If you're flaccid when you come out of the BM, I would try focusing on keeping your arousal while in the tube. You can't see that you're losing arousal while you're in the tube because of the pressure buildup, but I think it's important to maintain.
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I agree with Longth here. I love to do a girth session that will give me solid expansion just prior to meeting up with the girl, although I have good EQ.
If you find you have bad EQ post girth session, I would tone it down and do it several hours ahead of time.. Nothing worse than having to...
Something adjustable or pliable will work well. I believe DLD suggested previously to take it off once every hour for a short period of time to be safe if you're going to wear it for an extended period of time.