Like I said in my review of this site, there are lots of yummy models. Skinny white teens, very little variation in body types.
But the site navigation is poor. The girls are not presented attractively in the videos or photosets. The same models can be found at many other sites, where they appear much more attractive.
You get bonus sites with a membership to any site in this network. But most of the sites stopped updating years ago.
And it's hard to believe, but the navigation at some of the other sites in this network are even worse than at this site.
My recommendation is to save your money for a site or network you might like.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Most photosets have zips for high, medium, and low res.
-Can search by name of model, by tag (such as blowjobs), etc.
-Each photoset and videos is illustrated with a nice-sized thumbnail of a scene from the shoot, which gives a view of the model. The thumbnails
could be higher quality, but it gives you a basic idea of what the model looks like.
-Content is dated, by when the content was posted to the site.
-Most video shoots have a matching photoshoot. This is good and bad. It increases the content for each girl. But the photoshoots are basically a photo capture of the video shoot. And the photoshoot could easily be improved by using professional makeup on the model, as well as having a professional photographer taking the pictures, so the photos would be better posed, better framed, be more erotic or attractive.
-No DRM.
-No download limits.
-Long time before site timeout.
-Can stream or download videos.
-Videos can be downloaded as AVI or WMV files.
Cons:
PROS(CONTINUED):
-DownThemAll download manager works.
-Good download speeds. I regularly got 1.3 MB/sec, which is my maximum download speed.
CONS:
-Video files download with the file name "full.avi" or "full.wmv". So you have to rename each file, or succeeding files won't download into the same folder destination. Also have to re-name the file so you know who the model is, and what the video shows.
-Most photosets are a photo shoot of the corresponding video shoot. So the model is not posed to her best advantage. The model's make-up is not professionally applied. The photos are better than screen caps, but not by much. The photos are not high quality or professionally shot.
-You have some very attractive or cute or lovely models, but the photosets do not take advantage of the model's attractiveness. A wasted opportunity.
-The number of sets per model is completely random.
-Captcha is a little tricky. Could be easier to read.
Bottom Line:
CONS(CONTINUED):
-Site navigation is primitive. Makes you wish for sites like Teen Mega World, Diesel network, or any other site that is well-designed and easy to use.
-Quality of vids and photosets varies from poor to just OK. Makes you wish for high quality sites, or even just good quality.
-Occasionally some links don't work. You click on a link to stream a model's video, and you get a more-or-less blank page instead of the streaming video.
-Update rate: Slow. One video and one photoset per week.
-Even though streaming a video is easier than downloading the file, the stream degrades the picture slightly. So you are better off downloading the video and playing the file, for better quality viewing. But video quality at Teen Mega World is better. And the video quality at Diesel network and sites like X-Art is even more superior.
BOTTOM LINE:
Site stats:
Number of videos: 210
Runtime: averages about 21 minutes.
Videos can be streamed or dowloaded.
Download as WMV(1280x720) or AVI(1280x720) files.
The file specs are for the more recent files.
Number of photosets: 217
Number of photos per set: about 120 - 160 photos.
Zip files for high, medium, and low resolution.
The difference in resolution between the high and medium and small is large:
High resolution photo: 5616x3744 pixels
Medium resolution photo: 1666x2500 pixels
Small resolution photo: 682x1024 pixels
On the high resolution photo size, you have each photo taking up 6 MB or more, with attractive models, and the photos are a waste of space: the
models don't appear attractive, the shots are not professionally framed, the film colors are not vibrant, etc.
On the small resolution photo size, each photo takes up 200 KB or more space, which until a few years ago would have meant a high resolution
photo. And the photos are just a waste of space: poorly photographed photos, with no production values. Shot by an amateur who has no feel or
artistic talent. You are shooting lovely girls, and ruining the opportunity, because the photos have no value.
Number of models: 177
There are a large number of Eastern European teens, many of which are featured at other porn sites like Teen Mega World, Diesel, Nubiles. The
same models are presented more attractively at the other sites: Better photography, better videos, better makeup, better costumes.
Even the recent content looks like it was shot by an amateur. A really home-made feel, and that is not a compliment.
Navigation is primitive, making it hard and time-consuming to search the site.
