Sock method. I'm sold. I've been doing it day after day consistently and it is retraining how I move through space. Sorry, Mr Softee, you are too inconvenient/sweaty/don't experience shrinkage/get in the way/and don't seem to sit in the right place. I feel okay with the sock there. Using a safety pin to keep it in place avoids all those dysphoric feelings when you're fighting with your packer, as in the restroom.
What can I say. Apparently you can't beat the sock. I avoided using a sock for years because they came in for ridicule in the movie Boys Don't Cry. Horrible film. Thanks to folks here like Mitch who talked it up.