Ratings & Reviews
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Review
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The English Mansion
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88.0
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Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
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Pros: |
+ Absoutely massive site with masses of content
+ A lot of pretty unique and original concepts and ideas; a lot of effort goes into these videos
+ Bills with CCBill plus many other payments options
+ No DRM
+ No download limits
+ Very regular updates |
Cons: |
- Movies are broken up into several scenes - would be nice to be able to download whole movies
- Men sometimes have their faces covered (though this is common for such sites, and probaby not such an issue for many users)
- Site is rather overwhelming - design quite old-fashioned and cluttered
- Search function quite limited
- No rating system or opportunity for comments/feedback/suggestions. |
Bottom Line: |
Before I begin my review it's probably only fair to say I am probably not their typical customer as a gay man, so this is very much my perspective on the site and some of the issues I raise may not be such an issue for others.
Still, I love femdom as I guess I get to see genuinely straight or bi men being humiliated - many sites aimed at gay men try for this but the actors are often really gay and it shows, or there's a limit to what the straight models will do.
This is a massive site - it's been around for a long time and it updates very regularly, so there's masses of content. It's split up into quite creative sections, such as the dungeon etc. but the overall site design is quite old-fashioned and a little chaotic. It's by no means the worst I've ever seen, but with the amount of content they have it would be good if they could have a simpler, cleaner design.
The search functionality is also quite limited, mainly clicking on keywords etc.
The action though is what is important and that's where this site truly delivers. There's an astonishing range of action here - realistic roleplay, lots of outdoor scenes which are still well-shot with good audio, very imaginative scenarios (such as the world being taken over by women and men kept in cages and used for milking/breeding purposes!).
Every fetish you could want is catered for - ballbusting, milking, whipping, forced bi, cross-dressing, strap-on fucking, cages, piss... the list truly is endless. This is a pretty hardcore site, so although there is some softer content it's not a light humiliation site - be sure you're into full BDSM before joining to get the most of this site.
From my perspective I am always disappointed when the men have hoods on which hide their faces. I admit this is partially because I'm gay and so the focus is on the men rather than the women and that this won't be the case for many readers, who will focus on the women. I also understand that many of the male models will only do this type of porn with their faces covered, and they do actually have a few more brave models who will reveal their faces than some sites which have almost none.
Still, I would say that even for the non-gay viewer it's hot to see the expressions on the guys faces as they take their punishment, so I do feel the masks take away from the action somewhat.
The forced bi stuff is quite tame, with condoms used even for oral, and a lot of cross-dressing which isn't to my personal taste, but again that's probably not such an issue for some viewers.
Downloads were reasonably speedy, and you can choose from WMV or MP4 formats. Older content is, as you'd expect, not quite up to the same quality but recent stuff I found pretty good - I was impressed that even outdoor-filmed scenes, which often have sound issues, were pretty clear.
Resolution of 1280 x 720 is available on the newer videos, 1700k for WMV and 1300k for MP4.
If the site design was improved, you could download whole movies and the male actors would be persuaded to take their masks off, this site would be perfect.
As it is it's a damn good site - $34.95 recurring (why pay for non-recurring at $39.95 when you know you can cancel right away and still get access for a month with CCBill) is a little above average but it's more than fair for the sheer amount of content here, with no DRM or download limits.
I hope they get braver male models in future and experiment more with forced bi without cross-dressing and push the models a little further, such as fucking, and maybe a forum or some sort of feedback system would be good too, but it's still a hot and unique site I'd thoroughly recommend and will join again. |
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09-20-16 05:15am
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Review
2
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Hey Little Dick
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80.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Unique concept and content, well done
+ Good quality videos
+ No DRM
+ Free access to two other sites
+ Bills with CCBill
+ Excellent forum which takes suggestions for scenes
+ Regular, dated updates
+ Full photosets including a zip file for each scene |
Cons: |
- Photos are small in size
- Later updates move away from original concept
- I found streaming slow
- Slightly confusing video options - some higher-resolution files are WMV only, some lower-resolutuon are MP4 only
- Same male models are reused over and over, and some aren't really that small |
Bottom Line: |
This is one hell of an unusual site, and I appreciate it's not really aimed at me - though I'm not entirely sure who it is aimed at! Sheer curiosity made me subscribe!
It's basically a kind mild femdom site, in that it focuses on women humiliating men who have a small penis. There's also a CFNM (Clothed Female, Naked Male) element to the majority of the scenes. It's certainly a very specialist niche. I guess it's aimed at anyone who likes to see men humiliated, and perhaps at men who have small penises who enjoy being humiliated.
I have always had a fetish for humiliation, so although I am gay there is not equivalent gay site, and CFNM-type sites, which tend to feature more ordinary-looking straight guys being humiliated by ladies who keep their clothes on, is therefore an interesting niche for me.
Most of the videos are themed around two or three women who get a guy naked on some pretext, then laugh and mock his small cock. They usually masturbate the guy till his comes then laugh at him all the more. The women mainly remained clothed, though often in skimpy outfits, and sometimes flash themselves or get completely naked to turn the guy on. There is the occasional bit of BDSM - the guy might get his balls kicked or his cock abused - but it's fairly mild and infrequent. Occasionally a guy with a larger cock is brought on to humiliate the small-cocked guy further.