Bottom line: In spite of many attractive teen models, this is a poor choice.
It's far easier to make excellent photos than to make an excellent video. There are fewer factors to control in a photo than in a video. That's the main reason, I believe, why wonderful or good photos far outnumber the number of excellent videos.
There are other reasons, as well. Photos cost less, in terms of time and money to produce.
And as a viewer/consumer, it's simpler and easier and less time-consuming to view photos than to view videos.
Question about the $9.95 Twisty offer in the PornUsers newsletter.
I got a reply from a PU member stating the Twistys $9.95 offer was very limited.
Would someone from PU check to see if the Twisty offer has very limited downloading, or else has full access to the site for 30 days?
Thanks in advance.
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The reply I got was as follows:
Luiz (0) Unfortunately I subscribed for this offer. On the newsletter it was not clear at all that this was a trial membership. Actually, there was nothing about full or trial membership. After subscribing - and I never subscribe to trial memberships -, I found out that despite the membership being a 30 day trial, I only have access to 3 scenes and 3 photosets for the whole month! Clarifying, everyday the same 3 scenes and 3 photosets are the only thing that I have access to. I paid $9.95 for 3 videos and 3 photosets.
I always trusted PornUsers offers and have subscribed to some of them, but now, the first thing that I did, after cancelling the subscription to Twistys, was unsubscribing to PornUsers newsletter. It's a shame that PU took part on this theft.
09-03-12 07:10am
lk2fireone (146) REPLY TO #8 - Luiz :
I sincerely doubt that PU/TBP knew this offer was so limited.
If you can't get a refund on your own, I believe Khan (or someone else at PU) will work with you to settle this matter: either a refund, or full access to Twistys for one month.
PU/TBP is not part of Twistys. But PU/TBP has stepped in to help their members in the past. And PU/TBP carries a lot more weight than an individual.
09-03-12 08:42am
I sincerely doubt that PU/TBP knew this offer was so limited.
If you can't get a refund on your own, I believe Khan (or someone else at PU) will work with you to settle this matter: either a refund, or full access to Twistys for one month.
PU/TBP is not part of Twistys. But PU/TBP has stepped in to help their members in the past. And PU/TBP carries a lot more weight than an individual.
I get an error message when using the PU/TBP links to the site.
" I cannot connect to the database because: Host 'members.manbukkake-DOT-com' is blocked because of many connection errors; unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts' "
Like messmer says, it's great to see a new review from you. Your reviews give a personal flavor in addition to nice details.
The two main points for me that you make:
1. Mostly low quality bargain basement porn.
2. Hard sorting the good quality from the bad because there is so much bad quality.
I'm getting lazy in my old age. In spite of a low price and massive content, I no longer have the patience to search through the garbage to find the gems. And like messmer says, I've been spoiled by high quality videos to bother watching most low-quality DVDs.
What I'm try to say is that with a short pictorial, 10 to 20 photos or less, but with accompanying personal story, the photos, and the model herself, gained meaning.
Today's photoshoots have far more photos per set, but the story is lacking, and the photos have less impact.
Other factors enter in as well. With 10 to 20 photos in a pictorial, the editing/choosing of the actual photos was more important. And I remember savoring each fine photograph like a fine dish.
Today, I go through a single photoshoot like I'm slurping down garbage, hoping that a few photos will stand out and give me pleasure.
The models today are just as physically lovely, if not more so, than the models of 50 years ago. And there are certainly more of them.
But I'm glad that some sites, like X-art and Diesel, are trying to put an erotic or sensual or quality element back into porn.
I started looking at nude magazines in the 1960s and 1970s, first with Playboy, then with Penthouse. Obviously the pictures were paramount. But the accompanying personal stories made the models more real and meaningful, even if the "facts" were sometimes doctored.
Sasha is a very cute girl. But her vids, and photosets, at this site are not very erotic. Sometimes you don't realize how much the photographer contributes when you look at a photo of a pretty girl, and think, "I could have shot that myself."
Arty style is sometimes more a matter of production value instead of actual content.
I've seen videos and photosets posted on the Teen Mega World network that were later posted on the Diesel network. The same videos and photosets. But at the Diesel network, the videos and photosets were much more appealing because of better lighting, more vivid colors, and maybe other factors.
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