To a point; I'll feel more comfortable if it's CCBill or Epoch. If it's something else, then it depends how unique the material is as to whether I'll chance it.
Great review, elephant - your findings are similar to mine, so I'm not sure what I can add in my forthcoming review :| But interesting that some of your cons are my pros and vice versa. Glad you liked the site!
I've seen a few straight tickling sites around too - to be honest, although quite amusing, it's lost on me a bit... but OTOH I'm glad there is room for such a relatively harmless and bizarre fetish :)
Thanks for another great review, tangub. This site has been vaguely on my radar, but I think I'd find the lack of delivery on the tease a bit frustrating. Having said that, I don't mind a lack of actual nudity - but in that case I'd prefer something a bit more erotic or evocative; the sets/lighting here seem a bit staged.
But nevertheless, this looks to be a great source of teasing, undressing, lingerie and nylons - all things I'm hugely fond of, so it will stay on my list!
On the regional pricing side - the UK increase seems to be very close to 20%, suggesting that, as a UK site, they seem to be charging VAT to UK customers. If this is the case, I wouldn't mind if they explained as such on the site!
Definitely important, but not essential. Actually, how essential depends on how the site is built. I've joined some sites which make it almost impossible to download pics, and then the absence of zips is a big deal. OTOH recently at W4B, their max-size pics are not offered in zips, but it's daftly easy to download them all with, er, DownThemAll. In such cases, lack of zips wouldn't bother me too much.
Not as such - but it's part of Premium Pass, so check the reviews on the other sites there - it very likely follows the same formula. They all seem to have rather mediocre TBP scores, which is a shame - there are a few stars included in it who I like, eg Katsuni, Tori Black, Alexis Texas.
Aha, good point - AFAIK there's no anal at Joymii, but there is some at X-Art. Seeing as Anal doesn't do anything for me, that's another slight pro for Joymii - but X-Art remains a good site. I'm also thinking of trying Babes Network, a similar formula...
I know of one good friend who likes a little smut... we sort of hint about it, but - being blokes and all - don't get into too much detail, so I'm not quite sure of the depth of his depravity in relation to mine!
Likewise - I am subscribed at the moment and enjoying it. A few niggles and a few things I don't like, but overall it's good. A review will follow - it compares very well to Joymii - which I think borrows heavily from it - although I suspect JM will score higher for me since it doesn't focus as heavily on 18-21 year old models as X-Art - I prefer a broader range.
Tangub - many thanks for the reply; I figured we both came to similar conclusions to re the site - although I figured you might prefer it to be a bit more natural, whereas I don't mind it being a bit glammed up - as long as it is with some personality/attitude as it is here.
Like you, I liked the outdoor shots - the bridge one in particular, but also the few on trains. I'd like to see more material like that; risqué stuff, but still shot well.
As to the regional pricing, I remain pragmatic; my interest in finding smut I really like outweighs my principles. I'd join a $30 site at $35 if I really liked the material, but certainly draw the line at joining a $30 site for £30!
It's not something I often look into, but have been surprised in the same direction as tangub - I've seen a couple of models who I took to be fairly tall, and subsequently discovered them to be quite petite.
I'd like to be surprised the other way - either in spite of or because of being quite short myself, I quite like tall leggy models!
I'm another native english speaker in awe of - and humbled by - the many non-native english speakers who write such good reviews here. I'm similarly shamed by my lacking language skills when I travel un Europe - particularly in Germany and Scandinavia, where everyone speaks english so well!
I agree up to a point, and certainly wouldn't join a site where they think I'll pay the same number of £ as I will $.
But I'm also pragmatic, and regional pricing is so widespread that I'd miss out on material I wanted to see if I did a total boycott - in this case, full price = $30, TBP price = $15, TBP UK price = $17; it's annoying but not enough to stop me.
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
- Lots of beautiful models
- High res, high quality photos
- Contemporary, modern feel to the site
- Contemporary themes - decor, clothing etc - to the sets
- Interesting magazine section
- Good TBP price
- Frequent updates - apprx 4/week
Cons:
- Would prefer a bit more age/ethnicity variation
- No zips of highest res photos
- Most videos aren't exciting
- Most videos have music track with no live sound
- Regional pricing
- Dictates username and password; times out quickly
- Search is very basic, just the set name; no filtering etc
Bottom Line:
W4B has been on my list for a while - I've always liked their cover shots, being a bit glam/arty/sexy - and the TBP price made it too hard to resist - it has a regional pricing discrepancy, but at 50% off I figured it was churlish to avoid it on principle.
