cork rings; size and more

Posted by: @riningjoe

Is there an advantage to using a ring around the base (under sac) as opposed to a ring on the shaft alone.

As far as keeping blood in the penile shaft to maintain an erection, I don't think there is any advantage, it may even be less effective than a constrictive band on the shaft alone. However, a ring which surrounds both the penis and the scrotal sac may decrease the onset of the ejaculatory reflex by restricting the action of the cremaster muscles on the testicles, thus, prolonging sexual activity.

Posted by: @riningjoe

I'm also concerned about difficulty putting it on. My boys are sensitive and I want to avoid any pain.

The simple solution here, to avoid any pain and when using an Aneros massager, is dispense with cock rings altogether. Having an erection is totally unnecessary to achieve prostate based orgasms. The only time I would recommend using cock rings/testicle cuffs are situations where men are experiencing undesired ejaculatory orgasms in lieu of their desired prostate based dry-O's/Super-O's.

Cock rings/testicle cuffs have their place as novelty sex toys for providing different types of sensations, some pleasurable and some painful. Playing with the pleasure-pain threshold has been a part of human sexual activity from the beginnings of our species.

Good Vibes to You!

Posted by: @rumel

Having an erection is totally unnecessary to achieve prostate based orgasms.

This is so true and important to internalize. In my late forties, when the strength of my arousal and erections became weak and weaker, I believed my horniness would fade away and I‘d become kind of asexual. I’ve been close to accept my fate, but then I came here and bought my first Aneros. And I began to read a lot and thanks to all these friendly guys here I learned so much about our male multiorgasmic potential.

Pre-eminently to get rid of the idea that arousal and erections were inextricably linked with each other and having learned to separate orgasms from ejaculations has been helpful for my journey. After re-wiring I now can have achingly hard erections as well as extreme arousal while my penis keeps totally flaccid. Even more often one leads to the other or happens subsequently describing sinus curves. Leaving those old well paved pathways has only been the beginning of a wonderful journey and still the best is yet to come.

@riningjoe, I would put aside those cock rings and your longings for an erection for a while. Instead I would try to discover playfully the realms of decent pleasures already caressing your flaccid member can give you. Did you ever hold him like stirring a spoon in a cup of tea and envisioned to stimulate your vibes in your prostate, your second sexual brain? Or check all the other hot spots like nipples, palms, palate, lips, inner thighs and so on, not to get an erection, only to feel arousal, especially a kind of dumb buzz in your prostate area telling you your prostate is paying attention and perhaps taking over to give you pleasures one can‘t imagine beforehand.

Only my 2 cts here, good vibes!

Mart

@riningjoe, reflecting about your original post a technique just crossed my mind, our good fellow @harper, unhappily long time not seen here, once introduced me to.

He sometimes, when lying on his back, used his boxer shorts, of which he put one leg opening around his cock at its base, then pulled it downwards and back under his butt and tucked it underneath him. The constant pressure on his cock root caused a long lasting erection helping him with some amazingly lengthy edging sessions. I've tested that technique and enjoyed it as well.

Advantage: No fussing with pressure or pain at your testicles.

Even only using one or a few fingers to put some pressure onto my cock's root can help me with getting an erection quite fast.

Enjoy! Mart

@sowithoutaneros

That boxer short method is similar to something I do: Since it gets cold around here, I'll often dress up for sessions and wear oversized pyjama pants with a button up fly so my cock is not touching anything. Sometimes when things heat up just having the fabric touching the base and balls is too much and I have to slip them off in a hurry because I get too stimulated. Sometimes it really does not take much!