Thanks for the topic - the reviews I have seen about these have been written by gay men. I was wondering what other hetero guys thought about them - because I haven't seen anything from them. And I am seriously interested in any reasonable posts on the subject.
There are two positions for one - above the balls and below them. Below the balls is recommended by gay men from the reviews at Amazon on cock rings - and honestly, who would know better? Those guys seem to be real connoisseurs of such things. On the other hand - those guys play rough...
When I was in my thirties, I did it above the balls with my wife using a pretty tight band. Had an orgasm and it hurt like hell. Felt like something ruptured in the wrong direction. I would guess that essentially, I ejaculated into my bladder and that my urethra objected strenuously.... Probably not an accurate description BUT without consulting a doctor, that's my story and I am sticking to it. And, of course, his advice would be "don't do that..." Didn't do that again until....
Used a disposable ring above the balls with a provider last year in conjunction with my first (and probably last) PM as one of my "bucket list items", ...and found out (much to my disappointment..) that I really wasn't into PM. Had a seriously good full body dry orgasm anyway after stopping the PM and just going with the HJ. As I remember though, I was on a half viagra as well and ended up developing a hell of a headache.... so on balance, not something I would repeat. Interesting though...
Earlier this year tried it using a disposable ring below the balls with the same provider - weird sensation. Numbed it out a bit - but it did keep it pretty hard - which is probably why gay guys like it. Probably could have fucked for the rest of day with that - but along with the cover - just really not worth it. Sort of like having a strap on, I guess. No viagra that time. After I took the ring off, though, my erection completely went away - not a trace, nada, little willy has gone home for the day....it had been WAY overstimulated after a REALLY long session. She did, however, still succeed in making me cum with a bullet against the frenulum and bottom of the corona (look it up...) and an HJ despite having NO rigidity at all - so hard I nearly shot myself in the eye. Again - interesting BUT...
Will I use one as a regular thing? No. As an occasional change up in a session - just depends. It's another tool in the toolbox...