Was a member approx. 5 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-handsome exclusive models
-nice selection of videos
Cons:
-no downloading of videos until member is with site for 31 days
-limited daily downloads
-watermark of user's email address on each photo
-high priced site for photo downloads only
Bottom Line:
Englishlads (aka FitYoungMen.com) has a good quantity of various model types. From twinks to college and musclemen, the site has it all. This would be a good thing for the most part except for how the site is run.
I can understand owners wary of their content being taken and uploaded for free as it costs money to produce fresh content. I do think this site carries this a bit too far.
One joins this site for $31.95 a month which guarantees downloads of the photosets only and streaming of the videos. However, videos can't be downloaded until the member stays for another month (31 days). That makes this site $63.90 for those who wish to download and don't collect photosets.
If one does like photosets, the site protects their product by producing a watermark with the email address of the user on each photo. This is a good way to keep their product from being pasted on blogs and other media (although many know editing techniques to rid that sort of thing). It does make the photos appear a bit cluttered.
I do like the site for the models and how great it looks. It is also fairly easy to navigate. However, the pains are a bit much and price too high for me to give this the high marks it truly deserves.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
Good number of uploads.
Genrally hot guys.
Site easy to navigate.
Good opportunity to interact with site.
Large backlist of videos/pics.
Cons:
Concept gets a little repetative - "straight guys" gradually being cajoled into doing more risque things.
Genrally the same "type" of guys, not very diverse.
DRM
Bottom Line:
A good quality site with a large backlist of guys, and regular uploads. There has been much controversy about the director in so much as how far does he push the boundaries of the guys, and is there manipulation going on. i agree with previous comments that it does often seem as though the guys are prostituting themselves, but i don't necessarily see that as a problem in the context of porn.
On the whole, a good site, hot guys, but probably enough to keep you going for a month, then come back again a few months later to check out what's new.
Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
Pros:
Some fit lads
Cons:
So-so photography.
Dubious about their role as solo models (read on).
Bottom Line:
Englishlads does show a lot of models, so you can't complain there isn't something there to look at (as long as white guys turn you on), but compared to other sites the photography is amateurish and the models don't look comfortable.
My main beef with Englishlads though is the ambiguity the photographer has between the terms model and - harshly put - prostitute. The photos and videos are usually of solo models, which flags up issues when a hand appears from behind the camera to fondle the lads. Englishlads seems to have a lot of first time models and it puts me off completely when I'm forced to think "That's not just modelling. Did they sign up for that or are they just going along with it thinking they can't say no?" For that I don't like it and I wouldn't pay again.
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