To piggyback on Pinkerton's response, I submitted one yesterday. Please let me know if there's something that I have missed or need to change if it does not qualify!
I would have to agree with you on the logout issues. That's a serious oversight the web developers overlooked and the complaints keep rolling in on this with no steps being taken to fix. I have never been a member of a site where it will logout while the user is actively using the site.
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
-High quality production of newer videos
-Finally expanding in finding different talent
-Highly stylized and erotic videos
-4k or higher video quality
There seems to be a changing of the guard with this site. More Euro talent is starting to be showcased, which is great. We could all use a little more of Josephine Jackson, Martina Smeraldi, and Mary Popiense. The site navigation is easy, but could be easier. And the quality of videos and pictures are really great, however in my opinion most of the trailers do a better job than the full videos. The style of videos are fantastic in the newer vids, but some of them can be overly dominated by blowjobs than actual sex. Quite frankly, viewers can get more out of the intro stripteasing that they have shifted to in them in spite of some of the continuity issues that can be spotted in the aesthetics.
Cons:
-Updates only once a week
-Some scenes are the same as Madison's other site
-Limited downloads per week
-Small range of video downloads if you want to collect
-Amount of content is limited, but growing... Slowly
The site only updates once a week, which during the height of the pandemic could have been a saving grace for the site since they were able to have content that didn't look like it was filmed from a low grade webcam like so many other sites were forced into doing. It does alternate updates between 5kTeens and 5kPorn, which is okay, but would like to see twice weekly updates instead.
In the earlier stages of the site, Ryan Madison is everywhere... And there's just something off about his style of sex that's very brutish and barbaric.
There is also a 15 downloads per week limit for the entire site. Not 15 per site. And to add, unlimited downloads for pictures and the handful of BTS videos... Yay... The lowest quality of video to download is at 720p.
Bottom Line:
For $20 in the first month, then $30 for the subsequent months, or if you want to go for $50 for 3 months, I'm not sure if it is completely worth the money or to relinquish a week's worth of groceries to get this membership. Yeah, sure, very high quality videos that look amazing on whatever viewing platform you want to choose (yes, I have casted the videos on my UHD tv and it does look amazing), however they only have reached into the European talent pool only recently. Which might be a saving grace for this site and 5kTeens, because watching Ryan hump girls into submission or until weird things happen is unbearable to watch and sometimes to comprehend. Plus, the download limits? If you want to keep the videos, great, you will need about four, maybe five, months worth of payments to do that at this point. To be completely honest, I only watched about maybe five videos out of the 135 (at the time) that were worth viewing. For whatever previews that were available, the trailers were of a higher "view-ability" than most of the other full-length videos, which is strange... The full videos should never be outdone by the trailers.
If you are a fan of Ryan Madison, great, go for it, and you might as well go for the other sites he has as well. I am more looking forward towards not seeing a site completely dominated by him and more of the current style of videos that are currently being done in the last half of a year. To me, the future productions look better, yet I will be guarded in reconsidering a membership again.
That could be a possibility. I only said that based off of some of the model posts I have seen in the past month with Anal Only twitter handle tagged. And those are some new models that are barely in the industry for a year. So, it's a maybe, but knowing that they still have not taken down that notice I have seen myself when it first went up, then I would say it is leaning towards doubtful.
Like you, I do wish that they start to have regular updates again, but I'm not holding my breath since they are just reposting scenes across all platforms.
It has been a few months since the last time I was a member to any of the sites on the "network," but it looked like all of them with the exception to Dirty Auditions were putting a hold on updating with an undetermined date of return. However, based on some of the posts I have seen on Twitter, it does look like they are shooting again. I have no idea when consistent updates will resume. I want to say this site was one of them, but since they have 3 sites that are similar, it is hard to say which one will resume updating.
Seems like it. They have maintained their brand and style of videos, but I'm still not liking the extra fees tagged to downloads which was something that came with a membership before the takeover.
I had my download privileges removed when that happened and they didn't grandfather members in or reinstate them. That was something that was just taken away.
This site quickly became one of my favorites. Although, I do have my reservations about them being a part of the Mind Geek group of sites. I don't want to say that the quality will slip because of this transition, but it's hard to ignore based on what I have seen from the other sites in the group. I know that I also may be alone in this opinion, but it's just that, an opinion.
Yes, indeed. For most other sites, $36/year would be an absolute no brainer.
