Going to start using an ADS

It’s not a noose, thats the “comfort strap”. Although it did ship with a noose option. You think it’s a bad sign getting a wee bit darker just while strapped into the extender? It doesn’t stay that way after I take it off, it goes right back to normal pretty quick.like within minutes. I don’t see how anyone could avoid such a thing, given the tension needed, and the time it takes to do anything.

My problem is at the base.where I’m about 5.5 inches, maybe a bit more, and the dang thing just kinda cuts into the skin, makes a bit more of a mark that takes a bit longer to go away (it’s not unlike the mark that elastic banded socks give you on your calves). They (x4 labs), sell a “girth edition” but supposedly it’s only bigger in one dimension, not circularly. I don’t know if that would help the situation or not, but I might order the “girth” base piece.

Yes, my personal opinion is that it is a bad sign if minutes are required to get back normally.
You are using too much tension.

Wht don’t you stay with just manual PE for a bit? Give it a try.

Yes, I use a noose-style extender and agree that it can be dangerous.

Coldness isn’t so much the issue, but sometimes, depending on how I strap in, my glans will go numb. For this reason I just touch my glans every 10 minutes to make sure that sensation is still normal and that my penis pulls back (kind of an automatic kegel). If I am numb and my penis doesn’t pull back, I unstrap immediately.

To experienced PE’ers.

Would wearing a light tension ADS after a workout condition the ligs to a problematic degree as a newbie?

Mine has never gone numb, maybe slightly reduced sensation, but never numb like when your arm falls asleep at night, or you sit for a long time and a buttock goes to sleep. Thats why I’m not too worried.