The Bib.Squirpa Dangler - Easily add weight while BTC

Yello sirs. Back again with another contraption that works very well for our purposes.
I apologize if this is a little long, but there are some details which warrant explanation.

What I was after was a way to add weight, while remaining under tension, while BTC hanging.
Three conditions.

If you’ve put in some time with BTC, you know what I mean when I say it’s not exactly easy to adjust weights. You’re either super slouched and wadded up in a chair, or you’re laying down in a bed – and leaning wayyyy forward to reach wayyyy down between your legs – it’s just not the most ideal operation I can envision.

I started off with a water jug and pre-filled measuring cups, pouring in water for weight. Dumping out water. Refilling measuring cups. Just not efficient IMO.

I weighed some water bottles and got them measured out to 1lb bottles and 0.5lb bottles. I’m dangling them from paracord. I tend to prefer the bottles. But I’m still leaning way forward and reaching way down to attach these bottles.

And I’ve yet to find a way to do this without taking tension off my unit while I add the weight.

I looked into lead decoy weights like 5.5Squared was using. I prefer not to routinely deal with raw lead. Some may disagree about lead’s skin-absorption, but I know from past projects I can taste the metal in my mouth after a few minutes of handling. So – personal preference.

Long story short: I discovered 1-1/2” steel ball bearings weigh in right at 8oz. These are far cheaper than “eco-friendly lead-free” decoy or fishing weights. I got cheap chromoly steel ones (not chrome-plated/stainless) from Amazon – they can rust, so I lightly oiled them with some oil formulated for corrosion resistance and buffed them dry. Will maybe re-oil once a year. These will be kept in an upstairs, heated, carpeted room – so that is the ideal environment for low corrosion. (Basement/garage, unheated, concrete floor/walls = worst environment.)

50mm polycarbonate tubes from Amazon (you will not be finding these at a hardware store in the US). Transparent so you can see the bearings inside. 46mm (1.81”) inner diameter – plenty for 1-1/2 bearings. Exactly the right size (1.97”) on the outside diameter for 2” weight plates to slide over and sit on the ledge of the end cap, allowing you to easily change your base/starting weight, and then just use the inner bearings for your session-weight increases. 16.5” length. This fits 11 bearings, which gives you 5.5lbs of weight you can add while under tension – important when getting up to the higher weight ranges. Future-proof design. The 16.5” height also comes in handy later – will explain.

End caps I found were PVC. Cheapest glue I could find specifically rated for polycarbonate (tricky to glue) and PVC was the Loctite Epoxy Plastic Bonder. Good stuff. Traced and cut out a 1” thick hunk of foam to cushion the inside of the end cap while I’m dropping 8oz bearings in there. Works great.

When I first slid my 2” fractional weight plates on over the outer diameter, they were a much nicer fit than I expected, so I had to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to hang this thing. I was going to just tape paracord to the tube, but the weight plates wouldn’t fit over that. So I went with a metal band clamp with some 8mm silicone tubing over it. Extreeeeemely happy with this. Super strong and slick to remove/replace for whenever you’re ready to step up your base weight.

Finally, by adjusting the band clamp down, so the hanging point is lower on the tube, the top end of the tube rises up more and gives you an easier reach for dropping in another bearing (see last picture). No more curling up into a ball to reach way down between your legs. This can obviously be adjusted for different hanging angles or pulley setups as needed.

This is not the cheapest option (water bottles in a plastic grocery bag) but it is the absolute best BTC option I’ve surmised thus far. Hope it was helpful.

Bib: for his pioneering work with hanging and all the people he’s inspired and coached along the way. I have seen in his comments and replies that he has the patience of a saint. This quality speaks volumes about his character, and I just appreciate him a lot. I also know he made his own hanging weight arbor out of PVC pipe which would’ve been very similar to this (just without the weights inside the pipe).

5.5Squared: for his massively popular Hanging with FIRe thread, which I know I and so many others found extremely eye-opening, informative, and motivational.

Kyrpa: for his wave-making research, hypotheses, and advanced modeling and calculations which have influenced and inspired a great many, and, I believe, pushed the envelope on the science of PE. You should be awarded an honorary PhD from uh…TITS University :-) (The Texas Institute of Technology and Science, of course.)

I want to thank you three specifically. And I want to give thanks to all the others who have contributed to this line of research, like Longerstretch, manko007, and many others. We stand on the shoulders of the men who’ve come before us. Thank you, guys.

Screenshots of materials used:

Looks way too high. I had problems with weights touching ground with regular weight plates.

Understand your point of view because of the 16.5" tube length. Appreciate your feedback, and maybe this is just not for you. One can always cut the tube as needed, obviously.
But I have used this extensively after using other methods and am very happy with it. I can assure you it is not too high/tall.

With the band clamp adjusted lower it is significantly less "tall" than a water jug or bucket or plastic bag with water bottles in it, etc. It works great in a chair as most folks are doing BTC, but I prefer a bed so I don’t wreck my lower back slouching for hours in a chair.

Bed setup here: The Mercedes Benz of BTC Hanging

Just following up on the concern about the length or height of this contraption being “too tall” when dangling (worried it might hit the ground).

I took a couple pics of it in use yesterday. As you can see, there is absolutely a TON of altitude between it and the ground. Same goes for using it in a chair.

Just depends where you have your band clamp/hanging point adjusted to, as I tried to explain in my original post.

I like the band clamp adjusted fairly low down the tube, so the top of the tube sticks up and gives me an easier reach to grab the tube and drop a weight in (picture 3).

Mind sharing your routine with the weight increments?

