Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Sleek and nice looking site
-Content exclusive to Joybear
-All films (in hd) and photo sets downloadable
-Models are all natural and are from lots of different ethnicities
-Natural, ‘real-life’ scenarios which focus on connection between models
-Blog (‘journal’) is a nice extra on the site
Cons:
-Videos don’t tell you how long they are
-Content is not dated and there is no upload schedule except for vague ‘coming soon’ posts in the ‘journals’ section
-Can’t rate, comment or save favourites or models
-Search function is just a search bar and only simple searches work
-No info about models other than other Joybear films you can link to
-Photosets are presented poorly. They’re displayed under the film in a sliding viewer, 3 photos at a time at poor quality. The upside is you can download the whole set at a time. Not all shoots have photosets attached.
Bottom Line:
It’s a film production company created in 2003, and they make ‘award-winning, sex-positive erotic films’. It’s like if hollywood does porn for couples. They make ‘films’ which consist of several ‘chapters’. Titles include ‘Housemates’, ‘Secret Sex Society’ and ‘Exposure’. If you click on the film it takes you to all the chapters. Models don’t play themselves in the films but characters, and they keep the same characters throughout the chapters of the film. There’s a voiceover at the beginning of each chapter to give some back story, and although the models are playing fictional characters, the reactions look real and they look like they’re genuinely having fun.
It’s mostly gb couples with some gg, some threesomes and there was a foursome I found. No solo shoots that I saw. It’s not hardcore. There were about 200 videos with almost as many models. It’s part of the stiffia network so buying a pass to the network is better than buying a pass to just this site.
I enjoyed Joybear’s films a lot, they're very well made with high production quality. But the lack of features on the website makes it difficult to navigate and makes me just want to download my favourites and be done with the site. However, the videos themselves are great, the models do an amazing job and the filming and editing is top notch.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- clear website setup and design
- many different angles in the videos
- 'movies' are categorized by themes/practices
- mostly no lengthy intros, action starts quite fast
- no music when action
Cons:
- no test-phase available, before signing up you can only watch trailers
- The registration process was annoying: when refreshing the registration window (because of using an already existing username), system automatically switched from a 1-month subscription to a 3-month subscription, so you had to be careful what you subscribe to.
- difference between „movies“ and „chapters“ in the navigation menu unclear.
- no information about total video-length
- confusing thumbnails before playback
Bottom Line:
- Joybear is an award winning porn-site from the UK (e.g. winner of 'feminist porn award 2013')
- the website offers videos with different actions, mainly hetero-sex, three- to foursomes and lesbian sex, most of it soft style.
look seems high-end and professional.
- after a short introduction with the models voice-over giving hints about what to come, action starts quite fast.
- from then on there's usually no more music, only original sound, which i appreciate.
- chapter category is a nice feature, where 6 videos each are assigned to a superior so-called "movie", such as "Sex with friends", "Everyday Turn-Ons" or "Roommate".
- for me, at first I didn't get the structure of 'chapters' and 'movies'. It took me some minutes to figure out, that all 'chapters' belong to different 'movies', but can still only be viewed individually.
since both belong together, i find the division in the navigation menu misleading.
- I also definitely missed information about the video length. It's neither displayed before, nor during playback.
before clicking start on a video, a thumbnail of a different one is shown in the player which i find confusing.
- Even though there are differences in style and themes, you usually see slow, soft sex. If you're into a wider range in practices, Joybear probably isn't the best adress.
- the same goes for the actors: models are mainly slim, trained and shaved.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
Simple convenient design, easy to browse
Good video player, photo quality and download speed
Natural sex in all scenes and movies
Long scenes and full movies with a background story
Accurate keyword search
Cons:
Shadows on videos
No duration on videos or on the video page
Less than 100 movies total
Bad photo slider
Bottom Line:
Joybear is a site where you can find long scenes, mostly movies, with a story behind. Videos start with the explanation of the story in the audio, and again beginning of the story in the video. After the explanation of the story, there is not any talk in the video, only moanings, except maybe a last sentence at the end of the video. Early videos have some slow background music, but most scenes don’t.
The site is simple and elegantly designed. Photo slider is not the best, but downloading the whole photoset button is conveniently placed. Photo quality and download speed for both photos and videos are good. You can download the videos in different qualities.
