Anyone Else Have a Non-Clicking Mech Valve?

[olefin]

Could hear mine for several years. It was no big deal. In fact I liked hearing it.
Wife said she could tell when her kisses were exciting me from my valve sound.
Seldom hear it anymore but maybe that's age.

 

[Ashkir]

Nice, olefin! xD. And clever way to put it.

My dad wanted to go get a bunch of attractive nurses to see if the valve works right...

...I think he got a clue when Miss West Coast walked into my hospital room.

xP.

 

[art]

I can no longer listen to the silence
click click click

 

[Bill B]

I just got mine last week and was actually happy to hear/feel "thump, thump" like you might when you just met the love of your life for the first time. It's not a click like I expected. My heart rate is still in the mid 80s and fairly strong, I think partially due to my HCT of 28 (Pre-surg was 45), and I'm hoping the rate and force will decrease as my anemia corrects. The loudness of the thump changes in intensity with position, as others mentioned. There are times when I am very relaxed and it is mild. Probably body weight, structure, and geometry relative to other things that can transmit sound affect the perception of the valve noise.

Be happy.

 

[Sherry]

I've heard mine continuously for 12 years. Don't think it about it much anymore; it just seems normal to me.