Question / Thoughts

For the pumpers who have been doing this way longer than me.

I am SUPER prone to blisters. Not just in pumping, but all my PE work. So, My changes and adjustments in routines have to be very minute (mynoote) or I will get a blister, and get it fast. With that said, I am someone who solely pumps for length when I pump, and I enjoy this about my routine.

ok, on to the question / thoughts .
Current known facts state that: We must pack our tubes in order to proceed with length when pumping for length…. Ok, check! However, when we do this, if our glans also packs out to the sides then it ( the glans ) now becomes more susceptible to a blister. Hence why we usually move up in tube size. Right ? Wrong ?
So, if we moving up in tube size to relieve stress on the glans we are now giving up a tad on our “pack” and thus also our “in tube length”. So it would seem that there is a constant back and forth in this part of our PE game. * I did briefly validate this by getting a slightly bigger tube and using it for a small period of time. I did not feel as much stress on my glans, and I also did not stretch as much in length. I also did not feel my glans got as “pumped” either while in this bigger tube. When I am in the slightly smaller tube, my glans would pack out to the sides and get a REALLY nice pumped up look. Which I like the look and feel.

So, I purchased a Glans Xpand tube from pumptoys. I matched the tube size to my slightly smaller tube that I liked better. In using this tube lately, I feel that I have not seen much expansion of my glans yet during my sessions. Not yet at least. I will need to measure my glans and confirm this to be 100% and i report back here on a subsequent post. I will also slowly begin to try different pressures and lengths of time to see how my glans responds. But, Ok, SO: as of now I am not feeling as much pressure on my glans as I did in the regular tube, which is surprising given that I expected the glans to mushroom out more by the design.

Here are some of my questions and thoughts: Why is my glans not responding as expected ? If my glans does start expand more, with time and effort. What will the pressures be like and will they be the same or worse then when packing out the other tube ? Whether or not my glans does expand or not, no matter: Is this tube a better option for those of us pumping for length only, because we can control the different sizes of the shaft and glans ?

If any of this is choppy, i apologize in advance, please ask me to clarify or just ask whatever or fire off your thoughts on all this. Thanks Guys

OK, how about I condense this more. lol.

When you have packed a tube completely, your glans is now more susceptible to a blister. How do you avoid this if pumping for length ONLY? - without going up in tube size.
On a whim, I got a PumpToys glans Xpander, which is technically designed to make the head bigger, and so far it does not seem to put as much pressure on my glans as the other packed tube. But it does actually seem to allow the head to expand more. Not a great deal yet, but enough to notice. - I checked by trying to re-enter the other tube that I had just packed.

Where are the long term guys at ? haha. I need some conversation here. Thank You

Have you considered condom pumping to protect the head in the narrower tube?

Blindpew,
yes, I have tried that plus other glans coverings as well. Tape worked well - I tried that a few times right I hung and was already taped up. But i didn’t like the skin pulls.

Its not really that I am Worried about my glans and that worry is causing me to not pump because of it. I am still moving along nicely. I have learned to stop at every tingle and weird feeling and let it calm down, and that generally does the trick. But, I do still get caught every now and then and will get a real nice blister and that will set me back a few days to a week +.
I was a lot more interested in a potential ongoing convo about theories and trials and errors of others who have pumped for length Only and did not go up tube size ( because the plan was length only ), and how they did with that routine, and how did their glans respond. etc.