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Review
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Bang.com
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93.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- An almost inconceivable amount of content
- Newer stuff is HD
- Apparently the entire Videosz.com library but with Bang watermarks
- No download limits
- Long timeouts for download links
- No constant auto-logouts.
- Content dates back at least to 80s in some cases, maybe earlier.
- Original content specific to Bang
- Streaming and downloading available |
| Cons: |
- No photos that I've seen, but I haven't looked too hard.
- Older content isn't HD (not much of a con because technological limitations)
- Some actresses will be listed but won't have any content available
- Old content is pretty poor quality
- Ads inside |
| Bottom Line: |
Holy cow what a site. It's enormous. The site claims 117,000+ videos, and I believe it. It is one of those sites that you join and think to yourself, "Yes, this is how this entire thing is supposed to work." Search for an actress and (most of the time) there she is. Often with a dozen or more clips available. Want content from an actress? They've probably got it.
There are options to choose "channels" such as "Bang Originals", "Glamcore", "Hot Step Moms", and others, and there are tags to direct you to other clips. I find those a bit too vague, but something that is really nice is that the clip usually has the name of the actress, the name of the movie, the name of the series, and the name of the studio all underneath the streamable video, and all clickable. You also have options to make playlists and create favorites.
Even with the most recent Bang Original clips I've only seen up to 1080p video downloads offered, so that might be a con for some. I find the video quality to be acceptable and appropriate for the size, but most of the time the smaller 720p offerings look just as good to my eyes. Most of the middle-to-older content seems to be available in up to 540p, and it looks decent considering the source material. The oldest stuff is 360p or worse, and it looks it. That's not a dealbreaker, but it's something you'll encounter often if you look at actresses who worked a couple of decades ago.
Every video that I clicked on was available for streaming.
The content is apparently shared with Videosz.com, so if you join Bang you get all of the other site but not vice versa. I think there's a good case to be made to join Bang over Videosz for that reason, but I'm not a member of Videosz.com and can't say what may or may not be an advantage to lean the other way.
Every video's page has ads on the lowest part of the page, which counts against the site every time. I paid to be in here, guys. If you want to offer *me* discounts, make a page I can click on to re-direct and join with the affiliate link. Those ads aren't there to save *me* money, even though they ultimately may. Those ads are there to make the website money off of the same people who have already paid money to get past the paywall.
A nice touch is that there are additional actress suggestions underneath every video that is being streamed or downloaded. I'm not entirely sure if they are related to anything or might just share some similar tags, but it's a good way to discover actresses you might not know about.
The actresses will sometimes have duplicate scenes, but it's fairly forgivable just because of the vast amount of content available. Many actresses I clicked have over 100 clips to download. Wow.
The search option works well, and if you give it a moment while you type it will try to match your entry with suggestions in real time.
Also, it might be worth a look around to see what other sites share content. I saw some stuff from partyhardcore and some other familiar content, so you might save money at the other sites while also getting thousands of other clips.
Bottom line? One of the best adult sites I know of. Fairly vanilla but with wildly varying movies available, and it includes some raunchy stuff like gonzo, shemale, etc., too.
Well worth a look. |
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03-27-18 08:30am
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Naughty America
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Onyx's Reply
Yeah, it seems to be a new thing with VPNs, adblockers, and java.
https://imgur.com/a/Yp6IT
They force you to do a captcha every few pages if so. It's ridiculous. I know they want to sell ads to paid subscribers and sell the paid subscribers data to other companies, but this is a bit too intrusive, especially when more and more paying customers users are using the tools.
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03-13-18 01:30pm
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Naughty America
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Reply of
WeedLordVegeta's Comment
Can confirm. Captchas every few clicks if you decide to use a VPN, adblocker, or disable java. Avoid this site.
Edited: Too wordy.
