Question for bib and possible suggestion for others..

Hi,
I made a homemade hanger, somewhat based on your illustrations and the photos on your site. (I would have rather have ordered one of yours, but I’m out of work right now…sorry.) Anyway, I picked up a product called “Rubatex” which is a rubbery foam type pipe insulation to pad the pvc with. It’s 7/8” inside diameter x 1/2” thick. I tried it awhile ago by hanging 15 minutes, 10 minute rest, hanging 15 minutes and another rest, followed by a few minutes of milking softly. I only started P.E. about a week ago and it seems that I’m already getting a little bigger. This new hanger is much more comfortable than the A.F.B. hanger I made the other day, even though I didn’t bother to wrap prior to using it. I have to wrap with the A.F.B. Do you see any problems with not wrapping prior to it’s use? I’m only hanging 5 pounds at the moment and plan on going upm another 2 1/2 in a few days. I’ve been reading alot throughout the site and am learning alot. All comments and suggestions appreciated. By the way, I’ll be 39 next week and have never done any P.E. to speak of in the past, other than a daily masturbation session.

Thanks,
Richard

Welcome to Thunder’s Place.

Wrapping is important for several reasons. First, it protects the skin on your unit. Second, it provides a better grip for the hanger. I used the AFB when I first started because Bib was not selling the Bib Hanger at that time. The wrapping helped me immensely. I would encourage you to invest in a Bib Starter when you can scrape together a hundred bucks. It makes hanging so much quicker, easier and more effective. He even includes Theraband which is a great wrapping material. There are a lot of posts here about wrapping. You can do a search and you will learn a lot from them. Again, welcome and good luck.

BTW - we are not in the business of hawking products here. I recommended the Bib from personal experience after using both hangers that you have tried.

bronxdad,

>Do you see any problems with not wrapping prior to it’s use? <

I could not do it, but several guys have reported hanging with a simple or modified Bib without wrap. The reasons to wrap are outlined well by toid.

>I’m only hanging 5 pounds at the moment and plan on going upm another 2 1/2 in a few days.<

As you go up in weight, you will probably find you have to wrap with the homemade Bib also.

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Okay. I appreciate you getting back to me so quick. I’m trying to find answers to my questions before I post, but there is so much information here, sometimes it’s hard to locate exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks again and hopefully I’ll be able to order one of your professional jobs soon.

bronxdad

>I’m trying to find answers to my questions before I post, but there is so much information here, sometimes it’s hard to locate exactly what I’m looking for. <

There is a good bit of info about the homemade hangers, but maybe not exactly what you might be looking for. Don’t worry about asking questions.

>Thanks again and hopefully I’ll be able to order one of your professional jobs soon. <

You can do a lot with a homemade hanger if you have the time and put forth the effort to make a good one.

BTW, as you go up in weight, you might find that you are using too much padding. In general, the more padding you use, the more slippage you will suffer.

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