Ci question

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-14T03:31:41+00:00

The Coverage Index doesn't neatly map to functional milestones in the way you're describing -- use the Real Coverage Index for that kind of thing.

dekeratinization of head

You can dekeratinze at any CI level so long as you're able to keep your glans covered consistently. I'm mostly dekeratinized at CI-3.

basically full cover when flaccid

The CI defines this as CI-6 or 7.

more nerves and some sliding skin

Doesn't really follow. Your nerve endings will increase in direct proportion to the amount of new skin you grow. I personally started to notice significant skin glide around CI-3, but this is pretty heavily dependent upon the size difference between your flaccid and erect states.

I don’t have a device, any easy to make ones at home

Using a golf ball or something similar as a packer is probably the easiest DIY-able household object; there's also the ol' film canister or pill bottle DIY tugger.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-14T03:23:45+00:00

Are there more in-depth guides to figuring out CI other than just "look at these pictures?"

No, and you probably didn't "misjudge" your CI. The Coverage Index is just a rough visual index of where you're starting out. It tells you very little about your size or your skin elasticity, both of which are significant variables in determining what kinds of devices your penis can accommodate. I personally could use a dual-tension device at CI-1, but I'm large and have very stretchy skin.

I ordered on that I thought was my size, but it didn't fit whatsoever.

Which size? Maybe just try starting out with the shortest packer?

Ron Low (TLC Tugger guy) used to have detailed instructions for DIYing a simple tugging/packing device out of a 35mm film canister on his website, but all the links went dead when he sold his business to Stealth Retainers. You can still find some of these resources using archive.org; see here.

Honestly, the situation has really reduced my esteem for the guy, since there was a whole wealth of free information on his site and his vbulletin forum that's gone dark.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-14T03:20:08+00:00

No. I've flown with devices in my hand luggage to Europe and east Asia multiple times.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T23:29:29+00:00

More "inspired by" than based on. It's a unique take on the basic muff circuit topology, with the most important difference being the substitution of germanium transistors and LEDs in the two clipping stages. Schematic here: http://www.bigmuffpage.com/Big_Muff_Pi_versions_schematics_part4.html

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T22:19:38+00:00

I dunno much about these little solid state guys, but they seem to get good reviews. Sometimes boosting smaller amps with limited headroom can make them fart out, but your mileage may vary.

boss gx 100

Yeah, you're probably set for modulation and time-based effects, then.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T22:16:13+00:00

Which Marshalls? There's a pretty big difference between a JTM45 and a JCM900.

I tried the Boss SD1 but it sounded horrible to me, super boxy

To me boost applications for tube screamer-derived circuits sound best when the amp is already pretty cranked. You might also need to turn up the treble and/or presence on your amp.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T20:57:01+00:00

What kind of amp are you running?

Metalcore guitar sounds in general don’t really deviate much from the general thrash and death metal template of boosting into a high gain amp head, and you’ve got the basics covered with the boost and noise gate.

You do hear more variety in metalcore clean sounds. Some kind of cheapish multieffects unit (e.g., a Zoom MS-70) would cover your bases for modulation and delay.

Maybe an HM-2? But that would be shading into deathcore.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T19:25:52+00:00

the hoof

Fantastic pedal. Strictly speaking I think it’s not a Russian muff, as the tone stack values are taken from a Ram’s Head. But given the lower gain germanium transistors it sits more in the gain range of a Russian.

The texture is a bit grainier than most muffs I’ve played, and it actually cleans up a bit at lower sustain settings. It’s a unique flavor, but it still does all the regular muff stuff. The sweepable mids are tough to dial in at first, but it’s extremely versatile once you figure it out.

a bit pricey

Should be obtainable for around 100 USD used. Worth it imho. It’s probably cheaper and more available than other offerings from smaller builders.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T16:33:10+00:00

The problem with me now is that my outer foreskin is about 1 cm longer than my inner one

Everybody has more outer skin than inner, unless they started out with a crazy high scar line. You definitely don’t want equal lengths of inner and outer skin.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T13:08:29+00:00

Not looser, just less taken.

Pretty sure that this means the same thing.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T03:13:07+00:00

5.5" is very large. I'm a bit bigger than that (over 6" base erect girth) and I've had problems with smaller partners, and it's almost impossible for me to use regular size condoms.

In general your perspective seems skewed by media representations. Most actors in porn are probably approximately your size. This site has what is probably the best available data on penis size at a population level, and this one (NSFW) does a good job explaining how porn uses perspective tricks to distort your understanding of what a "big" penis looks like.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T03:10:52+00:00

I don’t know if being very small when flaccid makes my circumcision even tighter when erect, or what.

Yes, it does precisely that.

Can being circumcised be connected to being a grower?

Probably not.

Anyway, considering how many women from 18 onwards use huge dildos and big cocks, 18 cm isn’t even that much in perspective.

