Just wanted to note that I can browse while downloading, and I have been able to download reasonably fast (400KB/s), while nowhere near maxing out my 7mbps connection, it isn't that bad.
Most of your other notes appear to still apply, however.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-attractive, mostly American, ladies
-unique and exclusive material
-no DRM
-Download managers work (I used DTA)
-Decent download speeds, maxed out my 10 Mbit connection using a download manager, not quite so good with the browser
-decent sized site, 343 scenes at time of review
-acceptable update schedule at one per week, I am sure this type of content prevents a more frequent update schedule
-excellent video quality on newer scenes, I preferred the 1280x720 5000 kbps mp4
-zip downloads of photosets, although most I saw were split into parts
-active user feedback to scenes and forum
Cons:
-price is a little high
-older videos not as good of quality, 640x480 1900 kbps wmv was the worst I saw
-scenes can be a bit long (I downloaded a few that were over 2 hours) and thus the file sizes can get quite big
-I found some of that material too rough for my tastes, although some might find this a pro
-navigation is not the best, click on a model’s name and it gives you all the scenes she is in on the kink network, although downloading from this index doesn’t seem possible
-logins appear to timeout after an hour or so
-it would be nice if they provided access to other kink sites, although they do give discounts
Bottom Line:
Overall, I think this is a pretty good site for that that are into bondage that involves sex. Although be warned, some of the scenes are quite rough. I guess I am generally more a fan of lighter bondage, but felt like trying something new.
I think what the do well is get original content, many attractive (mostly American porn stars) to perform in their scenes. Some scenes tend to be a bit similar to others, but I am not sure exactly what they can do to change it.
The general setup is a brief interview where the guy talks to the girl about what kinks they like, usually followed by some lighter stuff, then sex, the a post scene interview.
As far as improvements, it would be nice if they included access to other sites, although I am sure this material is a bit more expensive to produce than a gonzo site, so I guess it might be cost prohibitive for them to do that. They could also do some work to fix the navigation and provide a functional model index. Personally I would have preferred more scenes that weren't quite as rough, I like the idea of tying a woman up, but I found some of the slapping and choking to be a bit excessive.
Overall I think this is a decent site, with attractive ladies doing some very interesting stuff. If you like bondage involving sex, it is certainly worth a look, althogh be warned it can get a bit rough here.
Well, that's still more than me, I only have about 3TB of total space, and at least 1TB is taken up with music, movies, and TV shows. I also much prefer the smaller videos, 1 or 2 GB is just too much of a hassle, even if the quality is better.
I'm sure perfomance of your machine can make a difference, although I was merely just joking since you said 200-300 GB (gigabytes) for a video, which is freaking HUGE! Sorry if my attempt at humor in pointing out your typo was not so obvious - I just thought it was funny for some reason. 200-300 MB for a 10 minute or so HD video can be pretty good if the encoding is well done. I wish more sites did this, as I absolutely hate downloading videos that are like 2 GB, it is just such a nuisance. Even though space is cheap these days, I'd still much prefer to get more on less.
Thanks for the info, exotics. That bitrate is sort of low, even for h.264 for full HD, but I'll trust your opinion if you say it is crisp. I still don't understand why sites brag about native resolution, as it doesn't really matter - it is the bitrate that matters.
I certainly hope the file sizes aren't 200 GB with that bitrate ;) or something funny is going on. I do agree it is a shame that the sites that try to be more 'erotic' tend to have very short videos. Not really sure why that is, and I guess in this case didn't do so well on the erotic side of things either way.
I know you guys all have raid arrays and crazy hard drive space, but 200-300 GB certainly isn't small to me (I know its a typo).
X-Art and orgasms.xxx both also have relatively small files, although the full HD ones are typically 400-600 depending on length. Are they crisp, what bitrate and codec are they using?
I saw the reviewer said that, I was just pointing out the site says the opposite (unlimited downloads) on both the main screen and the join page. Just thought it was funny that it said something different from a 3 day old TBP review - I would be inclined to trust the review over the site, and thus it is most likely pretty horrible false advertising.
Their site is up and it says "unlimited downloads", false advertising perhaps, it would seem odd if they changed their policy 3 days after a TBP review...
I see $29.98 as well, although I would be cautious with this type of place, it has the looks of a classic bait and switch joint. Especially since they give you very little actual preview.
Then folks like me that like it all would have to join three networks! There are always sites I don't have much interest on a given network (mostly the anal and gangbang ones), but that doesn't mean the network is setup poorly, I think they are just trying to attract a broad customer base.
There is a fair amount of soft and midcore material on their networks, although not as much recently, but Gloria is almost entirely softcore - although perhaps not as much stripping as you'd like.
You may be right that I should have access, it seems they added it to all "network" members on September 15th after getting complaints.
"We have just added Gloria's site to all members paying a prime price of 39.99$ per month. From now on, all our new sites, which will be opened under DieselAccess, will always be added to this type of subscription at no charge."
I still do not have access to skinny, just tried a few minutes ago. It gives me the option to subscribe to just this site, I haven't hit okay for fear of getting billed.
The posts in the forum certainly make it sound as though members were supposed to pay, but perhaps if you joined recently enough the let folks in. I got the 5 month deal like 4 months ago, so my membership may just be too old.
I agree with your statement that it is worth joining the whole network the first time, but probably not on additional visits as only 4-5 sites update regularly and a lot of the individual model content is quite repetitive.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Very attractive eastern-euro women
-Decent variety, mostly hardcore content but there is some solo content and a little bit of lesbian
-Good video quality, 1280x720 4500 kbps high end, 1152x648 4000kbps was the worst I saw.
