This is a site that's always appealed to me in terms of content - they seem to have some nice looking sets from models I really like. But from past comments here, it seems they go out of their way to make life difficult - and your comment is another example of this.
Webmaster: if you dropped the paranoia, and adopted the more standard model that works for the vast majority of other sites, including your closest competitors, you would have at least one more customer, and I suspect many more :)
Chanced upon this site, and I quite like the look of it - the style of the photography and there are some models I like there.
Reading previous reviews and comments, there seem to be a few bad vibes about it. That's some time ago so I can leave them there, but can someone (the webmaster, perhaps?) confirm some combination of whether:
* Pictures can be downloaded
* Zips are available
* Movies can be downloaded
* There is a download limit?
I don't actually mind a download limit too much, as long as it's not too restrictive - I'm not looking to rip the entire site in a day, just be able to get as many movies etc as I fancy over a month membership...
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.
One thing I love about keeping up with the new listings on TBP is the curiosity value... just when I think things can't get more niche, another site comes along to surprise me :)
Of course, feel free to correct me if anyone knows of any other gay asian foot fetish sites...
Hi Advent - many thanks for the quick reply. I've emailed you with more details - I'm curious more than anything, as I'm sure you wouldn't knowingly give emails away! Anyway, take a look and let me know.
I recently changed my email address, to counter the various spam I was getting, and took the step of creating an alias for every site I signed up to. Eg if my email address is otoh@whatever.com , I'd create otoh.saucysite@whatever.com when signing up to Saucy Site. The logic being that, if you start to receive unsolicited spam, the address it comes to will tell you where they found you - and you can just ditch that address if that happens.
Anyway, after signing up here, I started getting some random spammy things - not at all related to ATK or any other paysites - to the address I set up for ATK. So perhaps they are leaking addresses somewhere...?
Am avoiding irateness here, in case a plausible explanation turns up :)
Hmm - I recall a comment recently about We Are Hairy - the price having gone up from $25 to $35. Seeing as these two sites are close competitors, I guess they figured they could/should match it. A shame since I'd be tempted to join here - but much of the content (ie the hairy everything kind) doesn't really work for me.
Great review, GM, thanks for all the useful info. I far prefer unshaven models, so keep an eye on reviews for the hairy sites - but I guess the search continues for one which isn't a) leaning toward scary hairy; and b) is actually erotic!
Great review, wittyguy - interesting that you reached the same score as me, but for different reasons.
I actually like the photography and camerawork; for me the cropping, lighting work well and make it atmospheric, and the action is explicit enough for me. But the things I agree with you on - that for me let down what should be a great site, are:
* The lack of variety - it becomes very formulaic;
* The pop shots - as you suggest, this should be something is female-partner-friendly, but the guy finishing on the girl's body or face kind of takes away from the believable atmosphere
Either way, for $10 (half what it was when I joined) it is great value. But if you think the concept could work for you, then I'd suggest trying Joymii - which I preferred.
Thanks for the reply, Cap'n. I agree the regional pricing is a scam! But I am pragmatic and if I can get around it, I will do to join a site I am interested in. I would not have joined the site if I had to pay the full £ price, though.
Thanks RA - it's a good site and I'd be interested to read your take on it. I'm not sure about the DM issue - IIRC that the link you click on to download then redirects to a CDN - something that DTA wasn't able to follow and just downloaded the placeholder file.
Other DMs may work? I wasn't really bothered since I have fast download speeds, but my connection is arguably capped so it's nice to use a DM to download out of hours (which doesn't count toward my cap).
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Good interface, easy to navigate
- Good quality videos
- Pictures decent size and well compressed
- (Almost) daily updates - photos and videos
- Photos and videos come in matching sets
- Plenty of undressing
- Camera angles
- No anal (a plus for me!)
Cons:
- Some videos have music track throughout - no voice - others have bland music
- $=€=£ regional pricing (use TunnelBear to sign up)
- DMs don't work on videos
- Captcha on login
- Some fake boobs and tans (but not too many)
- Short login timeout
- Bit too much of the guy finishing himself off
- File naming a bit off
Bottom Line:
Although I generally prefer softcore sites, I have grown fond of the kind of tender, sharing, intimate and realistic (if somewhat idealised) sex scenes that the relatively new heartcore genre presents, and babes.com was next on my list to join.
Signup is relatively easy, but with the following caveats:
a) signup and cancel is through their own billing, not CCBill etc
b) they are a proponent of the grossly biased $=€=£ regional pricing setup - eg $20 in the US, £20 in the UK, over 50% more, but I am pragmatic and this is avoided with TunnelBear
c) You need to enter a captcha to log in
d) After which they do try to cross-sell to you other sites
But with that in mind, the site is nice, clean and easy to use when you get there.
The site has been around for about a year and updates with one scene daily - both a video and pictures, a setup which I quite like. During my membership this actually changed to 5 per week rather than 7 - but there's still quite a lot of material, about 300 sets & videos with approx 50/30/20 split between couples, solo and girl-girl scenes.
