Pressure issues

Hoping someone will have some insight on this:

When using a penis cylinder, if I pump at 5 HG or more, I feel a pull on the penis shaft, but I feel too much pressure at the base.

So if I lower the pressure, then it feels better at the base, but not enough pull on the shaft to accomplish anything.

Same thing happens when using the Longjohnny cylinder for full package pumping. With the Longjohnny, I also get penis shaft bruising even at 3 HG or more.

So I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if everyone else on this board has the same problem, but just not saying anything about it.

You are likely not ‘feeling’ the pressure that is going on. A lot of people overpump because they pump by feel and not by the gauge readings. Different people will have different experiences based on the amount of time people have spent pumping. I can say that low pressures don’t feel like much but they amount over time to significant change. If you feel that lower pressure than 5HG doesn’t work, I’m unsure what to say but to have faith that it is in fact a force over time.

What are your usage times? Your warmup? Are you using a heating pad?

My usage times have been varying as I am experimenting, but generally 3 sets of 10 min. each.

I do not do a warmup per se. I am planning on doing a gradual step up from 3 HG to 5 HG to see how that works.

I am not using a heating pad.

If you are not warming up, you are setting yourself back. If you are not using a heating pad, you literally are hampering the maximum effectiveness of the pump. Pump expansion is finicky as is, but those two things are the main ways to get it.

So how does one warm up before pumping?

The same way you warm up for any other PE. You can use a warm compress, some light stretching and squeezing. You do it for a few minutes, till you feel more pliable than you started before starting into your routine.

There are many threads on warm up techniques and the value of heat in all PE but especially pumping.