Bag height

I hang the bag from the top of a door – so it is about four feet above my rectum. I have always preferred the fast flow at this height. Once the clamp is released and I feel the initial rush of warm soapy water . . . it’s enema ecstasy!

Whatever it takes. If standing, I'll extend the IV pole to the full 7'

Check my photos. You will see the enema is generally high. However, notice that I use two clamps- one is a chrome shut-off clamp. The other adjusts the flow to a slower rate. This way I accomplish two things- I extend the time it takes for the enema plus I guarantee a good fill......

Just viewing that swollen bag looming overhead is a thrill, but as a practical matter two or three feet seems about the right height for a proper flow.

The medical accepted height is 15" - 16" above the belly button , if using a 5/16 hose

( metric values are 400 mm high for a 8 - 9 mm diameter hose )

This is to limit the flow, to avoid any danger of a too fast filling

I like my bags high. I use two, 2 qt open top fountain syringes, or one of those large sun shower bags that hold either 4 gallons or 6 gallons. That way you don't have to keep refilling your fountain syringes. I do like the fountain syringes because that way I can pause between each 2 quarts. I take 2 quarts, then open the other one, refill the one that was just emptied. 24 to 40 inches or more above my stomach. If they are too low, I get back flow and that is not good. That way I get enough pressure so that I don't get a back flow. I have a clamp that I can adjust the flow so I can make it fast, slower, or very slow. I like the water to flow in fairly constant, that way I can feel it as it moves inside of me. I also like water that is very, very warm, almost hot inside me. It helps stimulate me and it feels very good. I check the temp with a thermometer just to make sure it is not too hot.

No more than 18" to 2 feet, usually starting on my left side. The flow is slow enough that I can take a 2 quart bag of warm water (or with a little soap or glycerine added) in 5-10 minutes with little or no cramping and can hold it another 10 minutes before I have to expel. If I'm just cleaning out my rectum prior to anal play, I'll use cool water with the bag hung very high and take the enema standing up. The water fills up my rectum quickly and, because it's cool, won't go into my colon. As soon as I my rectum feels very full, I expel. I can get 4+ fillups that way from a 2 quart bag. The end result is an anus and rectum that's squeaky clean for anal play.

The difference in height between the level of water (soapy water) in the enema bag and the nozzle's location (we know where that is) determines the nozzle pressure. Because the height of the water in the bag falls as the enema is given, the nozzle pressure gets lower, as much as 1/3 lower when the bag is about empty. But the bag also gets lighter. And if a spring or heavy rubber band suspends the bag, the bag will rise as it gets lighter which opposes the loss of nozzle pressure. My overall choice is 18 to 24-inches, with or without spring compensation.

On the other hand, I have a friend who frequently gives enemas to her child who is a "holder." She hangs her bag from the shower rod and uses one preset clamp to set the flow and another to start and stop the flow. Her reasoning for this extreme height is that the child's colon is usually blocked and an 18 to 24-inch height seems to take forever to distend the colon enough to go around the blockage, all while her child complains about fullness.

She further explains that with the bag hung from the shower rod, as the flow of the enema slows due to the blockage, the pressure drop across the flow regulating clamp drops, increasing nozzle pressure and speeding up reaching that point when the enema can pass around the blockage....and reducing her child's discomfort time. We have lots of physics lovers in the group who understand this reasoning better than I do.

Anyhow, my "two-cents" is 18 to 24-inches normally but hanging the bag higher is usefull under some conditions.

High enough to get a nice, fast, warm flow going.

I've always wanted to have a spring loaded arrangement to keep the flow pressure a little more constant. For instance, suspend the bag from a pole on a spring. When full, the bag would be a foot above the nozzle for a slow fill. As the bag empties, the spring lifts the bag higher, thereby keeping the flow rate sufficient to not induce reflux.

So far, all I've done with it is just a pulley to hang the bag from so I can get more height on demand. Don't want it to be too Rube Goldberg-like.