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03-13-18 08:28am
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Review
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Dylan Ryder
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62.0
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Was a member approx. 4 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Pictures available
- Some hd content
- Um... Let me think... No download limits? Yeah. No download limit. |
| Cons: |
- Small site
- No longer updating
- Most videos are low quality |
| Bottom Line: |
Boy, I sure do like Dylan Ryder. Sure the fake breasts take away from the overall glamour of such an attractive woman, but I understand the direction the adult industry has gone. Hey, maybe since this is Dylan Ryder's official site there will be lots of content with her natural breasts and maybe some hair down... Oh, wait. Nevermind. I forgot that the Openlife.com network doesn't really do content or updates.
Let's see, the last update is listed as 2013.
Content-wise, there are 25 or so hi definition clips out of the 60-ish video total on the site. There's a decent mix of solo, lesbian, and M/F, but there are still only 60 or so clips available, and more than half are low quality. And when I say low quality I don't mean not HD. I mean early 2000s dial-up thumbnail gallery advertisement quality. The content may be exclusive, but I'm guessing you'd do much better spending your $20 at bang.com (40 Dylan Ryder clips listed) where you also get a few thousand other actresses on the network, too.
It looks like there are fewer than 20 photo sets. It's a shame because some of the photo sets are very well done. Most are glam sets and the approach really suits her. She's a very attractive, very nicely shaped older woman who should do more of this work. The sets are available for downloading as zip files, too.
I don't think that's enough to warrant a recommendation, but the photos are solidly in the "pro" column. It's just a shame that something that should be a given on an adult site has to be marked as a "pro" and focused on so heavily because other "pro" things are so hard to come by when reviewing the site.
Recommendation? Avoid. |
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03-13-18 08:19am
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Review
30
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Devon Lee
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64.0
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Quite a bit of BG hardcore
- Apparently more than a few HD offerings
- Guest appearances by other big names
- Photos available as zip files |
| Cons: |
- Like most sites these days, the website is a little busy at times (script and such)
- Ads inside paywall
- No longer updating (stopped in 2015)
- Strangely, not many photos |
| Bottom Line: |
What a weird and unexpected site. This is possibly the first site from Open Life Network that might possibly, maybe, potentially be worth joining at a greatly reduced price if you're a hardcore collector of Devon Lee material.
There are 75 or so videos. If I had to guess, I'd say the most recent 25-30 are offered in high definition.
I was also surprised to find quite a bit of smoking fetish material in the site. It's not my thing and I'm not sure if the content justifies joining, but it's there and nice to see they sort of made an effort to add some interesting content.
The other sort of nice discovery was content with her not wearing a lot of makeup. I'm sure there was enough to keep the lighting correct or what have you, but there are scenes of how she honestly, truly looks, and it was quite nice.
The last update appears to be from 2015, so that's fairly typical with these Open Life Network sites. They're all pretty much dead, and you shouldn't expect any updates.
Most of the other Open Life caveats apply, too. The older videos are fairly mediocre in quality and, while there aren't download limits, there are pretty limited downloads. You can probably download the entire site in a weekend or even just a few hours if you've got a fast connection. Yes, you'll have access to other sites on the network, but they're not that great, either. You can see my reviews for Ashley Fires, Bree Olson, and others on the network to get a sense of what to expect. Most of the others were written as a warning, though, and this one might be the first one that I am writing as (just barely) a recommendation.
Would I recommend? I don't know. My first instinct is no, but this might have some stuff that really, REALLY dedicated Devon Lee fans would like, and it might even be exlusive and hard to come by. If you're a big fan flip through the pages and see if it's stuff you don't have and can't live without. If so, see if you can get on a mailing list for a greatly reduced rate because the site, even with additional network sites, really isn't worth $15/month. But it might be if you just can't stand not having every single thing Ms. Lee has ever done.
It's a very firm "probably not but maybe" I suppose. 60% probably not and 40% maybe. |
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02-19-18 02:54pm
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Review
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PornDoe Premium
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90.0
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Videos and pictures
- HD offerings for everything I saw
- Very large site
- Download managers allowed |
| Cons: |
- Photos often seem to be stills from HD video
- Tattoos, tattoos, and more tattoos
- No cancellation link or email with login info, so pay attention to your info at signup |
| Bottom Line: |
It's not a mega site like Realitykings or Brazzers, but it's very large. Hundreds of videos of beautiful (and sometimes not so beautiful) European women.
