Hands free stretching
Any ADS is more effective when applied after manual stretching and/or hanging. The harder one stretches are the heavier one hangs the more the need for an ADS to keep the shaft extended while micro-tears heal. I use all of them. The AutoExtender, has practically replaced hanging for me, at least until I can find or help develop a better hanger than the Bib Starter, which doesn’t work for me anymore. What I like most about the AutoExtender is that it cam be put on and taken off quickly without wrap making stretching while sitting at a desk job all day much more convenient than hanging. To me the stretch feels the same. I just crank it out until it feels equivalent to about a 15 to 20 pound hang, but I hung for years so I know what that feels like. Beginners shouldn’t put that much tension on it, in fact the device was not developed to replace hanging at all, but for me it works very well in this capacity. The AutoADS works better when you are standing or running around, IMO, although some use it sitting. Sometimes while watching TV I will put the AutoADS on and loop the leg belt around my foot and stretch by extending my leg. This gives a good stretch leaving the hands free for drinking wine and flipping through channels with the remote.