4 years of pumping, my experience so far

[migueldiazcanel]

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I placed the tube on my stomach and started to pump, it will create a little suction, but the pressure won't go above 0hg.
Here is the link for the pump I bougght. I want to throw it away already. Very dissapointed and angry.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154458549088?h ... BMwIDwua1i

[migueldiazcanel]

Pimple faded away fast luckily, but the pain is still there.
I was wrong, it wasn't from the calluses, the calluses are completely healed, as is the entire shaft skin.

[migueldiazcanel]

Exactly one hour later, I managed to do another 10 min of low pressure pumping, but now I'm determined to never start in a smaller tube than the 9x3".
This is the least painful pump I can experience, but still, it HURTS SO MUCH, it might be at a 5 or 4,5 on a scale from 1-10.
The pain is extreme when I smart in my smallest tube, for example the 9x2,25" tapered tube that I have and probably never used more than 4 times and a total time of 15-20 min maybe. The big tubes are the most comfortable for whatever reason, anything below 3" after a long break is impossible to use. I can get back to using the 2,75" after I've already pumped for at least 30 min in this 3" tube, and then after I get accommodated with the tapered 2,75" I can then pump with all the other tubes comfortably. This has been my pumping schedule for the past 1 year, and the year before I only started my sessions in the tapered 2,75" wich was the biggest I could manage at that time.

[migueldiazcanel]

So now I've barely accomplished 30 min. The pain gives me chills down my spine towards the feet and toes. I can only mostly breathe through my mouth and mown a little because of how much it hurts.
This last set was particularly difficult, stepped in the tapered 2,75" tube and I was flaccid as I could bet, turtled even. Even if this is mostly how I start my sessions, this last set was excruciating.
And on top of all that it took me 2 hours to accomplish 30 min of pumping.
The 30 min of pumping weren't actually as painful as the after sting I get, if I would have to wear any clothes I think I would break in tears of pain. I also don't have the slightest idea how others enjoy wearing tight underwear and tight clothes right after pumping sessions.
Just goes to show how different some people can be compared to others.
Also, I lose length when pumping at such a low pressure. I get to be the longest in the first 30 sec or 1 min, then I slowly go down in length and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it, kegels or not, reverse kegels don't do the trick either, I'm simply struggling to stay inside the tube. I have to use pressures above 5hg to keep up with my actual bpel.
I managed another 18 min at 2-3hg and ocasionally raising it up to 5hg. I've come to the conclusion that it's best to not even look at the cylinder when pumping for my first hour or two after a break because it get's me upset to see such a short length inside the tube. Porn doesn't help either, if I'm not satisfied with how my dick looks I don't get horny no matter what, especially when it's at the same time happening with so much pain and discomfort.
So that's going to be my method from now on, 1-2 hours pumping only checking the gauge and not the cylinder, plus it looks horrible with all the baby powder I have to use and also clean up several times, I have to sweep the floor with a broom, etc.
I need some advice and opinions.

[migueldiazcanel]

7 hours pased since I started pumping and was planning at least a 2-3 hours session at low pressure, took 2 hours off to go to the gym and then eat, managed in all these hours to pump for 1 hour and 3 min.
Painful, very painful, the pain is insane, I really wonder if I should be taking some painkillers after taking a longer than 12 hours break from pumping.

[migueldiazcanel]

Had the hole day to myself and only managed 2 hours and 7 min of pumping, what a waste.
I only managed to edge for 5 min and it was very hard to maintain erection. I only pumped from full flaccid to an erection the entire session. Length was a total disappointment these last 2 days even though I was stretching like a maniac in the 4 days off from pumping period.
The last 7 min I tried the 2,25" tube and was very painful, I am still in pain right now.
Very, very, very, very hard and disappointing this journey of mine. I am really confused because I don't know what to do anymore to gain some length and I tried everything. I was never planning on using such big tubes but since I read so much about how it helps to pack the smaller tubes I ended up getting the 3" tube. That didn't work as expected so I am now contemplating buying bathmate pumps. But I did get to completely pack the 2,25" several times and I definitely made some more progress because of these larger tubes. Discoloration was getting way worse when using the 2,25-2,5" only for too long.
The past 2 years of pumping have been exhausting and looking through my pictures I realize that I reached my biggest in february and since then I never got back to it, girthwise. I wasn't doing anything special, I was just pumping more, I remember I got so comfortable with it that I was pumping for 1-2 hours out of 4-5 hours total pumping time while laying in bed while reading. I haven't done that since march. Pumping has been too difficult and painful for that.
It all started to go wrong when I got another pimple at the beginning of june or around that time. Then I had to lay off pumping for too long and I was done, look at me now almost 6 months later, only pumped for 5-6 hours in a day maybe 3 days in all this time.

[bigtiny454]

Just reading the first post, I've had the same experience with air pumping. I switched to water based and remove all air from the tube and it solved my problem. I go by my BPEL in tube as an indicator if I went past what would be 10hg of vacuum. It feels the same. So if I want to gain girth I go for 1/2" less then full BPEL and if I want length I pull slightly past BPEL by 1/8th. This was from a thundersplace thread and helped me solve that painful feeling.

