Inflating 9-10 times a day? Is my local uro crazy?

[Gt1956]

The cylinders of the Titan are advertised to be able to be cycled millions of times with out failure. So this may be the source of the information your doctor was speaking. The tubing from the cylinders to the pump and reservoir and the pump it's self is another thing all together.
Did your doctor give you a specific cycling protocol?

I was given a specific protocol and of course i don't have to cycle 9-10 times a day.
However, based on what i read here, i think that the "millions of cycle" advertising is nothing more than a gigantic bullshit.
As a young man i feel that using the device with a costant frequency of more than 7-8 weekly inflations would lead to an early failure. When you have high T, libido and an attractive girl at your side is a huge limitation.
You guys have all been young and you know that there are periods when you have sex 2-3 times a day for months, maybe years. With an implant this is absolutely impossible unless you are willing to go under the knife every 2-3 years. Even the latter would be unrealistic for obvious medical and surgical reasons.

I agree that millions of cycles sure seems overly optimistic. Geez, even a milion thrusts has to be a lot of sex.
I wouldn't mind wearing an implant out if it meant that I had lots of sex to do it. I could argue that I wore my natural dick out after 40 plus years of hard use. So what if I wear out an implant in 5 years, perhaps even 3. I'll never be younger than I am today. But I can get a new penis on relatively short notice. So what if I'm in discomfort for a month or two. I'll have a nice new penis, perhaps a cm or 2 longer. My insurance will pay for it also. I'm not seeing a huge down side to that.
If you're afraid about revisions or getting a replacement implant? It's guaranteed that if you don't get an implant. None of your fears will come true.

[newbie443]

The cylinders of the Titan are advertised to be able to be cycled millions of times with out failure. So this may be the source of the information your doctor was speaking. The tubing from the cylinders to the pump and reservoir and the pump it's self is another thing all together.
Did your doctor give you a specific cycling protocol?

I was given a specific protocol and of course i don't have to cycle 9-10 times a day.
However, based on what i read here, i think that the "millions of cycle" advertising is nothing more than a gigantic bullshit.
As a young man i feel that using the device with a costant frequency of more than 7-8 weekly inflations would lead to an early failure. When you have high T, libido and an attractive girl at your side is a huge limitation.
You guys have all been young and you know that there are periods when you have sex 2-3 times a day for months, maybe years. With an implant this is absolutely impossible unless you are willing to go under the knife every 2-3 years. Even the latter would be unrealistic for obvious medical and surgical reasons.

I agree that millions of cycles sure seems overly optimistic. Geez, even a milion thrusts has to be a lot of sex.
I wouldn't mind wearing an implant out if it meant that I had lots of sex to do it. I could argue that I wore my natural dick out after 40 plus years of hard use. So what if I wear out an implant in 5 years, perhaps even 3. I'll never be younger than I am today. But I can get a new penis on relatively short notice. So what if I'm in discomfort for a month or two. I'll have a nice new penis, perhaps a cm or 2 longer. My insurance will pay for it also. I'm not seeing a huge down side to that.
If you're afraid about revisions or getting a replacement implant? It's guaranteed that if you don't get an implant. None of your fears will come true.

This is from Coloplast's web site:

Bioflex is a unique and proprietary material engineered specifically for Coloplast penile implant cylinders.



Key cylinder performance benefits compared to a competitive penile implant:

• Durability: The Titan® IPP is built for outstanding fatigue resistance capable of 6.5 Million+ cycles (inflation and deflation) to material failure3, and provides 3x more Durablity.3

• Strength: Bioflex withstands higher pressure with tensile strength of 7,500 psi and has 8x more strength.4

• Girth: The Titan® IPP cylinders can expand to the maximum size of the corpora with maximum girth expansion of 21mm of each cylinder. This provides 17% more girth.1



References:

1. Data on file with Coloplast.

3. Pritchard C., et al. Comparison of AMS 700 CX and Coloplast Titan Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Cylinders Subjected To In Vitro Cyclic Buckling

4. Coloplast Test Data: Bioflex Monograph

https://www.coloplast.us/titan-touch-en ... enefit_300

Regardless if you believe that published data and it's supporting data, the information is published and out there for supporters to use.

[Gt1956]

I was given a specific protocol and of course i don't have to cycle 9-10 times a day.
However, based on what i read here, i think that the "millions of cycle" advertising is nothing more than a gigantic bullshit.
As a young man i feel that using the device with a costant frequency of more than 7-8 weekly inflations would lead to an early failure. When you have high T, libido and an attractive girl at your side is a huge limitation.
You guys have all been young and you know that there are periods when you have sex 2-3 times a day for months, maybe years. With an implant this is absolutely impossible unless you are willing to go under the knife every 2-3 years. Even the latter would be unrealistic for obvious medical and surgical reasons.

I agree that millions of cycles sure seems overly optimistic. Geez, even a milion thrusts has to be a lot of sex.
I wouldn't mind wearing an implant out if it meant that I had lots of sex to do it. I could argue that I wore my natural dick out after 40 plus years of hard use. So what if I wear out an implant in 5 years, perhaps even 3. I'll never be younger than I am today. But I can get a new penis on relatively short notice. So what if I'm in discomfort for a month or two. I'll have a nice new penis, perhaps a cm or 2 longer. My insurance will pay for it also. I'm not seeing a huge down side to that.
If you're afraid about revisions or getting a replacement implant? It's guaranteed that if you don't get an implant. None of your fears will come true.

This is from Coloplast's web site:
Bioflex is a unique and proprietary material engineered specifically for Coloplast penile implant cylinders.
Key cylinder performance benefits compared to a competitive penile implant:
• Durability: The Titan® IPP is built for outstanding fatigue resistance capable of 6.5 Million+ cycles (inflation and deflation) to material failure3, and provides 3x more Durablity.3
• Strength: Bioflex withstands higher pressure with tensile strength of 7,500 psi and has 8x more strength.4
• Girth: The Titan® IPP cylinders can expand to the maximum size of the corpora with maximum girth expansion of 21mm of each cylinder. This provides 17% more girth.1
References:

1. Data on file with Coloplast.

3. Pritchard C., et al. Comparison of AMS 700 CX and Coloplast Titan Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Cylinders Subjected To In Vitro Cyclic Buckling

4. Coloplast Test Data: Bioflex Monograph

https://www.coloplast.us/titan-touch-en ... enefit_300

Regardless if you believe that published data and it's supporting data, the information is published and out there for supporters to use.

I do not doubt they claim the durability. Just somewhere in the many industries that make claims about MTBF there is a frequent discrepancy. In my past, I've changed many CFL bulbs & now LED bulbs that all had fantastic longevity MTBF claims.
In my retired profession of rebuilding aircraft parts. The parts were nearly always scheduled for rebuild after a set period of time. The funny thing was that we got the history packet with the parts. This showed the first date of service & the date of removal from service. Included was a "reason for removal". Time was an option to note but most were removed before the alloted time had passed. They were marked "for reason" then an explanatory note explaining the failure.