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Going blue and what's this silicone tube thing

  • Writer: Christopher Browning
    Christopher Browning
  • Oct 3, 2025
  • 1 min read


I'm tinting the silicone blue to combat the yellowing and to make it easier to see the skin placement.


plain silicone you can just barely see the skin.
plain silicone you can just barely see the skin.
more contrast with the blue tint.
more contrast with the blue tint.

side by side
side by side



That silicontube thing
That silicontube thing

The silicone tube thing is a toe protector but we're going to use as a compression band.


if you are having slippage or air leakage issues this will help.



My usage for it is to use it on the outside of the outer gripper.

 
 
 

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Tony
Dec 04, 2025

Hey Chris. I've purchased two of your CAR-1 devices and I love them! I use one for inflated tugging and the other for inflated restoring. I read your recommended protocol for tieing on the cord for using it as a tugger, but at the level of tension I use, the strings tore out. I was wondering if I could special order one that was made of two different types of silicone or modified some other way so that the 'ears' would be stronger so that the cords would not tear out? I used the DTR since its inception and was the first to modify it into a tugging and air device (this where Chuck got the idea). But your d…

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