The female models, whilst not in my area of expertise, do seem attractive and are mostly in their twenties and slender, though there is a sprinkling of older ladies too. Some remain clothed, some get naked or near-naked.
Later videos though in the last few weeks seem to be moving away from this concept, and feature solo female models who strip off and talk to the male viewer, mocking him for having a tiny penis. Occasionally she might have sex with a man with a big penis and tell the viewer he's a real man and he'd have no chance with her. Obviously this is aimed at heterosexual men who like to be humiliated, but I'm not sure how effective that would be - I've seen similar "humiliate the viewer" style porn myself and it never quite convinces for me. These are all recent videos and reflect a big depature for the site, as all previous videos featured a male model being mocked. Obviously these later videos are of no interest to me, and mean the site is heading in a new direction which may or may not work for you.
This brings me on to a weakness of the site - the repeated use of the same male models. Obviously finding models who are willing to be humiliated on a site like this is not easy - so the same model is often used repeatedly in several scenes. This is great if they have a model you like, but obviously not if you don't like one. The male models vary greatly - some young and cute, but more often in their 30s and 40s, with some quite overweight and not necessarily attractive - though again this kind of goes with the theme of the site. Some of the earlier models actually had quite average or even fairly large dicks, so it kind of didn't work on the realism side, though I still enjoyed them.
Acting is incredibly good - the women are great at dishing out the abuse and most of the male models are great at acting surprised, hurt, turned on etc. though some just kind of sit there a little dazed!
Video is a bit of a mixed bag. You can choose between WMV or MP4 for every scene, which is good, but sometimes the quality is different.
In later videos it seems both types are 1280x720, but one WMV version I tried had a bitrate around 10,000 and 23fps, the MP4 had 30,000 bitrate and 25fps. However, in older videos the MP4 version was the lower-quality, with a 856x480 size, and the WMV tended to be better quality, with a bitrate around 3,000 to the MP4s 1,500. So you'd have to download different file types to get the best quality depending on how old the video is. Quality did seem decent whatever I tried though, and it's all very professionally shot - well-lit and clear.
I found the streaming pretty slow - downloads were about average speed.
Each video has a full photoset, which is good, and a zip file for the photos, but the photos themselves are nothing special at 800x534, and are watermarked.
There is a forum where you can ask questions and even suggest scenes - they say if you suggest one and enough people like it they'll make it for you - I didn't read all the posts so I can't say for sure this does happen, but the administrator does seem to often reply to suggestions.
Overall this is an interesting site which I would recommend if anything about femdom/CFNM/humiliation does it for you - but be aware it is going in a new direction now. |
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03-04-13 04:53pm
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Review
3
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The Casting Room.net
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75.0
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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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Pros: |
+ Lots and lots of existing content - thousands of videos
+ Very hot guys, many believably straight
+ Sleazy, amateur feel
+ Some hot bonus "extras" spice things up
+ Bills with Verotel
+ No DRM
+ Updates about 2 - 3 times per week
+ All exclusive content |
Cons: |
- Very expensive
- Messy and confusing site navigation
- Extra $1.95 "processing fee" added when you join - unsure if this recurs also
- Intrusive, moving watermarks on videos
- Limited search function
- Older videos and pics are pretty poor quality
- Bonus content is great, but only one section of it updates very infrequently
- Content gets rather "samey" and repetitive
- Slow downloads (though files not huge) |
Bottom Line: |
I last reviewed this site a long while ago now, when it used to be called "First Auditions" - you'll still see the old watermark on their early videos and pics.
Since then it's had a mild makeover and one new "bonus" series to replace an old one, but it's pretty much the same site with a new name and colour scheme - the layout and core content is identical.
The basic idea of this site is an "first audition" site - they are casting unknown first-timers, usually heterosexual, into porn, with the hope that they'll go on to gay porn - and indeed you do see some of their stars go on to do work, mainly on their own "sister" sites.
They've been doing this for a long time and the experience shows. Each guy makes three brief movies - the initial (clothed) interview asking why they're doing this and what their sexual experience is, then an examination where they are stripped naked, measured, weighed and made to pose in various positions, and finally a masturbation video where they have to masturbate and ejaculate for the camera.
The guys are hot - mainly British but with a fair amount from Europe and occasional North American, and the interviewers are generally very good at questioning them and making them pose. It's all got a very rough, amateur feel, filmed in the same run-down looking industrial unit. Sadly they have started to use a new interviewer who I do not care for - his East European accent is not always as clear and he doesn't seem as natural as the British interviewer they usually use.
The video quality is decent on later videos - mainly WMV files, 540 x 960 at 25 frames per second and bitrate around 2000. Not amazing, but decent enough. They have an lower-quality option, but I think their higher-quality is actually the lowest I would accept. They do seem to have some "iPhone friendly" MP4 files, but these seem to be rather limited and hidden away in a different section. Older files are showing their age - 640 x 360 and 900k bitrate mean they have to be very hot to be worth downloading. Pictures are nothing special - 1200 x 675 is a decent size, but they're watermarked and the viewer is poor - no zipped downloads either. I found download speeds slow, so it's just as well the movies are generally short and so the files not too big.
This brings me neatly on to the site design, which is a mess. The site is confusing, with little logic to it and hardly any search functions - they'd added a facility to search for a model by country but other than that it's a simple list of updates by date. They do show you what work some of the models went on to do on their other sites though, which is useful.