My bag is hung on a bath robe hook in the bathroom which is 5 ft from the floor. With a standard white douche nozzle the flow is right for me but when i use a large black nozzle with a mushroom head it has a large center hole and several smaller holes around the edge the flow is a little to fast and causes some cramping so I end up stopping the flow a few time.

I'll talk mine high and mighty lots of peppermint the water about 103-105f , lub the nozzle slip it in slow and deep and let the gallon flow deep and fast mmmmm love those cramps . Want to join in the fun? :-) I am Dave ,dbrownpitt@Gmail.com.

I usually prefer the bag hung high for a strong gush at the beginning of the enema, but I do vary the flow rate during the enema. It is all about what feels good

About 3 ft above the rectum. Should flow about a qt per minute.

Bungee cord or large rubber band hold my bag on the enema stand...as my enema bag empties it raises the exit point on the bag...giving more pressure when needed at the end of the enema to get that last drop into is home port!

Try it...you'll like it I also want the enema experience to last as long as possible, so a 3-4 ft height just is too quick for me.

Messages to newbies tend to be deeply mixed and my contrib is no different in that mixed stuff- other than sincerely trying to show the range of extremes -Whilst directing to common sense safety so no one gets hurt.

There's the book answers of "do the factual research or else" dismissive evasions. There's the extremism of "yer gonna Diie" or the folks saying- "never hurt myself and I did soo many stupidly dangerous things so don't worry, be happy." .

Do the Math, folks are also amply represented in this thread with amusing banter about decimals of accuracy too.

I've been doing this since age 11 when yeah- I hung mom's douche bag from the showerhead while I was standing in the shower, And flooding my guts with ICE COLD shower water nearly sent me into shock/fear/almost orgasm all lat once:} Firmly sealing my fate as an enema addict too. Flashing from then to now? Dunno how we all escape damaging our guts with all we brutally abuse them with in pursuit of whatever Enemas do "for&to" us. But likely more people DO die or have avoidable damages than get accounted for either way in my fears. Caution lets us live to play a long lifetime so be careful please?

I'd simply say that common sense of 16 inches bag bottom above where the nozzle will be when you're in position is the *MAXIMUM* for inexperienced people. With the discovery of individual comfort zones- it can be worked out if you need/want more pressure for increased whatever. within careful gradual trials but again:

THIS CAN KILL YOU if you stupidly hang a bag from the second story and fatally discover you had a diverticula rupture etc.

Maybe half a gazillion folks can take a lifetime of enemas with reckless abandon before one of us becomes a painful laughingstock messy Darwin Report.

Don't be a Darwin, Eh?

I enjoy it at 18 inches.

Using a bungee cord, my bag is hung from the bungee attached to the curtain rod on the window next to my bed. The bungee length can be adjusted by wrapping it around the curtain rod to get more or less height. Average height for me from bottom of bag to nozzle is about 30 inches.

Again with the height arguement?

Capy is right. Safety says 20" water level to butt is about right and 24" is max safe ht. 36" works but it will overpower your intestinal wall.

And closed or open top bag makes no diff. Pressure is a little higher with closed but very little.

If you want faster flow drill the nozzle holes out a little. A 40% increase in diameter will double the flow.

You go to Home Depot, or Lowes, buy a set of drill bits and a cheap drill. It's cheaper that an emergency resection. And you can use the bits and drill for fixing that curtain rod that keeps falling on the cat.

Again with the height arguement?

Capy is right. Safety says 20" water level to butt is about right and 24" is max safe ht. 36" works but it will overpower your intestinal wall.

And closed or open top bag makes no diff. Pressure is a little higher with closed but very little.

If you want faster flow drill the nozzle holes out a little. A 40% increase in diameter will double the flow.

You go to Home Depot, or Lowes, buy a set of drill bits and a cheap drill. It's cheaper that an emergency resection. And you can use the bits and drill for fixing that curtain rod that keeps falling on the cat.

