New Measurement Method

There are a lot of problems with progress reports specifically with the way people measure them and erection qualities. I’m sure I’m not the only one who goes through photos thinking maybe a lot of this was erection quality, or it looks like he’s holding the tape to measure girth with varying tightness, also the point of view can sometimes sway the measurements of length, if you look from a point of view higher than the penis with a ruler the penis will appear longer and vice versa. I would like to propose a standard with openess to criticism and improvement so I am also asking for help to eliminate these problems so we can truly start nailing down (no pun intended) to the facts rather than unreliable deviations. Maybe then we could have a statistical analysis of progress reports that is more accurate and we can have much more real expectations.

So I believe for girth the way it could be measured is using a clamp to create maximum pressure. Then multiplying the value obtained by 0.967 to obtain your supposed 100% erection quality girth. The reason I believe this to be more reliable is because it will eliminate erection quality problems. I believe erection quality should be a completely different progress to monitor in comparison to girth. 0.963 comes from an estimation from my own measurements from the difference from clamping girth to 100% erection quality girth. A difference of 3.7%. Sorry I made a mistake in the original post.

The only way to standardize measurement is to have equipment and personnel do it the same across the board. These are standard survey practices for penis size.

Issue is no one issues cameras and nurses to measure and photograph us. So…we rely on good will to get people to post pics. That’s tough enough. And I’ve seen poorly lit, funny angles and photoshop. People dislike my pics and I thought they were okay.

So…really ain’t no solution that would work across the board. Additionally there is no incentive for general users to follow a guideline. We don’t pay for pictures or expect them. So we can’t expect much as is.

Also you haven’t actually proposed a standard. Just mentioned that some pictures you look at you don’t like.

If you look above your comment you’ll see one standard, and I believe that flaccid stretched is more accurate than erect. Again due to erection qualities. Also I don’t think there’s anything wrong with calibrating methods just as now there are standards internationally on how to measure penis size whether here on thunderplace or in clinics even condom companies use one standard. I think you’re being a tad pessimistic. We all have something to gain from the if you think about it. But there is also some truth to what you say.

I don’t think most of the users here are doing this as some kind of contest. If you want to cheat yourself or try to fool others into believing that you’re making all kinds of gains that aren’t real, IDK what to say.

I, and I generally assume most of the membership as well, only measure to keep a record of my own progress. I don’t really care how it compares with others’, except that we can perhaps learn from those who seem to have more success in terms of techniques and such.

I don’t measure flaccid at all due to the huge variation. It could be 2” one minute and 6” the next. I’ve decided to measure clamped because that is the only way I can consistently get the diamond cutter (I am 53 after all). I measure straight out. I’ve thought of making a little sliding stop for the ruler to eliminate the angle concerns, but haven’t gone to that length yet.

I’ve said this before, measuring for me is like a comedy skit. Between holding a ruler, holding a camera and staying hard. My only way to do all this and stay hard is a cockring which inflates my numbers a bit. But what is my other option? As TG said I don’t have a nurse on hand to help. All we can hope for is guys being honest. For me what’s the point of faking my measurements? I’m not here to impress anyone I’m here to grow and help others grow. If that’s not enough then I don’t know what to tell you.