This seems to be a consistent thing with a solid handful of sites that are dubbed "premium" on TeamSkeet's network. It's almost like they took a shotgun approach, threw out a bunch of ideas, saw what stuck, and left the outliers out in the cold with a handful of scenes and wasted potential. They gave this one a solid go for about 3 years with an almost reliable twice monthly updates before "phasing out" the site in 2020 plus a random 2021 scene.
Really wished they had done more to revive or save the site, but I guess it wasn't worth the effort or care that they showed towards other sites that branch out from the same "interracial" genre limb.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Features some of the hottest black pornstars in the industry.
-HD downloads are available
Cons:
-Doesn't appear to be updating that frequently, or really at all. One new update in almost 2 years.
-No 4k options available
-For as long as it was updating, one would think they would have more than 46 scenes.
Bottom Line:
For the most part, for a niche site that features black female pornstars, the site delivers on the models and scene development. In typical TeamSkeet style, it can be cheesy, but at least the sex it good and the scenes are, for the most part, enjoyable. I do wish that there was more done to develop the site to to provide more content since TeamSkeet does provide some decent content everywhere else. It is kind of shame that this was left in a corner, collecting dust.
Video quality options go up to 1080p, but there are not any 4k options available. For as old of a computer that I have, 720p is the very upper edge that I could be able to watch, but if you have the ability and apps to cast to a smart TV, then that may be your best best to watch these videos at the highest quality. Picture sets are okay, and done reasonably well. I am big on picture sets in general, and the focus on developing great sets to complement videos have gone by the wayside.
Black Valley Girls pricing points as as follows, if you are already an existing member of TeamSkeet:
1 Month @ $18; 1 Year @ $36; or Unlock ALL Premium Sites @ $365 per year.
To classify this site, along with other sites that are in the same purgatory zone of sometimes updating or lost to the aether, as premium is a shame. If anything, it should be included with the rest of the sites that are included with the regular membership options. With the inconsistencies in updating, I would suggest having the one month option to explore, download, and do what you need to be satisfied. Any longer and you will be testing your patience to see if TeamSkeet will finally wake up and produce more content in this niche area.
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
Pros:
***Multiple video downloads available; up to 4k and mobile downloads
**HQ videos, pictures, and production
*Website is super easy to navigate
Cons:
***Limited downloads per week (25 videos), which is not bad in my opinion. If there was a number that I would accept for a download restriction, it would be 25-30 for a site that updates 1-2 times per week. There are some out there that have a massive collection of content but then only allow 15 downloads per week. In my view, this is a slight knock, however it is tolerable if you are the type that likes to keep their porn just for posterity, but if you are starting from ground zero, it will take you about 6 months to collect all the materials at this point.
**It’s a little on the pricey side with very few times for discounts or offers, but based on the production quality, you do get what you pay for.
Bottom Line:
Blacked is the oldest website out of the Vixen Group of sites with its first scene dropping in March of 2014, and currently has over 520 scenes with a current one scene per week release schedule happening on Saturdays (normally on Saturday, unless there’s a series tie in which may influence the release schedule for that week which they have done in the past on a few occasions). Now, being that this site does come from the Vixen Group means that users should expect a certain level of quality now that this group has been producing content for the past 6, almost 7, years now. But first, what to expect for pricing:
1 month for the site only - around $25,
3 months for the site only - around $60, and
6 months for the site only - around $100.
They do have a package deal through the site that offers:
1 month for around $50 and 1 year for about $500. However, this package deal only includes the following: Vixen, Tushy, Blacked, Deeper, Blacked Raw, and Tushy Raw. The packages on offer exclude their newly launched site of Slayed (lesbian niche) which dropped in mid-June 2021. Based on the pricing and how the videos and photos are done, this is what I consider to be luxury porn.
Videos
Videos on the site can be streamed or downloaded at a quality of 4K or less if you don’t have the hardware to handle it. Downloads suited for mobile are also available. Surprisingly, the standard definition downloads set at 480p do hold up fairly well, but the next level up goes straight to 720p, and all downloads at and above this mark are hefty. So, just be prepared for those to take up a sizable amount of space.
Pictures
The resolution of photo sets that users should expect are around 3000 x 2000. The photo sets, however, are very scarce meaning don’t expect sets to contain more than 150 pictures. Some will tip towards the 200 number, but most will fall short of the 150 mark. Also, it should be noted that a decent amount of pictures in the set are the “promo” type pictures featuring the female model in a billboard style picture, followed by not very much in the way of centerfold style pictures or sex oriented photos.
