I can't believe how unlucky I am. My testicles are very close to my penis and is making my life so difficult with the pump. Any ideas? I even tried to tie em up but it is so difficult and so uncomfortable.
Brother, you're not the only one. My balls are high up there. Worst yet, shifting the pump around tends to favor a certain portion of the pelvic skin and suck it up along with it. Painful as painful gets.
After receiving my BathMate, a few weeks of trial and errors, I've came up with a few ways to battle this painful nightmare.
Air pump donuts:
Unfortunately, I can only find the soft universal size max out at 3in diameter. The BathMate comfort sleeve insert is at 3.25in. You can fudge it but it only works on the first round of pump. Once the donut gets slightly moist/wet, it's practically a freaking battle to put it back on the BathMate comfort sleeve insert. The donut is extremely comfortable, and the restrictive hole will prevent your scrotum and pelvic skin from being sucked in along with penis.
Gel pads:
get yourself some good thick gel pads of your choice, be the material is silicone or a thick gel. I got mine (Motorcycle Seat Gel Pad Shock Absorption Mats) via Amazon made from polyurethane for easy trimming/cutting and compressional allowance. Silicone has limited compression and can get uncomfortable at times.
If you look at the image, i cut the diameter out at 1.25in to match my old donut to match my needed circumference needs. You can start out at 1in or even less based on your penis circumference. Less is always better and widen when needed. Doing this allows my pelvic and scrotum skin to be sucked up at higher vacuum pressures while allowing my pelvic area to be relieved from compression pain between the BathMate plastic parts and my pelvic bone. It's literally night and day for pain relief. I have the BathMate foam comfort pads as well. Even two of them on, I can still the pain against my pelvic area, and my skin still get sucked into the chamber. The gel pad on the other hand stop the skink from being sucked in completely. Even at 13 inHg vacuum force, I feel nothing but pressure against my penile shaft.