vacuum hanger slipping?

[Joe Schlong]

Has anyone else had problems getting their vacuum hanger to “grip”?

I’ve been successfully sock hanging for a while now, and so I thought I’d progress to a cheap vacuum hanger (with no instructions obviously).
The chamber definitely provides a seal – I tested it on my stomach. The size, if anything, should be on the small side. First attempt just with tape gave me blisters. I bought a silicone cap, and can now get the head in comfortably. However it still doesn’t feel like the vacuum chamber is “gripping” the head of my penis. Just testing the seal by pulling manually, space opens up between the penis and the vacuum chamber very quickly, and the only thing holding the hanger on is the grip from the silicone sleeve.

I tried wrapping my shaft a bit first but it didn’t work. I thought being uncut might be a problem due to the extra skin, but I’m careful to fully retract my foreskin before putting on the silicone cap and sleeve.

Any advice? The sock is working well, but I’d rather hang for longer and do fewer sets if possible.

Update: Just found Dr Ric’s posts in the LG Hanger support which suggest a fully engorged glans and perhaps doubling up on the silicone sleeve.
I’d missed these points when reading up on hanging earlier. I’ll give it a go. If anyone has some experience with this please feel free to share your advice!

 

[Yotguy]

I don't think the vacuum chamber should grip your glans but the sleeves attached to it should grip your shaft allaying it.

 

[Cavalier]

How much weight and how much vacuum are you using?

 

[Joe Schlong]

How much weight and how much vacuum are you using?

Well that's the thing - I haven't started hanging with weights because the setup doesn't survive my manual "pull" test. My Setup doesn't allow me to measure how much vacuum I'm using. I stop when the pump doesn't want to pump anymore. However, this is almost immediately, and it feels more like my penis or the silicone cap is obstructing the vacuum than because I've reached the correct pressure.

With the sock I hang at 2kg/4.4 lb.

About to try with engorged glans and double sleeve. Will report back this evening.

 

[Cavalier]

Well that's the thing - I haven't started hanging with weights because the setup doesn't survive my manual "pull" test. My Setup doesn't allow me to measure how much vacuum I'm using. I stop when the pump doesn't want to pump anymore. However, this is almost immediately, and it feels more like my penis or the silicone cap is obstructing the vacuum than because I've reached the correct pressure.

With the sock I hang at 2kg/4.4 lb.

About to try with engorged glans and double sleeve. Will report back this evening.

This is most likely the problem. The silicone cap can very easily seal off the vacuum port hole. It doesn't sound like you have any vacuum in the chamber itself.

 

[Joe Schlong]

Thanks Cavalier. Any tips on how to overcome this problem with the silicone cap sealing off the port hole? Would a bigger vacuum chamber be a help or a hindrance? I have zero manoeuvrability with the current one so angling the glans to avoid the port hole is impossible.

Tried this morning with the engorged glans and double silicone sleeve method. Managed 7 minutes hanging 1.25kg before the inevitable slip. I struggled to get my penis into the chamber to start, but the suction was much better.

I think the silicone cap might be slightly too big so the next step will be to order a smaller size and see if that helps. I'd try without a silicone cap at all but I'm terrified of blisters and taping by itself doesn't reassure me.

 

[Cavalier]

Thanks Cavalier. Any tips on how to overcome this problem with the silicone cap sealing off the port hole? Would a bigger vacuum chamber be a help or a hindrance? I have zero manoeuvrability with the current one so angling the glans to avoid the port hole is impossible.

Tried this morning with the engorged glans and double silicone sleeve method. Managed 7 minutes hanging 1.25kg before the inevitable slip. I struggled to get my penis into the chamber to start, but the suction was much better.

I think the silicone cap might be slightly too big so the next step will be to order a smaller size and see if that helps. I'd try without a silicone cap at all but I'm terrified of blisters and taping by itself doesn't reassure me.

I don't think there is any way around preventing the silicone cap from plugging off the vacuum port hole. It's too soft and and flexible so it will mold into the hole very easily. Try wrapping all of the glans and some of the shaft just below it with waterproof bandage tape. This will let the vacuum into all of the chamber and mold the glans and shaft to the chamber wall and not a silicone cap. This will also create the seal and grip the shaft by the silicone sleeve needed to keep it from slipping. This is how I wrap with the LG hanger. I use the Nexcare waterproof tape made by 3M.

 

[MulejuiceMcQuaid]

When I use my hanger (it's a cheap one you can look at in my "equipment" photo album), I always make sure my glands are fully expanded in the chamber. I think a good judge to see if you have the right size bell is that you can slide into it soft, but when hard your head is too big to fit.

The seal that holds the vacuum in actually happens more around the silicone sleeve and my shaft. I've tried using just the bell and no sleeve to see what would happen, and it holds a vacuum around the protector cap for a few minutes before sliding off easily, which kind of sounds like what's happening with you. So the first thing I would check is to make sure your sleeve is fitting you snugly enough to be airtight, and if so, that the sleeve doesn't have any small holes in it.

If you are positive your bell is functioning properly and isn't letting air in at the valve over time (mine was, so I had to add a 99 cent fishtank valve on top of it), then it almost has to be your sleeve or how you are using it IMO.

If you want to PM me a link to what you purchased, or share a photo here, I might be able to offer more suggestions.

 

[Joe Schlong]

Thanks Cavalier and MulejuiceMcQuaid. Both very helpful.
It's the sort of thing that can be hard to work out unless you've seen or done it successfully before.

 

[Schlonging]

Forget the silicone cap. It will still give you blisters, it just puts the stress of the hang on your urethra. Get some coflex tape and wrap with that. Get the colored 2 inch wide stuff, doesnt matter what color. If your careful you can reuse it awhile.
Get hard before you wrap. I usually get half hard and squeeze the blood towards my glands with a strong grip with my left hand. Then use your right hand to wrap the coflex around your glands. Start at your circ scar and wrap towards the head in a spiral covering an inch of each previous spiral with each sucssesive wrap (4-5 spirals). Let the last spiral overhang your head about a half inch. Fold this remainder towards the underside of your dick.

Roll your silicone sleeve back on your chamber. Hold it rolled with one hand (takes practice). Put your dick in the chamber. Use your available hand to make your head hard by squeezing mid dick with your grip. While holding that grip, let the sleeve roll back . Doing it this way, your skin will stay as tight as possible.

If you do this and are still getting slippage, put a squirt of lotion on the skin of your lower shaft (the part not covered by wrap) prior to rolling the sleeve down.

Goodluck man hope it works for ya