There are quite a few different niches covered. They have everything from a silly and less degrading version of bangbus where a couple of goofballs drive around and pretend to pick up women who are willing to do all sorts of things in the passenger section, to gorgeous lesbians, to very average middle aged and older women swinging, to a few shemale clips.
The only glaringly obvious thing that I didn't care much for, and it's completely a matter of personal taste, is the prevalence of tattoos. I know that's the direction the world has gone in for the moment, and the porn industry is just a reflection of society, but there are still a LOT of otherwise very attractive young (and old) women on the site who have a LOT of tattoos.
There are also a lot that don't, though, and quite a bit of seemingly feminine focused scenes. Not glamcore, but filmed well with filters to soften the lighting, etc. Speaking of, if you're a fan of the lovely blonde named Caprice, this is the site for you. She is in dozens of clips here. I honestly think that you could grab all of her stuff and find you had gotten 1/10th of the site's total content. She's in that much. She gives convincing performances, though, and is terribly attractive, so I didn't mind.
Multiple download options and the smaller HD and near-HD resolutions are appropriately sized. No 800mb "HD" videos that look like you could be on a tube site. FWIW, I don't recall seeing any non-HD clips offered for any of the videos, but I didn't click on every single one.
As I mentioned in the cons, a lot of photos appear to just be stills from the videos. Go into the site expecting mostly video content and you won't be disappointed.
Bottom line: One of my new favorite sites/networks. If you've been on the fence, give it a shot. |
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01-23-18 03:51am
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Cassandra Calogera
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61.0
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Photos that might be exclusive
- Zip files seem to be available for the sets I browsed
- Many boy-girl sets |
| Cons: |
- Probably only 30 or so videos
- Low resolution video clips
- Ads inside the paid area
- Small site overall |
| Bottom Line: |
TL;DR version- Another website in the openlife network to steer clear of. The regular problems. No updates, poor video quality, low content overall, etc. Avoid.
Expanded review:
The videos are almost all mostly unwatchable. This seems to be a common theme to the videos on the openlife network, so it's nothing to be surprised by.
You'll also discover videos that are incomplete. One eight minute clip with the lovely Haley Cummings comes to mind. It's one of the few offered in better than 360p (720 and 1080), but it's incomplete. Ms. Calogera and Haley Cummings perform oral sex on a stunt cock for a few minutes, then there is a little bit of sex, and then the video fades out and ends. No finale, nothing. Just fade out and that's that.
There is no rhyme or reason to video quality, either. A quick look shows that a video from 2012 is only offered in 360p or worse, while one from 2010 has 720p and 1080p options.
Which brings up another con (or maybe a pro if you're desperately searching for the one or two high definition clips on the site): The site is very small. There are only 30 or so video clips. On the bright side, you won't have to spend much time scanning through and opening every video link to see which ones are HD.
Something that might be the biggest pro: There are quite a few photo sets. I'd estimate 25 or so. Some of them are in very high resolution and with pages and pages of photos available.
Bottom line: Avoid. Even if you're a huge fan, avoid unless you can get the entire network for a buck or two, and even then make sure you wouldn't rather just rent a movie or videogame from Redbox instead. |
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01-08-18 09:36am
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I'm reminded of the old saying about locks only being there to keep honest people out. Why would a pirate searching through torrents notice and care if a site required higher costs or ridiculously restrictive limits to downloading content? I guarantee the paying customers like us would notice and care, though. I've marked a couple of sites off of my "to join" list for that very reason.
I bet both paying customers and the torrenting crowd notice when the paying customers who want to pay for legal content leave reviews saying it's both too expensive AND too much of a PITA to download, though.
It would be interesting to see data on whether heavier restrictions encourages more piracy of the product. I'd bet my $29.95 it does.
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01-08-18 04:18am
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Karups
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Karup's Reply
Thanks, but I'm not sure that moving the discussion to customer service would be helpful to other users who may be interested in the topic, especially when the pay site being discussed is clearly working as designed. Downloads are intentionally and very specifically designed to fail after ten minutes to discourage paying customers from downloading content, and download managers that queue properly and work perfectly fine at all other sites will necessarily obey these ten-minute download restrictions as designed.
