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When using a vaccum pump,does it matter if you go in the cylinder/tube erect or limp.....which is safer and better overall? What are the effects of both? (one versus the other)

If I were already hard I would just put a cock ring on and go from there.

Most of us on FT go in soft because we don’t have a choice. However, if you are capable of going in hard, you need to be careful in order to not exceeding safe levels of vacuum.

Soft dicks tend to expand a lot which mitigates the effects of the vacuum. There is not too much give in a hard dick.

I'm starting to realize that most of my ED is psychological (from tons of porn) so I can get hard, just have performance anxiety with a female. With that being said, I use the pump for penis health and also maybe a little bit of enhancement (I've read this works) so I was wondering if it worked better going in hard or soft.....

dtwarren1942 wrote:Most of us on FT go in soft because we don’t have a choice. However, if you are capable of going in hard, you need to be careful in order to not exceeding safe levels of vacuum.

Soft dicks tend to expand a lot which mitigates the effects of the vacuum. There is not too much give in a hard dick.

If you are pumping for enhancement, the consensus on the penis enhancement sites is that it is best to go in hard. However, as I mentioned previously, going in hard requires that you be more cautious. If you are already hard, your penis tissues are already expanded close to the max so by Introducing a vacuum to increase the expansion you are at risk of subjecting your dick to “over expansion.”

Accordingly, you should be using a pumping system with a vacuum gauge so you can limit the vacuum to a maximum of 5 inches of mercury (5 hg).