Updated on 13th August 2026
I have tested every serious extender on the market. The HOG is the cheap one, and the only real question is what you give up to save the difference. Here is exactly that, checked line by line against both makers’ own published material.
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Every row below is something you would notice in a real session, not a line on a spec sheet.
| Epic Extender | HOG Starter Kit | HOG Extender only | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $379 (Epic has cheaper models with fewer features) | $119 to $123 by colour | $94 to $98 by colour |
| Tension readout | Digital display, kg or lb | Printed scale in lb on the rod | Printed scale in lb on the rod |
| How much tension | Up to 22 lb | Up to 20 lb | Up to 20 lb |
| App | Free PE Trainer app over Bluetooth | None. No electronics at all | None. No electronics at all |
| Session time | On the display, and logged in the app | Not shown anywhere | Not shown anywhere |
| What holds you on | Five vacuum cups, four sleeves, tape and a pump handle | One cup, one sleeve, one suction pump | Nothing. A cup is sold separately at $13 |
| Angle straps | Two anchor points built into the frame | No strap attachment | No strap attachment |
| Bundled stretching | Built into the cup | Lock-in-place knob on the frame | Lock-in-place knob on the frame |
| Being told what to do | Guided plans and a full video course in the app | No routine, no course, no coaching | No routine, no course, no coaching |
| Sending it back | 180-day money back guarantee | 14 days, unopened only. Used cannot be returned | 14 days, unopened only. Used cannot be returned |
| If it arrives damaged | Replaced free | Free replacement or a full refund | Free replacement or a full refund |
Same idea, built to two very different budgets. One is printed plastic and a scale on a rod. The other has a screen, an app and five cup sizes in the box.
Epic Extender ProDigital, app driven
HOG ExtenderMechanical, budget
What one session actually looks like
Pick the cup that fits from five sizes and clip it in.
Your focusOne step
Hook on the one cup that came in the kit, in the one size it came in.
Buy the extender on its own and there is no cup at all. That is $13 more.
Your focusThe size you were sent
Turn the rods until the screen reads the number you want.
Your focusAn exact figure
They do have a scale, printed on the rod in pounds, and that is a real plus.
The catch: the printed scales turn with the knobs, so the numbers move away from you.
Your focusFinding the mark again
Clip the angle straps and wear it for 1 to 4 hours under your clothes.
Your focusGet on with your day
There is no strap attachment. You tie something on, or you sit still.
The cushion is comfortable, but the softness costs some stability at the base.
Your focusImprovising
The app already has your tension and your minutes.
Your focusNothing
Nothing is recorded, because there is nothing to record it with.
No plan either. You work the routine out from forums.
Your focusA notebook
Wash the cup and you are ready for tomorrow’s session.
Your focusSoap and water
Their shop sells a spare plastic parts set, spare springs and a spare cushion.
The small knobs work loose, so keep a tool nearby to nip them up.
Your focusTightening things
HOG Stretcher, HPE and HonestPE are trademarks of their owner. The product shown on the right is theirs and appears here only so you can see the two designs side by side.
Every part of it exists to fix one of the four reasons men quit extending: guesswork, discomfort, no record of what you did, and no idea what to do next.
This animation shows the Epic Extender, not the Pro. It is our lower priced model, built the same way but without the screen.
Your exact pull on the screen, in kilograms or pounds. Set a number, hit it every session.
Two anchor points for the angle straps, so you can wear it in any position.
Marked in both units and adjustable as you go, with longer rods there as you grow.
The wide soft base that sits against you, so a long session does not end early.
Five sizes in the kit, not one. The fit is the difference between a session and a sore afternoon.
Draws the vacuum in the cup in a couple of squeezes.
Four of them, so you can pick the fit that is comfortable rather than the only one you were sent.
Sticks to itself and not to you. There if you want extra grip on a longer session.
And none of it is left to you to figure out
Every extender comes with the free PE Trainer app, the full video course and real support from our team. You get the routine, the technique and someone to ask, so you get the best results in the shortest time instead of guessing your way through the first six months.
Verified Judge.me reviews, with the photos they uploaded.
Pirvate R. Verified United States
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Nachdem ich verschiedene Extender verglichen habe, hat dieses Modell in jeder Hinsicht klar gewonnen. Ich habe mir das Zubehör besorgt und freue mich darauf, ein oder zwei Zentimeter hinzuzugewinnen. Momentan bin ich bei 8. Ich werde im Laufe der Zeit darüber berichten.
Jomarleo Verified United States
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Haven’t tried any other extender but right away with the digital scale doing one hr every day able to pull at 7.5lbs off the bat just because how comfortable it is! starting size bpel 5’ length x 5’ girth, maybe a year or more I’ll see some improvements.
Patrick Verified United States
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Der Kundenservice ist großartig! Ich hatte ein Problem mit dem Display des Extenders, und sie haben mir ein komplett neues Gerät geschickt, obwohl ich angeboten hatte, die obere Abdeckung selbst auszutauschen, wenn sie mir das Gerät zusenden würden. Vielen Dank, epic extender !
paul t. Verified United Kingdom
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100% easy to use extender. Brilliant design, awesome quality & construction. I have been using the penimaster pro, but this is so much more for getting the right tension. 100% money well spent. Currently stretching at 2.5 kg comfortably.
Five rounds. Only the things that genuinely differ. Here is the card.
Round 1Knowing your exact tension
A digital display on the device, in kilograms or pounds. The number is on a screen, so it stays where you can read it however you turn the rods.
They do have a scale, printed on the rod in pounds up to 20, and that already beats most extenders. The catch is the printed scales turn with the knobs, so the numbers rotate away from where you are looking.
Round 2Knowing what to do, and what you did
The free app logs your tension and your minutes over Bluetooth, then hands you a day by day plan, the full video course and someone to ask.