Thanks for the input, and for the willingness to participate on the review site. Would you mind if I post the meat of your PM regarding the site's position on download managers?
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01-08-18 03:00am
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Karups
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Karup's Reply
"Does your download manager require that you provide links of all of the sets/movies that you want to download prior to running it? Or can it be set to open URLs on its own after a movie completes downloading? If so, that seems like it would solve the problem."
I'm not sure I'm following. A download manager that opens URLs on its own before they have been generated to queue into the download manager?
I'm unfamiliar with that technology, but I'd certainly be interested in a recommendation for a download manager that functions that way.
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12-15-17 10:05am
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Karups
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Karup's Reply
So that I don't misunderstand and misrepresent what I'm reading when I write a future review:
I set my download manager to only download one file at a time. I start my first download and queue another download 30 seconds later. If my first download takes 12 minutes to complete then my second download will fail?
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12-12-17 09:03am
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Karups
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Reply of
PinkPanther's Reply
Thanks. I could certainly see a difference in experiences when compared to users that are downloading at 500 KB/s and needing 30-45 minutes for that same clip.
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12-12-17 08:54am
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Lane Sisters
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70.0
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Majority of clips are available in HD
- Photos available for some sets
- Download managers work
- Twins. Interesting fetish material, but nothing THAT kinky, you perv. |
| Cons: |
- No longer updating
- Comical "we could not find this photoset" errors when you go to view some photos.
- Like most openlife offerings, they pad their site with BTS/Interview filler clips. |
| Bottom Line: |
The good: There are over 100 video clips. There are lots of behind the scenes/interview videos, but there are also a lot of boy girl and girl girl clips, as well as masturbation.
The Lane sisters are attractive young ladies, although you'll need an interest in attractive young tattooed ladies to spend too much time with them these days. BUT, I suppose one advantage (?) to no longer updating your site is that all of the photos and videos apparently took place before whichever sister got the sleeve of tattoos done.
This is apparently one of the rare Open Life Network sites that offers most, if not all, of the content in high definition. I didn't click every video, but I grabbed samples sorted by date through the entire site and it appears that the majority are offered in HD.
There are some irritations. It *IS* an openlife site, after all, and what did you expect? The most obvious is having behind the scenes clips for the shoots that aren't offered on the site. And it's extremely obvious when it's the most recent video. Yep. The very first video when arranged by date is an outtake from a clip you can't view.
Pause to think about that for a moment.
The most recent video is a behind the scenes clip from a video that isn't offered anywhere on the site. And the site is no longer updating, so it's probably been sitting there as the most recent clip for two or three years.
The site is often broken. When clicking on a random photo set to check the quality and zip availability, I was led to a page that said the photoset couldn't be found. Good luck if that's the material you're interested in.
There aren't really that many videos. If you're on a fast connection I'd be surprised if it took you more than a couple of days to grab everything you wanted, even in HD.
Bottom line: If you're a HUGE Lane Sisters fan, and if you can get past the broken website, and if you can not be bothered by a complete lack of updates, and if you can keep your expectations in check, and if you find it for $5 or so for a month, it might be worth joining. |
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12-12-17 08:50am
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Karups
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What are your internet speeds if you don't mind me asking?
With the ten minute cutoff, I can certainly understand drastically different user experiences for someone on a 25.6 Mbps pipe vs the majority of rural American's on what is regarded as dial up these days.
100MB file at 25.6 Mbps = 34 seconds
100MB file at 2 Mbps = 7 minutes
Ten minute limits would yield huge variations in paid user experiences between someone who can get a set of their favorite actress in that ten minutes, and someone who has to babysit the downloads literally all evening for the exact same set.
(FWIW, I doubt pirates are bothered by any of it.)
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12-09-17 12:30am
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Karup's Older Women
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12-02-17 04:10am
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Karup's Hometown Amateurs
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12-02-17 04:09am
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Karups
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12-02-17 04:08am
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Bree Olson
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Reply of
pat362's Reply
I got a promo code that offered the network at a greatly reduced price. I'm a fan of a couple of the actresses, so I figured, "Sure, why not?" Now I'm just offering warnings to others.