36 inches above your butt will NOT overpower your intestinal wall.

This has been very thoroughly discussed here.

0.43 psi per foot of column height of water (NOT hose length)

Five feet high is only a bit over 2 PSI which may be uncomfortable, but it is safe for people without known colonic deformities.

To increase the flow rate, pull out that stupid black restrictor barb out of the Klystra bag and put in a 3/8" I.D. hard nylon tube and connect your rubber or silicone tube to that instead. Whoooosh!

A foot or slightly more above my anus when using an irrigator can and closed-end colon tube. Any higher (and faster) produces cramping and greatly diminishes the pleasure and effectiveness of the enema.

The height I use is 2 feet to 3 feet above.

When I use my Klystra 4 qt. bag, I hang it at the shower pipe, where the spray happens. That is 6 ft.. I NEVER open the clamp all the way, just one or two notches and I get a comfortable flow.

With my other 2 qt. bags I can't hang them that high, cause the hose isn't long enough. I put a vacuum hook at 3 ft. above the bottom of the tub

My bag is about 4.5 ft over my hips. The hose falls at an angle and touches the floor before going up about 6 in into my bottom. I only let the clamp out about 1/3 of the way to keep a slow steady flow.

About 3 ft above the rectum when in position is just about right. Good flow. Enough feeling that you have to WANT the enema, but not enough to be dangerous or scary.

About 2 1/2 is about for me .

Your feelings are based on your body reacting to the rate of delivery and type of solution (temperature and added chemicals). Rate of delivery is determined by the height of the bag or can and the restriction of the delivery tube (position of clamp and size of hose). Can you tell the difference between a wide open tube with the bag hung a foot and a half above the anus and a wide open tube with the bag hung 3-4 feet above the anus? Yes, definitely. It's not as obvious if you are using the clamp to regulate flow.

For a self-given enema where you're willing to use the clamp to regulate flow and stop when you're full there probably isn't much of a difference for most reasonable bag heights. I do sometimes notice that a lower height means that the delivery rate slows down when my intestines start to contract, which can sometimes be nice, but it's up to personal preference. If someone else was giving me an enema then I'd probably be more concerned about height. If nothing else constantly asking them to change the flow rate might sound a bit whiny. When I'm doing it myself I usually loop the tube around my fingers so I can quickly and easily slow things down or stop them.

A foot and a half above the anus is probably a realistic minimum. Any lower and the enema may slow down so much that you're getting desperate to get to the toilet before you have much in you. As I've said I have gone up to about 4 feet over the anus and as long as I was regulating the flow with the clamp it was comfortable. I haven't been doing crazy volumes or using retention nozzles, so I wasn't worried about popping my colon. All the fancy setups with springs or bungees probably don't do enough to make it worthwhile beyond the "look cool" factor.

If you have a compromised colon (surgery, diverticular disease, or other funny business going on) it would be best to be more careful and ideally get some medical advice, but I now I for one haven't been rushing out to tell the doctors "I use enemas as part of my IBS management when necessary" and give details, so I'm not demanding that you do it. At a minimum be careful, be willing to stop, and work on your own to figure out what works best and is safe.

The height is important, the oprning of the clamp too, don't forget the inner diameter of the hose !!! the quantity of fluid by minute or second will variate.

I hang my bag on a hall tree that give me about 18 to 24 inches above hips if its any lower i get reflux, i also have a nozzle from a jbl i set up so i can use it on the toilet seat i have to hang the bag about 3 or 4 feet above butt to get it to fill me

I'm with Susie on bag height, just because I enjoy fast flow rates which I can easily control with the two inline clamps I have near my hand. And I do use the Higginson in the line also when I really want to speed things up. So my bag is usually about 3-5' above me lying on the bath mat. Flow rates are great and it feels wonderful.

Eric