Perfect wrapping for Bib Hanger

I thought you used a vac hanger?

I was taping wrong. I have since learned I should have been taping erect and slowly increased the desired vacuum level but I was rushing through it. I got too ambitious a little over a month and a half ago, might even be 2 months, I developed a small blister, I gave it a few days to heal and got back to it. The area must have still been weak and my tape was still wrong and I was still rushing the vacuum. A week later I forgot I had my glans taped and tried to pee with it on. I leave the middle strip so I can take it off and on, so I just peeled it back and continued to pee but I think by trying to pee with it on I weakened the adhesive and developed 2 huge blisters. It took 2 weeks for those to disappear and thats when I started to learn how to use the bib starter so I would keep making progress. I start hanging after those 2 weeks with the LG again but I’m still taping wrong and rushing the vacuum and really didn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I hung without incident for maybe a week and then right before I was going to go on vacation I developed a small blister, that was a week ago. The scab is gone but I’m waiting for the skin to strengthen itself a little more and then I will employ what I learned I was doing wrong as well as try a slight tweak to my tape and drop the weight that I was using as I get the new techniques down and recondition my skin.

So through all of this I’ve been using the bib starter but it has been difficult to fit in and I was spending all my free time researching wrapping, attachment, etc. I decided to buy the hardcore and got it a few days ago. It has a deeper well, with its design I’m less likely to get pinched by the bottom teeth and I think it grips better. So far I really like it and I see many people eventually switching to it so I decided to go ahead and switch to the hardcore and condition my soft tissues for that. I found this thread through my research and it would seem to be an upgrade from the HTW and theraband combo I used last night and felt was okay. I have a few extra xsleeves I will try today.

That sucks to hear man. I was looking forward to hearing about your LG adventure. But if you can get any bib model mastered you will be really happy with it. I have read that the hardcore plus the silicone sleeve is about as comfortable as it gets. Someone said they just glued squares of cut silicone permanently over the thumbs and they never needed to wrap again. I haven’t tried the hardcore myself, my starter is working great still, but I think one day I will make the switch.

Well this didn’t work for me. The silicone sleeve kept slipping and it was very uncomfortable. You also can’t tell when where your head is at or if it twists if the sleeve is over it.

I didn’t have a good experience with HTW.

I went to Walmart and bought multiple bundles. Could have been 20 different sizes. Even the most comfortable fit seemed to produce more edema than I am used to. Also because the HTW is so thin I ended up just adding more layers of HTW or using more layers of theraband and it seemed to defeat the purpose.

Like all things in life I am sure it will work for some people

Exact same experience here.

I do use them all the time for ADS’s though, they are great for that!

Is the sleeve you’re discussing soft? I’ve been using the white sleeve from now-defunct AB Silicone and it’s soft and stretchy. Works perfect for me.
Is the soft sleeve from Monekybar similar to the AB Silicone sleeve?

I grabbed a replacement from Zen Hanger and it’s very rigid and doesn’t stretch as easily.

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I’m new and can’t make a new post.