Vacuum and FIR pad hanging issues

Hi all,

I’ve decided to start a vacuum hanging with FIR heating routine and I’m having some issues getting it set up properly. I’ve never done hanging before, so I’m still getting a hang of getting the vacuum seal well. Last night I finally got it solid enough to hold my relatively light weights (heated slowly increased to 3lb, then cold 3.75lb), but after the pad heated up (Total man heat pad), I tried wrapping it around my penis and couldn’t really figure out how to attach it well.

Hanging straight down, the silicone sleeve extends about an inch and a half or so down the shaft, so on the front side, there’s probably about 2 inches exposed shaft til my body, but on the under side, the shaft is pulled down in to the scrotum. The under side of the shaft is covered entirely with sleeve, or blocked by the scrotum, so when trying to wrap the entire penis with the pad, I had to try to pull the scrotum back out of the way, but in doing so, that pressure pulled the shaft away from the sleeve and broke my vacuum seal several times. I couldn’t figure out a way to wrap just the penis, and get any exposure to non-sleeved shaft on the underside due to this seal-breaking. How do people manage to do this? The only way I could wrap much of anything was if I only wrapped the sleeve covered portion (very gently at that or I’d lose vacuum again), which then prevented much of any heat from getting through. I ended up just holding the pad on the front of my penis/pubic bone area, and having to press it fairly firmly to get much heat at all even on max setting.

I’m guessing I could maybe trim a bit of sleeve to get more space, but that seems like it’d be even hard to maintain a seal with less surface area. I also haven’t used lube beneath the sleeve, which seems like it’d help maintain a seal better (though in the TM videos, he only suggests it as a way to prevent chafing). But even so, I don’t see how people are getting a significant amount of heat to anything other than the bottom/body half of the top side of the shaft. Also, my pad even on max heat wasn’t really that hot after 20+ minutes warming up. I suppose I could cut it open, but was hoping to not have to do that.

Any suggestions on how you get heat to a significant portion of the penis are greatly appreciated! I’ve tried searching, but the search function here seems mostly broken.

Stretch your ball sack before doing anything else. Wrap what you can and don’t overly worry about the rest.

Some heat pads have velcro on them, some dont. If yours doesn’t you can purchase the glue on type. Or use tape or string/cord to wrap and hold the heat pad in place.

I’ll try that, thanks. It just seems like almost any pressure on the sleeve-covered shaft breaks the vacuum seal, so even if there was space near the scrotum, I’d break the vacuum trying to wrap tightly. Hopefully this will improve as I get a bit more experience getting the hanger on effectively.

I do have a sticky Thermedic pad also, though I haven’t tried it yet. Maybe I’ll try using both, wrapping the sticky one around the sleeve with as much coverage as I can, then using TM for the upper/pubic area that isn’t covered as well.

Add a rubber band to the sleeve to help it compress more.

I’m getting a bit better at having a solid seal in the cup. I see the need to be fully erect and not cram the theraband in so that way there are no creases that will allow air to seep out. I had been trying to avoid using a clamp while gearing up, but it’s pretty much necessary for me. With all the tape/hood/band (as per total man videos) I might need to use a bigger cup than I thought I would, so I’m not having to cram it in. I got a solid hang today, but a good bit of edema on the glans, since everything was a bit wide for the cup and need a lot of vac to keep it barely on.

I also used the rubber band on the sleeve base, and was able to get the heat pad around, too. Still didn’t feel much heat. I’ll try to wrap it a bit tighter next time once I get an even better vac fit for more heat I hope.
Thanks for the insights!

So I have this Thermedic pad with sticky pads on it. https://www.ama … /dp/B016ZKBY8A/
I don’t know if it’s some kind of safety feature or what, but almost every time I move it around, it turns off. And if I try to use it as a primary heat source wrapped tightly around the shaft, it will turn off and not turn back on, as if there is some sensing mechanism knowing that the sensors are too close or something. Does anyone know if that is a "feature" or if this one is broken? It’s very annoying and pretty much makes it worthless for this. I’ve been using the Totalman pad, which still doesn’t seem to get too hot even wrapped tightly on max setting. I wrapped the Thermedic around the TM, which is thick enough to keep the Thermedic pad from turning off since it doesn’t wrap back around itself, but that may be a pointless exercise.

On a good note, I’ve resolved the above issues vacuum sealing with a little more experience and using a larger cup which fits better.

Sounds like a bad connection or wiring short.

Yea, figured that might be it since there’s nothing in the manual about that being a purposeful thing.

Just ordered this thing, which should hopefully get more than hot enough toggling between low/med (or maybe just low. Temp ranges are different in the description at the top vs in the main page info). https://www.ama … /dp/B09CTPXXTC/

Just gonna try to cut off the belt excess.

Sticking with TM pad til then. Thanks.

This is frustrating. The new pad even on max setting (supposedly 50*+ C) isn’t hot at all. Seems hotter on the back side than the side you’re supposed to apply. TM pad isn’t that hot. Thermedic gets hot enough, but it is broken, and not in stock for a new one if I return it. I might rip open this new one and see if I can just use the insert only at a higher temp.
I started a hanging routine similar to 5.5. Had some initial quick gains the first couple days, but now strain is very low, though pre- measurements are going up a tiny bit at a time. Probably because I’ve never done any serious PE before.

Tempted to try to build a Tutt-style strain extender and get a US machine. But that seems like a huge project.

Well, as a follow up in case anyone cares- I cut this new pad open and removed the fuzzy covering, and trimmed the edges. Inside is the graphene pad that is covered only by some thin nylon-ish fabric that sticks together from both sides. On max heat, it actually does get quite hot without that thick material covering it. I stuck a steak thermometer on it and folded it inside tightly. Reached over 120F before I stopped. I put it on the middle setting and then lightly folded the pad over with the thermometer inside so it wasn’t extremely tight, much like it sort of would be being wrapped around my shaft, and it sat right about 109-110* F. That temp won’t all make it in to the middle of the shaft tissue, but hopefully that’ll be warm enough to make some progress without burning myself. Will see how it goes tonight.

Hello. How are you doing now? Have you discovered the graphene inside the totalman? Can you take a photo and show what is inside this pad? Thank you.

What is the difference between carbon fiber heaters and graphene heaters?

Not sure.

I didn’t cut the Total Man pad, I cut the amazon one I linked above. Inside it’s just a sheet of thin padding covering the heating element, which looks vaguely like if a circuit board was made out of fabric. Gets pretty hot, but I still need to cut excess fabric around the plugs/switch to be able to get it tightly wrapped.