So how do you go about acquiring these all important rings? Well there are a whole lot of them out there, which is a problem. You simply can’t tell anything about cockrings from a picture or the outside of the package. Rings can literally look exactly the same but feel very different and more importantly, stretch very differently. When I sold them in a store I would always open them to see how stretchy they were even when the purchaser said I didn’t need to. The customer is not always right and these customers were wrong. Unless you have previously purchased those exact rings, from the same company and under the exact same name, you have no idea how stretchy they are. Two rings can literally look exactly the same, including the same marks from the mold that made them, and be completely different in texture and stretch. It is so frustrating!
So how do we deal with this?
Let’s start with vibrating rings. These have their own frustrations in that the disposables tend to be sold in blister packs and very few stores will open them for you to see the texture or vibration. This makes purchasing the things a bit of a gamble. I bought a few for one of my short videos and one didn’t vibrate at all. Unfortunately though it is not common to get a non-functional one, it is possible. I don’t know if I could have exchanged it, some stores will, I never checked. I just cursed at it and threw it away, I didn’t feel like dealing with it. It’s worth asking when you purchase if you can either test it at the store or exchange it later if it won’t vibrate. If they won’t help with it and you have another store nearby see if they are better about it. I just took the loss because I didn’t really need it.
The non-disposable ones tend to be expensive or extremely bulky which doesn’t help either. This is actually why I recommend starting with an inexpensive disposable first to see if it works for you. Screaming O is one of the more popular brands and Hott Products makes a number of different “dingers” the Hummdinger, Double dinger etc. either of these would be a fine start. There are also plenty of other options and most of them are between eight and twelve dollars. Go with whatever is cheapest and then you can upgrade from there. The one advantage to this is that you can buy these online if you need to and they will be the same as in the store. Watch out when you are shopping though, weirdly, they are often more expensive online.
The non-vibrating rings are more of a challenge, as I noted above. Since rings vary so much, the approach to take is to ask to have each and every ring that you are considering taken out of the package so you can feel them. You want to stretch them carefully and see how they stretch, how soft they are and make sure they are not overly sticky or stinky. Stretchy rings are not as likely to be pure silicone as other toys are, I’m not sure why. Because of this you want to make sure you look at them carefully, and out of the package. The best way to tell if you’re getting a safer type of plastic is the smell. Toys in general don’t exactly have specific ingredients listed but if it stinks it is not to be trusted. I have yet to find a high quality material for toys that has a strong odor. There are some with a light fragrance but if you smell it as soon as the package is opened it’s not a stable material.
The other thing to check is the texture, it shouldn’t be sticky. All stretchy rings will be somewhat high friction but it shouldn’t feel so sticky that it feels as if it is leaving something on your fingers.
You may find yourself wondering why they usually come in packs of two to five. Well, it’s because sizing is an issue. They give you a small range of sizes so you can figure out which one works for you. You can’t exactly whip it out and try them on right there, for obvious reasons. The other side of that is, please pardon me for this, you don’t really know how big any penis really is. I know you think you do but knowing what something looks like and knowing what size will go around it are not the same thing. Measuring it will give you a better idea about the size but doesn’t help you with the eventual fit because of that variable stretch issue. So you are going to need that multipack to ensure that you get a good fit. I am not going to lie, you are probably going to get the wrong size the first time. It’s really hard to buy something that fits when you can’t even compare its size to the object that it must fit. This is another place where it pays to buy cheap. Get a cheap set that you think is close and take it home and try them on. If you find one that is close but it’s not quite perfect then take that one (cleaned, please!) back to the store. Now with the ring as a reference point you can get that little bit of stretch or size that you need.
The ring for the scrotum ring technique is a little different as this needs to be very wide and very stretchy, as wide and as stretchy as you can find. You are using it as a spacer for a delicate area, it should not be tight. Besides, you are going to be putting balls and all through it, it’ll need to stretch around them comfortably. These are not usually sold in multipacks, but as singles instead. They are usually very stretchy since they aren’t intended for the tighter techniques. Always make sure they are actually stretchy enough though, not something you want to find out while using it.
Other than the vibrating rings we talked about before, can you buy rings online? Yes of course you can, it might be a little annoying though. As I said, rings vary a lot in stretchiness. There is no way to see how stretchy anything is by looking at it. The common description of “super stretchy” gives you nothing to go on really. You may end up buying a few different packages before you find exactly what you are looking for. Of course, since sizing is weird either way, that may not be a huge disadvantage in the end. The fact is that sizing something, anything, that you can’t take out in public is always going to be a challenge.
The best way to end this set of advice is to say that if you find a ring that fits exactly the way you want it to, buy more. If you can’t afford that, save the package. You very much want to be able to buy them again and having the ring itself, as noted above, doesn’t help. So make sure you know what to buy the next time.
That, in six parts, is how to buy and use rings for erection support. Erections are tricksy things no matter what. Soon I will cover more ways to get and keep them. We will see if that happens before or after I cover some back door activities.
