I have a bit of a foot fetish in real life, but have no interest in footjob stuff. Like most of you, I think the real interest is in what that foot is attached to.
That would be great since it would be an already-discounted way into the network.
I realized this morning that when I had my last Sex and Submission membership that I forgot to re-download a few scenes in the highest def available. They're older but among my favorites. If you get a chance, check out the scenes with Kat and with Sasha Grey. Both are great.
I'd never say 'never,' but it would be pretty unlikely. In the unfortunate event that my bride were to leave me or die, I'd rent from then on. It's cheaper in the long run.
I hadn't thought about the probability that we're subsidizing some of the BDSM scene in San Francisco. You might be right! But like you, that probably won't cause me to stop taking memberships there because the material is so good.
One of the main reasons that I check my email is to watch for offers from Kink. The great thing about them is that the offers actually mean something. I regularly get offers from past sites that are really valueless because they don't actually offer any enticement to rejoin.
Thanks for the comments. I think we're on the same page when it comes to pricing issues, but we just differ a bit on how big a deal it is. I'm a big fan on most Kink stuff (some cynics might even think I'm shilling in my reviews, but I'm not. I'm a paying customer.) The production values in all Kink sites justifies the price for me. I suspect that they have to charge this much to cover their costs (and make a profit too) and they have to do this from a smaller customer base.
I also agree that the scenes can seem repetitive. This happens for a lot of their stuff. But, for me that only occurs if I'm watching one scene after another. The innovation and uniqueness comes through if I dabble in the scenes rather than dive in head first.
On your question re pricing, it has been my experience that once you are registered as a paying member on one site you get a $10 discount on memberships to other sites. I don't know if this is a hard-and-fast rule, but it has always occured for me.
If you haven't already done it, make sure to create a free account and ask to be on the mailing list. I'd say at least once a month I get an offer for a discount on one site or another. Recently I got an offer I couldn't refuse: 99 cent one-day access to a few sites which was an excellent opportunity to get inside and take a closer look at some a new site. (And when I was in one a one-day membership I signed up for another site I really wanted and got a $10 discount too) I only wish they'd make that offer on more sites because there are several (Ultimate Surrender is one) that I'd like to check out but don't think I'd have enough interest to warrant the monthly fee.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Huge collection (approximately 840 scenes)
- Top quality material
- Very innovative
- Excellent customer service
- Excellent value for money*
- Beautiful models
- Models are a good mix of known, unknown and fetish
- Multiple download options
- Photos available (with zips)
- Download speeds are great
- Supports download managers
- Membership gives discounts to other Kink sites
*I know that there are complaints that there is no ‘network’ access. I agree, but fully understand why not. The material is so well done that it must cost a fortune to produce the unique material for so many sites.
Cons:
There really are no cons. This is likely the best (excluding other Kink sites) BDSM site you can find on the internet. And to make it better, it is a great value too. In my opinion, it would a great value at twice the price.
Bottom Line:
As big of a fan of Kink.com sites as I am, I can’t believe that I never took a membership to Hogtied before. This is the site that started the Kink empire way back in 1998. Peter Acworth started this site shooting scenes out of his apartment and eventually progressed through a series of locations until buying the San Francisco Armories a few years back. You can see that transition as the scenes progress.
Even though this was the beginnings of Kink, the business model that they continue to use is already in place: the shoots are very well done, and the videos and photos meet, and probably exceed industry standards. Sure, the 1998 videos aren’t up to 2011 standards, but to expect that is unreasonable. What is noticeable, however, is that there are sites today that barely achieve the technical abilities that Hogtied did in 1998.
Another interesting thing to note in this walk through Kink history is how the seeds of several other Kink sites were sowed here first. Water Bondage obviously has its roots here, and you could easily argue that sites like Device Bondage and Public Disgrace do too. As it is a walk through history, the initial scenes are fairly tame and feature unknown models and use little plot. Eventually the scenes shot at the Armories become BDSM spectacles, many times with a plot too.