Blacked, at it’s most basic form, is an all “interracial” site. And I put that in quotations because of obvious reasons that when a site mentions “interracial” they mean just black guys with girls and not often done in the reverse manner or includes any other types of models. For anyone that is upset by me saying this, but this is a fact and in my opinion this nomenclature should be changed to have a better fit for what it really is. Now, am I saying this is a bad thing? By ALL means no, it most certainly is not. This is just something that has crossed my mind when looking at tags and that is a thought that comes into mind. Technically, Asian girls with a white male is “interracial,” but that type of porn does not get tagged as such.
The quality of the videos and the production is some of the best on the market for porn. The majority of scenes, if not all of them, are very enjoyable from start to finish and I find myself going back to them over and over just based on quality alone. Do some of the story elements they try to build need some work? Yeah, I would say so, but that is not something that is so egregious that it deters consumers from wanting to view the scenes. It has improved a bit since its beginnings, which is expected. However, the one thing that I wish they would not overdo like they have done in so many of their videos is this notion of a “tired/bored in a current relationship female dreaming/fantasizing of one night with a BBC.” This story seems to be a recurring theme in about half of the videos.
The models that they have are tipping slightly to a more European flare, which is fine with me. There are plenty of models being featured currently that are exceptional and the cinematography does well to showcase each at their best. Needless to say, Blacked does bring a certain level of elegance to porn that seems to be missing in most other interracial based sites. There are currently about 350 female models that are featured on the site. They don’t often go for new models, but if they have that “it” factor then they may make an appearance on one of the sevens sites of the media group.
Overall, I do very much recommend this site, but I don’t just stop at just this, but all the sites within the media group are worthy of a recommendation. Blacked presents videos in a fashionable manner that is worthy for anyone that wants to ease their way into the porn culture. It is not the cheapest way to go about it, but it is one of the better sites available that brings a level of quality that is mostly missing in most other “interracial” niched sites. However long you want to stay as a member, you won’t be disappointed during that time and will find something that will resonate to your liking for some time to come.
I won't be holding my breath, if I'm completely honest, but I will be on the lookout for some of those "classic" scenes. There are two in particular that I would like to have back: the shower scene with Lichelle Marie, and "The Return of the Mooch" with Topanga Fox. They aren't exactly "new" scenes by any stretch of the imagination, but they are rememberable for me and would like to have back.
I'm glad at least one person agrees with me on the pictorials. lol
Looks like they compressed the files down by 50%? But that won't be the same for all files, so let's say the compression range is 45% to 55%? How is the quality? Is there that much of a difference? Same? Can you see a frame rate change? Coloring?
I will say from my own preferences for the older models, Lichelle Marie is one of mine. There are 3 scenes missing from her. Topanga Fox has a scene missing, and from the newer side of things Athena Palomino has one that is missing.
The goofy stuff they seem to have in spades, quite frankly.
Certainly nothing bad about having that characteristic in their videos. One thing that had been a displeasing item for me is the lack of care and the decline in their photosets. That was one aspect that helped enhance the scenes for me, but that has been on a slippery, downhill slop for the past few years in my opinion. There have been a handful of sites that are on this trend which is disappointing in my view.
I hope that I am not alone in this thought, but I probably am in the minority on this one.
With the file size changes, is this to all videos or just the new ones? Have there been even more scenes that have mysteriously disappeared due to this?
Thanks for letting me and all those who see this reply Wraith. Much appreciated my friend. However, with the company changing their stance on how content is used and the pricing changes, I'm not sure that having 4K videos will be enough to get me to become a member again. I probably should have kept my yearly renewal rate when I had it at the end of February 2021.
I wrote the update after an offer that was given at the time, and I was shocked to see what changes they had made. Needless to say, in my honest opinion, I was very disappointed in their approach.
It was one of the "premium" sites (Family Strokes) through TeamSkeet. The charge came through as marked: ECHST.NET, this was the first charge. Went to cancel through them since there wasn't a link through TeamSkeet. I was able to get a confirmation of cancellation on this. Next thing I know, I was receiving a charge from EPOCH for the site and the previous charges were never coming from there. Now, I will say that I do like EPOCH and the ease of being able to take care of billing independently, however this whole ordeal was a little absurd. Never was charged from the site previously under the billing label until the last one.
Overall, the site is unsure of what their identity is since the height of the pandemic. The usual sites under the basic subscription plan are all of sudden not updating as frequently since the focus seemed to have shift towards the "premium" sites, and most of those aren't updating regularly, or at all like some of the regular sites are. Also, they are becoming dependent on their partners to get them scenes to fill in the gaps where the normal sites would have gone. Not sure what is going on over there, but they need to figure some things out and get back to what made them a decent site.
