Originally Posted by sta-kool
That’s an interesting theory, Lampwick, and it makes a TON of sense. Lampwick and clgp7 — Do you worry about the the lack of warm up for the morning session? At least in my case, by the time I heated up a rice sock and applied it for 5 minutes morning wood would be gone…
Or do you feel that applying heat to the tube once you are in good enough?
I wouldn’t worry about losing morning wood because of taking time to heat up whatever you’re using to warm yourself up with. As Clgp7, I get out of bed warm, and for me, the advantage of pumping to take advantage of morning wood is not to pump while you’re still erect; it’s to pump after your penis has been warmed up and well stretched with erections over the course of the night. Frankly, if possible, I like to get my cup of morning coffee ready and then warm up the heat wrap and pump. There’s no better way to start the day.
And if there’s not quite as much time, I am not averse to going directly into the tube and wrapping the tube with the warm wrap while I drink my hot coffee, so, yes, I would consider that good enough. Keep in mind, though, that I frequently start at VERY low vacuum levels, as in just off the peg, and work my way up gradually from there over the course of the session. My peak vacuum seldom exceeds 3 inHg. (If I’m condom pumping, I may go up to 4 inHg.)
Originally Posted by G_Want7
And what has worked best for you, my friend? What is your opinion about this? (I’m asking you about this because you’re very well know as a pumping vet).
I haven’t made it a priority to go into the tube 100% erect, nor to keep a 100% erection while in the tube, and it has worked out for me. Until the recent thread about pumping versus clamping, I hadn’t thought about the tunica fibers potentially being locked into place with a 100% erection. I just figured that the gentle stretch from low-vacuum pumping was a positive thing, and you don’t need to be at 100% to be able to do that. Or, put another way, I wasn’t going to let being short of 100% erection stop me from pumping.