An interesting side note is the models. At first, they appear to be largely unknown models, maybe girls dabbling in adult picking up some extra cash. They then go through a phase where some well-known A-list porn stars not normally known for doing fetish work show up. The more recent scenes tend to feature models well known in the fetish world. Models like Amber Rayne, Dana DeArmond and Madison Young.
The premise is simple and hasn’t really changed much – with the exception of some plot-based scenes: the model is tied up and sexually tormented. Sex occurs, but not often. If you want sex in every scene, see another child of this site: Sex and Submission. As simple as the premise is, it works. If you watch a lot of it, it can seem repetitive, but lay off for a while and the innovation becomes apparent again.
Technically, as with all other Kink sites, they are excellent. Videos are offered in multiple formats to suit your wants and capabilities. Photos are available too, with zips on offer. Download speeds are good and managers are supported.
The bottom line is that this is another excellent site from Kink. It is huge, offering well over 800 scenes, many of which are nearly an hour long. The average scene is probably closer to 30 minutes, especially on the newer scenes where the intensity is pretty high. If BDSM is your thing, you owe it to yourself to get a membership here.
One bit of advice: if you’ve not done so before, create an account at Kink. It’s easy and free and you will get email offers for excellent deals. When you’re a member to one site, you get a discount on others.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- $5.95 2-day trial membership with no restrictions
- Bills through CCBill
- Approximately 120 videos
- Multiple video download options
- Some attractive models
- Supports download managers
Cons:
- Mediocre quality videos
- Videos are all short duration
- Very small photo sets
- No photo zips available
- Small site
- Not part of any network to improve value
- No known models (to me, anyway)
- No updates since January 2010
Bottom Line:
I’m a big fan of public nudity and I’m always looking for sites with good material. Unfortunately, Public Expose isn’t one of the better ones I’ve seen. It’s small, with only about 120 videos. The TBP review says that there are 148 videos, and it is correct that there are 148 videos on the site, but for some reason, there are many duplicate videos that even use the same name. There are approximately 120 unique videos here.
Having access to 120 public nudity videos shouldn’t be anything to complain about, but these videos are all quite short. They range in length from under one minute to just over five minutes. Most of the videos follow the same format in that an Eastern European woman is seen in some sort of an outdoor setting (fully dressed) and she flashes for the camera. If full nudity exists on this site, I’ve yet to see it. There are several scenes of two women flashing and making out a bit.
This may be subjective, but I found the scenes to be almost un-erotic: the models are mostly shy about flashing and many of the shoots are simply outdoors near other people. When I contrast some of the Eastern European public shoots available on ALS Scan and Public Disgrace, those on Public Expose come off looking pretty shabby. Certainly the women on Public Expose aren’t bad looking, but they aren’t great either. I don’t follow many Eastern European models, but I still didn’t recognize any of them.
Technically, the site was probably average when it was started several years ago, but it is well below what the average porn customer would expect today. Video resolution is quite low. It varies depending on which type of file you want and ranges from a low of 320x240 for a very low-res mpeg4 to ‘high’ of 720x540 (at 128kb/s) for a DivX avi file. I downloaded the DivX files simply assuming that since they were the largest they’d give the best quality, but if this is the best, it isn’t very good.
There are photos available, but the photo sets are very small – less than two dozen pics in some cases. That may be good news, though, when you learn that there is no zip option available.
If there is any good news about this site, it’s that they have a full trial available for just $5.95. Given that there are only 120-ish small videos on the site anyone with a half-decent internet connection can download every video in the five day trial period. And further taking from the value is that the site hasn’t updated in over a year.
Unless you’re a huge fan of public nudity and want to add this notch to your belt, I’d avoid it. It isn’t a bad value at the trial price if you go in with your eyes open and realize that you don’t get much for that fee. Just remember to cancel your membership before the trial ends.
