humm I have to say that aside from a crop and one long tailed whip I dont have much experince. will say that the crop can cause a lot of bruiseing in an inexperinced hand since it is very easy for them to catch u with the flexing pole part and that is much more like being caned than I want to experince ever again. I do feel that the smaller whips are eassier to control just in my experince of swinging them I tend to hit what I am aiming for more with a sh ort whip then a long one but I have never used them on a person mearly gooffing around in the porn shop I leave all use on ppl to my feance.