That's the biggest problem I see with all these third party discreet billing companies the sites go through is the no refunds policy. Every single site I have had has this as a thing, which is ridiculous. It's basically an implied statement saying that any purchase that happen is never at the fault of the supplier even though, like in your case, it was on customer services end by not completing the transaction or forgetting to click a button.
They seriously should reconsider revising that policy, especially if there is clear and obvious evidence to support customer claims.
I have had similar experiences to what you have had Wraith with other sites, and, in fact, this has had happened recently where they bounce my charges between two different billing services where I had confirmation on one and then switched the billing to another service and charged me again for the site after I confirmed cancellation.
The extra charges for downloads is a new thing. I first bought a membership to them on a yearly deal at $60 which then incrementally went up year after year for the duration of the 4 years I had them. I didn't notice the "pay more to download" thing until I started looking around at the other sites that were listed in the portal, and it didn't pop up until somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd year of my membership. At the time, I had Reality Kings, Babes, and Mofos with downloads and without extra payments. That became a thing after I signed up for Twistys, Digital Playground, and FakeHub. I did try to get Reality Gang in that first year, but it became a channel within the first month of doing that and they charged me twice for that.
In short, yes, I agree with you for the latter stages of the site and the price gouging and swindling of funds to get the buyer to dump cash into a site that has so many ways for taking your money.
The rating I gave was purely for the content that was available and not the customer service or pricing, but if I were to do that with more of a focus on those areas, then yes, I would probably give a rating that would be comparable to what you stated. If streaming is your thing, then I would suggest them, but if you must have your downloads, then look elsewhere for all sites that are not under the MindGeek umbrella.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Updated:
12-26-2109:27am (Update History) Reason: New Information Acquired from Full Access Trial Run
Pros:
-Massive collection
-Wide range of niches
-HD daily updates (2 per day)
-Top stars in the industry represented
-Production quality
Brazzers simply is one of the best pay multisite company out there. A very large collection of works that is varied over the years of work is guaranteed to satisfy everyone who views them. There literally is a video for everyone to enjoy. Their collection goes way back to the mid-2000s with updates now daily to 2 videos, which is the norm for them before the pandemic.
The quality & production of the videos since 2015 has increased with the exception of the scenes that were available during the pandemic. It may not be a favorite, but Brooklyn Chase's scene, Hot Tub Titty Rub, is a favorite and an example of what I viewed as a start of the current trends of production you currently see today.
Cons:
-Recent change to UI is a little tricky at times to navigate
-It's 2021, and still no 4K updates?
-HQ Pics? Or screenshots?
Compared to the previous interfacing and navigation that was in operation a little over a year ago, this new interface is a little tricky and can leave one trekking around that learning curve. Once you get a hang of it, it's not that bad, however the searching feature could be a little better.
Yes. Still no 4k updates... Yet. With how the videos are done, I would hope to see 4k updates in the very near future.
The photosets went from comprehensive, to not so comprehensive, to a inconvenient thing that they had to have, to better quality with a mix of screenshots, to the standard of maybe 200-300 pics per set. Which is a shadow of their former selves with sets as numerous as 700+ in a single set. I do believe that a HQ pic set is complementary to the video and can even enhance it.
Also, they do have many scenes that have gone missing from their library.
Bottom Line:
Brazzers will remain the best for the time being, and I will recommend them for any user. However, with how things are moving with some of the newer scenes, and a handful that read this will disagree, but they might have hit a little lull and maybe plateaued. My rating has them on the edge of being top tier, however if I would have done this review a year ago, it would have been top tier. With the current trends, although good for the company, doesn't quiet say progressing excellence in porn. They have merely held consistent in their work and with how they have barred comments, limited photo sets, video downloads and quality aren't at 2021 standards, and large parts of their library have mysteriously gone missing, along with newer scenes randomly gone missing is keeping my rating from going over the top.
***Just an additional note to add and an adjustment to my score in light of additional information***
1.) Is the quality of the content still good enough to consider a membership? Yes. The content alone is still great. In fact, they have a current offer of one free week right now to take advantage of if you are looking at the fence you eventually will be sitting on.
2.) Additional charges for downloads. Yes. You will need to slap down more of your hard earned funds to keep the videos AND downloads. $15 per month or $100 per year. I was lucky to not have this when I originally had my subscription and was grandfathered in... Now I wish I would have kept it this whole time.