I’m using 5.5Squared’s “Hanging with FIRe” method, using a vac hanger with light weight and Thermedic FIR heating pad around my shaft. 1hr hang twice per day (spaced out am/pm). 15mins starting hang, 30mins heated hang, 15mins cool down hang. I’m hanging 100% BTC chasing “lig gains” per the advice of many veterans who recommend at least starting out hanging lower angles trying to get those early gains, before going to Straight Out or Over the Shoulder angles, etc.

I’m still on lighter weights. Started with 16oz (1lb) base weight, +8oz (1/2lb) for heated hang, +8oz for cool down hang.

I’ve been getting gains and enjoying the process so I’ve been following the advice of others and increasing weight very slowly.

After 3 days of low strain (<0.5%) I increased my base weight 8oz, so all following weights are 8oz heavier as well.

Did this twice, up to a base weight of 32oz (2lb), a heated hang of 40oz (2.5lb), and a cool down hang of 48oz (3lb).

I was having an issue with my foreskin (uncut). When I first got back into PE (just before beginning hanging) I was doing some manual jelqs and ulis and didn’t use any lube, oil, or moisturizer. After a bit of this my foreskin ended up getting chapped and dried out. I started moisturizing it religiously but still developed some painful cracked/split skin along the foreskin ridge, which caused extreme pain when retracting foreskin (peeing, sex, PE), taping, and hanging. It all healed quickly except for this one split in the skin which was quite deep and painful. This foreskin split has been causing me ongoing pain for weeks. I’m married to a very foxy lady and we have lots of sex, so that’s exacerbated this foreskin split problem (especially all the jerking and oral sex - lots of repeated foreskin retraction). My hanging sessions were turning into extreme torture sessions of unbelievable prolonged pain as the tape, silicone sleeve, and vacuum pulled on this foreskin crack. And the heat from the FIR heating pad just intensified the pain. Really insane pain honestly. Not a serious injury requiring caution - but the pain was extremely serious.

All this to say, after realizing I was developing a mental block against hanging (due to the torture sessions), I finally decided to knock off the hanging and let this dry skin split heal up more. I found I could pump comfortably and happily so I’ve been doing some very light and cautious pumping for length gains, packing the shit out of a 1.75” tube (I was 5.5” MSG on my first measurement, could be more now). Sticking with the narrow tube for length gains per Titleist’s advice (he attributes his impressive length to packing the tube). Using a condom while pumping, following Avocet’s thread about it improving flaccid hang post-pump, and reducing donut effect and edema. Using super cheap bulk 100-pack unlubricated condoms from Amazon (cost $0.15 each). Can barely get those bastards on, but you want tight ones for condom pumping. The tight ring at the bottom helps act as a cock ring and noticeably improves my edging and pumping EQ with zero effort. I poke a few holes in the condom tip with a safety pin to let the vacuum suck all the air out of it.

Doing three 5min sessions at 2inHg, twice a day (spaced out am/pm). I’m pumping with heat as well, with a larger Thermedic FIR heating pad wrapped around my pump cylinder and a heat lamp for warmup and edging between pumps. Started with coconut oil. Not a huge fan - not enough lubrication for the extreme packing I’m doing. Been using Vitamin E oil. Looooove the feel. It’s like my dick is thirsty for it. Skin just loves it. I use a Vitamin E cream on the condom, because it’s slipperier, and let’s me insert into the narrow tube better. I also noted the coconut oil seemed to almost attack the condom and make it fall apart after a while (edging between pumps). Not sure if this was the heat lamp or the coconut oil or the combination - but I’m still using the heat lamp and the Vitamin E cream doesn’t seem to be disintegrating the condom the same way - lasts through the whole routine now.

Foreskin crack was feeling better recently, so I did a morning hang back at my starting weights (16oz start, 24oz heat, 32oz cool), and was totally impressed by my pre and post-hang BPSFL measurements, and excellent 2-3% strain even at these beginner weights. Definitely still gaining quickly, even after having to cut out hanging while I healed. My morning session had only light to medium pain from this cracked skin on my foreskin. But the evening session had medium to medium-high pain, so I decided to knock it off again and let it heal even more. Continued on with the light and cautious condom pumping (with heat).

That’s where I’m at now. I’ve gained over an inch of BPSFL in about 3.5 weeks. I’m not measuring erect often but I did see I was approximately 0.6” longer on my last check (need to buy another couple rulers to have laying around). I’ve been feeling a little floppier flaccid, and have been able to feel extra length (with partial EQ) during insertion with the wife (felt like I was trying to push a rope). She has also noticed length while playing with it and sucking it, and inside her v. She is clearly feeling it too, as she seems to be savoring the extra length, making some different sounds and having some different reactions, as it more fully fills her cul-de-sac area in front of her cervix. My EQ has been improving, but I have been having a ton of sex (sex on the brain all the time from PE) and a lot of PE so it’s definitely still hit and miss sometimes. I have been known to overdo things from time to time 😅

I will resume hanging over the next week I’m sure. This pain in the ass foreskin split is nearly done being a pain. Moral of the story is “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - so I religiously moisturize my unit now. If it’s not slathered in Vitamin E oil/cream from pumping, it’s getting moisturized with something else (usually beef tallow balm) on my off days. Will probably get some emu oil to try on it too. I firmly believe animal fats seem to be much more bio-compatible and helpful for skin than processed vegetable/seed oils.

I’m logging all this religiously, with detailed notes. So I look forward to posting that some day and hope I can contribute to others’ process. I’m combining a shitload of best practices and pro-tips learned from many different veterans spread out all over this forum, and I am gaining very quickly right now, so I really sincerely hope to have a success story at the end of this to share with others.

Sounds like you have this down to the last detail. Hope you recuperate from the injury so you can get the full routine going. That log will be an excellent resource. Can´t wait to see how you progress.