The site has some "bonus" content which is not based around the basic theme. This varies in value - a handful of movies from sister site CMNM.net, some "Groping Hands" movies which they spun off their "Groping Hands" site from - you'd be better off joining this site for that footage now as they have the vast majority of that stuff still here.
One bonus feature I love is "Second Auditions", where they pair a nervous straight model with an experienced model, sometimes who once appeared on the site themselves, and get them to have their first-ever gay sex. This is INCREDIBLY hot - they capture their inexperience and nerves perfectly and show raw, sexy sex between men. It's actually the main reason I rejoined the site - but sadly there are only eight of these longer movies as they only update them once every three months.
One real shame is that with the site revamp they added incredibly annoying watermarks to videos which are not only quite large, but move - they begin at the top left of the screen then slowly move down and then up the right side of the screen. These are the most distracting, annoying watermarks I've yet seen and caused me to drop the site score several points - it probably would have scored 80+ without it.
Overall this is a sexy site which sticks to its central promise well and has a lot of content. However, ultimately it gets all a little bit boring and repetitive - however sexy the guys are, ultimately you get no more action than masturbation and the same old format of interview, strip and masturbate starts to get a little dull after a while. It's certainly a site worth joining, but not one I tend to keep a regular subscription to, despite the regular updates. |
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02-28-13 06:00pm
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Review
4
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CFNM.net
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60.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ What video content there is, is VERY hot
+ Updates on average 2 - 3 times per week, though not consistently
+ Extensive user forum (though this is flawed)
+ As far I can tell, no regional billing
+ No DRM
+ Choice of two good billers - CCBill or Verotel
+ All-exclusive content
+ The only pure, true CFNM site I have yet found |
Cons: |
- Have gone back to being a picture-only site - as of August 6, 2012 no new videos have been uploaded at the time of this review. NO warning of this in preview, no explanation of why in-site.
- Pictures are good-quality, but downloading is a joke - no zip files, no collections - must download each picture one by one
- Very expensive ($39.95 1st month, $34.95 after), especially now no more videos
- Poorly-designed site with poor search functions, ancient design and a mess of a forum
- Forum is completely ignored by site management, no suggestions seem to be taken on board.
- Downloads and streaming the slowest I've ever seen on any site.
- $1.95 additional joining fee if using Verotel, never found that at any other site.
- Each story is split into many small scenes which constitute each update
- Many videos still unique to a sister-site - see below. |
Bottom Line: |
This is my third review. I am writing it with a heavy heart, because this site has so much potential and could easily be the best CFNM site ever, but it's taken yet another one of its abrupt policy reverses, so it's on entirely the wrong track again.
What I will say is that CFNM.net is, in my opinion, the only true CFNM site on the internet. The scenarios and stories are superb, the models incredible, the acting is good and believable - focusing purely on past content this site should be scoring my first ever 100.
So how did we get to 60 as a score for a site which can produce the best content ever?
Simply - they cannot decide what they want to be - a picture site, or a video site. They change their minds and their policies more often than the guys get naked!
CFNM.net has always described itself more as a picture site, and they have a "sister" site, CFNM.TV, which is supposed to be the video site. Sounds fair and straightforward - you want pictures, you join this site. You want the videos, you join CFNM.TV.
That could work, except CFNM.TV is a lousy video site, and CFNM.net is a lousy picture site.
CFNM.TV, according to the previews, hasn't been updated for months. It doesn't have all the the video content CFNM.net does, even though it's supposed to be the video site, and what is does have (some of which CFNM.net doesn't have) is riddled with the most intrusive, crappy DRM I've ever known which makes you log in to watch each video, won't work unless you use Windows, and means downloads stop working the second your subscription expires - you CANNOT download to keep.
As a picture site, CFNM.net is lousy because although the pictures are high-quality - well-lit and professional - for a so-called picture site they are a joke. You get one size only, the viewer is clunky, and you CANNOT download the photosets as one file - zipped or not. No, you have to click on each individual picture (and each story has hundreds), then click on the "download to computer" link and download each picture manually. This would take you weeks of painstaking work.
When I did my last review, CFNM.net seemed to be improving. CFNM.TV was active but seemed to be abandoned, with no new updates. The video updates were being uploaded to CFNM.net, and they were also uploading old footage previously exclusive to CFNM.TV but WITHOUT the DRM. I was hoping they were going to upload the CFNM.TV-exclusive stuff as "new" updates, then when they'd done it all, quietly close CFNM.TV.
Nope! When I left the site last July, I was almost done downloading the last of a video set. When I rejoined six months later, I downloaded the last couple of updates from that set and then found the entire six months worth of updates after that were photo-only. No mention of this in the preview, nothing on the site I can see about a change in policy - it's just back to photo-only.
However CFNM.TV seems to only have had one update with a video of some old CFNM.net content. So, we're back to two sites which between them have incredibly hot content, but which are so badly designed and run you can't satisfactorily access either.
CFNM.net has an extensive forum where these and my other complaints all as listed above are discussed - but from what I can see, nobody from the site itself ever answers or pays the slightest bit of attention to anything said on the forum. The forum is also practically a seperate site, which its own seperate log-in, no integration to the main site, and ancient layout.