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11-19-17 05:32pm
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Review
44
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Bree Olson
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58.0
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Quite a few photo sets available for some of the corresponding videos (see first paragraph, though).
- Photos available as zip file (again, see first paragraph).
- Possibly some exclusive content.
- Lots of behind the scenes stuff if that's your thing. Maybe even exclusive BTS stuff if that's your thing. |
| Cons: |
- The photo sets will have fewer than ten pictures.
- Broken links and other site foul-ups
- Lots of behind the scenes stuff that can seem like filler if that's not your thing. |
| Bottom Line: |
There are photos and zips available for the scenes, which is good. Unfortunately, the photo sets and zips that I bothered to click on had fewer than a dozen photos. I'd say closer to eight in the ones I looked at.
There are 150 or so videos. Quite a few appear to be behind the scenes and interview type clips, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were exclusive. Because why wouldn't they be? Who else would want them?
I'd say fewer than 25 of the 150 videos are offered in HD. The rest are 360p.
FWIW, I didn't click on every single video. I didn't see the point after seeing that they appeared to be low res leftovers. I DID take a sample to make sure I was not being overly critical. One from 2008 is 360p. It looks like garbage and is mostly unwatchable. There is another video option, though. 160p. And if you think the 360p looks bad, just wait until you get a chance to see something that's half as good. Clicking on the last page to check the updates, you discover that the last "page" is a direct link to a video. Keep in mind that this is supposed to be a page full of other updates. Something with a number on the bottom to move to the other pages. Nope. It goes to a scene clip. But hey, who cares? You paid, so the site probably served it's purpose.
Are there positives? Yeah, sort of. If you are a big fan of her and want every single thing she's ever done, then you'll probably find an unwatchable clip or two here to never watch after you download them.
Would I recommend? Absolutely not. Just another Open Life cash grab. |
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11-19-17 05:20am
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Hanna Hilton
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56.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Some decent resolution photos with the video sets.
- Even better, photo sets in zip files for the ones I checked.
- Seems large-ish for an Open Life Network site. |
| Cons: |
- Access/uptime is spotty. "Error 521 web server is down".
- Lots of filler behind-the-scenes/masturbation type clips.
- "Large" for an Open Life Network site still only means 50 or so videos.
- Crappy video resolution on the few samples I checked. |
| Bottom Line: |
This seems like one of the larger Open Life sites. Don't misunderstand and think that's a recommendation or that this is some great, huge thing that deserves your money. Just that, when compared to the other tiny cash grab sites on their network, this one seems like a larger one.
I found the site down a couple of times. Not a huge deal, but also not something you like to see as a paying customer.
The worst part of the site is the low resolution videos. This appears to be a common problem with most, if not all, Open Life Network sites, and part of the reason I found it appropriate to review each individually. Someone joining Hannah Hilton might not check the broad network review, much less Ashley Fires, Abbey Brooks, etc., to know that each site is almost complete crap. Hannah Hilton is no different. There are some photos, and some decent photos, but the majority of the videos are borderline unwatchable. Maximum 360p clips are definitely unacceptable on a paysite in 2017, and of the three samples I grabbed (random video from page one, random one from middle of page list, and random video from last page), all of them were 360p. So yes, there are quite a few videos of the lovely Ms. Hilton available, but none are worth the time or effort to watch unless you're a HUGE fan or just like video quality from around 1998 or so.
There are ads on the site behind the paywall, but you discover you don't care because there's not really much to keep you coming back to the site, anyway.
There are quite a few photos sets, and the ones I saw had zip files available for downloading. That's nice, but it's not enough to justify spending any money or time at the site.
That's probably the ultimate bottom line, now that I think about it. I usually try to type out a summary, but I think that's it. Some good photo sets, but not worth the price of admission.
