5in HG?? I don't feel anything

PG,

Do you get any girth expansion at all? If you don’t, I’d suggest increasing the length of your sets or upping the vacuum pressure a bit, say to 7-8 Hg. I wouldn’t do both at the same time—not now, at any rate. I find that at lower pressure, it simply takes more time to see the expansion. If you’re not getting fluid build up, then you can extend your sets more.

Also, are you going into the cylinder erect? Are you maintaining an erection throughout the set?

No girth expansion, though it’s harder to tell with that, I guess, than with length, so I could be wrong.

I go into the cylinder fully erect, and try to stay aroused, though it’s pretty hard without any real means of physical stimulation (which makes watching porn or fantasizing kind of boring, though milking the cylinder helps). Is it possible to pump properly without consciously trying to stay aroused the whole time? I’ve been spoiled by hanging, where you just sit back and do whatever you want while your dick grows below you :)

Based on my experience, I wouldn’t suggest that you wait for any length expansion. I get about 1/4” length expansion at 12 Hg +. And this just makes my dick look like it had been beaten up badly.

But I am a bit surprised that you don’t experience any girth expansion. However, despite the warnings here, I do think that you can safely increase either the time in the cylinder or the Hg—and possibly both. I regularly pump at 8 Hg with no problems. I sometimes even go up to 10 Hg, but for no longer than 5 or 7 minutes. The important thing is to watch what is going on with your unit. You want to avoid too much fluid build up, loss of erection strength, etc. But I suspect that your schlong is very conditioned now from all the PE it has been subject to. It will probably just take a bit more for you to experience expansion.

As for the stimulation problem, I don’t know what to suggest. I was never able to set up a routine to pump for much the same reason.

I too had the problem with the pump “digging” in to my pubic bone and to correct this I found an old styrofoam material and made a donut. I use this as a bumper between my pubic bone and the chamber’s lip. I hope this helps.

TR84

I’m thinking a lot of this is gauge calibration, or more likely, gauges that are completely fucked, even if new.

If 15 minute sets are not doing it, go for a 30 minute set and see what happens. Right now, I go for a 45 minute continuous set, but every 5 minutes I release the pressure back to 1 or 2”hg for 30 seconds. I think if you increase your time in the tube, a little magic will start to happen.

Another tool to help with expansion is to wrap the cylinder in a heat pad while pumping.

Thanks for the help guys, very generous of you :) I’ll let you know how it goes. Thunder, I think my gauge is okay: at 5” Hg I certainly feel something pulling on my dick, and at above 8” Hg things don’t look so good (major darkening, etc.). The tunica just seems pretty stubborn about truly expanding.

In case anyone thinks I’m nuts for trying pumping — after all, I don’t really want much more in PE gains, besides a little length for “reserve” — let me make my goal clear. I am going to have the opportunity this summer to attend a lot of nude events. I’d like to find a way to make my flaccid huge all the time, just to experience the glory BG describes in his nudist-camp stories :) It appears that regular pumping helps many guys achieve the flaccid-hang goal, which I’ve previously never cared about. The only time my flaccid was huge a lot of the time, in the past, was when I was hanging for hours a day, which I don’t have time for right now.

It’s a shame we can’t come up with some makeshift way of checking to see if gauges are somewhat close to being accurate. Most pump gauges are bottom of the line types that are sold with no calibration backing at all, so I imagine some of them could be off quite a few hgs.

That’s interesting Thunder, I didn’t know they were such poor devices. Is there any standard brand that we know is reliable in its gauge? Something used for serious purposes where it would matter to consumers?

It’s a money thing PG moreso than a brand thing I think. I’m not sure there is anything that consumers would require a really accurate gauge for. Nothing that I can think of anyway. Well besides dick pumping. :) It would be interesting to run about twenty new gauges thru a calibration shop.

Gprent and other pumping experts, what do you think about the arousal issue I mentioned? If I go into the tube fully hard and maintain a good pull (5” Hg), is that enough, or is pumping often useless if a guy doesn’t try to stay sexually aroused the whole time?

Para-Goomba = n00bie

Do tell, do tell! What nudist events are these?

My advice is: Cialis. Get that liquid stuff from Kitsnmore. Works like a charm. Yes, the pumping is good too. Even if you don’t get much expansion, I’d think it would help with the flaccid hang. Also, some moderate clamping helps me with the flaccid. This exercise works well with pumping. And the occasional jelq is good as well!

Motivated, I’ll PM you.

Cialis sounds like a good advice, though I’d be a bit fearful of popping wood at inopportune times :)

If you look hard through the tube, you are, whether you are feeling sexually aroused or not. I think it is nearly impossible to maintain constant sexual interest in the tube. Let the tube do the work for you. Sit down and watch CNN or something. :)