Recommendations for penis pumps

I bought mine from Augusta medical solutions several years ago. The battery operated one broke and it also lost power as the battery wears down. So I ended up with the manual one. I also bought a lifetime warranty for $99. If anything breaks, I just pay for shipping and they replace it. I use this for rehab and to avoid further shrinking, not for sex.

This is the one I use:
https://www.erecaidpumps.com/edp-mos100/
I’ve been using it daily since mid-February. Pretty basic, but it gets the job done. The ED nurse at the cancer center I go to recommended avoiding the battery-powered ones.

I’m lucky, I suppose, in that I don’t seem to have lost any length compared to before surgery. I did have nerve-sparing surgery done, though the surgeon did remove the nerves on my left side. I’ve not had anything I’d really call an erection yet, but I do get daily sensations sort of like my penis *wants* to be erect, but just can’t figure it out. The best I managed (spontaneously on its own) was a visibly-noticeable 1/4 erection, so things are going on down/in there, but no real results yet.

I’m also just using this therapeutically, not for intimacy. I’m also on a daily half-does of Viagra for the same purpose.

Like florida11, I also bought from Augusta Medical Systems. I got the SomaTherapy-ED model that was recommended by my urologist. It's the hand pump one. It works well. I only use it for therapy. It comes with rings to maintain an erection and I tried it a couple of times and it did give me a workable erection that I could use for penetration. It was weird however as the ring only holds the blood in but doesn't allow fresh warm blood to replace the cold blood and your penis feels cold. I can get a 1/4 to 1/3 erection at three months out from RALP, so hopefully if I'm persistent with therapy, full erections will come back.
Best of luck to you.

I used the Vacurect both for therapy following my nerve sparing prostatectomy in October of 2024 and again in preparation for my recent Coloplast inflatable implant (IPP). Following surgery I started having night erections almost suitable for penetration...woohoo!. That lasted 4 months then things started to go away. Also my penis was shrinking in the Vacurect chamber as I marked the clear cylinder. I then added in Trimix shots every few days, but was never able to get an erection firm enough so in October of last year went to a sexual medicine Urologist who ran ultrasound scans of my penis that showed severe scaring (fibrosis) and restricted blood flow on the right side likely from either previous injury or surgical damage to nerves or blood supply during surgery. This was not going to get better and would likely lead to Peyronie's disease down the road. On a recommendation, I called Dr Patel at UCSD and after the initial exam, he asked me what my timeline was ? I told him not in a hurry. He said great, go buy a traction device and use it 30 minutes morning and evening and use the Vacurect twice a day with no ring installed as well. This is to stretch the penis back out so he can stall a longer/larger device and get back lost length. I did all that for 4 months gaining back a little over 1/4" per month for 4 months.
Had the implant installed 5 weeks ago and the length is within 1/2" of what I was before the prostatectomy surgery. Dr Patel has assured me that it will continue to stretch back to full length (maybe a bit more) within 6 months. While disappointed that I had to go Bionic down there I am happy about the result. Most men (70%) report lost length after implant, but that is not the case for me due to 4 months of preparation. One last comment, ...per Dr Patel, unless you had "Retzius Sparring" prostatectomy, most men receiving a prostatectomy have had their bladder detached and dropped down into the "Space of Retzius" to close the gap created by removing the prostate and a chunk of the urethra. This minimizes penile shrinkage however that space is where they put the IPP reservoir so in my case they had to make a second incision in the abdomen for the reservoir.

Sounds great! What constitutes a 'traction device'? I hae a vacuum pump that I use religiously, but am not familiar with this other one. Thanks.

My implant doctor (Dashan Patel) recommended the "Restore-X " brand, but it seemed really pricey so I ended up buying an off brand on Amazon. It was listed on Amazon as "White penile traction device". Reviews were not great. I used it and had some initial discomfort due to the silicon strap around the glands so I bought some silicon penile sleeves to put around the glands before putting the traction device on. Got those on ebay and cut them down to about 2" in length. That worked really well and it kept the strap around the glands from chaffing. I would get up early and put it on, then have coffee and read the news, then remove it, shower (use the vacuum device) and go to work. Did a similar routine at night. This all sounds crazy, but it really worked. You need to be consistent and you will know things are improving when you need to add additional segments every month or so to lengthen the traction device. You can also make your own penile length estimate as you go by pulling the flaccid penis firmly out by the glands and use a ruler to gently push thought pubic fat till it rests on the pelvic bone. That measurement is medically referred to as the SPL (Stretched Penile Length) and I was told that number will be pretty close to the final length after the IPP procedure. You should see that number increasing bit by bit every month. Use of penile traction is recommended by many of the leading implant specialists such as Dr Clavel in Houston prior to implant surgery.

In case this helps anyone, this is the list of pumps the ED clinic at the cancer center recommended.

Sources are:
https://www.edpumps.com/
https://www.erecaidpumps.com
Amazon

Don’t be afraid to check with your insurance. Mine covered it 100% technically, provided I purchased it from one of their approved medical supply houses. Unfortunately, none of those stocked any pumps, so I ended up paying out of pocket.

Off to go pump (seriously!)…

Hi,
There is also an over the counter cream you can buy at your local supermarket that helps with erections. Eroxon I think is the name, might be worth a try.

Dave 3+4

Thanks to all of the gents who offered their pump recommendations. I see my urologist next month, so I'll check with him as well. I've got to do something. Another gent's comments on shrinkage mentioned/suggested the need for another circumcision, because while the corpus cavernosum "inside" the penis is shrinking, the outer foreskin is not, so...it folds over and bunches up on itself. With my daily very small amount of leakage, it only takes drops of urine to get into the folds of that skin and around the glans to set up a skin infection (made worse because as a Type II Diabetic, the extra sugar in my urine makes it easier for the infection to set up). I use a prescription combo Nystatin cream with something else in it, and special antibacterial/antifungal soap to clean myself, in order to prevent the red rash and infection from starting up. I use the cream at least once, occasionally twice per week...that is how often I start seeing red on the underside of the glans, despite my thorough cleansing with the special soap. My urologist mentioned NONE of this in any and all pre-op discussions about possible outcomes and side effects. I am SO angry with him.

@beachflyer Very helpful. Thanks for your prompt reply and specifics, as well.