Wes, I know what BIB recommends to do as far as tightening of the wing nuts goes. Yes, I personally tighten the top wingnut first though. I've found this method to work best for myself. Reason being, I can tighten the top enough to mesh the top teeth together and eliminate any chance of the top bolt from digging into the top of my penis and making me impotent. If I tighten the bottom wingnuts first, there's too much of the top bolt exposed and I cannot get the top teeth to mesh together. I've been chastised before by BIB and some of his more radical devotees for going against the prophecy of hanging as according to BIB....LOL but, I prefer to do what works for ME. I have also done a very controversial thing I'm sure and, completely removed via a "Dremel Tool" the bottom teeth from my BIB starter. This keeps the bottom of my penis from getting pinched when tightening down the bottom wing nuts. Sure, I could just use my full size hanger...but, I personally do not like the full size BIB...not that I'm not large enough to use it. I just prefer the way the starter adjusts and fits my penis. No matter how you set your hanger for hanging....the basics are: mesh the top teeth together, minimize the amount of the top bolt that contacts the top of your penis, make sure you hanger is always tight enough to keep it from pulling over your glans when hanging (its amazing how tightly you can make your hanger). When you say the skin slips over the ridge of your glans....that's ok! Same thing happens with me. As long as the actual hanger is staying behind your glans and not putting excess pressure on the glans....in other words you can hang 15-20 minutes straight without getting a loss of feeling or a feeling of numbness or like, the glans is falling asleep, youre ok. That really just equates to needing to experiment more with your settings. Dont make the mistake some guys do and get overly anxious to hang. Hanging requires more of a learning curve than other types of Penis Enlargement BUT, the extra week or two required to learn how to hang properly and how to adjust your hanger for YOUR penis...is all worth it! I've heard of guys in the past having some sort of set up in there car for stretching via a home made type simple hanger and some bungee cords or something like that. Keep your head on straight and keep us posted!