[migueldiazcanel]

Just reading the first post, I've had the same experience with air pumping. I switched to water based and remove all air from the tube and it solved my problem. I go by my BPEL in tube as an indicator if I went past what would be 10hg of vacuum. It feels the same. So if I want to gain girth I go for 1/2" less then full BPEL and if I want length I pull slightly past BPEL by 1/8th. This was from a thundersplace thread and helped me solve that painful feeling.

Still haven't ordered the bathmate and this new bath pump I bought is on the shelf, doesn't seem to work but I'm still hoping I will make it work somehow. I'm not motivated to send it back anyway, it'll take another 2-3 weeks to arrive back and I don't think the ebay seller will give me the money back because I already cut a part of the sleeve at the base in order to fit properly, but maybe I'll get it replaced with a new one that works. But I have to get the bathmate too, it's long overdue, I've been wishing to get one since 2020.
Anyway, I'm on my 4th day of pumping, managed 2 hours and 30 min in the first day, 3+ hours second, 4 hours in the 3rd and today was the easiest pumping day, 2 hours and 6 minutes passed by like nothing, no pain for the entire time these last couple of days. I did feel a little discomfort yesterday after 3 hours and 30 min passed, but it was nothing.
EQ was also great these last couple of days with no pills or supplements and as always this makes me happy.

[migueldiazcanel]

I managed to pump for 5 days straight, 5th day only managed 40 min because of the pimple I suspected will form and it did. After 40 min it started to hurt and I am taking 2 days off.
I'm inclined to think the main reason why pimples appear on the shaft is dehydration. Even if I don't feel thirsty, I am probably not drinking enough water for long sessions. If I remember correctly, I was always drinking less than 4 liters when I had the most problems with them.
From now on I have to continue to drink at least 6 liters everyday, no matter what. 8-10liters should be the rule for when I pump longer than 3 hours.

[migueldiazcanel]

Started pumping again after almost 3 days off. I can't do it with the pain anymore, it just gets me down psychologically and gets everything down, motivation, libido, everything.
So I started pumping flaccid only, 30 min already, very dissapointing to watch but I do my best to avoid watching the tube for the entire time. I will probably go for another 30 min at 2-3hg flaccid untill I raise to 5 and try to stay erect. No sense to watch porn since libido is 0. Pumping after a break is a burden, I only experience libido increases after 2-3 days.
I actually did get an erection at the beginning of the set but it lasted 2 min, anything lower than 5hg won't help keep up an erection for the entire set, not even 5hg alone will do it, the only way for me to do it is reaching at least 7-8hg, maybe 10hg, for at least a few seconds, basically until it lowers down to 5hg by itself, but I have to raise it back a few more times and let it go down by itself in order to maintain erection.

[migueldiazcanel]

1 hour and 10 min so far, had the hole day to myself mostly, such a waste of time unfortunately.

[migueldiazcanel]

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[migueldiazcanel]

I tried starting pumping in my smallest tube, the 2" tube.
I don't know how others do it, I can't pump to an erection in the smallest tube without having to use very high pressure. In fact, I almost pack the entire tube while unpumped flaccid, like today, only managed to reach 6+ inches while no feeling of erection was to come.
This also hurts very hard, it is very painful.
I hate having to wake up and start pumping as a chore so many days in a row, but I will not stop pumping for another 2 days in a row even if it kills me.
Others had to stomach pain from chemical PE or even just for trying to have sex while on injectable chemicals.
I suspect it's not the water, not the pressure, it's just the skin on my shaft that suffered so much damage over time from pimples forming around the same spot, those areas hurt the most and that is probably the main reason why pumping hurts so much for me.
I don't know what else to do but try and get better at taking the pain. It's been like this for past couple of years.
Edit: Decided to try and continue my sessions as usual, with the 3" starter tube, and I was totally right. The pain is at a minimal as always in this tube, the leas painful tube to start pumping after a break. This must mean something but I'm missing the lesson to be learned here.
Anyway, managed 30 min pumping so far, this last set was 20 min long and I cycled pressures ranging from 10-12 hg for a few seconds back to 2-3 hg and even close to 0, holding it there for 1-2 min at most and repeating. I also cycled pressures from 10-12hg back to 5-6hg for a few min, then back close to 0.
Managed to pack 2,9" of the tube after 30 min.

[dwm4re]

OK, I am so confused. As a new pumper here and have received advice from other guys on this site. They tell me perhaps once or twice a day between 3 and 5 on the pressure gauge for only 15 minutes. Why am I reading that guys are pumping for 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours a day?. What do you guys do for work that you could sit around the house and pump your dick for 6 hours a day.. I am so confused.. I have a 2" tube and like to at least pack the walls on that to start. Only 6" long right now but want to focus on girth first..

[migueldiazcanel]

I pump on my time off from work and every weekend.
For the past 2 years I've dedicated most of my time to pumping.
I work 10 hour shifts, from monday to friday. Also, I never get to do 3-6 hours continuosly, it's summarized time from layed out sessions done throughout the day. I also get to pump 5-6 hours only on weekends and maybe Friday. I can, if my dick is responding right, manage 5 hours in a work day if I start early before going to work and immediately after I come back home. The trip to work and back also takes another 1-2 hours. Time is short and when I get days off from work or even Christmas, new years eve, etc, I've been mostly just trying to pump as much and as often as possible.