I don't intend to go over the details of the site - it's all in my previous reviews, one of which is still active at the time of writing - and nothing has changed since.
Suffice it to say, if you've never joined this site before then I would strongly recommend you do, as it has some incredibly hot content - but then accept you will never know whether they ever intend to upload more videos again, that the photos are a complete pain in the ass to download, and that CFNM.TV is a joke.
If you have joined before, certainly in the last six months, then you will already have all the video content they're offering and even if you like photos, downloading them will be such a pain I don't think it's worth joining it again.
I will certainly be cancelling before auto-renew and I have already downloaded the two videos I wanted. Nothing else on the site is of interest. |
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01-26-13 04:59pm
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Review
5
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Dominated Men.net
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93.0
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Current Member for over 3 months (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Simply incredibly hot content - the best I have yet seen
+ Content is unique - never seen anything like it elsewhere
+ Love the way the guys always start clothed and have to slowly strip
+ Pay-as-you-go buying system I usually don't like but works well for this site - see review
+ Reasonable pricing
+ No regional pricing I can see
+ Bills with CCBill
+ Pretty fast downloads
+ Decent previews |
Cons: |
Nothing major, but I'll list them to be fair
- Only updates once per month - understandable for a one-man site but still a shame.
- Too many East European guys for my personal taste
- Sometimes I wish the videos didn't end quite so abruptly, and the editing can be over-done
- Billing system not so good for Brits now as it no longer charges in pounds, but the dollar system would be better for Americans and no different for anyone else. |
Bottom Line: |
Dominatedmet.net is a one-man operation in which one older gay guy, only referred to as "The Boss" and whose face is never seen, gets straight, bi and gay men to perform humiliating tasks for the camera in a hotel room.
The format is the same for each video although he varies what happens to each one to keep it fresh.
The guy always begins fully clothed and the video begins with a guessing game. For each forfeit they agree to perform if they lose, they get extra payment. Every time they guess wrong they have to remove an item of clothing, and it's really hot to see them getting increasingly nervous and exposed as they get naked. The Boss really knows how to talk to them and build tension for maximum humiliation and it's really erotic.
Once naked The Boss examines them in intimate detail, commenting on their bodies and groping them, then makes them do exercises like star jumps and jogging on the spot to make their cocks bounce up and down, which he always comments on - SO HOT!
He always then makes them do foot worship, which isn't my favourite thing but it's a testament to how good a dom The Boss is that I even enjoy these scenes as he always talks to them and makes it very erotic and humiliating for them. After that they do any forfeits they agreed to - public humiliation, getting spanked with a belt (number of times determined by a roll of the dice which they have to do themselves with their mouths!), getting strapped to the bed and then shaved, or being used by a stranger - where a man they've never met comes in and does what he likes to them.
The Boss always then puts toys up their arse, fucks them and finishes by giving them a facial. The videos always end at this point but rather too abruptly for me - a final mini-interview about how they feel, or even just a more lingering shot of them cleaning themselves up and getting dressed, would be good.
I also think the editing sometimes leaves out too much of their reactions - to me the "naturallness" of this site, with all the nerves of the model on show, is part of the appeal, so sometimes I feel the videos are slightly over-edited - for example he'll tell you in a preview something the model said about being nervous but it's edited out, which is a pity as you were looking forward to it.
The site is incredibly erotic and it's a testament to The Boss's skills as a dom and as a filmmaker that this is the only site where I don't ever skip any parts and watch the whole video through. He's excellent at controlling the men and humiliating them, and getting them to do and say things he wants. He always knows how to keep them looking at the camera so we always catch their expressions.
Simply put these are the hottest videos I have yet seen and are perfect for fans of domination. It's not a hardcore site - the action is fairly light and clearly consensual - but he just has a way of making it very erotic.
Videos are MP4 only, but you can download standard videos or HD ones; strangely both are 1280x720 but the SD is visibly less clear - kind of "grainy". I am not very technically-minded but I downloaded both to compare for this review and the tech specs showed the standard to be 388kps bitrate and the HD to be 1,030kps so I presume this is the difference - certainly the SD was less than half the file size.
Considering this is a one-man semi-amateur site the videos are well-shot with decent lighting and angles, and whilst it's not as a polished as a studio site I find that adds to the amateur appeal without the quality being unacceptable. Some of his earlier videos are not as good quality but he is very honest about this in the descriptions and prices them lower accordingly.
There didn't used to be a search function but he has recently added one to the site so you can search by model type and what happens. It's quite a small site and logically laid out, with decent video previews, so it's easy to find your way around.
I don't normally like site which charge per video, but this site is different for two reasons. For a start, the pricing is very reasonable - most are $8.80 and you can get 25% off if you buy two or more. They are a decent length - usually about 20 minutes - and you get the whole thing, it's not split into scenes. . As the site sadly only updates once per month it's much cheaper doing it this way than paying a monthly fee. Secondly, the descriptions are fair and honest and the previews good enough that you can see what you're getting and only buy what you want.
Downloads are fast and I've always found The Boss helpful and open to new ideas if you e-mail him. I've asked him about the amount of East European guys on the site and he was honest and said that it was sometimes difficult to find British models.
Overall this site has some minor flaws but nothing I can't live with, and has the hottest content I've seen so far. |
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01-10-13 05:42pm
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Review
6
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Male Strippers Unlimited
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59.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
Uh... I'll try to be positive!
