Bathmate x30 issue: not expanding to normal length in shower

[Warwalk99]

Ok, so here's the story...just started with BM x30 Extreme 3 days ago. Have done warm up and stretching prior to entering shower. Followed instructions to the letter for filling and pumping with ball pump and shower strap in place. Pumping to slightly less than comfortable pressure but I can tell that it is not expanding my penis to even my normal length. More than anything, it is expanding my girth but keeping me in a semi-flaccid stance for length. When I try it with air alone, it expands me to my normal length and I can totally feel that expansion is happening all around. I know that I have good suction and it is staying attached to my crotch as I can move freely and there is no loss of pressure. Also, my penis seems to stick to the sides of the tube as pressure is increased (should there be some sort of lubing before entering tube even though it is full of water?) which seems to be causing some of the length prevention on pumping.

What am I doing wrong? I want to use it with the water as intended. But if I only see expansion with using air, why bother with a water pump?

[elijohnson]

Are you saying you can't feel it or can't see it?

Either way: seeing is tricky because the water distorts the visual. The measuring thing is also almost always a bit off as it counts on the bottom being totally compressed. I've seen my dick at almost 8" BP, but only about 6.5" on the gauge.

As for feeling: the idea of the water, in part, is therapeutic. The heat and moisture better allows for tissue to expand, so it doesn't really feel the same.

The only real way to tell if it's working is by your gains. Try it for a while, then measure.

[Warwalk99]

I definitely can see that I am not even getting fully erect in the shower. I pump to the point where I cannot pump anymore without causing pain, wait a bit and pump more to make sure that I am at full pressure. When I manually release the pressure to remove the tube, I am still fairly flaccid. Granted, I have increased girth from the pressure, but no length. When I pump with just air outside of the shower, I can pump to the point of full erection and then some.

[WildBlue]

Can't comment on the other points, but you shouldn't use lube with the Bathmate.

[closed224]

I definitely can see that I am not even getting fully erect in the shower. I pump to the point where I cannot pump anymore without causing pain, wait a bit and pump more to make sure that I am at full pressure. When I manually release the pressure to remove the tube, I am still fairly flaccid. Granted, I have increased girth from the pressure, but no length. When I pump with just air outside of the shower, I can pump to the point of full erection and then some.

Likely your girth is expanding more and faster than your length while in the pump cylinder. So since you only have so much skin to go around the girth expansion is using the skin up in the spreading. Then when you air pump the length has no resistance and grows faster and uses up the skin and stops the girth expansion. This is a guess as I Dont have a bath mate.