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Interesting. So far I have yet to experience any edema. Not sure what that means.

Got my new ball stretcher weights from Chain Gang. Perfect size this time. Wore the smaller one for a couple hours yesterday and did a little bit of manual girth and some jelqs with it on. That stretch on the underside shaft skin makes jelqing difficult because it feels good and I get too hard, so I have to give it some time to subside before continuing.

Might try the longer, heavier one today. It’s a pound and ten ounces, where the smaller one is just under a pound. I don’t know why having a pound of surgical steel weighing my balls down feels so good. Seems like it would be uncomfortable, but it makes me horny as hell and any little sexual thought is an instant hardon.

Lol. I just ordered the same stuff! I’m right at 1lb 4oz with all my (12) rings, and it’s getting irritating dealing with them every day. 1 properly sized and weighted should fit the bill. I went with their 25x50x45 rounded oval. I’m anxious to say the least.

Same one! I got the 25x50x25 to start off with, too. Be aware that their sizing conversion is lacking. To get the right size, I measured with a tailor’s tape, subtracted 78.5 (circumference of 25mm circle), divided by 2, and then added 25mm to account for the radii on the ends. Their conversion gave 60mm, but that one had just enough extra room for my right nut to turn sideways and slip through (doesn’t feel great). Exchanging it was easy enough, but it cost me shipping and a $10 restocking fee.

They’re easy to put on, especially if you use the ribbon trick to avoid pinching.

Now you got me worried. Did you use their calculator on their site? I’m getting 53, with both methods.

Edit: got my calipers out and each of my balls are roughly 40x55x35. My 2” round rings fit just fine and don’t fall off. I think the 50 should be fine.

So you’re getting a measurement of 134-135mm around your sack above your balls. Is that pulled snug, or just wrapped around?

5.3”~135mm. Pulled snug, and slight tight on the tape.

Mine’s 130mm and the 50mm weight is snug, but not enough to cut off blood flow. Hopefully it’ll fit you.

I’ve had a small vacuum leak for a few weeks, but nothing major until Friday. Couldn’t hold pressure for shit. Turned out to be the quick release valve I added to the tubing, so I got rid of that and now it’s solid. Had a great session afterward, and a pretty good one this morning.

I also figured out that I can use the screw valve on the pump as a quick release. Loosen it up just a little, and then push it sideways when you want to decrease pressure. The o-ring holds pressure as long as the screw is sitting straight.

Got to 8 5/16” LIT on Friday. Only 8 3/16” this morning, but that’s a Monday for you.

Also started supplementing with beta alanine, so we’ll see what effect it has on that post-pumping vasoconstriction. Right now it’s pretty damn strong and doesn’t let off for 2-3 hours. I took my first doses yesterday, and I’ll be taking about 5g per day and logging the effects. My session this morning ended at 5:05, and the constriction just let off at 8:00. Hopefully, the duration and magnitude will decrease over the next few weeks, maybe even quit altogether.

Sometimes the male part of the connector looks OK, but isn’t quite seated into the female part even though it’s latched and doesn’t pull out.

Gunk can build up in the female quick connect, usually dried water-base lube, and will keep the O-ring from sealing properly.

And, yeah, I’ve had the fittings come unscrewed too. I’m leery about putting too much torque on plastic threads, so I just twist them back snug every now and then if needed.

This was a cheap plastic one that attaches to the tubing with barb fittings. It was just crap.

Halfway decent session this morning. 100 jelqs, 3 pump sets, and 10 minutes of edging. 8.2” LIT.

Turtling didn’t seem quite as bad today, and the letoff happened at 7:30, but its probably just a fluke. I don’t think the beta alanine is working that fast. The interesting thing is that even with a 2.4g dose, I’m getting very little parasthesia and I’m not sure what that means. I used to get bad tingles with a 1.5g dose

I haven’t been really feeling my pumping sessions lately. Not in an expansion sense. I’ve been getting some irritation and skin soreness, though. Noticed that I unintentionally started compensating for the reduced upper pressure by increasing the lower pressure. So I was pulsing between 8-11 rather than 7-12. So this afternoon, I went back to 7-12 and it felt right again. Started seeing an increase in length and girth with every pulse again, too, so I cranked it a little more for the last two pulses of the first set, and it felt even better. Second set, I pulsed from 7-13”.

Two sets, pulsing from 7” on the low end to 12-13” on the high end, got me better length and girth than four sets pulsing from 8-11. LIT got to 8 5/16”, girth was close to 6”. Post-pump edging, I felt huge. No petechiae, barely a hint of edema, none of the IRI symptoms I’ve been having, and measured 8 1/16” BPEL fifteen minutes after my last set ended. With only two sets!

Of course, flukes do happen, so repeated results are necessary but I’ll be ecstatic if this is consistent.

This morning’s session was a repeat of yesterday, but with three sets instead of two. Passed yesterday’s LIT by just a hair. Again, no petechiae or edema, but my BPEL while edging was a bit shorter and girth was less, so that might be a slight sign of IRI.

I feel like I almost have it dialed in now. The plan for this afternoon is three sets of: 75 jelqs, 60 sec rest to allow the vessels to expand, and then 90 sec of manual clamping. Follow that with 2 pump sets and then finish up with some edging.

Yesterday’s afternoon session went according to plan, but the pre-pump manual exercises didn’t seem to make a difference, especially for length. The girth expansion was still great, which is my primary focus right now, so no complaints there. LIT was a little over 8 1/4”, and post pump BPEL was just shy of 8”. Girth was still pretty close to 6”.

I find it interesting that the first workout using my old pressures saw a huge increase in size. The second showed less length in the initial two sets, and it took me a third set to get there. The one after that was also diminished. So either the first one was a fluke or I’m seeing a tugback effect. It doesn’t really matter, though, as long as girth is going well. I keep having to remind myself of that.