Stowage/Concealment/Deployment Malleable vs Inflatable

[Lost Sheep]

There are a few threads recently discussing the relative merits of malleable and inflatable implants.

I speculate that a partially inflated inflatable implant would make an inflatable very much like a malleable. Is that right or wrong - or maybe the question should be, How far off-base or on-target is that speculation?

I thought it might be useful to hear from those men who have had both (at different times) to comment on these questions:

1. Compare concealing a malleable (for men with larger or smaller penises) to concealing a partially inflated implanted penis.

2. Compare deploying (as, for urination) a malleable (for men with larger or smaller penises) to deploying a partially inflated implanted penis.

3. Compare walking around (as in a shower or locker room) nude with a malleable with an implanted penis (completely deflated or partially inflated.

I think answers to these would be helpful to men considering the choice.

Thank you in advance.

[Old Guy]

Well my inflatable Coloplast, even fully deflated, is a struggle to pull out of my pants to pee.
If it was partially inflated I'd have to pull my pants down and use a urinal or I'd pee on the wall.

[Lost Sheep]

I know some guys, when out, single and looking to "advertise" have their implants partially inflated the same way non-E.D. guys like to have a partial hard-on or put a sock in their pants. A malleable-owner has that all the time (as I understand it).

So, I am looking for a way for a guy with an inflatable to compare what it would be like to have had a malleable instead. That is, I, with an AMS LGX, wonder at what degree of inflation would my penis be similar to a malleable stowed away. I sometimes am inflated 40%, 50%, 70% just for the fun of it.

And, of course, men trying to decide between the two types (malleable vs inflatable) and AMS vs Coloplast would find experienced guys' advice useful

Old Guy, your comment makes me wonder if 1) your implant has not had time to "soften up", which can take months for a Coloplast Titan or 2) perhaps if your reservoir is restricted in its ability to take all the saline needed to get a true full deflation. (Scar tissue encapsulation of the reservoir) Or 3) you are just not squeezing the implant down hard enough ouch!.

[Agfa13]

Hmmm....well since I had both, will put my 2 cents worth.
I showed pics on here of how the malleable was in shorts at gym. This is just me, but I. did not like that fact that it was poking out. Some guys like that, but for me it was distracting (gawd, I really must be modest if my dick poking out embarrasses me, lol)
Since they gambled on me with the infection, I lost some inches (quite a bit IMHO). It was a just enough to poke out, and I could not do anything in terms of stowage (stay away from Tactra!)

Now that I have the inflatable, I do admit it takes some getting used to, but it is with other things, I can put it away better! Since I am in the early stages, only 4 months out, pissing at urinal feels weird. Hauling out a 'stiff' 4" dick feels funny. I would much rather go into the stall and shuck my pants down, but in this day and age, I would hold off on that. Here at home, no problem doing that

Between the 2, I would go for the 3 piece, only because it can be put away, and I can 'vary' the thickness, according to situation.

[principles]

Interesting thread. Hopefully it gets some traction and exposure so we can collect input from malleable hosts.

[Waynetho]

(stay away from Tactra!)

Didn't you say that the doctor doing the last revision stated that he removed a Coloplast Genesis?

[Agfa13]

Yes, I did. But I am referencing the Tactra in the chart that I put up. It only has a 5 year life span and it only goes down 90 degrees.
The Rigicon, on the other hand, can go down 135 degrees. But I have to add that whatever is decided, research.

[Old Guy]

Old Guy, your comment makes me wonder if 1) your implant has not had time to "soften up", which can take months for a Coloplast Titan or 2) perhaps if your reservoir is restricted in its ability to take all the saline needed to get a true full deflation. (Scar tissue encapsulation of the reservoir) Or 3) you are just not squeezing the implant down hard enough ouch!.

Maybe it's just not softened up yet, but I do deflate it fully. It is to the point of looking like my old flaccid self, but the cylinders have more rigidity than a limp dick. I squeeze pretty hard to deflate, to the point I can feel the reservoir getting full. Taking a pee since implant has been sitting down. My aim wasn't the best before but since the implant sometimes it looks like a sprinkler going off all different directions.

[Lost Sheep]

Old Guy, your comment makes me wonder if 1) your implant has not had time to "soften up", which can take months for a Coloplast Titan or 2) perhaps if your reservoir is restricted in its ability to take all the saline needed to get a true full deflation. (Scar tissue encapsulation of the reservoir) Or 3) you are just not squeezing the implant down hard enough ouch!.

Maybe it's just not softened up yet, but I do deflate it fully. It is to the point of looking like my old flaccid self, but the cylinders have more rigidity than a limp dick. I squeeze pretty hard to deflate, to the point I can feel the reservoir getting full. Taking a pee since implant has been sitting down. My aim wasn't the best before but since the implant sometimes it looks like a sprinkler going off all different directions.

I may be wrong, but the "sprinkler" effect (multiple streams instead of the usual one, if that was your pattern before surgery) is an issue that might be fixable independent of the implant. Let your Patient Liaison know (their services are free). You will probably be advised to let your urologist know. This should be easily fixed. The solution for aiming for direction should quickly follow.

{Take this from someone who has never experienced a Coloplast}} If you can feel (not the reservoir being filled, but) the implant tubes squeezed down so you can feel them ultimately flattened out (That's how my AMS tubes feel when I squeeze them fully down.) then you are indeed getting as flaccid as the tubes' material of which they are constructed will allow. The material is called "bioflex" and its formula it proprietary to Coloplast and considerably stiffer than the cloth/silicone sandwich which AMS uses. (Both implants stiffen under pressure from the saline, though, so the AMS catches up to the Coloplast if you put enough pressure inside either - Coloplast aficionados may disagree!)

Yes, your Titan will never be as flaccid as the AMS devices.

[Lost Sheep]

Old Guy, your comment makes me wonder if 1) your implant has not had time to "soften up", which can take months for a Coloplast Titan or 2) perhaps if your reservoir is restricted in its ability to take all the saline needed to get a true full deflation. (Scar tissue encapsulation of the reservoir) Or 3) you are just not squeezing the implant down hard enough ouch!.

Maybe it's just not softened up yet, but I do deflate it fully. It is to the point of looking like my old flaccid self, but the cylinders have more rigidity than a limp dick. I squeeze pretty hard to deflate, to the point I can feel the reservoir getting full. Taking a pee since implant has been sitting down. My aim wasn't the best before but since the implant sometimes it looks like a sprinkler going off all different directions.

I may be wrong, but the "sprinkler" effect (multiple streams instead of the usual one, if that was your pattern before surgery) is an issue that might be fixable independent of the implant. Let your Patient Liaison know (their services are free). You will probably be advised to let your urologist know. This should be easily fixed. The solution for aiming for direction should quickly follow.

{Take this from someone who has never experienced a Coloplast}} If you can feel (not the reservoir being filled, but) the implant tubes squeezed down so you can feel them ultimately flattened out (That's how my AMS tubes feel when I squeeze them fully down.) then you are indeed getting as flaccid as the tubes' material of which they are constructed will allow. The material is called "bioflex" and its formula it proprietary to Coloplast and considerably stiffer than the cloth/silicone sandwich which AMS uses. (Both implants stiffen under pressure from the saline, though, so the AMS catches up to the Coloplast if you put enough pressure inside either - Coloplast aficionados may disagree!)

Yes, your Titan will never be as flaccid as the AMS devices. When you can feel that the tubes are flattened, that is as flexible and floppy as it will get. The good news is that it does get more flexible as months go by.