The water does stay in when i close the valve, however at times the maximum length i get up to in the bathmate does go down a bit quite quickly and doesnt stay at the max i got to for long, so i then repump to get back close to where I was pumped up to on the bathmate. Im not sure what I could be doing wrong to not get more than 0.2 expansion
Okey now I understand, you don't have a HydroXtreme version of the pump. No worries, you can make it work with a Hydromax version as well, I started with the Hydromax 5.
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What version do you have?
Well then you are maxed out by the gator (rubber agains your body).
Do you have any air pocket at the base in your pump? If so you need to add more water in the
beginning of your pumping, make sure you do not spill out water when you stick in your penis.
I don't think It's anything wrong with your pump. It may be that your pump technique needs some tuning. It took some time for me to get my pumping technique perfect when I started to use Bathmate pumps.
This behavior is normal for these pumps (your penis shrinks at length), especially if you max out the girth on a Hydromax pump (without the external pump).
Don't focus on the length of your penis expansion. You also expand at the girth it may be so that after some time in the pump your penis deforms and expands more at the girth, therefore less expansion at the lenght. In the beginning in the Hydomax 5 my penis didn't expand at all at length, it looked like a mushroom shape. This will be better if you keep at it.
I have also experienced this shrinkage at the lenght inside the pump. Even with maximum pressure. This is most frustrating when you use a Hydomax pump, since when the "gator" (rubber part against your body) is maxed out, that is compressed to the max, and you can not add pressure later on, in the 5 minutes you stay inside the pump.
But just make sure you keep the water level high in the pump, and increase the pressure at max, keep the water as warm as possible without burning your penis, then just stay inside the pump for 5 minutes according to the
Girth Program: 5x5x3.
Keep the pressure high and with time you will get more expansion. This was my experience in the beginning with these pumps. You need to be patient and keep the pressure high. Your penis will eventually adapt and start to expand more.