+ Reasonably quick downloads (though I've seen better)
+ I don't use a download manager as such but it allowed me to download a dozen movies at a time without any issues - which is unique in my experience and should mean it's download-manager-friendly
+ Quite a lot of content
+ No download limits
+ Billing by Verotel
+ A few good bits in among the dross |
Cons: |
- Some awful quality content
- Almost all non-exclusive content
- Some content is merely trailers from other sites
- Weird mix of gay and straight
- Navigation is a mess, search almost non-existent, layout awful
- Some content has nothing to do with stripping
- Some content is tame - not even full-frontal nudity
- Uses several different video formats, some of which I've never heard of and couldn't get to work
- No streaming or in-browser footage - download only
- Some truly awful amateur footage is more or less unwatchable
- A lot of content is from movies or TV shows - I wonder if copyright is being respected here?
- Photos are very difficult to download and view
- Much more photo content than video |
Bottom Line: |
I love male strippers - stripping really turns me on and the sensual act of removing the clothing is such a turn-on. Sadly you see surprisingly little male stripper content and so much gay porn skips straight to the action without seeing the guys removing their clothes.
Things didn't start well with the infuriating log-in with a Captcha code, and when I got into the site I was kind of confused as the layout is messy and amateurish - it looks like a site from about 15 years ago.
There is a bar at the top of the home screen showing several different categories of content. Great I thought, there's lots of video content here.
Incorrect - all of the above links lead you to photos only - this is a much more photo-based site than I expected. This was a disappointment as I prefer videos and I didn't feel that it was made clear in the preview than it was mainly photos.
I clicked on the photos and I was amazed at the poor quality. A lot of them are tiny - some are as low as 320 x 240 and awful quality. Many are simply blurry vidcaps.
They are simply presented as a page of thumbnails. Most pages have no slide shows and although there is a link to download it all, it doesn't work.
I checked out their FAQ pages and it confirmed that this was not a fault... I quote
"Because of the pop-up photo viewer interface we use for the galleries, it's a little tricky to save the photos to your computer."
Considering the photo viewer is awful - the pop up photo viewer is primitive and doesn't even appear on all pages - this is incredibly poor.
I soon realised that video content is simply bunched in together in one section. No categorisation or searching is possible, so you just have to go through this cobbled-together list of content.
The site uses at least five different video formats. I managed to download and view the MP4 and WMV files, but the AVI, FLV and MKV files were not playable on Quicktime or Windows Media Player.
Again, this is an acknowledged issue; quote
"Because our video clips are collected from various different resources and platforms, they don't all have the same video format. That's why you might find some of the video clips won't play on your computer or the sound is missing."
They recommend you download VLC Media Player, which I couldn't get to install, or K-Lite Codec Pack which they said was harder to use so I didn't try. When every other site I've used has familiar file types any player can play, I don't want to have to download unfamiliar software for this one site.
The video content is a really odd mix - I'd say only about half of it is actual strip shows, and some of them have obviously been shot by amateurs at nightclubs etc so video and sound quality are poor and audience members are in the way of the camera.
The rest is clips of foreign movies with bits of nudity (not always even full frontal!), or people stripping off or having sex in public for a dare (often heterosexual couples and again amateur quality) or even trailers from other sites!
The only good thing I can say about this site is I did manage to find a few clips that were of strippers and were of decent quality.
In the main though this is largely non-exclusive, poor-quality content which is often not even really male stripping at all. I would be surprised if all the relevant copyright owners, especially of the non-porn movies, had licensed material to this site but I may be wrong.
I feel my rating is generous and is based on the bit of good content I did manage to find. Other than that this site is a misleading, badly-designed mess of poor quality non-exclusive content and as such must get the lowest rating I have yet to give on this site. Avoid! |
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12-08-12 02:42pm
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Review
7
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Breeder Fuckers
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92.0
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Status: |
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
* Incredibly hot, unique content - hottest porn site I've ever seen
* Allows comments/feedback which is responded to
* Safe billing with Verotel or Segpay
* No regional billing that I can see
* Loads of archive footage going back to 2007
* Very good range of guys
* Most inventive scenarios I've ever seen
* Updated regularly once a week on a set date which they stick to.
* 100% exclusive content
* FINALLY AVAILABLE IN UK! YES!!! |
Cons: |
- Expensive (though worth it!) - $39.95 per month plus $1.95 one-off joining fee if you use Verotel
- No discounts to sister sites
- Concerned in case they start blocking it in the UK again
- Download speeds on the slow side
- Some files have little niggles, like mis-titled or incorrect size files etc. |
Bottom Line: |
I have been lusting after this site for over a year now and been so frustrated when I realised that, whilst it used to be available in the UK, they decided to block it from UK users before I could join. You can see my story about that in my comments on this site, but suffice it to say this studio has a history of abrupt policy changes and my one concern is that they might decide to block this site in the UK again... here's hoping they don't!
Anyway, this site is now on its third name, having previously being called "Molest a Straight" and "Straight Hell".
The theme is the humiliation and domination of straight men by gay men. There's lot of pretty hardcore BDSM and roleplay.
