What do you consider a Large Volume enema?

Gallonist,

What I meant was whether your daily 4-5 quarter for a week or more was mostly for pleasure or the perceived need to achieve some level of cleanliness? For me when I do one or two a day for several days, it's all about sensuality and orgasm production and lack of feeling the fill/retain cycle for too long before that. I very rarely need an enema or even more for cleaning. I just enjoy them and feel a lack and need from time to time which several enemas do nicely to satisfy.

Eric

My standard rinse enema. I consider it large volume because it is all I can take and at that level I'm really, really full! I don't recommend you try it, but it works for me. See my other posts.

Johnny

Moppy got it right; anything over 2 qts I would consider "Large Volume".

the boxcar

Oops....forgot to add that I use a 4 qt bag and since my 'regimine' is two Sse of 2 qts followed by two 2 qt Salt & Soda I fill the 4 qt bag with the Sse and take two enemas, then refill with Salt & soda and take two more 2 qt enemas....the 4 qt bag makes things a lot easier. There, I didn't want to confuse anybody.

the box

A large volume for me is about 2 1/2 quarts. Anything more than that becomes uncomfortable and, as I've found from experience, unnecessary for a good cleanse. I've always enjoyed a good relaxing, stimulating and erotic enema session. Quite the opposite from the gut-busting volume contest variety.

whether your daily 4-5 quarter for a week or more was mostly for pleasure or the perceived need to achieve some level of cleanliness?

Just for pleasure. But as a side effect, I can escape from troublesome daily defecation.

My personal idea of a "large" enema has changed somewhat over time as I've begun taking larger enemas much more frequently, which has made it easier and more comfortable to take and hold larger volumes than when I hadn't been practicing so often. When I was younger, my largest enemas would be in the range of 2.5 quarts, rarely 3 quarts. As for the volume that's now typically on the large end for me, that's about 3.5 to 4 quarts. 4 quarts is nearly my physical maximum, and 3.5 quarts is something I can successfully take far more often. In comparison, I'd say my "small volume" enemas are about 1 quart, and a regular volume would be around 2 - 2.5 quarts.

My usual used to be 2-2.5 quarts from a drugstore enema + douche bag for decades and I loved it. Still do. But I always wondered if more volume would feel even better, especially if held longer, all on my own, original ideas, no suggestions from or competition from anyone else.

So 6 years ago I found Zity, read a lot and experimented with larger volumes and times and new (for me) solutions. Now my usual is 4 quarts, having done 5 q only once as an experiment, all deliciously large with no pain, other symptoms, excessive cramping or other problems. Hold times are now usually 15-60 minutes or until it arouses me so much I have to orgasm. I suppose now I think of any enema over 3-3.5 quarts to be large and over 4-4.5 very large. I think Susie put it very nicely awhile back though I couldn't find her exact quote about large enema volumes. She said something like "it's all psychological, because anyone taking bigger enemas than you are is showing off their large enemas, and anyone who takes less than you is just wimpy."

Well, many here know my rectum and colon are famously wimpy for irritating solutions, but not for big long enemas.

Eric

I think 2.5 quarts is large. I have done 3 quarts a few times but it was a stretch literally and on an empty colon. Denise

Anything larger than 2 quarts i call large volume

Large volume is when I would fill my 2qt combo bag with soapy water, then attached the open-top you see in my avatar and use it to force fill the combo bag with it's 2qts. Wow, the stretched combo bag would shoot the enema into me with lots of force and speed, stretching my colon before cramps could begin. The weight and size of 4 qt combo bag was scary and it's amazing my colon could hold that weight. I do not recommend doing this since I developed a large inguinal hernia; that may or may not have been the result these large enemas.

The largest enema of my life, 5 quarts done only once, went well but in fact was semi-accidental. I had learned to enjoy taking 4 quarts a few weeks earlier, and had done so two or three times the previous three days with orgasms with each during hold. So on the next day I filled and then took 2.5 quarts of saline from my 3-quart bag. I refilled it, intending to take perhaps another 1.5-2 quarts for another ~4 quarts. However, it went so easily that I literally fell asleep while still filling. When I woke up about 20 minutes later, still very comfortable, I felt extremely full and saw the bag essentially empty above me. I had given myself at least 5 quarts. I held onto it for about 15 minutes and then went to empty. Even with my DBC holding it in well, I didn't want to chance an orgasm leak at that volume. After I was empty I very easily had a nice orgasm in bed.