3.) You have to be a paying member just to watch the previews. They got rid of that capability some time ago, apparently, for those who were former members.
4.) Even if you don't have downloads paid for and stream only, the videos will have ads shoehorned into the videos promoting the other sites under the MindGeek umbrella of sites. Yeah, you read that right. Ads... Your enjoyment of the content will be hijacked by advertisements.
Hopefully, the additional information provided here will help with your purchase decision. Best to know what you are getting into before being surprised and frustrated with what you get.
Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
Pros:
Wide variety of cams
Searchable tag system
Ease of access to your favorites/follows
Token system at a reasonable price point
Cons:
Not all cams are the best quality
Not always easy to find good/decent talent
Be weary of scammers
Bottom Line:
Chaturbate is a camming website that seemingly is dominated mostly by cams with origins from Russia and Colombia. The models, for the most part, are reasonable, intractable, and general good sports when it comes to doing things on their tip menus or if something can be negotiated through the private messaging system associated with the room. However, be weary of some rooms that have a tendency to only gouge you for tokens, guilt tripping, and the prevalence of bots/scams that always seem to find their way into the lobbies.
Generally, my experience with the site is good to great. Customer service will respond to you in an acceptable timeframe, and will work with you when it comes to some of the "unruly" types of models that find their way on there. One thing I never quite understood was the Russian model dominance that seems to take over most of the suggested cams to view. And they never seem to really be all that truthful with their location with claiming to be anywhere buy Russia. I have encountered plenty of models that will ban you from their rooms if you don't tip enough or don't have deep enough pockets or if you don't respond to their PMs in a fast enough manner. Which is odd, and every knows that they have to make their meals somehow, but it is kind of brutal when you think about it. A model would rather destroy a potential money bridge before it happens? But, these are few and far between from my experience.
I always try to find the rooms that are not overwhelmed with needy freeloaders, and generally those models are nice and are welcoming to whatever conversation you bring to them. It certainly is laughable to see some of the freeloaders come in and start making outlandish demands. To me, that's half of the experience reading chat messages of idiots.
Whatever your thing is, surely there's a room you can find, and a model that is to your liking, even if it is just to find conversation, just be sure to tip to show that appreciation! Price points for the following tokens are as follows if you chose to give porn a break:
100 tks @ $10.99
200 tks @ $20.99
400 tks @ $39.99
550 tks @ $49.99
750 tks @ $62.99
1000 tks @ $79.99
1255 tks @ $99.99
2025 tks @ $159.99
4050 tks @ $319.99
It makes sense that there are so many scenes and just the sheer amount of content is bountiful since the site started out as a magazine in the 70's originally named Club Seventeen. I wouldn't exactly say that the girls being/appearing as so young is an attractive quality of the site as much as it is an alluring quality. I understand what you are saying though. With this being an European site in origin, they do have different standards over there from an American perspective. However, I do feel that giving the appearance of that innocence is the extent of it. Especially seeing what some of the models do, like you said with handling BBC and all the anal scenes. I'm interested in hearing how your opinion changes over time with more exploration of the site. It seems good from what I have seen and previewed, but the sheer amount of the content is keeping me away since I don't now how I will ever have the time to really dive into it.
How do you find all these niche sites? Compared to you, I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of what's out there and feel like a bit of a novice. lol
Have you found any scenes that are copies off of other sites that you have reviewed? I feel like that's more of a thing with some of the older scenes with some sites, but I wonder if that was a thing with newer content with the lesser known/visited sites that you have looked at.
Thanks for any input you have! I like reading your reviews!
KayTBuffs, thank you for your review and insights.
Just from my brief look at the site, I can understand you statement regarding the models. I can see where the "attractiveness" may draw some in and others away. However, I will say that there should be a handful of niche sites like this and have more of a presence in the industry to help promote more positive body and sex image. I think sites like this will help people who tilt towards the negative side to change their views and help with their self image and attitudes towards sex and porn in general.
I completely understand you on this one. Speaking for myself, review sites are handy when making choices on what sites might be of some value to me, however, I feel like having actual planned and written reviews from the Average Joe carries more weight in my choice making. And I don't mean the typical pedestrian comments of, "The site is good and lots of models, 5 stars," or "Had a bad experience" with not further explanation.
I do wish there was more active users on here, or at least more participation on the communication between users to help with building a positive community. Seems there are quite a few one-way streets running around.
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