Need some help with pumping gauge

Hello guys I was pumping before and I have a leluv cylinder and pump with gauge .

I plan to start again and try long session like 30 minutes and more but with low pressure like 1-2 hg is best from what I have read here.

Anyone who have the same pump can tell me how I can read the pressure on the gauge ? What 1-2 hg means ? Thanks .

It’s just a unit of measure for pressure, inches of mercury.

If you had a column of mercury, the pressure you are exerting in your chamber is enough to pull the mercury in the column 1 inch or 25.4 mm.

What is important is that it does not change, it is a consistent point of reference.

Post a pic of your gauge. There is a slight chance that your gauge measures kpa instead of inHg, or even something else. Typically the unit of measurment will be posted near the bottom of the gauge close to the needle post.

Another way to determine what your gauge measures is to look at the largest value on the gauge scale. If the unit of measurement is:

inHg the scale will be 0 to -30.
mmHg the scale will be 0 to -760
kpa the scale is 0 to -100

As vacuum is the absence of pressure, the measurement is negative. We generally ignore the negative in our discussions here.

1 or 2 inhg is hardly any vacuum pressure. (in for inches and hg the symbol for mercury) I would recommend starting at 3 inhg for 5 minutes and slowly increase time from there. Make sure to try and start each pump session with an erection.

Eventually over the course of 6 to 8 weeks you want to slowly increase time and pressure so you can pump at 5 inhg for 25 to 30 minutes continuous without causing red spots or bruising. You will be seeing a lot of expansion and length by then.

I am not sure tommorow I will start pumping and see the gauge and write here . I used the pump years ago and I bought it from Ebay it is called Leluv pump and is a red pump with gauge . I plan to start very very slow at 1-2 hg so I don’t get discoloration and slowly work my way up in time and pressure.

My pump is leluv and it is in inHg so let’s say I want to pump at 5 hg so I pump the pump till it reaches -5 on the scale correct ? If I want to pump at 10hg I pump till it reaches -10 correct ?

So yesterday I was pumping around half from -5 for 10 minutes and it was okey .

I mean I was pumping around 2-3 hg correct ?

I pump at 5 in/hg for 15 min at the moment. Stepping it up as I think I can take more, but also taking breaks as I need it. Experience will help you way more than advice, because each person is different.