Why use a VED?

[Comatose]

So I am using the stock rings that came with the Impoaid. They work but are uncomfortable as I need to use a pretty tight one. I've heard about alternatives - what do you guys use? Are they an improvement over the Impoaids?

I use a nylon stocking in a slip loop tourniquet fashion when I masturbate, (I wasn't a boy scout and that's the best I can describe it).
Anyway, it's easy on and easy off; as a mater of fact, I believe I'll try it again in a few hours.

[Spontaneous1]

Im in the OPs boat, I bought the most expensive medical grade VED there is and found it impossible to get any sort of erection with it.

It pumped so tight that it was painful but was still only a semi, and the rings feel like they are strangulating the base.

I could get a better erection with nothing than with them, and to this day are still the only ED treatment I cannot fathom at all.

I couldnt even manage it alone, let alone fumbling around with it in front of someone.

I can understand pills and them working or not working, I can understand the pros and cons of injections and implants, but VEDs to me just simply do not work.

You don't need an expensive pump and cylinder, just one that's sized correctly for your erect girth, and a constriction band that will keep the blood in your unit after you pump it up, and you'll have to experiment with different sizes until you find the right one. The only way a pump won't work is if you can't get blood into your dick, and if that's the case it would've fallen off by now!
You have to load the band onto the pump prior to pumping up and then slip it off the pump while you're still erect in the pump. It can be tricky, but when you do it right the band will come off around the base right before you break the vacuum seal.
IT DOES WORK, you just have to have the right sized equipment, and pump up slowly once you do. Use lube all over your dick, and around the pump base. Hold the pump against your (trimmed) pubic area, get a good seal, and pump about 5-7 times, wait for 10 seconds and repeat until your dick is fully erect, then work the band off the cylinder without losing the vacuum. If you push the cylinder down a little, easy, and start rolling the band off from the top that works the best. Once it starts rolling off just keeping working around the sides and it will pop off the rest of the way on its own. By then the cylinder will have released, and if you have the right size band it will maintain your erection.
The bands come in different sizes, and you can't get one just by measuring your girth, it has to be strong enough to keep the blood in your dick without strangling it, so like I said, experiment with different sizes.

[mrksman]

So I am using the stock rings that came with the Impoaid. They work but are uncomfortable as I need to use a pretty tight one. I've heard about alternatives - what do you guys use? Are they an improvement over the Impoaids?

I have had pretty good luck with the Pos-T-Vac Mach rings. Just have to experiment with the the various sizes to see what works best.