Fluid buildup pressure

New to pumping and finding out the basics first.

Just wondering if somebody can put a number on the max pressure before fluid buildup starts to happen.

I want to work on my flaccid and would like to keep it in the tube for longer periods at lower pressure.

It’s time and vacuum level that brings edema. Try shorter sets at lower vacuum. Make sure you’re using constant heat.

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You also need to understand every dick is different. You need to condition your dick to the time and vac level and work your way to longer sets at higher vaccuum level.

Remember vaccuum is the absence of pressure, so increasing vaccuum is decreasing pressure.

I find that I build up a resistance to edema. While I full package pump, I stay around -4 hg. When I do -5 or anything more I get red dots, and unless I take a week off they continue even if I do not exceed -4 hg. If you soldier on though red dots without letting them heal they only get worse and I have read can lead to permanent discoloration. I avoid them by pumping at low pressure. Time does not seem to be a factor in the development of red dots for me, but can be a factor in edema build up.

Edema used to happen quickly, but as I have practiced pumping and slowly increased set times I can pump longer and longer without it developing in my shaft or testicles. I recently went from a 3.5 to 4 inch tube and have been finding I was getting a lot of edema in the mons pubis which expands more in the bigger tube even though I use the same seal for both cylinders. This seems to be less of a problem as I adjust to the new tube. I have also cut down on my pumping somewhat. I had been pushing and doing 2 sets of 45 minutes, but found my EQ to be waning, so I have gone to 1 set of up to an hour. I have also been experimenting with wet pumping, another variable that has been reported to reduce red dots and edema in some.

Stay low on the pressure and slowly increase your time by adding a few minutes a day until you hit a wall with either more edema than you like, or notice poor EQ. Back off from there until you get used to it, then you can slowly try slowly increasing your times again.

Pumping is an art that requires patience, persistence and lots of time.

I seem to get the best results with low and long sessions, and if your looking to grow your package and keeping a natural look, this seems to be the way to go. I am at close to a year of practice and only now feel like I know what I am doing, and only now feel like I am on the precipice of making permanent gains.

Vacuum, not vaccuum

I look at my edema as a large-scale blister, the result of work. It is normal but it also has to be treated with respect. It may happen, but you never want to court it. When it does happen, you need to cease all operations. When I’m working outside with a shovel and get a massive blister around my grip, I don’t keep working.

I understand the point you are making and agree in your stop work example, but in terms of vac pumping I view donuts and blisters as different things. Perhaps a better explanation may be that edema on the shaft is represented as a donut. Edema occurring on the glans shows as a blister. The blister type edema is more serious than a donut and one needs to be observant to avoid getting one.

A donut will go away in a few hours and a burst blister on the glans can easily get infected and take weeks to heal.

I have not experienced a blister on my glans, and I do not intend on pumping in such a manner to even risk it. While I have not had such a blister, I have had a hand blister, and they are painful. I do not think you can compare a blister to simple edema which is not painful, and does not result in a open sore prone to infection.

What seems to help for me (reduce fluid buildup) is to enter the tube while erect, I get way less buildup of fluid.
Considering you want to work on your flaccid I’m assuming you are entering the tube while soft, so in that case I would follow the advice stated by the others here and maybe break it down in multiple sets? E.g. if you want to pump for 1 hour do it in 3 times 20 minutes or 4 times 15 minutes, where in between you can do firegoat rolls, jelqs and/or let your fluid buildup reduce naturally.

I was wondering if there is a pressure where fluid buildup simply doesn’t figure at all?

Everyone is different. The variables are time and pressure. You’ll have to experiment.

It’s not only not fixed, it changes with the same individual.

Nowadays I get a donut with 1/2” of vacuum at 25 minutes. A couple of decades ago, I pumped 15” of vacuum for an hour without a donut. I got rolling veins and an upward curvature I didn’t want instead…

Thanks everyone for the input, waiting for an aquarium pump to convert now.

I get fluid build up every time I pump I don’t think you can avoid it and get a good session in. What I do is pump early in the morning so that by the end of the day my dick looks normal again.

Blister on the glans is annoying - I keep getting a blister on the glans in the same identical spot lately. I do not exceed 5hg, 20 minutes in tube 1.125 tube and 20 minutes in a 2.25 tube.

I am not sure if its because I wrap behind the glans, and also place a silicone sleeve to reduce the chances of having a donut could be the source of the blister on the glans. I will wait a week for the blister to go away, then attempt without the wrap and silicone sleeve.