Selecting Your Cylinder Size

Just stopping by to thank you Gprent for the thread. I used it to buy my new cylinder and it’s been working out great. Unfortunately(well not really!), I’m going to be needing to move up a size very soon as I was on the high end of the chart. Either way, thanks for a great thread. It totally changed my pumping experience.

Size is relative. Like a lot of guys, I’d like being bigger.

So far pumping in the morning for 25 minutes and again at night before bed seems to be producing results. My penis isn’t tender or sore, just more sensitive, which is a nice feeling.

I’m going to look into the larger diameter cylinder you mentioned. I am filling this one in girth with no problems usually within the first 5 minutes. I don’t want a distorted penis though which I suspect comes from pumping for too long or by using too much pressure.

I’ve taken your advice regarding pressure. The first 5 minutes is at 5 in-HG. I increase this 1 in-HG each additional 5 minutes, topping out at 8 in-HG. This feels much better than it did when I was pumping to 10 in-HG. I am not getting quite as much expansion in length, but it’s pretty close to what it was.

In the past, I’ve gotten bored doing this after awhile. There also was a bit of a time crunch in the mornings. I’m retired now and have more time to “fool around” with this. LOL!

Prime

Thanks, I’ll check them out. $70 is a bit steeper than what I wanted to pay for my first cylinder.

The other side of the question: If I find 1.75” diameter, I know I should be in a 9” length. Is there harm in going longer (i.e. 12” length)? That seems to be a common length I am seeing with Leluv cylinders right now.

By far the most common cylinder length is 9”. Leluv is selling 12” because that is all they have left as the 9” are sold out. Having the extra long 12” cylinder is just a pain to have all of that extra tube length to maneuver.

Yeah, noticed they are out of the 9”. I’m not ordering for a bit hoping they would restock. Was not sure if 12” would be adverse to gains with my BPEL.

Great thread!

I’m thinking about buying a pump. I was never into devices, but I wonder if it wouldn’t be the best way to stimulate a great erection quality, and do light PE too (keep gains made from manual PE etc..).

What your thoughts on this? Could it be used as edging? I mean can we reach full ereection and hardness in the pump , without creating edema (I get edema easily)? I remember I read a post by sparkyx who said low hg pumping could actually help with lymph fluid build up.

Also my base is around 5.3, and midshaft is 5.5-5.7 (before I had to stop all kind of PE it was 5.7, and probably still is when I have great EQ). So should I go for a 9 inches long 2 inches wide cylinder? I’d like my base girth to grow, but if midshaft could reach 6 inches it would be even better. I could focus on base girth afterwards.

I think pumping could be perfect for you. After you finish the pump portion of your routine, it is the perfect time to edge and then you can really appreciate the size increase you get from the pump.

Because you are sensitive, start off with pressures below 5”hg and always begin at 3”hg. Look at your pressure gauge closely as usually there is no 1”hg mark. The first main tick is 2”hg. The easiest way to confirm the 3”hg mark is count backwards from the 5”hg mark. Also, begin at just 5 minutes to get a feel for just how sensitive you are. You are not going to see any significant size increase until you can up your pressure a bit and the time, but take your time making increases.

The 9”X2” tube should be perfect for you. It is pretty much standard that you will not have any trouble getting base girth expansion.

When you get ready to buy it is not a bad idea to check back in with your pump selection to make sure you will end up with a quality pump that will last.

I was thinking about leluv pump since it seems pretty cheap and quality (although the shipment to Europe could be expensive).

They have no 9x2 cylinders available though, out of stock as you pointed out earlier in the thread.

How does it work, do you get rock hard inside the pump? (hence why I thought it could be used as edging).

Do you think I would have troubles getting midgirth expansion with a 2 inches wide cylinder?

I guess 2.25 would be far too wide anyway. I’m very wary of fluid build up , so I’ll definitely work my way up from very low, and I wonder how much tissue expansion one can get without edema being the main reason of the bigger size.

My first aim would be to boost my erection quality, and then help girth work .

I’d use my Ir lamp as well , I saw a thread and apparently there should be no problems in doing so.

What level of pressure should give positive expansion?

What difference is there between entering the cylinder flaccid or erect?

Is this too expensive an option? At least you won’t get slammed on the shipment.

I go into the tube hard and stay rock hard while pumping and expanding. Always have, but some guys don’t get hard. Don’t know why. For me it is a turn on, plus I always watch hard core porn. :)

You shouldn’t have any trouble getting base and midshaft expansion, although you won’t get much until you up your pressure and time a bit. Just stay patient and make increases when you are comfortable at your current level. That 2” tube will last a long time and can easily get you to 6 plus girth.

I can’t predict at what pressure or session time you will see expansion, but I guarantee, it will happen.

Some guys prefer entering the cylinder flaccid and some prefer erect. Like I said, I prefer erect. You can try it both ways, but if flaccid, I would recommend starting with at least a semi. I think the more flaccid you are, the easier for your balls to get sucked into the tube.

I think it’s a tad bit too expensive (but probably ok compared to most quality air pump prices), I don’t know much about the site, and they won’t ship it for weeks .

I’m not completely convinced I’ll buy a pump yet , I’m gathering knowledge and I’m glad you’re helping.

2 inches wide seems like the adequate size then.

So if you enter the tube flaccid, you don’t become hard but just exoand in a sort of pliable state? How would you gain from that?

I guess I’ll have all my answers when I try it.

My mid girth is not too far away from 6 (although it seems very far at the moment), so every 0.1 of an inche in girth is a big step forward.

I’ve quit porn for nearly two months.

Here is one more to look at:

The one to buy is the $125.00 MetalVacII Manual Pump with 1 Rimmed Straightwall Cyl.

Maybe after the new year, Leluv will get in a shipment…..maybe.

That’s the one I got, nice.

I use Thickwall stuff exclusively. It’s excellent.

Thanks for the input, I guess it will be either leluv or thickwall, they’re probably around the same price if I include the shipment. I need to check out how much leluv’s shipment to Europe is.

Since they won’t ship it before christmas (not to say new year), I have a bit of time to think about it and further investigate the various possibilities.

My largest part is 5cm, so close to the 5.3 cm (=2 inches) of the cylinder, does it mean I would expand more in depth rather than in width? Would it work on the cs?

Trying to predict the outcome of any PE is just impossible. You just have to be happy with any positive results that you get. One thing about pumping though, the forces that are effecting your outcome are completely symmetrical and I for one have never been unhappy with my result in both shape and size.