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Trying hard (pun intended) to make this work. Not a lot of room in my nutsack and having difficulty holding above the block with one pair of fingers while the other pair pumps. Sometimes while pumping I will accidentally cover the release button and then nothing works. Eventually I can release the fluid to start over. Then I try and get no valve pop and the pump won't squeeze? Somehow I try again and it works and I pump as much as it will let me but don't get as hard as other times. Overall, the biggest issue seems to be steadying the pump to inflate.

I didn’t notice if you mentioned it but how long have you been cycling?

My sack has always been fairly tight as well. And had some issues at first. At first I’d take a hot bath or shower, find the tubes from the pump and follow them down to the block and just stabilize it kind of just pressing it down into my sack. Press a couple of times on bulb as hard as I could if my dick was going up then usually the valve would “pop” and get easier to pump. If not I’d press the deflate button then try again.

As you cycle you get to know how to hold everything and it for lack of a better term “breaks in” like a pair of stiff shoes

Wornoutdon wrote:Trying hard (pun intended) to make this work. Not a lot of room in my nutsack and having difficulty holding above the block with one pair of fingers while the other pair pumps. Sometimes while pumping I will accidentally cover the release button and then nothing works. Eventually I can release the fluid to start over. Then I try and get no valve pop and the pump won't squeeze? Somehow I try again and it works and I pump as much as it will let me but don't get as hard as other times. Overall, the biggest issue seems to be steadying the pump to inflate.

Yup, we need more details. It seems like my early days, so hang on there:
- How far ago have you had your surgery?
- Do you still have swelling? unhealed sutures?
- Did you try sitting in a bath-tub with warm water to relax your ball-sack?

I've been cycling my AMS for about a month now. Still really frustrating sometimes. Got to make sure to hold penis up so there is no resistance. Still takes 3 or mor trys before the valve pops. Gets easier each time, either I'm more experienced, or the valve is breaking in. Doing it almost exclusively in a hot bath. Lets me feel the tubing, block, and bulb easier. I try and pull down on the pump to keep it low in the scrotum everytime also. Doc said they tend to creep up otherwise. Sometimes it gets tangled with the veins feeding my left nut. Squish a vein and it swells for about 3 days. It a learning process for sure.

Hi. Not sure if this will help, but I find it easiest to hold one hand as shown in the photo, with fingers pushing down on the tubing going from cylinders into my sac. I had Lupron injections for Prostate Cancer last fall and my balls shrunk down very small so my scrotum got tight. Slowly everything is growing, but even when it was all very tight doing this worked for me. In order to hold my phone to take the picture I could not pump with the other hand, but it works great. It works well because it keeps your fingers away from the release.

The two hand method works best. The valve sticking is very common. If it’s a problem squeeze the block from the two ends. This will help loosen the valve and let it pop over. If you hold the block with one hand and squeeze the bulb with the other. I find this works for me. Everyone finds there own method. Good luck with it.

Wornoutdon wrote:Overall, the biggest issue seems to be steadying the pump to inflate.

I used two hands for months. Steady the pump with one hand, fingers reaching over my penis to steady EVERYTHING and the other hand squeezing the pump bulb.

Eventually I developed a grip configuration where I could pump up with one hand. You will, too.