Bathmate Users -- how do you manage pressure?

Does anybody have trouble using this in the shower? mine keeps falling off. Maybe I’m not giving it enough pressure.

It also says it can be used as an air pump, has anyone tried this?

I don’t have any trouble at all using mine in the shower, but I am completely shaven. Perhaps some shaving at the base would help you. Or, like you mention, perhaps just another pump or two to increase the vacuum. Keep practicing, you will get it. The pressure does tend to bleed off with time, so you will have to give it an extra pump every now and then.

I’m not sure what they mean by using it as an air pump.

Thanks for that. I am shaven, I will keep trying. It says in the instruction booklet that just add lubricant and pump away without water.

By the way, how are the gains for you so far?

I had a session today, left it on for ten minutes with a good pump, afterwards i jelqed quite lightly, it feels different to when i jelq without pumping. However, my pumped flaccid went down afterwards and it didn’t turtle but I wasn’t expecting that, was it the cold wind after the shower or did i overtrain? or maybe it doesn’t mean a thing. I had a good pump in the tube though.

I can’t use it in the shower, I have to be sitting down in the tub.

It is normal for your pumped flaccid to lessen after a while.

Thanks for all of the input guys - I just ordered mine today!

Hi,

I just want to ask you if you think that water blister is avoided when water pumping compared with air pumping? If anyone has done both and has had problems with water blisters it would be nice to hear your input.

I was thinking about water vacu-hanging since now I am using tape to avoid the water blisters. But the tape can lose its grip while under pressure because of moisture coming out and then water blister might appear if unlucky.

Water blisters occur after you have been pumping for a while after packing the cylinder. I think most guys that water pump use a cylinder that is large enough to keep your cock bathed in water and there is a lot less chance of packing the cylinder. Therefore the chance of getting a water blister is greatly reduced, if not eliminated all together.

Do you guys have anything to report? I am not talking just perm. Gains, I mean non erect or improved erections or orgasms. Anything at all?

I was experimenting with water pumping in a home made “bathmate”. I really liked it, but found it hard to control the vacuum levels. I happen to be one of those guys that 4.5 in hg is good, 5.00 is too much and my EQ dives. So, as much as I liked it, I couldn’t control it accurately enough for me to see consistent results so I abandoned the experiment.

For guys not so sensitive, I think it could really help you with length and girth gains.

I would like to ask, do you enter the pump flaccid, erect, or 30-40% erect? I ask because when I pump I lose my semi erection and when I finish, after a low 5-10min session I have a nice thick flaccid with no lymph build up, is this a good sign? I then jelq and my penis returns to it’s previous state.

I do as gprent said and go in fully erect.

Okay, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to get one of these. I just had my first session and I have to say I was impressed. I have never pumped before because I was afraid of air pumping, so this was my first experience with pumping and it was intense. I don’t know if it will lead to gains, but I can say it was fun and easy enough to keep me consistent with it.

Same for me.

However, the seal kept breaking and air would leak in. That was annoying, and I think is caused by pubic hair. I tried to shave and then nicked my sack. OUCH! What a lot of blood, too.

I still can’t believe how big my glans got. It was almost scary big.

javacody:

Keep in mind that you do not have to be shaved smooth to get a better seal during pumping, either with a Bathmate or a conventional air pump. You can trim close with either scissors or clippers and benefit. You still need to be careful with the scissors or clippers, though, and running with scissors is not recommended. :)