How important is it to enter cylinder erect?

Lol would hope so its basically what I’ve seen you recommend on here. Only issue I’ve run into is got a 1.75” cylinder and have 5.1” mseg but about 5.4 base and glans. So fairly quickly(maybe 10-12 mins in) I pack the bottom and glans but the mid shaft doesnt seem to get anymore expansion I am guessing because the glans have packed the tube and now all its doing is putting more pressure on the tip. It does it so much that after the second session the glans come out flattened and elongated plus the shaft doesnt seem to get any more of a stretch once the glans pack. Ordered a 2” tube that hopefully will take care of this though. Trying to avoid porn for a bit as I realized I was getting desensitized to it.

I tried this technique and it’s wonderful, I saw an increase in length and girth, for the first time I packed my cylinder. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

A follow up question is, is there a rough amount of growth I should be shooting for per session? What I mean is for example I am going into the tube at 5.1” mseg and coming out at the end around 5.5”. Don’t think I am getting much if any edema as it comes out fatter but pretty solid still not very puffy etc. Most of the time in the tube is spent around 5hg. I see people posting they get 1” or more of girth growth but not sure if alot of that is fluid or tissue. Is there a good rule of thumb whether it be a % of growth or a measurement.

I am only a sample size of one but for me .5” length gain is automatic, but I can usually get .75” length to 7.75”. For girth I usually go from 5.5” to 6.0” circumference. More girth than that is just lymph fluid accumulation.

Hmmm ok I really havent focused on length in the tube so no clue but I would say that sounds about right. I care way more about girth so have been focused on that and like I said I am seeing .4” so sounds like I am not too far off.