No app, no plan, no course, no coaching. You buy the frame and you work the rest out from forums. For most men that is the actual reason the routine stops after a month.
Round 3How it is built
The reviewer MrEcz owns both and puts it plainly. The Epic is way more solidly built, sturdier yet still comfortable, with strap points on the frame and bundled stretching built into the cup.
In the same review: the housing comes apart, the small knobs work loose, the bundle knob feels flimsy, there is nothing for the straps, and the soft cushion costs some stability. His summary is a Ferrari against a Honda.
Round 4If it turns out not to suit you
180-day money back guarantee. Six months is long enough to actually find out whether a traction routine is something you will stick to.
Fourteen days from delivery, and only in the original sealed packaging. Their policy is explicit that anything opened, used or worn cannot be returned, and you pay the return postage.
Round 5What the money buys
$379 buys a device that tells you the number, an app that runs the routine, five cup sizes, a build that holds up, and 180 days to change your mind. You have one of these. Saving $260 once, on the thing you are applying force to every day for a year, is a strange place to economise.
$94 buys the frame on its own, with nothing to attach it to. A usable kit is $119, and that is one cup and one sleeve. Cheaper on the sticker, and that is the whole of it.
Final card 4 – 0Four rounds to Epic Pro, one even
Up to two full inches of permanent length is possible, and the average gain our buyers report is about 1.6 inches. Length built through traction stays. Most men also notice much better erection quality along the way, harder and fuller, and that shows up long before the inches do. The verified buyers below are the ones who kept turning up.
Do not take our word for it
He owns both
The verdict, blunt
Epic ProWhat he rates
HOGWhat he found
MrEcz is a credible, long-standing reviewer of PE equipment who tests gear from every brand himself. He owns both of these and compares them directly in this video, which is why the criticisms above carry weight.
Hier beginnen
The Pro base with the digital display, five vacuum cups, four sleeves, the rods, the angle straps and the app. Everything you need to run the routine from day one.
$379 original price
21% OFF
HonestPE give you 14 days, and only if the box is still sealed. Epic comes with a 180-day money back guarantee, and a damaged or faulty unit is replaced free.
Yes, and it costs three times as much, so it should be. The Epic Pro is ahead on the digital tension display, the app with guided routines and the video course, the build quality, the five cup sizes in the box, the angle straps, and 180 days to change your mind against their 14. The HOG is cheaper on the sticker, and that is the one thing it is ahead on.
Yes. Their own listing says built-in scale in pounds, adjustable up to 20 lb, and you can see it printed on the rod in their photos. Anyone telling you the HOG has no gauge is wrong, and a scale is the single most important feature an extender can have. The difference is that theirs is printed on a rod that turns as you adjust it, so the numbers rotate out of view, while ours is a screen that stays put.
No, and we are not going to pretend two pounds matters. Almost nobody trains anywhere near either ceiling. Most men work between 2 and 10 lb, and our own reviewers describe pulling at 7.5 lb and 2.5 kg comfortably. Judge these two on the readout, the build and the support, not on a number neither of you will use.
The $119 Starter Kit is the extender plus one vacuum cup, one silicone sleeve and a suction pump. The $94 version is the frame on its own, with no attachment at all, and their page says so plainly. A cup is $13, a sleeve is $8 and the pump is $5 on top. The Epic Pro kit comes with five cup sizes, four sleeves, cohesive tape, the pump handle and the angle straps.
Only if you have not opened it. Their policy gives you 14 days from delivery and states that any item that has been opened, used or worn cannot be returned or exchanged, with the buyer paying return postage. If it arrives damaged they will replace it or refund it. Epic comes with a 180-day money back guarantee.
The silicone sleeves do. On a regular routine of an hour or more a day, expect to swap them about once a month, often longer, and replacements are cheap. HonestPE say the same about theirs, calling silicone sleeves wear items in their own refund policy. Everything else on both devices you keep.
Buy a cheaper Epic rather than a cheaper brand. The Epic Extender Full Set is $259, the Best Extender V5.0 is $256 and the All Day Stretcher is $199. They are built to the same standard as the Pro, they take the same cups, and they come with the same app, the same video course, the same support and the same 180-day money back guarantee. The only thing you give up is the digital screen. That is a much smaller thing to give up than the routine, the guarantee and the build.
It is sold by HonestPE at honestpe.shop, and their own page describes it as the latest extender from HonestPE based on the original Hog Stretcher. It is a small operation. They sell spare plastic parts and springs directly, and they note that colour shades vary between batches as their material supply changes. Worth knowing before you buy, because a spare part and a colour match are not guaranteed to be the same next year.
Start at 30 minutes a day on low tension for the first week, then build gradually towards 1 to 4 hours. Stop immediately if you feel numbness, pain or a colour change. Traction works through consistency over months, not through pulling harder, which is exactly why knowing your real tension number matters so much.
A screen, not a printed rod
Digital tension on the device, every session logged in a free app, and a 180-day money back guarantee. Cheaper Epic models are there too, from $199.
See the Epic Extender kits →180 days money back · discreet billing · free private Discord with any purchase
Not sure which one? Take the 2 minute quizHOG Extender prices, features, kit contents, accessory prices, spare parts, shipping times and returns terms were taken in August 2026 from honestpe.shop, the seller’s own store. Prices vary by colour. Comments attributed to MrEcz are from his published video review of the Epic Pro, in which he also compares the HOG extender he owns; his channel is independent and reviews equipment from many brands. HOG Stretcher, HPE and HonestPE are trademarks of their owner and are used here for identification and honest comparison only. Prices, stock and policies change, so check the seller’s current terms before you buy. Individual results vary.
Verified buyers using the Epic system. Not stock photos.