It's incredibly inventive - they use a massive variety of guys and very creative storylines and scenarios. There are more obvious scenes like police officers etc. but what they do to them - such as displaying them as an exhibit in a public art gallery, hiring them out as rent boys, dog training, public nudity and sex, etc. etc. is really hot.
They use a wide range of models, mainly white but with a fair amount of black and Asian guys and lots of different types from 18 to about mid 30s. The top guys tend to be older, but they do vary them and I found the vast majority of the models to be attractive. Most of them act convincingly and many were believably straight.
The action can get pretty intense and includes watersports, spanking, bastinardo, CBT, bondage, verbal, spitting, enemas, and rough sex.
It's also well-shot and believably acted. I enjoyed the pre and post shoot interviews which let you know it was consensual but in a sexy way - they make them recount what happened to them for example - and it means a lot of the actors come across as believably straight. These are seperated from the main movies so you can avoid them if you wish.
It's updated once a week every Wednesday and every updated is clearly dated right back to 2007 so there's lots of content. As usual with this studio search isn't a strong point, but you can search by year or guy and the site is pleasingly simple and logically laid out, though occasionally file sizes and titles are incorrect, which is only a minor irritant.
Video quality isn't amazing - no HD content here. The largest video is a 540x960 WMV file at 25fps and a 2600k rate but they look clear enough. I did find downloads on the slow side. I'm not into photos but each scene does have a photoset - they seemed to be big and of good quality (I downloaded one to check for this review and it was 1200 x 675 in size and looked clear) bit I can't tell if they're vidcaps - if they are they're good ones. No zipped downloads though I'm afraid - it's one picture at a time!
I appreciated being able to comment on the videos and the webmasters do read and reply to them which is rare - and even rarer they do actually seem to take the comments on board for future videos.
Overall this is an incredibly hot, inventive site which is truly unique and has never been bettered by imitators. I had to knock off a few points for the minor flaws but really they don't bother me so much when the videos are so hot.
I really hope they keep this site available in the UK and don't block it again - it's one site I'm staying a member of as its worth every penny of its pricey membership fee.
Overall - a triumph. |
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08-23-12 11:20am
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Review
8
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Alternadudes
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85.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Unique site with guys you very rarely see in gay porn
+ Super-fast download speeds (though see cons for the flip side of this!)
+ Content is dated, with an decent update every week
+ Billing by CCBill
+ No regional billing as far as I can see
+ HD (1280x720) available
+ MP4 and WMV files plus in-browser streaming
+ Good quality, clear, well-filmed videos
+ Good amount of archive material |
Cons: |
- I suppose to maintain high download speeds, you can only download one movie at a time - download managers and manual multiple downloads won't work
- You need to enter a "captcha"-type security code every time you log in
- Support is non-existant - sent two e-mails via their feedback form which were ignored
- Feedback is allowed on the videos but doesn't seem to be responded to
- Duo scenes marry very different "types", one of which you may dislike
- Site could be organised better - search functions are poor
- Can't download interviews with models
- Photos are sometimes just vidcaps
- Can't see the size of file before you download it - a pain, as HD files are big (1GB-plus)
- HD is MP4 only, no HD WMV option
- Rather too many solo scenes for me - some models are solo-only |
Bottom Line: |
Alternadudes leapt out at me as a site to try when I found it on TBP, because I love certain types of "alternative" looking men, and you so often don't find them on gay websites - and certainly not on more professional ones.
I love men with long hair, and Alternadudes has lots of them - probably at least a third of the models have long hair, which is great for me!
Their definition of "alternative" is fairly wide, which I like although I suppose purists might quibble with some of them - still, with alternative-looking men in such short supply in gay porn I'd say it's best to be grateful it exists at all!
They tend to focus on rockers, punks, emos, goths, skaters and tattooed or pierced guys. Most guys are white, but there's a fair amount of Hispanic guys too and a few black guys. They tend to be younger, about 18 - 24, but some guys are up to early 30s. I'd prefer some slightly older guys, but there's a good choice here. They have a fair few guys from outside the USA including some uncut guys which is unusual for a US site and goes well with the theme.
Technical wise the site is pretty impressive. I found downloads blisteringly fast - on average at least 2 - 3 times faster than I average on other sites. This is probably due to the fact that you cannot do multiple downloads, manually or with a download manager - kind of a shame but it does mean super-fast downloads. The way they enforce it can be irritating though - you can browse back from the download page to the last page of scenes/models you were on, but it won't then let you go to any other page until your download is finished.
They offer MP4 files in HD (1280x720 @ 8000k) and regular (720x480 @ 2000k), and WMV files though these are 720x480 only. I downloaded all three of one video to compare and was impressed with the quality of the smaller files, and as the HD ones are big (often up to 1GB in size) I stuck with those. I found the MP4 to be subjectively slightly sharper. In-browser streaming is also available (flash-based) at 640x360 and I found it acceptable though not super-fast.
I was initially minded to score this site in the 90s as I was impressed with the video quality, concept of site and fast download speeds.
However a few little niggles made me decide to downgrade it somewhat. I used their support form to e-mail a suggestion but I was ignored despite including my e-mail - same as when I couldn't access the site for a few hours and e-mailed their support address. On a related note, they let you comment on scenes/models and you can rate them good/bad but they don't ever seem to reply to the comments, which is a shame. Their blog doesn't get updated often either.