Very disappointing. Avoid. |
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10-31-17 02:22am
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Ashley Fires
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63.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- 100 or so videos
- Photos and photo zips available for some clips
- Some clips that I would guess are fairly exclusive |
| Cons: |
- Small site
- Pages wouldn't always load or load correctly.
- Horrible 360p maximum resolution for most videos
- Of the 100 or so videos, there are fewer than 40 photo sets
- Lots of filler. BTS, masturbation, etc. |
| Bottom Line: |
I'm a pretty big Ashley Fires fan, and this site was a disappointment to me. There were some keeper videos and photos here and there, but there doesn't seem to be much of a motivation to keep members. Or, I suppose, to get new ones when you factor in the notion that people might be leaving reviews telling other potential subscribers what to expect and why it's not worth spending their money on.
One of the worst things, and that's really saying a lot for an OpenLife Network site, is that there are more than a few photos that, when clicked on, are what appear to be the thumbnails blown up to whatever "photo" size they're supposed to be. Blocky and jarringly bad, and not something that someone would intentionally post as a photo. Think of the Japanese blurring of naughty bits. Now apply it to the entire photo. It looks like that.
If you're still not getting a good image (ha) of what I'm trying to convey, go to your picture collection, open any thumbnail image, and press ctl and "+" ten or twelve times.
That.
Pros? Sure. Pros include having some photo sets you may not have seen before, and offering what I have to assume are fairly exclusive video clips. The problem, at least regarding the exclusive video clips, is who really cares? There are video clips of performances in strip clubs, which I guess is fine. Somebody may really, REALLY want to see that sort of stuff, so good for them for offering it. Except it's in glorious 360p, which is nearly unwatchable. But that's not the worst of it. Part of the padding is giving subscribers the exclusive opportunity to watch exclusive video clips like film of the audience during the filming of said exclusive performances in strip clubs. In 360p.
Yep. You get access to exclusive video of old men with mustaches and balding heads as they stand behind the barricades to watch strippers. Even better, you get to watch the old, balding men in 360p.
(I'd never considered that low-res stripper POV, as in from the POV of the stripper, might be a fetish, but I guess you should join this site right now if that's your thing.)
There are some HD videos. It looks like about half, which is nice, but since the site doesn't appear to be updating any longer (there are no dates associated with the videos that I saw, and the rep confirmed it back in 2014), it will remain half for the rest of time.
Sadly, the webmaster's 2014 reply in the comment section to the right sort of sums up the problem. Quote: " I love Ashley Fires. Lets hope that she comes back with new content! That would be awesome!"
But IAFD shows Ashley is still working, and still doing work for myxxxpass.com as recently as this year, and myxxxpass.com is affiliated with the openlife network (more about that in my future tragi-comedy Manuel Ferrara review, though).
She has worked. She's apparently even worked for, if not THESE people, people directly connected to these people. It's never going to be on this site, though. This site is old, stale, outdated stuff, and it looks like there will never be any updates.
It's not the worst Open Life Network site I've encountered, but it might have suffered more because of it. They look like they sort of tried on this site, and it comes across as equally crappy when compared to ___________ (insert almost any other openlife blatant cashgrab site here).
They really, truly tried with ashleyfires.com, and it's still not worth joining.
Avoid. |
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10-17-17 07:10am
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Review
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Charmane Star
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56.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- A few HD video clips.
- Photos are available for some of the videos, and some photo sets are even available as zip files.
- I suspect some, or even all, of the material is exclusive.
- I think there's one exclusive HD boy-girl scene here if you're a hardcore collector with money to spend. |
| Cons: |
- Most videos appear to be 480p or worse.
- Only a few boy-girl scenes.
- Small site.
- Photos for some sets appear to be screengrabs of the video.
- Ads inside the pay area.
- Lots of low-res solo stuff.
- Updates? Ha. Don't be silly. I saw no evidence of such things.
- Other sites offer more of her content, plus hundreds of thousands of other clips if you happen to enjoy other attractive women, too. |
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Mmm, the lovely Charmane Star. What a great opportunity to get some exclusive videos and photos featuring such a striking young woman.
