Brand New to all of this

@darkbond One of the nice things about Aneros massagers is that they do all the work! Have you heard of the "do-nothing" technique? As the old expression goes: "Set it And Forget It!" (R) The Aneros massagers are perfectly designed for your male anatomy. Once lubed-up and inserted, just relax and let the Aneros take over! PS I have used other butt plugs but they don't even begin to compare with the effects of the Aneros. Just relax into your sessions and see how far the Aneros will take you! Good luck!

Whats the one thing I should prepare myself for with the Aneros?

Having done some of the reading, you undoubtedly have also been exposed to the seemingly unbelievable claims of intense orgasmic sensations, however, prepare to be surprised that you are not getting the sensations you expected from reading those hyperbolic stories. Reading about other mens testimonials naturally gets your mind to imagining having those same intense sensations. Then the reality hits in your own usage, you're not feeling anything like what you imagined, at this point you may become disappointed, disillusioned and frustrated and decide to quit the whole endeavor or...You may have felt the early tinglings of some pleasure you hadn't imagined and that is what your mind wants and needs to explore further. Your expectation may have let you down but your body sent you a whispered message.

Most men do not achieve immediate pleasure from their Aneros use, it takes a process of learning to optimize these marvelous little tools. The intense pleasure is found from deeply exploring your body's messages. The messages are part of the sensual language your body employs to communicate with your mind. The Aneros journey is more than 90% a mental adventure in learning/feeling the mind/body language connection. The learning curve can be long for some men and short for others, there is really no way to predict how long it will take for you to reach orgasmic levels. Patience is required as you go through this process but your previous acceptance of the idea of anal pleasure is a big step in a positive direction.

I feel like I really dont even know myself or how deep this rabbit hole may go...the butt plug wasnt really made to be a direct stimulant whereas that is the entire purpose of the Aneros...

Welcome to start of the journey into your own unique 'rabbit hole'. I've been on this journey for nearly 11 years now and still get new combinations of pleasurable sensations in some of my Anerosessions, I don't know how deep the 'rabbit hole' goes, perhaps it morphs into a 'worm hole' at some point and you are projected into a different potion of our universe (it can seem that way during some orgasms). Knowing that you don't totally know yourself indicates wisdom, willingness to explore indicates desire to expand your own personal knowledge. The learning takes place during the exploring and there is no end to what you may learn about yourself.
Good Vibes to You !
P.S. I sent you an introductory message with some additional hints and tips to get you started here. Click on your 'Messages' button in the Forums to retrieve it.

Thanks fellas. Had my first evening with this toy last night. The short? 4 hours of discovery.

The long...

Well I came home super excited. I took a number 2 to get everything out of my backside. Then took a hot shower and prepared myself. Cleaned things up back there and basically warmed my hole up.

Opened the box and I noticed it was thinner than the plug I used but it was twice as long. Lubed it up and didn't have much of an issue with receiving it.

Say there and there was kind of nothing. After about 30 mins I stood up and tugged at it a bit. I felt the pee sensation so decided to just wait it out. Focus on keggels and see if I can find a spot. This went on for about another hour.

During this time I was interrupted 3 times with calls from work (I work in IT...I have to answer the phone).

We're about two hours in and I decide to change rooms. I put some loose pants on and went to the living room couch... As I started to lay down I felt something. Noticeable contact with my prostate. This was the point where I made a plan.

My couch is much softer than my bed... Do it has more give. The motion I employed was to lightly move my his back relax everything down there and they thrust up... On the thrust up I would keggel. Holy shit! Did this for another 30 mins and the wife got home. We longer about with me doing the motion and it felt good. I'm not sure what step this was in the milestone but I got noticeable pleasure... No leaking. But it felt good. I finished it off with s mutual masturbation session with my wife... Only bad thing is I lasted maybe 30 secs which is unreal for me.

Any tips you guys can think of would be great here.

What I've noticed is I don't feel much with my legs spread...I literally cross my legs and lay flat to feel anything... Any thoughts here?

4 hours of discovery. ... I got noticeable pleasure... No leaking. But it felt good. I finished it off with mutual masturbation session with my wife... Only bad thing is I lasted maybe 30 secs which is unreal for me.

"... I lasted maybe 30 secs..." Hey, what do you expect? You went through hours of self foreplay, you were primed for explosion! Don't worry though, you'll develop more stamina in this journey, the more you learn to relax the longer the pleasure at the orgasmic level will last and the tendency to ejaculate will reduce. I'd say your first Anerosession went about as well as could be hoped for. You have started the exploration and the experimentation with various body positions and movements is great, keep that attitude and you will progress quickly.

Any tips you guys can think of would be great here.

Interruptions of any kind can be session killers as they break your mental focus. Assuring yourself of non-interrupted time will help progress. You might find the thread Identifying Facilitators to Progress helpful here.
Good Vibes to You !

Thanks for the response! Is it overkill to go at it in back to back days?

Is it overkill to go at it in back to back days?

First, remember there are really 'no rules' when it comes to Aneros usage. What gets expressed here on the forums are merely opinions, myself included. I think the best I can do is offer a rationale for my opinions. So, in response to your query, I wouldn't characterize occasional back to back usage days as "...overkill..." for veteran Aneros users, However, for newbie users learning their way in the Aneros journey, I think they can let their excitement or ego push them to try and accelerate their learning curve by having more frequent and/or longer sessions. I think this can be a mistake because the kind of learning taking place is happening at a subconscious level and takes time to become assimilated into conscious awareness. IMHO, there needs to be sufficient time for this assimilation to occur, how much time will vary from individual to individual but until one has become proficient in obtaining orgasms (not necessarily Super-O's), I think a day or two of reflective thought between sessions is helpful. Additionally, because successful Anerosessions are largely dependent upon having high arousal levels, too frequent use may lead to a draining of one's arousal levels as the effort involved in session preparation does cost personal time and energy. Once one has become well experienced in their preparation and relaxation techniques, responding to their prostate's whisperings becomes much easier to deal with and occasional sessions on back to back days will usually be well received with few 'dud' sessions occurring.
Good Vibes to You !

Good advice there. Thanks.

@darkbond some of my best sessions are the ones I have the day after a session! Like I'm "primed" up and already thinking about how good it was the day before, so I think it makes my ass more hungry for the toy/s and everything usually works out great 🙂

Just enjoy the time you're spending with yourself and even if it's not amazing right away, at least know that the time you are spending focusing on yourself and your pleasure, sensations and sexuality is time well spent learning about yourself!!

And, when I first started using the Aneros toys, I never had Os but enjoyed it anyway. I always ended with a traditional orgasm with the toy still in me; makes for one enormous full body cock explosion for sure! But when I used to go for my cock, it would get hard instantly and I'd only manage a few pumps before the aneros started to move along with my rhythmic orgasmic pulse, and I was cumming in seconds. Whereas today when I go for a TO to finish a session, it takes some time to get hard (my sessions are over an hour long and after so many prostate Os and super Os, my genitals become kind of spent) and even longer to stroke out a really good, huge TO. I guess I just got used to the strong and amazing sensations of the mixed together penis stimulation and anal/prostate aneros stimulation and now I don't let go so fast or so easily. When my wife is with me during a session, OMG its really amazing! Have fun and enjoy the rides!

@techpump thats pretty much what Im going through now. Yesterday was my third session and I had 2 stints withsome super light involuntaries. After about an hour I finished off with a TO which again lasted like 20-30 seconds.

Im going to do more research...see if I can tweak some things

Well I was getting ready to have a session today. Did my clear out noticed blood in there... Decided against doing anything back there today. Nothing hurts but figured I would just take it easy tonight