How Many Different Sized Tubes Do You Use? Need Advice

I currently use a 2” aquarium tube and it is perfect as far as size, however I am placing an order on picturebrite for tubes.

The 2” aquarium tube is a perfect size for me right now, I pack it at the base right away, and after a while in it pack it about 2-3” into the tube, I cannot pack it mid shaft.

I was thinking about ordering 2”, 2-1/4”, and a 2-1/2” cylinders.

Is this overkill? Do you think the 2-1/4” is totally unnecessary? It’s under $30 for a tube so I figure what the hell, even if I get a little bit of benefit from it, its worth it.

What do the experienced pumpers recommend? How many different sized tubes do you use?

Buy the 2” and 2 1/4”. Just a 1/4 inch is a big difference.

I haven’t outgrown my 1.75” tube although I can pack it with a long session. What I like about it how easy it seals at the base.

I need a 2” tube soon, and I think I’m going to have to work harder to get a good seal.

I’ve been pumping for about 12 years. I have 3 tubes: 1.75” , 2”, and 2 1/4”.

Anymore I only use the 1.75” even though I pack it almost immediately. I get too much fluid buildup in the larger tubes and I don’t see the benefit.

I don’t get anymore length expansion than in the small tube.

Someday I’m hoping I can graduate to the 2” exclusively, but I would have to gain at least another solid 1/2 ” in length to justify it.

Thanks for the replies guys,

nonstock, what is your base girth? Are you shaped like a baseball bat? We have very similar MSEG… My 2” seals very easily at the base, but I’m 5.5” BEG, after a good pump/clamp I can hit 6-1/4” BEG quite easily.

tinytime, if I understand correctly, you are essentially using the tube itself to prevent fluid buildup, do you think this is slowing down your gains? Or are you not trying to gain anymore, and just pumping for EQ? I don’t see the benefit of fully packing a tube as that would just limit your expansion??

Exactly. I get too much girth expansion, which is mostly fluid, using the wider tubes.

I prefer to limit girth expansion and force more length expAnsion while packing.

I don’t know if it limits my gains, since I don’t know for sure what is responsible for what little gains I have made. I can only assume it is from pumping since that is what I mostly do.

How much have you gained after 12 years ? I just bought a pump with a gauge, but I have a feeling that the tube is too big.my routine is: I pump 30 minutes at 10hg, hang 30 minutes 3 lbs and clamp 30 minutes. 3x a week at least.

I’ve only gained about a true 1/2” length and about 3/4” girth. I logged those gains 6 or 7 years ago and have been on a plateau ever since.
I also hang, jelq and stretch, so it is difficult to say what exactly was responsible for the gains.

A lot of that time has been spent struggling to find an effective technique. I like what I’m doing now, which is less aggressive vacuum and slower stretching into the tube. I use lots of heat. So I am progressively trying to increase my length in the tube on a proper comfort level, not just going for the max, which is what I used to do.
Afterward I put on a stretcher for as long as I can during the day if I am at home. I try to keep it stretched as much as possible.
My flaccid length seems to be improving, but I don’t know about erect.