Asymmetric Inflation

[ElbowRoom]

Hey all... I was on the couch cycling last night, and I noticed some behavior with inflating my Titan. I don't know if this is new or just how it's always been and I never noticed.

As I was inflating, I noticed my dick looked a little odd and more swollen on the left than the right. I felt around and realized the left cylinder was about 80%, while the right side one was barely inflated and still felt a little "crinkly." I continued inflating and the right side started to "catch up" and both cylinders hit 100% about the same time.

This morning I inflated again in the shower, paying closer attention to the state of inflation on each side. It did seem the left inflated a little faster than the right, but it was very subtle. I did notice the shaft pain from cycling started on the left before the right. Again, the right side caught up and both became equally hard and stayed that way through the entire 30 minute cycling session.

I'm guessing this is no big deal, likely caused by shorter tubing or with less bends going to the left over the right. So it preferentially fills the left until the fluid pressure causes it to prefer the right. Position might have something to do with it as well, since standing in the shower the effect seemed far less pronounced than when I was sitting/lying down.

Has anybody else experienced this?

[Kodixx]

ElbowRoom, I haven't experienced that, but wondering if you think swelling or hematoma might be having an effect ? Like temporarily reducing the flow in affected area(s) ?

- Chuck

[ElbowRoom]

ElbowRoom, I haven't experienced that, but wondering if you think swelling or edema might be having an effect ? Like temporarily reducing the flow in affected area(s) ?

- Chuck

It's possible, the right side where I'm seeing less initial inflation, is the side where I have that large hematoma. But the tubes from the pump to the cylinder are pretty rigid, and the cylinders themselves are large enough diameter I wouldn't think they'd could be significantly impaired. The hematoma does go right up to the base of the penis on the right side, however. So...maybe?

I see Hakky on 11/12 (Wednesday), I'll let ya'll know what his assessment is.

[ElbowRoom]

Update: when I inflated this evening everything seemed very symmetric, all the way up and all the way down.

Maybe it was just a fluke related to how I was laying, something in the hematoma shifted against the cylinder…whatever. It seems to not be an ongoing factor.

[Rider1400]

I have a thought. I can definitely say you can put more pressure on one side than the other when deflating causing one side to actually be more deflated than the other. This would cause the scenario you’re describing. Definitely a possibility.

[duke_cicero]

Obviously I have a malleable, but it's worth mentioning that I've seen a lot of forum members say that they noticed weird things early on and then never again. I do wonder if sometimes it's simply hypervigilance playing tricks on us. I had my own set of these things early on. Doesn't help that I'm sort of a hypochondriac!

[ElbowRoom]

I have a thought. I can definitely say you can put more pressure on one side than the other when deflating causing one side to actually be more deflated than the other. This would cause the scenario you’re describing. Definitely a possibility.

That’s possible. But the one time it was really noticeable, the left side went to 80% before the other side even got to 30%. Way more than any difference in cylinder deflation, IMO. But your idea is as plausible as any. I’ll let ya’ll know what Dr. Hakky thinks.

[ElbowRoom]

Obviously I have a malleable, but it's worth mentioning that I've seen a lot of forum members say that they noticed weird things early on and then never again. I do wonder if sometimes it's simply hypervigilance playing tricks on us. I had my own set of these things early on. Doesn't help that I'm sort of a hypochondriac!

There could definitely be quirks related to break-in, surgical swelling, user error, or a number of possibilities. I would have panicked if the right side never inflated properly, or inflated but wouldn’t hold pressure. Since nome of that happened, it’s more a “huh, that’s odd” situation than “omg wtf is happening?!?”