Curious. What eventually wears out?

[cumstein]

thats funny about your partner wearing out. After injecting for 20 years, and lifting weights/ cardio workouts, my girlfriend said I was killing her. I didn't believe her because she was younger than me but over 50. After a while I realized she wasn't up for hours of me pounding her. I have backed off and she seems happier. I also feel better not having to prove myself. (My effed up idea of being a man)

To the point, I have noticed a couple of threads about pumping up the device daily to gain back length and girth. If the device is limited by the number of cycles, then this would not be a good option. As mentioned above, it seems that the more pump pressure you use to inflate the device, the more stress you would put on it. One might get much more life out of the device by using lower pressures and maybe going from "cold blue steel" to a decent but not your best hard on.
As I recall from my younger days, "cold blue steel" was common before 30 but after that it depended on the day with some days being harder than others. Probably best to replecate that IMO. plus you can alwyas give it a few more pumps at the appropriate time rather than start to beginning. Ebb and flow.....

[Lost Sheep]

according to dr kramer what usually breaks is the tubing close to the pump

Does that imply that the tubes flexing during the pumping process eventually cause failure?

If the pump were inside a solid housing, would that help, I wonder? No (or, at least, a lot less) tube flexion.

I have been working on drawings for an idea I have of placing a (very small) pump bulb inside the RTE (actuated by foreplay and coitus, not manual squeezing). Only a valve body would be in the scrotum, thus a LOT less flexing of the tubes leading to and from.

Lost Sheep

[Anonymous 3]

Question: how would you squeeze the pump if it was inside a rigid enclosure?

I suspect you are right, constant flexing of anything, be it tubing or wire, especially where it meets or passes through a solid surface, is subject to stress and wear and eventually fails. I can count on maybe two years for the life of a mag connector for my Macbook before the power cable just breaks off (and you have to buy a whole new power supply and cable just to get a new mag connector at $80 a shot).

By contrast, most of these implants have a life span of a dozen years or so, give or take, so that's not so bad. If you were a young guy I can see why you would have a concern about component failure. Personally I don't really worry about it too much. If I last as long as the implant I'll be happy

[Lost Sheep]

Question: how would you squeeze the pump if it was inside a rigid enclosure?

I suspect you are right, constant flexing of anything, be it tubing or wire, especially where it meets or passes through a solid surface, is subject to stress and wear and eventually fails. I can count on maybe two years for the life of a mag connector for my Macbook before the power cable just breaks off (and you have to buy a whole new power supply and cable just to get a new mag connector at $80 a shot).

By contrast, most of these implants have a life span of a dozen years or so, give or take, so that's not so bad. If you were a young guy I can see why you would have a concern about component failure. Personally I don't really worry about it too much. If I last as long as the implant I'll be happy

The rigid enclosure would be articulated to allow flexing of a pump bulb (like squeezing an inelastic water balloon between two plates with the in and out orifices firmly mated to the plates. See my drawings in the topic "Pumpless Inflatable". My first drawings are impractical, but the design is evolving.

I am 67, but both my parents lived past 90. Conceivably, I could go through 2 or possibly three if I don't kill my partner with kindness first.

Lost Sheep