Hi All,
I've held off on reporting my own results until now. Here they are.
I started using the PF on September 3, 2015. I added a Bathmate about a week later. The combination of using the PF as an ADS and pumping with the Bathmate caused very quick growth, as my data analysis predicted. But after a month I started getting asymmetric growth and severe pain from the Bathmate. I put the Bathmate away and started using the PF also to hang with. As others have noted, using the PF as both an ADS and a hanger is convenient since you don't need to remove the PF when you're done hanging. Just attach the belt and use it as an ADS.
As recommended elsewhere on this site, I use plenty of rubber bands to make sure the PF doesn't lose suction. I also "pack the bell" - drawing all the air out with the small pump - whenever I put the PF on. This seems to help minimize pain and swelling of the glans. Finally, I use a lot of baby powder. The one time I didn't, I got a rash :-(.
I modified the PF for hanging as follows. First, I removed the plastic clip from the PF bell and tied an 80 lb. fishing line around the bell where the plastic clip goes. I then reattached the plastic clip. At the other end of the fishing line I made a small loop. Then I bought an assortment of small neoprene barbells from Sports Authority (weights from 1 to 10 lbs.) and attached a shoelace to each. At the end of each shoelace, another carabiner. I attach a weight to the PF by joining the carabiner to the loop I made in the fishing wire. Other weights can be added by simply joining their carabiners to the biner of the first weight.
I also bought a 1/2 pound wrist band on Amazon (mfd by Cando), cut off the wrist strap, and attached a carabiner to the grommet in the wrist band. I attach it to the PF the same way. Nothing could be easier. Actually, after buying all the weights I realized you can make do with the following: 1/2 lb., 1 lb., 2 lbs., 4 lbs., 8 lbs., 16 lbs., etc. (Think: binary expansion.) By combining just these weights in various ways you can get any weight from 1/2 lb. up to 31.5 lbs. in 1/2-lb increments. Very economical. The next weight would be a 32 pounder but I doubt I'll ever need that.
I also use a heating pad whenever I hang. I hang either SD or BTC, according to the situation. And I hang many hours per day - at least 4 strapped-in hours. No rest days. My stats are in the attached jpeg.
Since I switched to hanging the pain from the Bathmate has completely gone away. The cosmetic effects have also been far more pleasing than from pumping: "it" is longer and thicker but other than that looks the same (except for the unavoidable stretch marks). The asymmetry is also gone. The improvements took a while as the Bathmate's effects seem to last several weeks when you pump on high vacuum as I was doing (big mistake).
I'm grateful to everyone on this site (and *************) for all the useful information. I'm definitely standing on the shoulders of giants....
DataWonk
I've held off on reporting my own results until now. Here they are.
I started using the PF on September 3, 2015. I added a Bathmate about a week later. The combination of using the PF as an ADS and pumping with the Bathmate caused very quick growth, as my data analysis predicted. But after a month I started getting asymmetric growth and severe pain from the Bathmate. I put the Bathmate away and started using the PF also to hang with. As others have noted, using the PF as both an ADS and a hanger is convenient since you don't need to remove the PF when you're done hanging. Just attach the belt and use it as an ADS.
As recommended elsewhere on this site, I use plenty of rubber bands to make sure the PF doesn't lose suction. I also "pack the bell" - drawing all the air out with the small pump - whenever I put the PF on. This seems to help minimize pain and swelling of the glans. Finally, I use a lot of baby powder. The one time I didn't, I got a rash :-(.
I modified the PF for hanging as follows. First, I removed the plastic clip from the PF bell and tied an 80 lb. fishing line around the bell where the plastic clip goes. I then reattached the plastic clip. At the other end of the fishing line I made a small loop. Then I bought an assortment of small neoprene barbells from Sports Authority (weights from 1 to 10 lbs.) and attached a shoelace to each. At the end of each shoelace, another carabiner. I attach a weight to the PF by joining the carabiner to the loop I made in the fishing wire. Other weights can be added by simply joining their carabiners to the biner of the first weight.
I also bought a 1/2 pound wrist band on Amazon (mfd by Cando), cut off the wrist strap, and attached a carabiner to the grommet in the wrist band. I attach it to the PF the same way. Nothing could be easier. Actually, after buying all the weights I realized you can make do with the following: 1/2 lb., 1 lb., 2 lbs., 4 lbs., 8 lbs., 16 lbs., etc. (Think: binary expansion.) By combining just these weights in various ways you can get any weight from 1/2 lb. up to 31.5 lbs. in 1/2-lb increments. Very economical. The next weight would be a 32 pounder but I doubt I'll ever need that.
I also use a heating pad whenever I hang. I hang either SD or BTC, according to the situation. And I hang many hours per day - at least 4 strapped-in hours. No rest days. My stats are in the attached jpeg.
Since I switched to hanging the pain from the Bathmate has completely gone away. The cosmetic effects have also been far more pleasing than from pumping: "it" is longer and thicker but other than that looks the same (except for the unavoidable stretch marks). The asymmetry is also gone. The improvements took a while as the Bathmate's effects seem to last several weeks when you pump on high vacuum as I was doing (big mistake).
I'm grateful to everyone on this site (and *************) for all the useful information. I'm definitely standing on the shoulders of giants....
DataWonk
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