The first thing you notice is that the site design is very clean, modern, contemporary; like some of the more arty sites around etc Joymii etc; it makes you feel a little less sordid about browsing online porn and, although admittedly I passed that hurdle some time ago, it's still nice to use an attractive site.
There are the usual listings available; namely:
* Models - approx 300
* Photos - approx 1000
* Casting - about 100 more photo sets, but very plain with no scene
* Videos - approx 200
Given that the site is a reasonable size, it's a shame there's no other browsing modes; it would be good to search sets by theme, or models by age, figure, etc... but it's just about manageable.
The models are all very attractive, and natural - there are few, if any, fake boobs here. It is, however, almost exclusively an East European site, with the large majority of models being Czech - but it is what it is so although I'd like to see a bit more variation, it's not really a complaint as such. Each model has some basic stats, links to their galleries, and some of the more popular ones have bios. There are lots of popular and well-known models there, including Ariel, Tess, Caprice, Melisa - but plenty more new to me.
Each picture set consist of about 70 pictures, and are available in 1K, 2K and 5K. As others have noted, there are no zips available for the max 5K size - however, I don't see why they bother with the restriction since it is extremely trivial - 2 or 3 clicks - to fetch the full 5K set with a manager like DownThemAll. Some of he pictures don't actually warrant that resolution; but many do and are generally very sharp.
The material itself is a bit more glam, a bit more raunchy, than you'd see the same models doing at eg Met Art; partly in the level of explicitness with plenty of close up shots and some sex toys; and partly just in the attitude of the model. This is what tempted me to join; and although I still feel the same, I think they very much choose the best shots for the cover - I was expecting a bit more glam-fetishy, like some of the milder material at Juliland, but some of the sets are are a bit too drawn out (I'm actually a big fan of the 25-pic sets at Juliland; there's no filler). And I'll echo tangub's suggestion that all the clothes usually come off a bit too soon; would be good to have a bit more teasing. But these are still fun, sexy sets, with a bit more character than some other art-nude sites - featuring lingerie, and some unusual indoor and outdoor locations (some very public!) Most of the newer sets have an accompanying BTS videos, which are interesting.
Videos I found less inspiring; including general pouting, and some more explicit with masturbation - but they tend to be short, 5-6 minutes, and mostly have a soundtrack all the way through, with no actual sound; there is some clever, arty editing in some of them, but although I like that sort of thing, it's a bit style-over-substance - there's a reason we are watching this stuff, after all, and I found I kept fairly few compared to the photos.
The other part of the site is an aspiring-to-playboy-type magazine area; consisting of articles in categories such as other porn stars/sites, erotic art & photography, and luxury life such as cars, boats and the like. I actually think this is quite a nice feature; it lends to the classiness of the site ('I only get it for the articles, really') and I found some good links and material there. Some may dismiss it as filler, but I think it's good to see a site adding a little extra value.
Overall this is a good, solid site, and although not quite as different/unique as I'd hoped, and left me a little cold, it's still hard to fault - especially for $15 (or a bit more). If you like this kind of site, and if what you see on the tour (pictures-wise, at least) appeals to you, it's recommended.
Another fine review, messmer, thanks. This site has vaguely appealed to me, as I am a fan of lingerie and nylons. However (and aside from the image processing you mention) whereas the models and clothing seem great, from what I have seen so far seems to be somehow lacking in actual eroticism; it seems a little wooden.
Taking a look at the samples on this site, it seems like a great idea - the X-Art/Joymii etc formula of well-shot, sensitive hardcore, but featuring slightly older models - I tend to find girls in their 30s very attractive.
Just a shame that many of them seem to have fake boobs... I know many here agree with me, but we seem to be in the minority in the industry!
I'll go for some; it doesn't really appeal to me, but a toned body with a little defined musculature can be attractive; so perhaps just at the very lower end of the scale.
After wondering how this relates to other similar sites, and why it exists... it seems no longer to :| No DNS entry; seems to have been offline for a while at least.
Not sure if it's just temporary, or if 3 sites was stretching the material (which I still really like!) a bit...
I sometimes take my phone when I'm in the bath... and may then browse through some sites, looking for things to download. Alternatively I may read some racy stories... not sure if that counts :)
Heather, thanks for this review - SG is a site I've toyed with joining, being vaguely into this sort of thing (the second SG book is sitting on my shelf of racy material) - so it's good to know that it's possibly not worth it.
Have you joined God Girls, which is similar? I'm also tempted by Zivity, which is a similar community-type site, but seemingly a broader range of erotic photos rather than specifically alt girls.
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