Here's my rough timeline
Jan: Mid month pierced (10g stretched to 8g)
Mar: End of month stretched myself to 6g
Apr: Received Evotion device. Found it irritated my piercing after a couple days. Decided to wait longer.
May: Still irritated by the Evotion. Reshaped the ridge so it would be neutral on the piercing forward and backwards.
Ordered a Lori device.
June: Still irritated by the Evotion. Sanded and buffed the pin to a shine. It was fairly rough.
July: Still irritated by the Evotion. Notice that it may be narrow and pressing on my piercing from the side. Reshape the cage to give myself plenty of lateral room. And then I go travel for a month
August: Return from traveling. Try the Evotion with a well rested piercing. After 8 hours I'm beginning to have the sense of irritation. Give up on it and stretch myself to 4G, the size I ordered my Lori. Receive the Lori and start testing it.
Sep: After 1 week in the Lori my piercing is irritated. Take a week off. Back in.
Oct: 4 weeks with no problems in the Lori. Though just yesterday we noticed some reddish skin
near the piercing and it may be time for a short break.
I never got the eVotion to work for me. Shame because I like the design. I've not completely given up. Could be that my piercing had not healed enough for the material. Now that I've been in a Lori for a month I have more confidence that my piercing is good to go. But now I'm at 4G and the evotion pin is 6G. I could order another bottom for $40 but I hesitate. I would like to hear report from someone else who is wearing the eVotion long term with no problem in the piercing.
So,
@Thatguyontheinternet, I've been waiting to hear about your success. I hope the device works out for you. I'm impressed by the design. My suggestion is that at the first sign of irritation take a break. Trying to push through never worked and resulted in longer rests to recover.
Yes, a metal pin would be great. So would a nylon barbell that we could use to test our compatibility with the material. Also, Lori said that shape pin would never work - but she is partisan and did not explain why.
The Lori is quit good. Comfortable, secure, effective. My only small complaint is the weight and I got one of the lightest versions that she makes. I mean to write a review one of these days.