is done or they feel like releasing you.

The Master Key is a prim key that is similar to a realkey. You can rez the key in the air next to the bound captive and anyone who touches it has access to your restraint. It also has a necklace key, which you wear and anyoen who touches it well.. You're asking for trouble.


KDC

I don't own much KDC gear, but what I do own seems to lack plugins of any sort, so onto the locking!

In the case of the Straitjacket, its simple. Nobody, Anybody, Group or Whitelist. Each one of these is self explaintory. When strapped up, theres 4 levels of strictness, each one been harder to use the mini-game to escape from.

Her more recent devices, such as the Ballgag I covered before are in theory good.. But this is not a review, so won't go into that.

Two types of locks.The first kind is the fingerprint scanner, included in the box with the gag for example, without an NC to explain it, so a general everyday user will attach it, touch it, and bind it to their own fingerprint, no one else will be able to use it. This allows a fingerprint lock to be applied ot the restraint (Touch it on your hud, then the restraint), and repeat the process to remove it. Only the person whos finger is bound to the lock can open it.

The other kind is a normal padlock. However it can only be used on one restraint at a time. The key however can be placed on a surface, and anyone who clicks it can access the locked restraint. Again good in theory..


Mesmerize Dungeon

MD have a few things worth explaining

Group Key - You can sync it with your current group, then hand out the key. This key can then be used if you are in the synced group.

Picklock - The picklock is the easiest way to escape the locks. You cannot picklock yourself when bound, and you can never picklock your collar either. You can assign one person to picklock your gear providing they have the lockpick tool. They just need to attach it (best to the hud) and click it. They'll get a mini-game of sorts. 6 options, eahc one has 6 numbers it cna scroll through. When all 6 are on the correct number, you turn it and it opens.

Theres a simple albeit slow process to this. Move one cylinder up one point, turn it, repeat and turn it again, and keep doing this till it says something moved. That means this one is correct, so move onto the next and repeat. This time it'll say two things moved when you hit the right number. The tumblers can all fall however, making you restraint, BUT the numbers do not reset, so it would sitll be the same ones as before.

Signature - Not really unique to MD, but thougth I'd mention it. It adds a title above the head of the restrained person, can be adjusted in colour and text, and be hidden or made visible.

The locking for this is very simple. The Primary owner (set via owners) has access all the timer. The Sec owners can overule anyone bar the primary, and everyone else just needs to hit the restraint when it is exposed and/or unlocked and choose to go in.


Thats all for this set, more plugins will be posted about in future.

KDC Straitjacket and Stuffed Ballgag

A double review tonight of some gear from KDC, a store I have yet to do any reveiws for.

Straitjacket

Quality


If KDC does anything amazing, its looks. This straitjacket is probably my favorite looking in SL.. Especially with the latex texture pack installed. However that costs extra, more on this later. The textures are very high quality, the shape works perfectly and looks great. It did however require some heavy customization to fit me properly, once again something not built for a tall slender shape.

There are 15 latex textures, 5 leather and 4 base, all highly detailed and looking great.

Function

This lets it down a fair bit. No hide option so onces it on, you have it in full view at all times, not so good for been discreet. There are a few options. There is of course the recolour, then theres the access settings. They can be set to Anybody, Whitelist, Group or Nobody, seperatly for both locking and unlocking. The whitelist is accessed by right clicking the restraint, hitting edit and going to contents. Theres an NC in there that you double click and add names to.

The last menu is the RLV options. When turned on the restraint can deny rezzing, editing or tough, or be deactivated. You can also select lock in here to let RLV handle the locking system.

Extra info

This straitjacket is brilliant in looks, but those looks carry a price. I usually leave prices till the end of the review, however for this one I need to make an exception. The base SJ costs 550 linden. The leather pack costs 250 linden and the latex costs 350. That comes to a grand total of 1150 linden. Pricey.

Stuffed Ballgag

Quality

As expected, it looks great. Very well detailed, with a hud that lets you adjust the differant parts of the gag colour. There are 9 colour settings for the ball and strap, pus its stitiching, as well as an Orthopedic setting that makes it look like a gag they'd use in an institute. You can also adjust the metal of the gag (the little buckles and studs) to one of 7 colours.

When not in your mouth, the gag hangs around your neck, which is quite nice.

Function

This gag comes with an RLV activator which needs to be attached to make the gag actually well.. Gag you. When clicked, the gag itself will rise up into your mouth and if said RLV activator is attached, will garble you. If its not, you can self garble by using the /100 channel. It also comes with a fingerprint padlock..

This padlock, as far as I can tell, records a persons fingerprints, then allows them to lock or unlock the gag. It attaches to the hud. If you click it on the hud, then click the restraint (gag in this case), it locks it in place. You can then unlock it by repeating the process. Its a little clunky, It only allows on person to be registered on the lock, and can't be copied, meaning you need to buy extras if you want others to lock you in. You can purchase additional locks at the store, or buy keyed ones instead, which can have multiple people.

Scores

Straitjacket
Quality - If you bought the latex pack, its 10/10, if not.. 8/10
Function - Its not great, lets be honest. It does what it should, but just lacks soemthing - 6/10
Price - 550 (8/10), 800 (7/10), 900 (6/10) or 1150 (4/10)
Average - Too many variables. I dislike this whole texture pack system.

Stuffed Ballgag
Quality - I love how htis looks, 10/10
Function - It works somewhat well, but the lock system is a complete and utter mess - 5/10
Price - 400 linden seems fair.. Although its more like 450 after you buy the extra keys you need. 7/10
Average - 7.5/10

Closing thoughts
Despite its lack of function, I love the SJ, I really do. I really like the gags design as well, but that locking system is downright terrible. You can't use it for normal play effectively.