I used a translator to write, and foolish is not a harsh word using this translator; the italian word is “stolta”. And I say foolish to the question, to the idea, not to the person.Do you think that do clamping whit a shoelace is a good idea? Ok, no problem for me if a mod tell me that my words are inadeguate, but I also would like to know what does he think about the shoelace idea. Is really a bad idea, bad is better for you? But I still think that is a foolish idea. And I don’t need to try it to understand that it is a bad idea.
Mostly because probably the OP is a newbie, not for sure an experienced guy in PE. You are telling me that my words is harsh, but what do you think about your answer that as been given to a person without knowing his experience in PE? Do you think that is worst say foolish or give an answer like yours to a young guy without experience in PE?
Sorry for my English.
I did not mean to come off harsh either. Your English is amazing.
I tried the shoelace and have experimented with clamping. I found both to be inferior to the flexi ties, which is what I settled on. Perhaps I should have been more clear. Here are my actual results.
First, the shoelace will cut into your skin if used without padding. This is true of a clamp as well. The shoelace wraps both skin and shoelace as you tighten, just as a clamp will bring skin with it as you tighten. Both are very, very uncomfortable. So for both, padding is a must, because they cannot be clamped into place and used without cutting into your skin and chafing/scratching/bleeding and so on. You require some sort of foam padding, like a mouse pad, and maybe an additional bandage wrap.
For the string, I used a simple double-tie shoelace knot, same as you would for a hiking boot, and achieved less blood cutoff than I did with the clamp. You cannot tie it as tight as you can squeeze that clamp. So from this standpoint, a clamp is much more dangerous, but also much more effective. I won’t argue that a clamp is the highest level of expansion. You can really get that clamp tight.
I also found it difficult to tie the knot. You need both hands, plus you have to hold the padding in place. A clamp was much easier to use one-handed, but it’s still a pain in the ass compared to the flexi ties.
For safety, if the shoelace gets tied wrong, you might have to cut it off. Your padding will probably protect your penis, but you risk cutting yourself if it comes to that. If you tie a traditional shoelace knot, though, it comes untied quickly, and this risk is averted. Remember the clamp can get bogged up, too, so it is not immune from getting locked into place and requiring you to cut it off, and cutting a string is much easier than cutting a rugged, hard piece of plastic. Both place you at risk, and people have been injured from clamping.
Overall, I believe a shoelace is no less harmful or risky than a traditional clamp. Both are tourniquets, both cut off the circulation, both will result in an amputated or mutilated or injured penis if left in place for too long, both require a great deal of padding because they cut into your penis, and both can go wrong if used improperly or unwisely, or if they become defective.
However, everyone on here uses a clamp, and it has become acceptable despite the obvious risk, discomfort, the fact that it has caused injury and turns your pecker purple and you lose circulation and risk nerve damage. In other words, I don’t see a lot of difference between clamp and shoelace. Both are high-risk, and when observed from the outside by a non-PE’er would be considered crazy ideas. I don’t consider either of them safe ideas. I don’t like the idea of a clamp anymore than a shoelace, because I don’t like the risk they place you in, and I don’t like the idea of using a tourniquet on my penis.
Still, the primary things to consider with ~any~ exercise are comfort and safety — will it injure you to use it, and how fast can you get it off? You may be more open to risk of injury than I am, and are willing to accept that risk, but I want this to be a safe and healthy exercise for me. I have been injured too many times in the gym to believe I am immune from being hurt by high-risk exercises, despite what gains I might see from them.
Which is why I went with flexi ties. They are not as tight, and they have proven to be very safe, very comfortable, much more convenient because I do not need to pre-wrap, and they allow normal bloodflow, but with an increased pressure that I believe over time will result in girth gains. Perhaps slower gains, but what I believe will be safer gains. Also, they are about as risky as a cock-ring, which is a much more acceptable means of safely maximizing your erections.
- Saul
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