Such a shame you should probably look somewhere other than charmanestar.com if you're interested in her material, though. Honestly. Videosz.com shows over 100 clips featuring her, and I'd be shocked if they don't look much better than the low-res ones offered here. Don't misunderstand me, though. I'm sure there are some exclusive videos and photos at this site, and I honestly wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that it's all exclusive content. I'm just not certain they're worth spending the money on unless you're a CRAZY big fan of this lovely young woman.
The site has 30 or so videos and a similar number of photo sets available. The weird part is that at least one of the photo sets looks to be a repeat. I didn't care enough to investigate and compare any further, but the thumbnail and titles are the same, so one can guess it's the same set being repeated. Is it intentional to pad the numbers or accidental and just an oversight? Or is it just incompetence and poor web design on a site and network that arguably shouldn't even exist in the first place? Hard to say. Can it be both?
The site appears to offer three or four boy / girl scenes, and only one of those was offered in better than 480p. The rest of the clips are solo, lesbian, and behind the scenes types. All of that is fine, too. Just know what you're subscribing to.
One of the more amusing (and bizarre) elements of the site was that the photo section is titled "ASIAN PORN PICS" while other uh, less asian actresses on other Open Life Network sites just have "PHOTOS" at the top of their photo pages.
It looks like there are fewer than ten HD videos.
On the pro side of things, and so this doesn't seem completely contrarian (although it should certainly be read and understood as 95% contrarian), there were zip files available for the photo sets I clicked on, the photos looked nice and were professionally done, and I didn't encounter any download limits or very slow speeds. Full disclosure, though: I doubt they would enforce strict download limits on the 1GB or so that I downloaded. These positives are reflected in my score and raised the site five points to a solid 56.
If you like paying for five to ten mediocre high definition videos an extremely limited number of low-res videos and a few photo sets, this place is just right. Otherwise I'd suggest avoiding the site and network. |
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10-01-17 11:29am
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Abbey Brooks
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51.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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- The actress' name is associated with a website.
- Photos are available for viewing for some of the corresponding videos.
- Not all of the dozen videos are "behind the scenes" or interview filler clips.
- No download limits that I encountered, but the entire site's total content is probably under 5GB (I'd wager closer to 2) so how would there be? |
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- It will take you just about the same amount of time to read this review as it would to scroll through the entire website.
- Website won't load at times.
- Photos, but no photo zips that I could find.
- The photos are sometimes just screenshots of the low-res video.
- The videos are low-res 360p clips that aren't worth watching.
- It appears that they haven't updated in years. |
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I really don't see the point of this site. I'm not just saying that, either. I truly, honestly, 100% don't see why someone would go through any time and trouble to make a site that has a handful of clips, a few photos that you have to individually click, wait for the script to pull up, and then click a few more times to download if you have any interest, and little to nothing more. I especially don't understand it when it's... Okay, okay. That's not entirely true. I understand that it seems to be little more than a blatant cash grab and exists in the hope that there are a few suckers out there who might want to have all of Abbey Brooks' material, and that one of those suckers might spend the money joining the site for one month. Either that or it's just crappy padding for a similarly overall horrible network. Take your pick.
According to IAFD, Ms. Brooks is still working and has nearly 200 movies to her name. That doesn't count photos shoots, and I'm sure she's got well over 100 of those in her past, too.
So, If I had to guess, I'd guess that a studio/site bought up the name and owned a few licensed clips of the actress. There ARE some clips the studio owns of said actress, so it's presented as the actress' website.
The dozen or so video clips are stated as being 360p. It's probably technically correct, but I've seen 360p clips elsewhere that, while not great, are still fairly watchable. For simplicity's sake just think of a low-res tube site or a crappy gif flashing in an advertisement. That's essentially what you can expect for video quality of most of the clips here.
If that's too crisp and wonderful for you, there is a lower quality option as well.
Photos exist, but I never saw a link for zip files. If you like a set, be prepared to click through each image individually to allow it to load so that you can choose "save as" for every one you want. It looked like the photos were often just screenshots, too.
