DavidJohns wrote:I had the same model you have installed in 2002. I use the two-hand method to inflate, and the two hand method to deflate (one hand on the release valve and the other hand squeezing my penis to help the saline solution exit and go back into the reservoir). Would have happy to answer anyone's questions.
Thanks for your response. I posted in another thread about the problem I had where the bulb got stuck in the deflate state and would not suck fluid from the reservoir into the cylinders. That problem happened on last Tuesday night and the next morning but then did not happen again. Now I have pumped successfully without having the problem 7 different times. I think maybe I had the problem because I was not squeezing the bulb forcefully enough. Hopefully the more forceful squeezing I am doing is adequate to assure the problem will not happen again. Have you ever had a problem where the bulb got stuck and would only pull fluid out of the cyclinders and not from the reservoir?
Since I started pumping only recently I am still learning about what to expect. In my first few pumping sessions, about half the time on my first squeeze the bulb would start out fairly hard but then would collapse suddenly. I thought that indicated the valve had switched from deflate to inflate. But the last six times I have pumped I have not had that sudden collapse of the bulb on the first squeeze. I proceded with subsequent squeezes and got a good inflation which lasted for at least 20 minutes, so the valve must have switched fully to inflate. Do you get that sudden collapse on your first squeeze of pumping?