I appreciated the fast downloading, but I didn't like the way it restricts you from browsing the rest of the site whilst downloading - it took away some of the advantage for me as I want to be able to at least preview other videos whilst I wait for the downloads. There has to be a better way they could do this.
I was also disappointed to find a lot more solo scenes than I expected, though some of these do involve the cameraman getting a BJ which is nice! Sometimes I felt the videos could use a little more imagination - there's rarely any "theme" to them, just straightforward sex in a studio - which may appeal to some but I sometimes like a story/fantasy which they rarely do - and the odd time they did try it, it seemed a bit half-hearted to me. The "XXXtras" they mention are basically desktop wallpapers/calenders which are nicely designed but not really a big bonus, and some "behind the scenes" videos which are - I did enjoy those.
Finally, the variety of "altnernatives", whilst welcome, does mean that some of the duo scenes involved a model I loved but with a model who did absolutely nothing for me. The really out-there emo twinks with make-up, piercings and dyed hair do nothing for me, and they often were teamed with guys I did like. Conversely, some of the guys who just have a few tats or long hair might not be "alternative" enough for some people.
Other minor low points were a "captcha"-type security code to log in every time, poor searching (there's no proper search function as such, and the use of niche cloud tags didn't really make up for it), and the fact you can't download models interviews to keep - a real shame as I love them and find them sexy, and this is the only site I've seen that doesn't allow downloads of them.
Overall this is a site with a great concept well-executed with good choice of files and fast downloads, but the single-download-only restrictions, poor support and feedback and poor search function holds it back a little.
I'll probably rejoin in future, but the one update a week won't be enough to keep a regular member. |
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08-07-12 10:18am
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Review
9
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CFNM.net
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75.0
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Status: |
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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Pros: |
+ Well-performed, imaginative scenarios and stories
+ Choice of Verotel or CCBill for billing
+ Updates a minimum of once a week, often more
+ Good quantity of existing scenes
+ Has a user forum (though it's quirky)
+ No DRM
+ Good variety of models, both male and female, and most are good-looking
+ All content exclusive
+ True to the CFNM concept, unlike some sites
+ No regional billing as far as I can see |
Cons: |
- Very expensive ($39.95 1st month, $34.95 after)
- If you pay via Verotel, my preferred biller, there is a $1.95 one-off joining fee- unique to this site in my experience
- Update schedule can be a little erratic
- Movies split up into often short scenes - each one counts as an update
- Not all stories/scenarios are video - some are photoset-only. This include later updates - you never know which you'll get.
- Some videos only available on sister site CFNM.TV which costs the same again to join - no discounts, and they use DRM
- Site design is chaotic, with no real search functions. Forum requires seperate log-in and is very old-fashioned and difficult to navigate
- I found downloads and streaming slow |
Bottom Line: |
It's been a long while since I reviewed this site, and despite its flaws I keep going back to it, so new review time!
Not much has changed with the basic formula of the stories, which is a good thing. They continue to produce the best CFNM videos out there - imaginative, varied and fun with good-looking models, both male and female. This is true CFNM - the women's clothes stay on, always.
The site is varied in the type of CFNM it does - a bit of everything. CFNM takes two main forms - lighter, more fun CFNM where the male is more in control and admired by the clothed ladies, and darker, where it's more about humiliation and control of the men. CFNM.net tends to go more for the latter, but generally it's more humiliation than true hardcore - there is only a sprinkling of S&M scenes and even that tends to be on the lighter side. The site has a sense of fun and humour.
CFNM.net is a sister site to some gay sites though and this does sometimes show through - you'll see occasional gay sex between the naked models and insertions of dildos, vibrators and strap-ons is quite common. This may appeal more to gay men and possibly some straight women than straight men, though if you're a submissive straight man, or have a bi side, it might appeal.
In any case, it's pretty unique stuff and all of it is imaginative and well performed by generally hot models.
The downsides are largely the standard ones for this studio - downloads are pretty slow (I actually only realised this when I joined other sites from other studios and was astonished at how much faster the downloads were!), site design is basic and chaotic, with illogical layout and non-existent search functions making things unncessary complicated, and whilst the updates come at least once a week and often more, they're not done to a regular schedule.
Plus, the updates are scenes, not full movies. These are often pretty short - 10 minutes or less - and there can be a dozen of more of them to each movie. They tend to only update a couple of movies at a time, so if you don't care for a movie they're currently updating, it could represent half your updates for the next 2 - 3 months!
Technically the movies are about average - the latest, highest-quality WMV files are 960x540, 25f/ps with a bitrate arond 8,300 - though bitrate and size does seem to vary a little. WMV seems the only option, though you do get a selection of file sizes.
The photosets are a bit of a letdown for a site which focuses on pictures more than video - they're large (1100x600) but with only one size and no sets or zips - you download each picture one at a time! They also all have watermarks.
The biggest issue with this site, which has improved slightly but is still not fully resolved, is the photo/video issue. Some stories are photosets only, some have videos. At once point they announced no new videos would be made (see my seperate comment on this). They have since backtracked somewhat, but still some new stories are photoset only, so you never know which you'll get. There is also a horrible sister site called CFNM.TV which contains some of the videos this site only has photosets for, but it's the same price with no discount, uses intrusive DRM which expires downloaded videos when your membership expires, and is never updated.