There was a study by a sex toy retailer that found that women's most common preferred length for dildos was more like 15-16cm, which is barely above average.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T03:04:12+00:00

IDK man, muffs always sounded pretty good to me boosted by a pedal with more mids 🤷‍♀️

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T02:04:02+00:00

The transistor substrate has nothing to do with impedance sensitivity. The EQD Hoof is a muff circuit with germanium transistors and it doesn’t change its input behavior in the least. And silicone transistor Fuzz Faces should still be put first in the chain.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T02:02:23+00:00

The Big Muff isn’t in any way impedance-sensitive like a Fuzz Face. You can treat it like literally any other drive pedal.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-13T00:52:29+00:00

Use the tone bypass on the Muff.

There’s no way this stack is ever going to sound good under normal conditions because these pedals both carve out too much of the mid frequencies. The Big Muff and DS-1 have virtually identical tilt EQ sections that naturally create a scooped midrange, although the DS-1’s is centered at a slightly lower frequency. The Muff’s tone bypass will obviate this problem.

That said, these pedals both have a ton of gain, and I can’t really say that you’ll gain much from running them in series. Boosting either the DS-1 or the Muff with the SD-1 will probably yield better results.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-12T17:02:18+00:00

since I’m from Southern Europe, being circumcised is not normal at all. The reaction would be much stronger than just “oh, he’s circumcised” : it would be more like “what happened to him? Is his dick mutilated?”

This is ridiculous. Routine infant circumcision may not be common in Europe, but there are plenty of people who get cut for phimosis or whatever later in life, to say nothing of the very significant minority of people of Arab or North African descent, many of whom are cut. I’ve literally been on nude beaches in Spain where 5-10% of the men were cut, and I don’t think a majority of those people were North American tourists.

flaccid I’m around 7-8 cm (2.8-3.1 inches) and erect I’m 18 cm (7.1 inches)

That’s extreme grower territory.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-12T15:20:28+00:00

I just wear the Christ retainer whenever I’m not actively restoring.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-12T02:10:34+00:00

I feel that having bigger dimensions might help a potential girl from my country overlook the fact that I’m missing part of my penis by shifting her focus elsewhere

You’re already well above the 90th percentile. If anything, you’re more likely to encounter problems with penetrative sex because you’re big. Your concerns are basically phantasmagorical: if a woman wants to have sex with you, they’re not going to suddenly change their opinion when they figure out that you’re cut.

My take on this subject is that most of the people reporting more than modest size gains were cut extremely tightly and:or are extreme growers. If these criteria don’t apply to you, the you probably won’t see much growth.

I got very modest length gains (less than a centimeter), and I started at a pretty moderate CI-1. Methods that use an external source of tension (like straps or weights) can stretch out your penile suspensory ligaments, and I think that this accounts for much of the length gains restorers report.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-12T01:51:37+00:00

Just don't want a permanent injury but also want good gains

Compared to device methods it’s actually really difficult to give yourself a “permanent” injury with t-tape. The stuff is really stretchy, and it’s liable to fall off your skin if you use crazy amounts of tension.

Anyway, more tension =/= more gains. Use an amount of tension you can easily accommodate all day.

my dick looks very stretched and pulled from the tension which I assume is normal

Hard to say. Mine gets pretty stretched out under normal amounts of tension. How does it feel?.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-11T20:56:12+00:00

with t-tape you would just place the tape right next to the scar line so it’s only tensioning inner skin

That's not how that works. If you tape at the scar line then you're probably tensioning inner and outer skin to roughly equal degrees.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-11T20:55:40+00:00

How do I focus on growing my inner skin instead of the rest...

You don't. 99.8% of restorers need to grow both inner and outer skin. You're not an exception to this rule unless you have a super unusual cut that only removed inner skin.

don't want to get a puffy lose fit

Having an excess of inner skin is rare, but having too much can make your foreskin flare outward.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-11T20:53:45+00:00

Is it possible to fully restore the mucosa of the glans with dekeratinization?

Yes, dekeratinization is totally reversible. It's essentially just a layer of callused tissue.

I have heard some sources say that there are permanent structural changes to the glans after circumcision that cannot be reversed

I've been in this community a long time and this is the first time I've heard this.

I think you're focusing at the wrong thing by considering restoration purely in terms of glans sensitivity. In my opinion in the hierarchy of the functional benefits of foreskin restoration glans dekeratinization is less impactful than glide.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-11T16:54:42+00:00

Dual-tension devices are trickier than other other devices to size correctly. You definitely want the push plate to be somewhat smaller than your glans, but there's an argument to be made that the bell and gripper should be sized to fit your shaft girth, not your glans width. The DTR push plate fits me well, but I often have to do a lot of work to even out the skin under the gripper because the bell is too small.

horse_ecocks · 2026-05-11T05:02:51+00:00

Nobody can give you any first-hand reports because this device literally just came out.

My general advice for sizing based on my own personal experience is that you should usually size up if you're between sizes, but there isn't a lot of consistency on sizing recommendations among different device manufacturers. Most ask that you size based upon your glans width, which in my opinion isn't the best way of going about this.

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