My membership to Bikini Dream is working again and I got into that site. Several of the sites that the TBP review says are linked to Bikini Dream through a membership are actually listed on that site specifically as being bonus sites. However, my username and password still don’t work. To make matters worse, I’m now only allowed to failed attempts at a log in (using the link they provide in their own site) before my membership gets disabled.
The trial membership is still decent value if you want softcore bikini videos and photos, but don’t join for the bonus sites as you may be disappointed.
Just for the final record, my membership to Bikini Dream gave me access to that site, to Stunners, Ashlyn Brooke, All Anal XXX and Cum Hungry Cocksuckers. I wasn’t able to access any of the other sites.
The bad ones are pretty obvious. And 'bad' includes a petite woman who pushes the envelope with size. But I have a hard time telling if the properly proportioned ones are fake. It isn't like the old days with noticable scars.
I am. But part of the reason I took the risk on the site is that it was billed through Epoch so I knew I could cancel the membership easily. And I've already done that. If they billed through an obscure biller, or worse, collected the fee directly, I'd probably have sampled a different bikini site. But apart from a few issues, it is still decent value and is updating regularly.
I agree, but most networks usually have a couple of sites that tickle my fancy and I suspect that is the case with most subscribers. With this network, I joined for Jurassic Cock and everything else was just gravy. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that some of the 'gravy' was pretty damn good.
For me, a lot of it comes down to price. If I'm joining a network for one site then the price better be reasonable. Sometimes, as in this case, the price was very reasonable when I discovered Massage Creep.
Now if they could just persuade the girls to do more anal...
Everything I wrote about Bikini Dream in my review remains accurate, but some of my comments about the network need to be clarified. Within the Bikini Dream site there are links to the sites that make up the network. I can’t confirm which they are. More on that below.
I used the TBP review page to access the sites and they list 17 sites as being available some of which (now, at least) are not part of the network. I was able to get access to Bikini Dream, Stunners, Ashlyn Brooke and All Anal XXX. I was not able to get access to Busty Café, Internal Violations, Stolen Porn Videos, Our Homemade Porno and Real Hidden Porn with my membership. To make matters worse, attempting to access all those sites caused my username and password to be blocked even from the sites that I did have access to. Apart from the sites I've listed I can't confirm access to the others as my membership was deactivated.
If my membership works again I’ll post a confirmed list of available sites on this network.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Exclusive content
- Part of a small network
- $9.95 5 day TBP/PU Trial
- Photos and videos available
- Good value if you join through the trial
- Updates weekly
- Bills through Epoch and CCBill
- Some variation in body type among the models
- Download managers work (I use FDM)
Cons:
- Most sets are photos only
- No zips for photos
- Video quality is average
- No HD or hi-res options
- Network is small with no other exclusive content
- Videos are all short duration (less than 5 mins for most)
- Download speeds a bit slower than industry standard (I got 1MB/sec on a 15MB/sec connection)
Bottom Line:
I’ve been wanting to join a bikini site for a while now, but never bothered because I’m not really into softcore. I was browsing through sites with a TBP/PU discount or full trial and Bikini Dream popped up. I figured that risking $10 for a small network (through a reputable biller) wasn’t a big deal.
Subjectively, I’m a bit disappointed, but that’s my fault. The site is more softcore than I even imagined it could be. While all of the models are beautiful, many of the bikinis aren’t all that revealing. With very rare occasions, there is no nudity at all, and that is usually just breasts. But… having said that, the videos are still good once you recognize that this isn’t a nude site.
The videos all follow a simple theme: put a beautiful young model in a bikini and let her pose at a beach or some other outdoor venue. It’s simple, but it works. There are about 5-6 videos shot on Miami-area beaches of girls just sunning themselves.
My biggest complaint with the site is that approximately 75% of the models have only photos available. That alone isn’t a deal breaker, but the fact that the photos aren’t available as a zip doesn’t make sense. This isn’t 1999 any longer. The photos that you do take the time to download aren’t all that impressive. They aren’t terrible, but they are lower resolution than customers would expect in 2011.
