I started out large already, as I'm naturally well endowed. So, basically, I wasn't using long enough rods the first couple of weeks. I then added the largest rods that came with the X4 (2 inches I think?). After a couple of weeks of that, I added the smallest rods to the largest rods (an additional 1/4 inch?). I've been using that arrangement ever sense, which I think creates 8 inches of total length. Although my erection is 1/2 inch to 1 inch longer than that (8.5 to 9 inch range), I've always had larger erections than stretched length...just my physiology. So, for me this is a good stretch. Over the weeks, it's been losing tension (per the lines on the device), so I think my cock is growing or stretching more. I hope to change out the 1/4s for the 1/2s in a week or two, which will put the device over 8 inches long. I'm a bit concerned that I may have to buy more rods, but we'll see. I know that's a good problem to have, but when you start by using the largest ones in addition to smallest, there's not a lot of room for growth. I estimate I only have another 1.5 inches I can add at most. That seems like a lot, but in the extending world, you just don't know... Sometimes people extend further than what their results suggest, so I may end up using every inch of rod to achieve one inch of actual growth. I'll just buy more rods, if necessary, I suppose. They charge a pretty penny though, and that damn thing is bulky enough already, haha.