First doughnut and new sleeve
This week I found my pressure limit. During the last 30 seconds of the week's first pumping session I increased the pressure up to 6.5 inHg. Previously I have always stayed at maximum 6 inHg since I have read here at PEGym that 4-6 inHg is considered a safe zone.

But... curious as usual... and always wanting to push limits... I did venture a little higher for a little while. It felt good and no pain at all. But a couple of hours later I discovered a small doughnut :-(
It was not at all as bad as some photos I have seen. This was a build-up of fluid in the foreskin at the underside of my glans. I did massage it a few times during the day and by bed-time it was almost gone. The day after it was completeley gone, but to be on the safe side I did not do any PE for a couple of days.

Three days after the small doughnut I only pumped for 10 minutes at 5 inHg. But that was actually quite interesting because I measured 19,8 cm (7.80 in) in the cylinder. Very close to 19,9, actually hard to tell which was closest, but I'll go with the lower number this time and compare it to previous results:

During my second week of pumping nine weeks ago I measured 19,5 cm (7.68 in) after an identical session. So during these nine weeks I have increased 3 (or maybe 4) mm (0.012 in). Not that very much, but definitely in the right direction.
During my third week I measured 19,6 cm (7.72 in) in the cylinder after 15 minutes at 5 inHg. So now, eight weeks later, I get 2 (or 3) mm longer after five minutes less pumping. That's also in the right direction.

The other new thing this week is that my pump has been equipped with a new latex sleeve. The black sleeve that was mounted on the cylinder when I got it had started to crack at the central opening. Over time this crack has grown and the split has travelled all the way down to the cylinder's base and even begun travelling around the circumference a bit. So I had ordered a generic replacement transparent latex sleeve, it arrived at the end of this week and I mounted it over the old sleeve. The idea is that in addition to fixing the split sleeve I'll get a few extra millimeters in penetration depth, so now the tip of my penis won't disappear behind the black plastic for a while.

I had a little problem entering the cylinder now. The new sleeve is more rigid than the old, and the hole in the middle seems smaller. I could not get my flaccid in there, I had to get erect and use lubrication in order to penetrate the sleeve. One plus for the tight fit is that the vacuum builds more easily now, almost no need to press the cylinder to my pelvis.
I have upoaded product photos of my pump and the additional sleeve to my "Vacuum pumping" album together with links to the Swedish web shop where I bought them.
I did a short session of 5 minutes at 6 inHg just to test the new sleeve. Will try it more during week twelve, so keep follow this blog :-)


* NOTES for week 11 *
Monday: No PE.
Tuesday morning: 20 minutes 6 inHg, 20,1 cm in cylinder. Tried 6.5 inHg for the last 30 seconds. Doughnut, almost gone by night.
Wednesday: No doughnut, no PE.
Thursday: No doughnut, no PE.
Friday morning: 10 minutes 5 inHg, 19,8 cm (7.80 in) (close to 19,9 cm) in cylinder.
- Comparisons regarding 5 inHg pumping:
- - Second week it was 19,5 cm (7.68 in) in cylinder after 10 minutes at 5 inHg.
- - Third week it was 19,6 cm (7.72 in) in cylinder after 15 minutes at 5 inHg.
Saturday morning: 5 minutes at 6 inHg. New latex sleeve.
Sunday: No PE