As for the technical bits, the site is very basic. There is no search function, but one really isn’t needed given the volume of the content. There are approximately 250 sets available, dating from 2005 to current (there appear to be weekly updates). Of those sets, less than 70 have videos. The videos are in 1280x720 resolution with all having approximately 3500kbps. Subjectively, the quality looks good and is up to industry standards, but they should consider offering higher-res videos or HD on new shoots.
Bikini Dream is part of a small network, which certainly increases the value of the membership. None of the other sites have exclusive content though, and most of it is readily available elsewhere. The additional sites are grouped around a common theme, like “Stunners” for beautiful women or “All Anal XXX” for anal sex. All of the additional sites are fairly small and have the same technical specs as Bikini Dream.
So is Bikini Dream worth the price of the membership? If you join for the 5-day full trial at $9.95, definitely; if you sign up for the full month membership, probably not. I’m not interested in many of the sites on the network and I was easily able to download everything I wanted in a day. Thankfully the site supports download managers so I was able to queue up all the scenes I wanted and let FDM do all the work. If you have a specific interest in (mostly) non-nude bikini modeling, this site is worth looking at. If one of the other sites on the network tickles your fancy, the trial is still a good value but keep in mind that it isn’t exclusive.
I'm not a big fan, mostly due to the limitations that it has. It isn't the best format for showing the girl off at her best. Having said that, while I don't actively seek it out, I have and will download it if the model is one I normally collect.
Put me down for 'no' too. The convenience of downloading porn (legally and with payment) is just too great to overcome. But I have nothing against DVDs except that the price of adult DVDs is bizarrely out of touch with reality. I've commented on this before, but with most adult DVDs running at $40 how is anyone buying them. Unless it was Tanner Mayes finally doing anal. Fuck being rational then. I'd be like a kid who still believes in Santa at Christmas. While tuned up on massive amounts of sugar.
As for magazines, those are something that I haven't bought in a while. They're just too hard to store discretely. The last time I bought a magazine was maybe three years ago when I bought a package of two out-of-date magazines from an adult shop. For $10 I got two magazines. The problem was that while one of the magazines was Hustler or Club or something like that, invariably the second magazine was always something like "Hairy Fatties" or "Chunky Asses."
Not to drag this out more, but on her last birthday my bride asked for a Wii game console. As a joke, to demonstrate how out of touch I am with the modern world, I thought of buying her a copy of Oui magazine (assuming it still exists). Given that my young neice and nephew would be around for the gift opening I figured the humor woudl be outweighed by the anger. Stupid non-porn people!
Don't feel bad about it. All you did was tell me that there may be some Pamela Spice hardcore around. Now if you had been the bastard who wrote the virus I might be mad at you! But all is well, with no damage or data loss. But I think I'll not bother looking for those scenes again!
I agree. I don’t think I downloaded anything with the fake penis. And don’t forget that there are several sites that rely on huge quantities of fake cum. At least they use so much of it that they aren’t even trying to hide the fact that it is fake. But for its few shortcomings, I was surprised at how good some if it is. Jurassic Cock and Massage Creep really impressed me. They could stand alone. 18 Years Old, Disgraced 18 and Teen BFF are also quite good. I downloaded everything from Public Violations, though it is all staged and most of it is quite silly. And not having an anal-themed site is unusual for a network.
Well, one advantage to being the first to respond to this is that I get to bask in the warming glow of the blue line that says 100% of respondents think there can never be too much anal!
I think I might have found the problem – and I think it’s definitely a user-error on my part. I remember downloading all the photo sets, but then when your comment reminded me that there were over a hundred videos I checked my folder and I probably had only half of that. The short descriptions and teaser photo don’t really give a detailed indication of what’s in the scene. Since a lot of them looked like simple toy play I didn’t bother to download them. But obviously I missed downloading a lot of good stuff too.
I joined through Pamela Spice (I read your review a few weeks before finally joining and completely forgot that you suggested joining through Pacino’s Adventures) and I’m not really sure what I’m missing – maybe that’s a good thing!
