this is a CALIPER

[helgaleena]

If that is where you are concerned with accuracy, make certain you are fully relaxed and aroused before putting it to the tool!

I have an ex who loved rapidograph. They work best if you are not left-handed.

 

[maxcok]

I believe the reason for the caliper ruler is simply accuracy. Measuring anything round or ellipsoid with a straight ruler relies on you "eying" it since the rounded edge, such as your penis head, falls away from the string or ruler. Most LPSG members are prone to exaggerate their sizes this way if they use a tape measure or ruler. A caliper ruler, if it is wide enough, goes over the rounded form to measure the penile width more accurately. I finally used a caliper to measure my ball(s) instead of "eying it" with a string then placing it over a ruler. I was way off before. My caliper dimensions are 2.65"L X 2.25"W x 2.5" Breathe, still very large but not 5 standard deviations larger than normal as originally measured. Slight variations are important since the one standard deviation larger or smaller is but an inch or less, even less than an inch with testicles. It is difficult for the human eye to measure "small variances." I am sure most of you realize by now that only three inches of erect penis length separates the average from that "monster" one- in- a million. Again, measuring an egg shape ellipsoid is difficult and our balls are not perfect ellipsoids. Measuring a penis width is also difficult without a caliper because a penis is not flat or rectangular in shape. But, sadly, most members are really not that interested in accuracy, only in comparing themselves with one another- so they don't care. Until there is a standard way of measuring penile dimensions this issue will never be resolved. See my Christmas post from last year!

Why? See this post instead:

Yes, I know what a caliper is. Use a tape or ruler. That'll do. I'm all for true length and width, up to a point. However, the psychological implications of using a caliper to measure the width of your dick, precisely -to the nth degree - are, for me, just a little alarming.

 

[DaveUSADAV]

"Yes, I know what a caliper is. Use a tape or ruler. That'll do. I'm all for true length and width, up to a point. However, the psychological implications of using a caliper to measure the width of your dick, precisely -to the nth degree - are, for me, just a little alarming."

For God's sake, my point was only that penis measurement is very imprecise and that is not "alarming" psychosis but just a fact. There may be some psychological reasons for some guys to "eek" out their fullest measure, but it is a fruitless exercise since an erect penis length and girth vary considerably based upon temperature, glucose and testosterone levels, the last time one had sex, one's "confidence" and psychological well being, if one is taking sex pills, etc., and measurement is frankly difficult to do. A caliper ruler simply helps with that accuracy if one really cares about accuracy. I don't and my point was that the caliper simply was a better way to measure I think. No, a tape measure or ruler don't do for the reasons I mentioned- they never have because penis girth and length are never perfect circles or straight, which is why porno stars almost never have their cocks measured by a tape measure or ruler, or even a caliper. If you want to have some fun, have several people measure with a "ruler or tape measure" anything you want- a penis, a window sill, or a cup's diameter. If you have ten folks doing it, you have ten different answers especially when you are measuring small differences in different units. Any teacher in a second grade science class know this. As I said in my last Christmas post ( 2009), it is an impossible survey to select randomly guys off every street of the world, have them get a hard on on he spot, and have a scientific, objective researcher measure them in a standard way. All other surveys have an important bias- such as the Cancun study where only those guys who have something to show would show up. Even the racial variations may be totally biased because no random survey of races has ever been done to include all guys, short, average, and large- but who cares? Listen, the best penis in the world is not one as large as mine in my gallery but simply the one that has the freshest lipstick on it. Be proud of what you have if it simply works.

 

[maxcok]

. . . . Listen, the best penis in the world is not one as large as mine in my gallery but simply the one that has the freshest lipstick on it. Be proud of what you have if it simply works.

Oh it works, and I'm pretty thrilled with it actually. :smile:

Kinda ambivalent about the lipstick though . . . .

 

[Rikter8]

If anybody is wondering "WHY"....

It's a spinoff of this thread: http://www.lpsg.org/216388-whats-your-minimum-width-taken.html

The request was for folks to measure their penis width with a pair of calipers by the OP, and...it received less interest and created a bit of confusion apparently.
Measuring with calipers and a tape measure is just about useless, as your erection size will change based on body state. So it really doesn't matter and the measurement is just a "Ballpark" value, that is just as good with a pair of calipers than it is with a tape measure.

But this thread is more fun.

Hey hopefully santa hooks you up this year guy.

Starrett...ooooh.... I wish, too expensive for me though.
No, Santa gave me a Pink Shop Vac. Guess it was a hint.
At least the house is a bit cleaner.

 

[gigantor68]

It looks like a vernier to me.