Are curved cylinders a thing yet?

It would have all the features of a regular cylinder except the cylinder bends like a banana. It would use the same increments in width and length, same hose fitting etc. It’s not safe nor pleasant to go into a cylinder with an upward curve so that your head is pressed against the wall but the shaft is left alone.

Never seen a curved tube advertised, but who knows, maybe there is one somewhere. I have an upward curve and I keep it well lubed so it slides instead of sticking. If it is too uncomfortable increase your tube size.

I’m looking for this kind of cylinders too but haven’t found something yet.
More lube has no effect and bigger tube sucks my balls in which is painful.

So if someone know a company building these, please contact :)

The problem with an off-the-shelf curved tube is the curve has to be the right distance out from the base to fit you. Someone would have to make an array of tubes with different amounts of bend at different distances. That’s a lot of inventory. And likely a lot of unhappy customers who ordered without doing proper measurements.

Fortunately, you can bend your own tube with a heat gun, which is basically a heavy-duty hair dryer. Tubes are either acrylic or polycarbonate; both can be bent with heat. You’ll need to wear gloves, and be very careful when bending so you don’t put a kink in the bend. You need to alternate between stretching the outside of the bend and compressing the inside. Make a bending template from heavy cardboard and use that to gauge your bend.

If the bend isn’t in quite the right spot after you try the tube on, you can get one of those soft silicone entry rings to space it out a bit, or saw it off as much as necessary and use the ring to replace the radiused entry, if you need one. Some people are okay with just rounding off the edges and using the bare tube.

I’d recommend buying at least one of the cheap $12-$15 tubes from eBay before bending your favorite tube, though. Heating and bending a tube isn’t rocket surgery, but it’s one of those things where it’s hard to recover from an “oops…”

Getting a ball sucked into the vac tube is definitely no fun. My first tube was a 2.5” sex shop cheapy model I got before I found Thunders. I used it for a long time before it started leaking. I used a few tricks to keep my balls in place, i.e., out of the tube.

Stretch out your scrotum and then hold your balls away when placing the tube. Don’t center your penis in the tube- keep the bottom (ball side) closer to your dick to help keep your balls a little further away. Press the tube firmly into your pelvic area when you start pumping and hold it there as best you can during your session. Keep pulling your balls down as necessary when they move towards the tube.

And keep your finger close to the release lever and release vac if your ball(s) begin to get pulled in. Soon enough you will get comfortable with the process and ball movement will be greatly reduced.

This sounds daunting but i don’t see any cylinder manufacturers supplying bent cylinders soon. Perhaps this will be the only option

It’s not rocket surgery. A made-in-China 1500 watt heat gun is US$15, and a cheap tube about the same from eBay. That’s still less than you’d pay for a decent-quality straight tube, and a whole lot less than a “premium” straight tube.

Besides, if you screw up you still have the heat gun. They’re also useful for roof repair, paint stripping, softening putty, removing adhesive stickers, killing spiders, burning your hair off because you tried to use it instead of a hair dryer, etc.

No, seriously, how much do you think you’d have to pay for some place to custom-make a curved tube to fit your unit? You could probably mess up a big pile of cheap tubes before you even got close.

The other thing, once you develop some proficiency with the heat gun, you can modify your tube or make another, to adjust for changes in your unit as needed.

LA Pumps will make a custom tube for you, if you’re willing to pay. They’re at the higher end of the pump market, cost-wise.

If I had that issue I’d probably get into full package pumping with a huge cylinder.. I’ve always thought it would be fun anyway.