Recommendation for a good pump

I am nearly 3 months post OP now. Taking 10mg Cialis daily. Take 20mg about an hour prior to get intimate with my wife. I can see there is an improvement over the time. I get a good erection but not hard enough for the penetration. So thought of using a pump to help it a bit more and retain the erection. Did a little bit of research and there are various types of pumps. Please give me some ideas in this regard.

I was completely dry after removing the catheter. Now it's the spring here and get hay fever during Nov and Dec.
It leaks every time when I sneeze or blow my nose. Have to wear a nappy liner to avoid embarrassment. Hope this is Normal.
Thanks

I use a Vacurect pump. It's a manual pump. It's a bit different from some other pumps in that the tension ring is used to form part of the seal and one doesn't need to snap the ring onto your member (which some guys find uncomfortable). You just use the vacuum to pull the penis through the ring. The claim is that this helps with keeping scrotal tissue from being drawn into the tube (also uncomfortable). I can't say that it is perfect in this respect but it might still be better than other pumps (but I wouldn't know from personal experience).

Here is a YouTube video that shows how it works. Technically safe for work (the demonstrator's finger stands in -- so to speak -- for the organ being erected). I think they might want to re-think the music on the video. It's pretty but sooo sad...

youtu.be/4Hz8-V-1VZk

The product being demoed is the "prescription" version. You can tell because, while it has exactly the same pump, it comes in a nice bag with twice as many tension rings and bigger bottles of both the water-based and silicone lubricants. Your insurance may pay for the $500 device but you need to be careful about in-network and out-of-network deductables and the like. Because it would have gone against my out-of-network deductable, my insurance would have "covered" it without paying a dime.

What I wound up buying is the consumer, over-the-counter version that consists of exactly the same pump with only five rings (spanning the same range of sizes) and smaller bottles of lube. It's, like, $195 and you pay for it yourself. Here is a video that talks about some maintenance issues, including oiling the o-rings and taking the the device apart. Reassembling it is tricky even if you've watched the video.

youtu.be/zaZhKCaC5-s

I can't compare this to other pumps. It works OK for me.

I was told to get the same pump Steve mentioned above...and my insurance did not pay anything but for me it seemed like a small price to pay to get things working again....I have since learned that pumps found on adult toy websites more or less do the same thing...yes there are differences like motor power vs. manual...nice storage bags...etc..but the second part to this post is that I personally found the 3 times a day pumping exercise to be very depressing/difficult so I did very little pumping regardless of the device....

If insurance will pay then get it...if insurance doesn't pay then go to a adult website...I just checked a popular one and they have 21 different ranging in price from $20-$75...

I got the Osbon pump. If you look around the net you can find them for much less than you get from the rep at the Dr. office. I got one from the Rep and Insurance rejected payment. I returned it and found one on the internet exactly the same. Half the price I might add.

Cajun Jeff

I was going to add comments on getting it covered, but if you don't have insurance, see Cajun Jeff's comments above.

Mine is also the Osbon manual variety, that insurance did cover, but they tried as out of network. Eventually I got them to make it in-network even when bought out of network (the "approved" pharmacy they sent me to claimed that they didn't stock /order them for owner's family religious beliefs). But at the end of the year it all washed out as I blew my max-out-of pocket with IGRT costs.

I bought one that was recommended from someone on the New Prostate Info Link before I discovered this site. It was from a UK company called Noggleberry. It works fine and cost app $60 USD with shipping, took 7 days for delivery to US probably similar in time to Austraila.