-Zip downloads of photosets (when there is a photoset available)
-Download managers work, although the site doesn't let you stay logged in for long so both the ones I tried timed out after an hour or so.
-Small watermark on videos and photos
-Has a forum, but it is not active.
-Photo quality is good when photosets are available, 2600x1700
-I don't know that the content is exclusive, but I haven't seen it anywhere else (although curiously I have seen some of the thumbnails used for model photos elsewhere)
-Updates about 2-3 times per week
-No DRM
Cons:
-Download speeds are inconsistent, often poor. 150 KB/s was the worst I saw, 800 KB/s was the best.
-No bonus content
-Price a bit high for this sized site these days
-Camera work is mediocre
-Navigation isn't very good, no search function
-Smallish site, 130 models, 226 total scenes at time of review
-Most scenes are video only. Some have actual photosets, most only have screencaps.
-Pretty much a gonzo site
-Video only available in one size and one format (wmv)
Bottom Line:
This site is pretty good if you are into eastern euro women, particularly doing hardcore scenes. However there is a fair amount of anal and both anal and vaginal gaping action, which I'm not too fond of.
I didn't have any experience with customer service, so can't comment on that. Didn't post in the forum as it appeared dead. Billing for me was through Epoch.
The site design is pretty simple, there are five tabs: Home, Models, Scenes, Favorites, Forum. Models are browsed on one page in alphabetical order only. Logins time out relatively quickly, although not as bad as some sites.
The models are definitely attractive, many of the typical younger eastern-euro models you see around these days. There are definitely some scenes worth keeping if you are into young athletic ladies.
If the site were slightly larger and fixed some of their download/navigation issues I would probably more highly recommend it. At their current price with no bonus sites, I think you can get much better value from other teen sites, and there are certainly plenty of other options.
Probably worth joining if you are into a specific model, there are some good Barbariska, Lukava, and Sasha Rose scenes here as well as some other models I had never seen before. However, if you are on a tight porn budget, not too into hardcore/anal, or a photo fan this probably isn't the best site for you.
No problem, haven't been joining many sights lately, but when I saw this didn't have a review figured it might be helpful to some. Stripper Experience is probably the most interesting site of the bunch, but it was also the site with by far the most fake breasts, but I don't know if it is worth $30, it had maybe 120 scenes total.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- The site has a good variety of content, including hardcore, teasing and some lesbian
- The download speeds are generally acceptable, I was average 3-4 MB/s on a 100Mbit connection
- The biller is Epoch
- They have some very attractive models
- The navigation is generally decent, typical model index, scene index, search. The search seems to work pretty well
- There is a "network" of sites, but all the material on the "network" is listed on the main Spizoo site
- It is a decent sized site, ~1800 scenes and ~340 models
- The video quality on the newer scenes is decent, I only downloaded 720p, but 5000 kbps, reasonably crisp.
- The content all appeared to be original
- Based on the dates on the scenes, they are currently updating ~5 times a week (I think this may be bullshit, will try to remember to check back in in a couple of weeks)
Cons:
- Too expensive for the size of the site, you can get a lot more value from other sites
- The "network" doesn't really serve much of a purpose aside from distinguishing scene types
- The camerawork varies from mediocre to astoundingly bad
- A lot of the scenes are POV, which makes the camerawork issue even more nauseating
- There are a lot of models, but many only have 1-2 scenes, while a select few have 100s (Jessica Jaymes for example has over 700 scenes)
- The older content is poor quality, and some of it is just captures of live shows.
- There are far too many fake breasts (personal preference)
- There are a lot of tattoos, more than any other site I have seen. I don't usually mind them much, but figured I would put this in "cons"
- Pre checked cross sale
- Some dead links
Bottom Line:
I joined this site pretty much because I wanted to get a few scenes of a few models I particularly like, I wasn't really expecting much as I had never even heard of this site before stumbling across it when I was poking around looking for more Alina Li material.
The site itself is fine, they have many attractive models, and the models are reasonably diverse both in ethnicity and body type. For me the big trouble spots were the excessive number of women with fake breasts and the astoundingly bad camerawork on a lot of the scenes. Many of them felt like they were filmed by drunk frat boys with ADD or something, they had no concept of how to frame shots, keep the camera steady, and often took really weird angles.
Generally, the site feels like a low rent version of Bangbros, but at least it doesn't have the sketchy billing practices of BB. The "stripper" scene setups I think are generally interesting, having the girls strip a bit before the action is something few sites do. Unfortunately, many aren't exactly the best dancers, so it falls flat sometimes. Beyond those few scenes, most are typical gonzo, often POV porn.
My final gripe is that while the site is reasonably large, as I am not a fan of Jessica Jaymes, more than 1/3 of the content is worthless to me right off the bat. Add to that the excessive number of augmented ladies, and the number of scenes I actually downloaded was maybe 40, the number I kept was maybe 20. Pretty steep price for 20 scenes.
agree with otoh, it is good to see reviews of gay content here. Even though it isn't for me, I always wondered why there wasn't more representation here.
Also, the inadvertent link to massive entertained me. Surprised that hasn't happened before, seems like massive would be a commonly used word.
Although I sometimes like this type of material, I also found the site more or less frustrating. I didn't even end up downloading much from here when I was a member because I kept going in and trying to cut the films down to reasonable sizes (eventually I just gave up on the site entirely).
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