There is the usual browsing by videos, photos and models; and when going into a scene you get:
- For pictures, a browser-based slideshow, and download of approx 100 pics at a fairly respectable 2.5k
- For videos, a responsive streaming player, and downloads in 4 sizes up to 1080p (I went for 720 and they look very good)
Each model/set/video page also has user comments, and you can follow/like them within the site, and - if you are suitably unashamed of your smut proclivities - do so on FB, twitter and the like.
Most models are American, with some popular girls such as Malena Morgan, Lexi Belle and Hayden Winters; and some of the popular European models like Connie and Ariel. Not much ethnic diversity, although there are some nice latina and asian models; but there is a fairly broad range of ages, including some lovely milf-type models like Nikki Daniels and India Summer.
The theme here, as I suggested, is heartcore - like Joymii, X-Art etc, the focus is on couples scenes, but done in a loving, sharing way. The previous reviewer made some good points, but I think was a little unfair in criticising it for not being hardcore enough - you wouldn't join it if you wanted facials, DP and other more typical porn-y content. The scenes are fairly explicit, though, with closeups of penetration and oral sex, so it does deliver on that front.
That said, it's not without its issues. A commenter suggested that this is what Digital Desire would be if it did hardcore - and it's spot on. The girls are beautiful, the scenes are dreamy and idealised, the focus is soft and videos start with mood music, which fades out about a third of the way in to the sounds of the action. (The music is a particular peeve, actually - if you look at the previews, they have some good, brave choices of interesting music; this does not carry over to the actual videos which have more insipid/nondescript soundtracks which they would be better off without).
And, Like Digital Desire, they are fairly formulaic. It's not a bad formula, but most scenes (or at least the couples ones, which I was most interested in) play out the same way; the guy slowly undresses the girl, there's oral from both of them, there's sex with him and her on top. It's good, and well done, but could do with a bit more variety - and ideally, within the constraints of the genre, a bit more raunchiness.
But conversely, they have hung onto some porn tenets that don't really fit the genre. In far too many scenes, the girl ends up naked, apart from the high heels - I quite like heels in a pinup or glam context, but if I'm trying to imagine a realistic encounter, the shoes would definitely go! And similarly, in almost all cases the guy pulls out and finishes on the girl's belly/boobs/ass - again, there's definitely a time and place for a prominent pop shot but it does take away from the believability of the scene. Also see my comment about photoshopping - wholly unnecessary in the genre.
Despite my misgivings, this is still a good site in the heartcore genre and there's plenty of good material. If I were in the US, I would score this maybe 85 or 86; but there is no excuse for their heinous regional pricing policy, which has to cost them at least a couple of points.
But, pricing issues aside, Joymii remains my favourite - they are more creative with scenes, camerawork, and manage a bit more raunch while still being a bit artsy and trendy.
Welcome and thanks for this review. I'm also currently a member here and will be adding a review shortly - I'm not quite as critical as you (the site is more of a heartcore one so it's unfair to compare with eg Brazzers) but agree that it does have some shortcomings.
I signed up for this site (taking care to avoid the heavily biased regional pricing) and overall it's good - I'll review it shortly. However, I just found one odd thing that bothered me.
Watching the videos of Jodi Taylor, she has a prominent birthmark on her thigh, and another smaller one above her pussy. They are part of who she is and do not at all detract from how pretty she is - I'd actually say it enhances it, as not trying to cover them shows a little more personality. But they are both notably absent in the corresponding photo sets - which is kind of jarring, especially as the pictures do not otherwise seem heavily photoshopped.
I'd understand if perhaps she asked for them to be removed, but I'm guessing she's not self-conscious about them otherwise she wouldn't be doing porn in the first place! This is wholly unnecessary and I hope it is not an emerging pattern.
Thanks for the tip here - this site has been on my list, being a growing fan of the soft-hardcore genre. I found DD a bit too formulaic, but it sounds like this may be worth a join.
They can - we buy porn and stuff on eBay, Amazon etc in $ using a £ credit card; the merchant gets the same, and the bank converts it using their own exchange rate.
It's just sites like this that see we are in the UK and decide to charge £29.95 instead of $29.95 - it's entirely their call. Grr. Etc.
Happend upon this site - seems to be a new one in the Joymii/X-Art/Orgasms genre of, dare I say, sensual hardcore.
Quite appealing, but... another one of those sites that thinks £1=$1, so whereas US folk pay $30, in the UK it's £30, over 50% more.
I'll wear the odd extra few $ here and there - such discrepancies are endemic, so I'd miss out on some good material if I was that principled about it. But this definitely counts me out.
Interestingly, it's from the same network as Twistys, who are quite happy to charge me the same $ price as everyone else.
Many thanks for the reply - I was indeed speaking of the very same Miss Mosh. She is my absolute favourite model - the only one I really specifically follow (even though I know she only does very softcore images) - so this site has gone up a notch or two.
Thanks for the review on this site which is sort of on my radar - it's especially good to know that it's not quite a softcore (some may say insipid) as eg Met Art. I'm also tempted here because I think there are some sets of Mosh, one of my favourite models - if you are still a member, can you check how many? Thanks!
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