Do you guys regret spending all that time on pumping and why?

Quick question as a newbie pumper: At 5” hg, were you getting much expansion?

I find that at 5” hg, I am no larger during or post pump than “normal”.

At around 7”, I get excellent expansion, and I tried 8” for a bit and wound up with a very slight donut.

I’m wondering if my “sweet spot” is somewhere around 6” - 7”.

Any thoughts?

Maybe what seems “sweet” momentarily in the cylinder isn’t sweet in the long run?

Take a look at something gprent wrote that makes a lot of sense to me:

gprent - Soft when I exit pump

and a few posts down:

I think that is worth a try. What do you have to lose?

I agree.
For temporary, short- term expansion, it is tempting to pump up to
6-7” Hg, but that expansion is mostly fluid.
I often pump up for sex, and then I pump at 3-5” Hg.
These days I pump mostly at around 4” Hg.

Pump safely!

Ahund

Thanks for the replies.

The first two weeks I went no higher than 5”, but did not notice anything expansion-wise, which I thought was the point. if there is no need for expansion, I will stick there.

I only tries 6 - 8” for the past two days as irishjim that if you’re packing some cylinder, higher pressure is to be expected.

I enjoy my time spent pumping, especially since I began wet sun tea jar pumping with a comfortable STJ seal. Only problem is finding the time to do it. I pump late at night, and have had to cut back to 1 hour sessions, most nights. It feels great while pumping and afterwards. The point where I’m most comfortable, my “sweet spot”, is about 3” Hg. Nice post and comments. M

I think you will see more expansion at lower levels as you increase your number of sets. It is just that it is gradual and more gentle.

For me when I upped from 2 x ten-minute sets to 3 x ten-minute sets I saw a big difference. I worked up to that gradually. Unfortunately my pumping has been erratic lately so I am deconditioned and back down to two sets. I am thinking that 4 ten-minute sets would be ideal for me. But I am going to have to get more consistent and s l o w l y build up to that.

Sorry freedman, I missed your post somehow, But fortunately Guys stepped in and answered your question.

Hope all is going well.

Petit