Water pumping?

bigjack,
I’m new at the pumping and just now getting ready to buy my first setup.

I was curious about the water pumping and how it is done. Do you fill the tube up with water and then enter the tube and start pumping and the water gets drawn into the cup of the hand pump?

Is this pretty messy with the water and should you be in the bath tub or could you do it anywhere and not get water all over the place?

I’m clueless with water pumping. :)

Do you prefer it over dry pumping?

Thanks

Hi Mr. Bulge. FWIW, here’s my $.02:

>I was curious about the water pumping and how it is done. Do you fill the tube up with water and then enter the tube and start pumping and the water gets drawn into the cup of the hand pump?

I water pump in a warm bath and try to keep a bit of air space at the very top of the tube. I suck on the hose instead of using a pump, and I try to avoid sucking in water. No big deal if it happens, just spit it out. ;)

>Is this pretty messy with the water and should you be in the bath tub or could you do it anywhere and not get water all over the place?

Can’t speak for others, but I know I’d make a helluva mess if I were to try it outside the tub.

>Do you prefer it over dry pumping?

Yes. The heat from the warm water is nice and probably aids expansion/stretching. 5” Hg doesn’t feel like much vacuum using water compared to the same dry.

BTW, I hang my vacuum gauge from the shower head to keep it high and dry. It’s an old (circa 1950’s or ‘60’s), big gauge that I can easily read from that far away.

A new way to water houseplants?

It is good to know others have wised up to the fact that you dont need a pump .You can suck on the pipe [tube] dry or wet.Put a small plastic tap on the end so you can turn it off when you reach the right vac

Mr. Bulge, I am sorry that I somehow missed this post! Didn’t mean to snub you or ignore your question. Honest! :o I have only posted sporadically for the past week or better. Been nursing an injury, and also got side-tracked with some personal matters (and the holidays, of course!).

Anyway, it appears that your questions have been adequately addressed by hobby. Thanks, Hobby! :up: I do not, in any way, consider myself an expert on pumping, let alone hydro pumping. But I will say that I prefer it to dry pumping. That said, because of time constraints and the need to do hydro pumping in the bath tub, I tend to dry pump 3 out of 4 times.

Hydro pumping is a piece of cake when done in a hot tub bath. If you keep your catch-cup higher than your cylinder and your pump higher than the cup, you shouldn’t have any problems at all. I fill the tube 1/2 to 2/3 full of warm water, put my erect penis in the tube, and pull a vacuum. That’s all there is to it, and it feels great to me compared to dry pumping.

Good luck with this. I’m sure you will like it, if you’re anything like me!

bigjack

Thanks everyone for the info!

bigjack, for some reason I tried to post my question inside another thread you were in and it ended up starting a new thread. I must have screwed up posting it somehow. Oh well! :)

Hoping evereryone had a good Xmas! :)

Take care~

Bulge, I split your post off and moved it here as a new thread. It was outside the main topic of the (longish) original thread, and I figured it would be better noticed now and referenced in the future standing on its own.

Does anyone here water pump outside a bath? If so, any tips for keeping the floor dry?

Hobby,
That’s cool and makes sense!

Happy Holidays!