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Originally Posted by The Oopster
Is your tubing harder and clear? That's what I got at Home Depot .... it works ok but the u-tube i bought through transitional male had a softer non clear tubing. So I'm guessing medical grade tubing isn't as stiff as the tubing I bought at home depot unless i was in the wrong aisle.
What doesn't work is if I stick it just on the end either I have to stick the spoon like object through the packy .... which then makes the packy harder to pack because it's stiff or if I insert the tube everything is way too long and I would have to hold the packy outside my pants to pee. If i let the tube kink up i just run into gravity problems.
I don't know there may be different types of spoons and I can't remember what the spoons were like that I had bought but i know that this was contoured just enough that leakage just isn't the issue i've had with the medicine spoon i tried and the spoon Nick uses on the ftm u-tube. All i know is I haven't used one in ages just went to the bathroom using it and it was super simple. Always have struggled with the other devices to the point I always had to take extra underwear and clothes with me and well then i just stopped using it.
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No, I found latex tubing at...it was probably Lowes. It came off the roll, right next to the clear tubing you're talking about (brought some of both home, so I know exactly what you're talking about).
Yeah, I had to mess with the length too.
I have to say, while I have some of Target's free spoons, I've found the ones that I actually paid for ($1.78 from probably WalMart), work just a tad better. I don't know what it is, but yeah, they do work just a little better. It took me about a month or a month and half to really get the medicine spoon (either the free ones or the other ones) down pat.
The latex tubing is VERY hard to get around a regular medicine spoon. One trick is to take an eye dropper and melt it around the base of a cut medicine spoon (so it makes a funnel...so it looks like the link you posted), and then just put that in the latex and drag the latex thru the packer (someone on youtube has a video of this, but youtube jams up my computer <sad face>, so I can't link to it).
I'll be honest, I don't pack everyday, because it's just too damned hot here (I just carry the spoon). Last thing I need is another heat rash somewhere uncomfortable (I've got a binder that gives me all the heat rash I'll ever need). Working outside in this heat makes everything uncomfortable enough. But I have what I'm talking about (wish I could explain it better), and it works as well (because basically it's the same thing) as what that guy sells on transitionalmale. I couldn't figure out that guy's sizing. I don't know those measurements down there. Seemed too much guesstimating...especially when I have all the materials and can custom make whatever I need.
I cut the medicine spoon down to desired length, melted the medicine dropper (that came in the same package as the $1.78 medicine spoon) to the end (so it looks like what you linked to only shorter) with a cigarette lighter. Let it cool (I actually used ice water to cool it off, cuz I'm impatient). Stick medicine dropper into latex. Fish latex through. Voila! The end of the dropper sits in the packer about 1/2 inch or less (can't really remember exactly, but it's definitely not more than 1/2 inch)...but it's not uncomfortable, and it doesn't look weird or anything.
The worst thing I've run into is a decent packer harness. But a lot of that has to do with the heat here. I don't like to pack, because it's just too freakin' hot, and I don't want a bunch of extra crap in mahhh drawers creating more heat.
But thanks for clarifying. I totally know what you're talking about now. I had that issue too, and solved it by melting the dropper onto the end of the spoon, so I could make the total length exactly what I wanted.
Dylan