I've stayed with 4-4.5 quarts since then because it's so enjoyable and haven't seen the need for 5 quarts so far.

Eric

Just as people have different size noses, we have different size intestines. I'm not a big girl at 5'6" and 130 pounds,, but my husband is a reasonably large man at 6'0" and 185. He maxes out at about 3 quarts, and considers taking 4 to be a heroic event. I can almost always take 4, and have taken 5. Go figure.

I have had over 4qts several times but only after 2 or 3 smaller colon earing enemas and then out came the 4qt silicone bag and colon tube. Was being encouraged by others to take it, both bag n colon tube. Bag emptied, more was added.

Clamp was re-opened and l began to REALLY feel it now!!!! Not much after clamp was opened, l had to really go!!! So somewhere on the South side of 5qts.

Just as people have different size noses, we have different size intestines. I'm not a big girl at 5'6" and 130 pounds,, but my husband is a reasonably large man at 6'0" and 185. He maxes out at about 3 quarts, and considers taking 4 to be a heroic event. I can almost always take 4, and have taken 5. Go figure.

Diane,

Impressive volume you're able to take in. I'm like your husband, just a little heavier. At 69, my usual is 4 quarts which is very pleasant and erotic with nice distention. I took 5 quarts one single time literally accidentally after learning to take 4. Since enemas are very erotic to me, I usually fill my 4+ quart bag to full but often I can only get 2-3 quarts in before I'm so aroused by it that I need to orgasm and stop the enema. Very pleasant.

Eric

Judging from the contributions, the definition of where a large (volume) enema begins seems to be viewed differently.

The standard bags, various irrigators, etc. usually provide a volume of 2 liters.

As is well known, exceptions prove the rule. Once there was a glass irrigator with a capacity of 3 liters, which was mainly found in hospitals.

Various bags are now available, made of PVC or silicone, which make it possible to transport up to 5 liters into the colon in one go.

Personally, it took me some time to get my first 2 liter. Since then the window has been between 1.5 and almost 3 liters.

You shouldn't exaggerate; safety first...

Not sure of its volume; but force filling a combo bag so it looks like a basket ball was large volume.

IMO, any enema over 2qts. is a large volume enema. Personally I’ve done a gallon (and maybe 16oz. more) in the shower standing but these stories of “high volume” fillings seem like a fantasy🤪It took many years of enemaplay and a combination bag siphon filled to join the “Gallon Club”. Now 3 1/2qt. bags are just fine by me😈😍🤪Although I love postings by members like Big Jane😍😍😍

Anything over 2.5 quarts.

According to medical sources "The fluid amount used in this type is 500-1,000 ml." The other item I noted is most hospital enema buckets and bags don't hold over 1500 CC's, (1.5 Qts). I think anything more than this volume is uneccessary and just for fun rather than effectivity. That being said I do occasionally fill a 2.5Qt bag for an effective cleanout.

I would say 1500 ml since that is the maximum volume of the disposable bags and buckets used in hospitals. I have read several studies recently (one of them associated with trans anal irrigation) which indicate that 1000 ml of enema solution will reach the ascending colon. That surprised me as I had always thought that at least twice that much solution was required to reach and clean the ascending colon. I now use 1500 ml of tap water with either castile soap or 10 ml of docusate sodium for routine constipation relief enemas. They work fine and provide pretty thorough emptying of my colon, especially if I can retain them for 10 minutes.

For me anything over 3 litres - 3.2qts is large enema. 4 litres - 4.25 qts is my max.

Large meaning significant effort to take and hold.

My usual voume is a gallon. much more than that becomes uncomfortable, and spoils the moment. The OP is correct about an enema a day keeping the doctor away, as when I tried to give him one, he said "I'm never coming back here again!"