On the Members Area Homepage, you can see the latest uploaded and upcoming movies. You can search for chapters, movies, and cast. When you select the video, you can see the cast and a short explanation. Unfortunately, seeing the duration is available neither on the page nor on the video player. Even though, the duration is not displayed on the video player, you can watch the videos in different qualities and also picture in picture mode. You can also search the site with keywords you want and it is working pretty accurately.
Sex scenes are definitely slow. Scenes uses different positions and camera changes positions and zoom in and out enough. Sometimes, they have problem with shadows. Most shoots are indoors. You will find both straight and lesbian videos. The explanation of the story in the beginning of the videos can take up between 10 and 20 percent of the video.
Cast does not act like ‘I am a pornstar’, but instead they are natural or they come close. Moanings does not sound acted mostly, same as the actions and face and body language. You could watch natural sex, or sex that is close to being natural. The Stories makes the site content much richer. And instead of 5 minute videos, you can watch full movies or chapters at once, featuring different positions and scenes.
If you like natural sex and stories, I definitely suggest to check out.
Current Member for over 6 months (at the time of review).
Pros:
Part of the Stiffia network so you can enjoy this site alongside a bundle of other websites.
Also has the great advantage of being available at an excellent price point if you time your move on the offers they have on.
A very slick and professional looking website with defined menus and options which make this site a breeze to navigate.
Truly stunning models feature on this site. Just take a look or Google the following- Julia Roca, Bianca Resa,Kali Sudhra, Loren Minardi, Avril Sun and Claudia Rossi to name a few.
Couple friendly website - which means it carries a positive message. Joybear like to focus on female-friendly porn that has both realistic and sensual sex scenes and a storyline that will hopefully be enough to keep viewers’ interest.
Superb production values throughout a wide range of areas.
Flawless camera work and model selection.
Cons:
Photo sets are not available for all scenes, however they are crisp when featured.
There is a potential that this site won't be as hardcore for some people who perhaps prefer more gritty scenes.
Not all actresses are credited correctly e.g. Ashley Long and Kat Varga both appear in the 1st movie uploaded to the site but aren't credited as you might expect to get. You have just blonde and 'Kat' despite others having full names.
Scenes can tend to play out with a similar ending - a cum shot over the pussy is a notable big favourite.
Scenes tend to often have long build ups which will interest some more than others.
No tags in download names - all scenes download with either 'scene SD' or 'scene full hd' for example.
Site probably doesn't update as often as you would like.
Bottom Line:
Joy Bear is a British, London based porn production company that I believe came to life in 2003 as a reaction to them seeing films with people in their opinion having pleasure-less sex, especially women.
You will therefore find Joy Bear to be a positive message site which looks to reconstruct modern pornography to appeal as a more mutual based pleasure for both sexes- nothing wrong with that at all in my humble opinion.
As a consequence if you are looking for a porn site to indulge with a partner then its definitely worth giving Joy Bear a go as I'm sure all persuasions will find something appealing and easy on the eye.
A big plus is that Joy Bear is now part of the Stiffia network so if you are wily you can sign up to this on a good deal - available through this site too at a very budget friendly price.
If you are looking for some stats you will find the following:-
185 scenes from 37 movies.
Average scene length approx 25-30mins.
You have over 160 models, which includes both male and female and is split between mainly British and European nationalities. A lot of them are great looking too which is obviously a bonus. You will find mainly genuine hotties who are very easy on the eye such as Stella Cox, Sienna Day, Lolly Badcock, Zoe Doll, Claudia Rossi and Ella Hughes to name a handful who are bound to get you feeling the urge! The male stars too are no slouches either and I'm sure will tick all the right boxes for those looking in that direction!
The slick modern layout presentation gives this site a very high end no expense spared quality.
Its also worth noting that there are no log in issues or requests for futher purchases once you are a member (in reference to old comments posted here regarding this site). This appear resolved, at least I have had no issues.
Download speeds have always been decent when I've pressed the button to fill up the hard drive!
With each scene you have the option to stream or download up to 'Full HD' quality(1920x1080/9 mbits).
The production quality is what you would hope to find for a site which proclaims to ooze quality and expense.
All of the production values such as selection of cast, video angles, locations, make up, background and final product are top division. It really does have a big budget feel when pitched against other British and European efforts.
All in all I recommend this site as something definitely to at least give a months trial to, its very modern and forward thinking and if your looking for some mutual porn fun this would be my go to pick from the sites I've looked at to date.
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