One clamp or two, glans color, capn's wench, and other noob questions

Hello there! I have recently started hanging, after doing research, and am really enjoying it—particularly because I can actually WORK while I exercise :)

However, I do have a few questions related to hanging in general

1. I am using the Captain’s Wench, which I find much more “friendly” to my penis than my homemade AFB. I created it and have been using it, comfortably, but I have a question regarding the clamps. In the instructions, it only shows the use of one. Is there any reason not to use two clamps? Does one “clamp” point work more effectively than two? I initially thought of two to distribute the clamp “load” more evenly, but now I wonder it that distributes the weight more to the whole penis, and not the ligaments, if that makes sense?

2. I have read several posts about glans color and temperature: cold and purple is BAD! However, I have an ethnic background (though I’m caucasian) and my penis, in general, is MUCH darker than the rest of my body. Even when I’m tanned, my penis is darker than my tanned skin. What I’m getting at is, after 15 mins of hanging, my glans is usually just a bit darker than normal—I wouldn’t say it’s purple, but it’s darker and certainly colder than the rest of my body. Everywhere I’ve read, this is a no-no. However—doesn’t it make sense, in a way? We put a snug cloth wrap around the penis, THEN use the squeeze grip to get the wench on tight, THEN use a clamp. It feels like it makes sense that your circulation would be affected, somehow. Should I be jelqing as an attempt to pump blood in?

Keep in mind, I never lose feeling in my penis or foreskin (I’m uncut), and I have never had any spotting or semi-permanent discoloration after hanging

3. I read through hanging 101 and all the other important hanging threads—unfortunately, some of them seem out of date, particularly hanging 101, which makes several references to LOT and how you don’t want to strengthen the penis, all of which have been questioned or disproven. Is there a more current “guide” for hanging?

4. What’s the better progression: increasing weight per week, or increasing time per set?

5. I’m still getting my head around the wrap. I understand the wrap should start about an inch below the glans, and the hanger itself should be attached an inch “into” the wrap. However, this is difficult for me. My glans is about an inch alone, so that means the wench has to attach 3 inches down my limp dick. Add to this, I have pretty bad turkey neck—like, from my mons/base of my penis, my scrotum “travels” an inch from the base of my penis outward. This means I hang pretty close to my base, and sometimes even have to wrap the outer edge of my scrotum so I have a full wrap. Is this normal??

Thanks, all!

1. Interesting question. Why not try it both ways and try to figure out which you think is getting after the ligs better?

2. I would say you should be OK as long as you keep an eye on what is going on.

3. This is about the best hanger’s guide out there now, even if it does still reference LOT. Blink2000’s Hanging Guide
As for the “strengthening your penis ” idea being disproved, I don’t think we are that far yet.

4. Number of sets, slowly.

5. Read that link above and see if it helps you figure out how to wrap better.

Have you seen the Wrapping Video and the Hanging Video, they both go into wrapping in quite some detail.

I don’t think you really have to wrap much beyond where the hanger sits. Also you can wrap the glans and potentially get the hanger closer still to the glans. Think of a wrap as being a little like a boxers wrap under the glove, it needs to provide the grip that allows the wench to sit firmly. If your wrap is good, it would even make an AFB friendly.

Hopefully a long time wench user, like Dino, will see this thread.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I’ll watch those vids and re-read that thread.

One thing I’ve been wondering about: once you’re hanging, how should your glans “feel”? By that, I mean, should it feel “tight” or “squishy”? When you hang, by nature, the hanging device slides down the shaft a bit. I’ve noticed that sometimes, depending on the technique I use to wrap and squeeze my penis, sometimes my glans is hard/tight, or “limp”/squishy. Is one better than the other? I’ve noticed that there isn’t necessarily a correlation to the color of my glans. I thought that, if the glans is “tight”, there must be blood trapped in there, but it never goes purple or dark. However, sometimes when my glans is softer during hanging, it does go slightly darker, so I’m not sure what is “right”.

You want to evacuate as much blood from the glans as possible, otherwise you are effectively doing a Uli of the glans and it will hurt more than is should. Yeah a hanger will drop a little but it shouldn’t drop too much. If your wrap is good the drop should be small.

It’s worth feeling your glans through your session. They will get colder, because the blood is cut off. This is why hanging is done in sets, to allow circulation recovery i.e. to not kill your penis.

I’m not sure that answers your question.

Thanks, memento, that’s good info to know.