Hi guys, don’t get me wrong, I like the bathmate and have enjoyed using it and I probably will still use it from time to time. I gained 1” in length and ¼” in girth using my hands, a captains wench, and a bathmate but….
I started using an air pump with a gague a few months back. I was alternating between the two for awhile but more and more lately, I favor the air pump and have completely abandoned the bathmate for now.
Its less comfortable at the base but you can do the same pressure every time. The bathmate is just too easy to pump again and again due to its comfort.
In my experience, the hot water in the bathmate helps with the discomfort associated with higher pressures, which at face value is cool but in the long run it is not - at least for some of us.
If you are so conditioned that you can pump bathmate to max pressure every time you pump without adverse effects, pump away I suppose.
Someone did a test and max pressure is somewhere around 17 in hg with a bathmate. I have also heard other people say it doesn’t go higher than 8. Either way 8 is plenty high for most and 17 is nuts - again, for most.
Something about the hot water makes it more tolerable not only for feel but for tissues also (I only speak for myself here). This is a slippery slope, one I don’t have the discipline to manage. I pump low pressure only now.
My opinion, the bathmate does have potential as does almosy any PE tool but a pump with a gague is safer and more reliable as a tool.
Hoper - I agree with the veteran pumpers recommending an air pump and a gauge but if you want stronger vacuum in the bathmate, do an internet search for “vacu vin bathmate modification”. There may even be a post here at thunders with the diy instructions. Whatever you do, be safe
Almost forgot, add jelqing to your pump routine if you’re not already doing so. It seems to be a rarity fo guys to claim permanent gains from pumping alone.