Vacuum Hanger vs Bib Hanger?

I have been using a vacuum hanger since 2011. When I first started using the hanger I measured in at 5.5 BP length. At the height of my workouts ( a couple of weeks ago), I measured in at 6.25 BP length. So in the two years that I’ve been using the vacuum hanger I’ve gained .75 inches in length. So yes, it is possible to gain with the vaccuum hanger. However, it is extremely hard to be consistent because all sorts of injuries can arise. I’ve dealt with four injuries during the last two years. Blisters are an absolute nightmare. I’ve had a couple of those. Basically you have to take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month off, depending on the size of the blister. When you resume hanging you have to reduce your weight significantly and work your way back up. It’s extremely frustrating. There’s also another injury that can occur, this one being kind of scary. I actually had this happen to me exactly a week ago, and I’m currently recovering from the injury. I was on my first set, hanging 14 pounds. Everything felt fine. After the 15 minutes was up, I lifted the weight and walked over to my bed so I could remove the hanger. As I did this I felt an extreme sort of differential pressure on the head of my penis. When I removed the hanger there was blood leaking through the micropore tape. I knew this was serious because there was a lot of blood. I just stared at my penis for like 5 minutes, heartbroken in a way. I then cleaned up the mess, almost in tears, and thought about my recovery schedule and how long I would be out of action. I didn’t want to be out of action for too long, because in my experience the ligs start to really toughen up after a couple weeks of inactivity. I thought that I would give my penis a week off, and then try to do a single set in a week’s time. Well, I just tried to do the set about a half hour ago. I lasted about two minutes. I could tell something was wrong, it didn’t feel right. When I removed the hanger there were around 20 blue/black spots on my penis head. And so here I am. Unfortunately, I think I might be finished with vaccuum hanging. The penis simply cannot withstand the pressure when you hang with heavier weights. At 14 pounds, I had to reduce my sets to 15 minutes because I could not tolerate the pain. Not to mention the fact that blisters could easily form if I went the full 20 minutes. The bottom line is that vaccuum hanging is only safe up to I would say 10 pounds. You can try and push it to about 15 pounds if you’re lucky. But hanging any more than 15 pounds is just asking for an injury. My advice to those considering purchasing a hanger would be to go with the Bib. That’s not to say that vaccuum hanging is ineffective. It clearly works, you just have to be super careful. I will always remember my vaccuum hanging days fondly, and I’m so happy to have gained even .75 inches. But I have not yet reached my goal of 7 NPB length, and so there is more work to be done. If you’re after extreme gains, you will have to eventually switch to the Bib anyways, even if you started out with the vaccum hanger. At this point, I will probably purchase a Bib Starter and continue to hang. Or I’ve considered buying a vaccuum pump and see if I can get length gains that way.

Did you get your “lig” gains yet? Those come pretty quickly, and in the SD or BTC positions.

The rest are shaft gains.

Yes, I believe that 100% of my gains were lig gains. I have been strictly hanging SD, in fact I have never tried another angle. I figured that since my penis still does not hang straight down when flaccid, that I have yet to maximize my lig gains. I’m starting to realize that there’s a lot of hanging information that I’ve been unaware of. I should really spend more time on these forums :)

I’m thinking one of the biggest problems with a vac hanger is the fact that no matter how you package it, it is still in fact a vacuum chamber with no gauge. Add in the fact that the harder your resistance pulls on the end, the higher the vac goes, the higher the risk for injury from blisters. I think if you DID have a gauge on the vac hanger, you would be alarmed with how high the pressure (hg) is. Most likely it would read over 10HG which is the upper limit of safe pumping pressure. I would think it would be nearly impossible to avoid the pressure from going too high as more weight is added no matter how you wrap as air will creep through just about any material that is even remotely porous.

This is an interesting observation, Clamplover.

Do you feel that these vacuum levels would still be ‘alarmingly’ high even with lighter weights, say 5 lbs or less? I plan to hang no more than 8lbs tops, ever. My dick can’t take those heavier weights!

If you tape the glans properly the vacuum doesn’t hurt it.

Just saying

How much taping are you using? Do you take the tape off and apply new tape each set? How long are your sets?

I’m looking forward to trying the LG Hanger which should be out later this month because it’s a vacuum hanger that can handle heavier weight. I’m assuming that it will be similar to the Grip System, but with thicker soft parts to allow heavier weights to be used.

The inventors and developers of the LG hanger are participating in a thread over at the PEGym. They also recently sent LG Hangers to some of the administrators to test and review. There should be some good feedback in a month or two. The inventor/developer, Dr. Ric, claims to have tested it upto 25 lbs without an issue.