On the bright side, I didn't run into any download limits when downloading the three videos that looked worthwhile. They weren't, btw. The video quality was borderline unwatchable once I tried to watch them, although in fairness I knew it said 360p when I clicked to download them. Nonetheless, I didn't encounter any download limits when downloading the 300-500MB worth of clips.
Bottom line: It's an almost uniquely lousy site. It's either a cynical money-grab or filler for a network of similar cynical money-grab sites. It's the first site I've come across in a long, long time that deserves a score much lower than 50, and I only gave it the extra point so that it wouldn't be viewed as some knee-jerk score out of spite. That single point is there to show that some thought went into why this site is so bad. Frankly, the site shouldn't even exist. The unwatchable clips could easily be part of one of the studio's other sites as some sort of worthless "bonus" content that no one intentionally clicks on.
Avoid. |
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09-10-17 05:23pm
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Kink.com
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Yeah, I was surprised since I hadn't seen any mention of download limits before, but I didn't re-up when my month ended. I didn't see the point. FWIW, I'd be even more inclined to not recommend the site if it's going to be a crap shoot on how users will be allowed access.
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08-29-17 06:08pm
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Kink.com
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68.0
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Huge. Even if you don't care about half the network, there's still tons of content.
- Good quality video
- Some storylines here and there.
- Big name and unknown models
- No constant logouts and re-login demands. Thanks, webmasters. Unfortunately, it makes the download limits much more obvious. |
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- Strict download limits. Maybe not technically, but very much a thing.
- Lots and lots of wrestling. That may be pro to some.
- Pretty specific niches that aren't going to appeal to most.
- Lots of tattoos. It fits with the theme, I guess, but it's unusual to find models without them. |
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You've probably heard of Kink, even if it's just as a mental note to avoid. It's an enormous site. Like I said in the pros section, even if you don't have any interest whatsoever about half (or maybe even three quarters) of the content, there will still be tons of stuff for you to investigate.
The pros are pretty obvious. It's one of those binary sites that people are either going to say "yes, I'm going to join that eventually" or "nope, get me outta here." With that in mind I'm going to deal mostly with the drawbacks.
I was surprised to find lots and lots of rasslin. That might be a big draw to some, and if so then join right now, but it's a safe bet that if you find an actress you like, half or so of her scenes will be wrestling. That's fine if you're into it, but it begins to feel like filler after a while.
Tattoos seem almost tame here, but you'll see lots and lots of tattoos. Matraisse Madeline, a lovely dominatrix who has a great deal of work here, has them on her biceps now, which I personally think detracts from her very, very classic beauty. Oh well. That's fashion these days. Whatever floats your boats.
There are thumbnails that will be under an actress' page that you'll click and realize you can't access without paying more money at another site. Please stop this nonsense, webmasters. When customers who paid to view content at this site need to pay somewhere else to view content that is presented as available, those customers aren't excited and happy to learn that the thumbnail they just clicked will cost more money. If you insist on bothering members with ads behind the paywall, put the ads in a separate section that requires additional clicks. Don't pretend something is available to your paid subscribers when it's not.
There are traditional (not sneaky) ads in the site after you've logged in and are browsing, too.
And now the main reason for the below-average score.
The site is huge. Did I mention that already? Enormous. Years of content. And you won't be allowed to download jack. Sure, you can get a few movies here and there, but the download links time out very, very quickly. You'll get 403 errors on the next links in your queue after downloading something as small as a 250MB video.
I get the feeling they want to make it a streaming site. Eventually it gets to the point where you just give up. It DEFINITELY gets to the point where you aren't going to renew the expensive subscription for another month.
Webmasters, paying customers want to pay you for your product and to encourage you to make more of your product. Yes, I know there are pirates out there who don't want to pay for your stuff, and I'm guessing your approach is an attempt to limit that, but I'd suggest focusing more on people who want to, and will, give you money, because we'll just quit paying after we discover the inconveniences placed only on people who want to give you money. And then we'll forget about ever rejoining your site again.
Worse, we'll tell other paying customers how bad the experience was, and other paying customers will reconsider giving you their money, too.
Bottom line: Lots of content, but unless you're into streaming it's too much of a PITA. |
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08-28-17 07:53pm
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