2 quarts is a large volume enema for me for the first couple of enemas. I have a combination type enema syringe, so adding water to the bag is not easy while holding two quarts of water. After taking the prescribed gallon of liquid for a colonoscopy, I did give myself a 3½ quart enema, just to be sure I was clean. If I had had the time, I think I could have gotten a full four quart enema in me.

Hi everyone

Nice thread, qty seems to be a popular topic these days. I've posted in this topic before but since it's still active I thought I'd throw in more comments. I think of a large enema as 2 or more qts. I've a fair number of 'friends' that indulge in a good cleanout and qty varies a lot. A gay male couple I know top out at 2.5 qts even if completely clear first, my partner can manage a 4qt enema if completely clear of solids but is most comfy at 3.5 qts. I personally have been using 3qt enemas since I was 16, if I do a laxative purge followed by an enema series to get my colon completely clear I can easily manage a 4qt enema and find it very comfortable and sexually stimulating. I don't believe that I'm the only one that has this reaction.

BJ

Really not convinced that body size and enema capacity have any relationship. My wonderful colon hydrotherapist always advocates not being competitive when it comes to nozzle size or water volume. Having said that she is convinced that I have hollow legs!! I am very slim.

Like Big Jane my "go to enema bag" is a OHN silicone 5 quart. For me it is all about bag height - slow flow, water temperature, herbal additions, soft towels to lie on, deep breathing and relaxation. It's so good to feel so clean!

As Big Jane pointed out, volume has been brought up several times that I have seen. Me being 5' 10" and 200 lbs, I have a very hard time taking more than 3 quarts. I have some theories about all of this. Some have said they can take more in the knee chest position and I believe you can take more sitting upright on a toilet or even standing. It has been said that the colon is capable of holding up to 7 qts if it were laid out on a table. I believe the amount it can hold in a body varies by person depending on their size and the elasticity of their abdominal muscles. I think laying on your back compared to knee chest does not allow your abdomen to stretch as easily plus you have the weight of the abdominal wall pushing down on the colon. I've seen this in action when I am laying on my back and the little flow meter wheel slows down or even stops. I push my belly out and it will start spinning again allowing the colon to expand more. In my earlier years, I used to be full at 2 qts. As I have aged, my belly has gotten softer and it can stretch farther so now I can take 3 qts. Maybe because ladies bodies are conditioned to stretch for pregnancy, theirs can stretch more than men's for enemas. As Lisa K said one time, I'm really leery about ones that claim they can take 5 or 6 qts. I think there might be some cheating going on like standing in a shower and letting some come out during the enema until the bag empties and saying I took 6 qts. The only way I can see it is if you are a HUGE person like Andre the Giant and your body can naturally hold that much.

There are several ways i can think of "large volume" concept.

First. Every (official, not alternative) medical text on cleansing enemas that i've ever seen talk about volumes up to 2 liters. Every (official, not alternative) medical shop that i've been offers enema bags up to 2 liters. So that anything above that volume can be considered a "large volume".

Second. There are a lot of recommendations on estimation of cleansing enema volume from weight, age, etc... The simplest one I've found is here https://www.medigraphic.com/cgi-bin/new/resumenI.cgi?IDARTICULO=52147 , assuming formula 0.02*weight_in_kg for pediatric population. There are also different formulas and tables, but mostly for young part of population. So that anything 10% above that volume can be considered a "large volume".

Third. Everything above that person can take easily. This is differs much. For me - easy volume is 1-2 liters. So my usual 3 liters can be considered as "large volume". For my (not very small body) near and dear even 0.5-1 liter is very uncomfortable. For my play partner (who is sensible smaller in body side) 1.5 liter never gives any discomfort.

Fourth. While a usual enema targets sigmoid and descending colon, an enema that targets transverse and ascending colons can be considered large volume. For me the feelings of water in transverse colon starting on 1.5-2.0 liters. And sensation in right colic starting at 2.5 liters.

Taking all of that into consideration, i can conclude that every known to methods are agree on that everything above the 2.5 liters is definitely a large volume enema. And enemas in the range from 1.5 up to 2.5 liters can be viewed as large volume ones depending on a person abilities, tolerance, colon volume etc.

For me 2 quarts to 2.5 is it since abdominal surgery 3 yrs ago for a hernia repair