Looking For Some Rod Length Advice

So basically I’m using the phallosan plus with some wrapping on the glans protector cap and the sleeve so I don’t loose the vacuum, the problem I’m bumping into is that I seem to be a weird size right now where I can use both all of the rods or without one rod.
When I’m using the last rod and I go in I can put my penis in without loosing vacuum but I have to wrap it pretty good not to loose vaccum, and I get a stretch of around 18cm (I’m 16cm hard) I read that you should be extending around 1cm above your hard length. I’m usually wearing it for 2 hours and I get a slight discomfort at the base of my penis after 20minutes which I tried fixing by putting a sock in between the white base of the extender and the bottom of my penis, the discomfort is less but still there, also when I use this method my head is like 1 cm outside of the plastic cup of the extender. I can continue on with this method if it’s more beneficial since discomfort isn’t that big and it’s completely manageable.

If I don’t use all rods I get a stretch at around 17cm which is exactly 1 cm above 16cm, and I don’t have to wrap as much and my penis is completely chilling for the 2 hours I feel nothing. Also my penis head is like nearly the top of the plastic cup of the extender.

Both examples are done with 4 hour a day with 2 hour sets and 30 minutes between.
I would like to point out that I have been using the phallosan for 6 months with a routine of 3 on 1 off 2 on 1 off, each on day was 3h with 30 minutes I between sets I gained around half a cm in length but that could be EQ gains. That routine was done without wrapping that means even lower stretch then now.

What do you propose I do, all rods or without one rod?
Without one rod even tho I’m extending 17cm I don’t feel like I’m doing much since I don’t feel anything and not sure if it beneficial as much as slight discomfort and 18cm stretch.

One less rod and some heat. Do the one less rod until you feel no tension at all. Up the size then. Also, try the vacuum cap as an ADS hanger, it could be beneficial.

Can you elaborate a little more on how to use the vacuum cap as an ADS hanger?
I did like you told me and now I’m extending easy to 18cm with less rods but I get the same discomfort but much less then before. Do you have any advice on what I could use to put between my penis and the plastic base of the extender?

First, some vacuum caps have a ring on top, which could be easily attached to a neoprene dog collar, which sits on your leg.

Feeling discomfort is part of the game, heat makes the shaft of the penis more pliable, so a better stretching is achieved.

For comfort, I would try to use a sheet of neoprene to act as a boundary between the base and the pubic bone.

Will do, I will buy neoprene sheet and try it out.
Thank you.