Originally Posted by austfred
Thanks Gives an idea of how to wear it. I note the coil seems thinner about half way along. Is that a result of the twisting to clamp down on your shaft? Have you had any difficulty with it wanting to slide down?
Correct, it is the twisting. If you grab both ends and twist in opposite directions the middle gets thinner more than any other part - it essentially turns more and more into an hourglass. I try and avoid that by twisting it selectively, but it is almost impossible to eliminate.
Here is a brief description of how I twist it on. I begin at the very distal end, closest to my glans, and twist it coil by coil getting each one to a good tightness. Then after I do this for about the first four or five coils, I do a lot more careless twist of the remaining coils, usually twisting them as a group or as small groups. The last coil or two I rarely touch. Wearing the HTW keeps it from grabbing skin and twisting/bundling my whole shaft, the coils glide over the fabric as they tighten. Another good thing is if you get it too tight in one area or overall, you can easily just untwist it a bit without taking it off. If you mess up PE weights or golf weights you usually have to unwrap something or take them off completely.
I have had no trouble with it slipping and I believe it actually stays in place better than weighted rings as it grips at multiple points all up the shaft. I’m not sure how this would work for uncircumcised men, but I imagine it would be better because of the multiple points of contact.
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