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These rock.
Some are cheapier than others, you might have to look around to find a good one
Look here -
http://www.nextag.com/jar-lifter/search-html
The $7.15 one, by ironically enough "Ball", used to be good but became cheapy a couple of years ago. Cheapy = rub-you-raw ridges in the plastic (non-rolling) 'rollers' and the feeling like it might snap at any minute and cut you up.
The $4.49 unit .... links out to here -
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FKEUUQ/nextag-kitchen-20/ref=nosim
was a quality unit the last time I noticed. Decently made, beefy, smooth parts, ....
Maybe that link will work. If you feel like any particular unit is not made well, then you're probably right. I've never broken a good unit (and having broken five cableclamps that's saying something) nor felt like a good unit was trying to break.
You'll need a good lotion or oil to use these, since they don't roll they have to slide.
Oil is more of a hassle for cleanup, so here's the best method I've come up with ... use a quality lotion. It'll last about 30 jelqs before it feels like you need more. Don't add more yet. Stop, dab some water on yourself and add in some manual jelqs, then start back with the jar lifter. Then in a bit finally add some more lotion - and repeat. 10 sets like that will get you into the 600+ range mixed between oiled jarlifter jelqs, manual jelqs, and water-oil jarlifter jelqs. (100 is a lot when you first start with it. - It can be intense. Don't overdo.)
Like that, the lotion goes farther ... and you get some radomizing manual jelquing mixed in with the jar lifter. Your mileage may vary but I would swear that -just- using the jar lifter will start to give you a flattened-out shape to the shaft instead of more rounded like normal. Mix in manual jelquing and it keeps that down. Plus cleanup is about twice as easy with half the lotion everywhere.
Using the jar lifter, you can (work up to it or you'll bleed) go up to 100% erect and it actually makes the metal arms of the lifter deflect -- mashed shut at the handle end, but bending out at the cock end. That's why it needs to be a quality unit. The more you get used to one of these, the harder you'll probably go with it and the more likely a cheapy one would fail and maybe cut you.
They're ungainly to use at first, they want to go sideways off of the shaft, but after a while you get the feel for how to keep it going straight no matter how hard you're squeezing it shut at the handle end.
The inside distance on these between the line of the handles at one end and the rollers at the other end is about 8 inches, with the size of the roller maybe another .5
It makes a good target to shoot for. By the time you're bone pressed with the roller and still reaching the handles, that's a smooth 8.5" bonepressed. Also the vinyl of the handles can be marked slightly (even a fingernail will suffice) to keep a visual measuring progress. Every month or so make a new mark on the vinyl to keep track of the growth.