I do have, and have watched the scene with her at the outdoor shower. That is pretty impressive! I also downloaded the scene you’ve mentioned with her in the car and that is great too. As I write this, I’m madly downloading all of the videos that I skipped earlier. I’m really glad you took the time to comment on my review otherwise I wouldn’t have know what I was missing.
So I think the mystery may be solved. It appears that I made a mistake in not just downloading everything.
I’ll let you know what I think once I sort through the ‘new’ videos.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Part of PornPros Network
- Discount through TBP / PU
- Multiple download options
- Streaming available
- No DRM
- Watermark is small enough to be ignored
- Pics available (both separate and screecaps)
- Pics available as a zip
- Supports download managers
- 60 exclusive scenes (as of review date)
- Site updates weekly
Cons:
- “HD” doesn’t look like true HD
Bottom Line:
I wouldn’t normally review two sites within the same network, but I have to make an exception here because of the quality of this site. I recently reviewed Jurassic Cock from the same network but think Massage Creep deserves a specific review.
I’m not normally a big fan of sites that use a narrow and limiting set-up. I find that the repetition gets boring. With a site featuring a male massaging a female, how much innovation and difference can you bring to each scene? Not much.
But… even with the limiting set-up, the scenes on this site just seem to work well. I’ve never had a membership to a massage site and I didn’t join this network for this site, but it was a pleasant surprise to find to be as good as it is.
The set-up is predictable: the male masseur brings his equipment to a scheduled appointment at a girl’s house or apartment. He sets up and instructs the girl to undress and slip under the sheet on the table. The camera gives the viewer a ‘hidden camera’ perspective as the model undresses and gets under the sheet. Then the massage begins, with lots of baby oil being used. The massage eventually progresses to where the sheet is removed and towel placed over the model – with camera angles giving the viewer some nice views. Eventually the model rolls over, with towels being strategically placed for modesty. Eventually the naughty bits get massaged with oil, and then the “deep tissue” massage begins. And in a bit of marketing genius, the masseur always includes a “free facial” at the end of the session.
While using the same set-up over and over again for all of the 60 scenes sounds boring and repetitive, it still works. In my opinion, it works for two reasons: the acting is good and models are stunning. There isn’t a lot of variety in the types of models, so this could be a deal-breaker if you like older (25+) or fuller-figured models since the majority of the models are young and petite.
This site is part of the PornPros network and the technical bits are the same as I listed in my review of Jurassic Cock. The highlights of the technical stuff are that there is streaming and download available. Downloads are available in MPG, MP4 and WMV HD. I’m not convinced that the HD is true HD. (1250x702 and 2651kbps bitrate.) Photos are available (both actual photos and screencaps) and zips are available. The photos are hi-res and look great.
One complaint I have that is purely subjective is that the entire network, including this site has very little anal sex. There is one scene listed as including anal, but I think that’s in error. I didn’t see any buggery in the scene.
If you’re interested in a massage site I can definitely recommend this one. I don’t have experience with any other massage sites, but this one is definitely worth the price of admission. Joining through TBP/PU gets you a discount too. Plus you get access to the rest of the network with some other excellent sites.
Based on this I'll go back and look at those scenes again. I just wasn't as impressed by them. Is it possible that some of the better scenes you have were removed for some reason? Maybe there were some legal repercussions.
I agree 100% that seeing that the director is 'buying' security and privacy for what will be sold as 'public' nudity takes away a lot of the allure. One of the worst offenders (though for different reasons other than the ones you mention) for killing the mood is Nude in L.A. The premise here has so much potential but it is squandered. We see the models strolling naked around Los Angeles but they are portrayed as if this is perfectly normal. There is no nervousness, excitement or titillation. Contrast this with some of the European public nudity shoots on ALS (Ashley Bulgari comes to mind) and her nervousness is a big part of setting the mood. Nude in L.A. has none of this. I’ll go back and watch some of the Pamela Spice scenes to see if I missed something.
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