They seem to have practically abandoned CFNM.TV, but it still exclusively holds some videos of photosets you see on CFNM.net. I have noticed they've started publishing older videos which were once only on CFNM.TV on CFNM.net, without DRM, though as new updates to CFNM.net. This is bit mean as they're not really new and they already publish the photosets, but at least you get to see and download the videos to keep this way without having to join yet another expensive site.
I HOPE they're planning to gradually transfer all CFNM.TV videos onto CFNM.net as "new updates" and then shut CFNM.TV down, but I don't know if they will. They seem to be going in the right direction, but are famous for abrupt policy changes so for all I know they could change their minds again! Once they said they wouldn't release any more of a story because some of it had been published on a file-sharing site, but again seemed to back-down in the face of customer complaints.
To be honest the content is so unique and hot I could almost ignore all the usual techical issues and award this site in the high 80s.
As it is, the confused policy over video prevents me going over the 70s. Whilst they've taken some positive baby-steps to improving since my last membership, which causes me to raise their score from 71 to 75, I can only give this site a qualified recommendation - look the previews and if you agree they are as hot as I think they are, then join but with your eyes wide open as to the flaws. |
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07-25-12 12:20pm
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Review
10
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Workin' Men Movies
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75.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ LOTS of content going back 20 years!
+ Unique theme
+ Fully downloadable videos with no DRM
+ Absolutely authentic - these guys are amateurs, NOT professionals. No doubt about it!
+ Tour is comphrensive, and pretty honest about what you'll get, including limitations
+ Good mix of solo and duo videos
+ Genuine bi and straight men
+ Decent download speeds
+ Fair amount of info about guys, unique interaction between owner and models
+ Newer videos available in WMV and MP4 and better quality. |
Cons: |
- Content not entirely exclusive - another site has at least some of it for the same price with access to 9 other sites. No reference to this other site on this one.
- Some technical issues with a handful of broken links
- Poor support - e-mail I sent ignored.
- I found the streaming content to be very slow and choppy - almost unusable
- Older videos are very small and low quality, though he admits this openly in the preview and it's understandable as some content is 20+ years old.
- Site is cluttered and difficult to navigate
- No real search function - videos are in date order and there are a few sections by type, but that's about it.
- Older videos in WMV format only
- Some of the comments on the video from site owner seem a bit mean!
- No photos at all - video-only site. |
Bottom Line: |
Workin' Men Movies is a unique site in gay porn. It's run by our host "Buddy" who has been filming mainly Southern US, blue-collar "rough" guys for over 20 years now.
These men are the real deal. They are patently not professional models and you will not see them in mainstream gay porno. I don't think any of them are younger than 30s and go up in age to about 60. All of them are billed as "never pretty" guys and that's largely true.
I don't know how this guy manages to find these men - they are blue-collar workers down on their luck, often just out of jail, often straight and/or married/divorced. Largely drifters, a lot of them seem to refer other people to the site. It did make me a little uncomfortable that the site might be a bit exploitative, but the guys all seem happy enough to be there and he treats them with real respect in person.
Having said that - he always puts his own comment on the site after it's uploaded and some of his comments seem pretty cruel! If he doesn't like a model personally he'll say so and sometimes it seems unfair, like he's been kind of rude behind their backs. It adds to the intimate feel that he knows the models, but just because a guy wasn't his type personally doesn't mean the video didn't work which is what they were hired to do. If a guy comes across as less macho than he expected he can also be pretty rude which I think is a pity on a gay site!
Content is split into various categories. The largest is probably solo content, where the guy strips off and masturbates to a cum shot. He may occasionally accept a blowjob from the cameraman or give one himself. Then you have duo shots, which include a range of still but usually including full anal sex and maybe some toys. There are also a handful of group sex shots with up to 4 guys.
There are various sections. The main one, "Whole Session Videos" as far as I can see include every video he's ever shot largely unedited, which means they are often long (1 hour+) and include some mistakes. There are hundreds of these to choose from.
Other sections seem to be edited versions of videos to suit your taste - "Buddies" includes all duo or group scenes, "Workin Men" is the edited solos, "Loads Series" is edited videos showing just the cum shots, "In Your Face" is just facial cum shots, etc.
Video quality is generally quite low. It's an amateur site and he does warn you of this in the preview and comment with an apology if a video is particularly poor - usually if it's an early one with old-tech equipment and when he was less experienced.
Older videos are WMV only and 320x240 in size, and are often grainy and poorly-lit. I got a framerate of 29fps and only 823kps bitrate. Newer videos move up to 640x480 (WMV) or 480x320 (MP4) and are much clearer though still very much amateur standard. The WMV figures here were 29kps/1064kps and MP4 was 29kps/1279kbps.
It's worth noting this is a video only site - no pics at all, not even vidcaps. Not an issue for me but worth bearing in mind.
Overall this is a hot site with unique content. The video quality is something of an issue but he's upfront about it and it goes with the amateur feel. LOTS of content too.
However various issues, not such a big deal on there own, let it down. Some links were broken. There's no search facility and the site is chaotic to navigate - it takes time to figure it out. The in-browser streaming was so choppy and slow as to be unusuable.
Each time you watch a video in-browser using WMP it asks for your username and password again in a pop-up and when you enter them it pauses then pops up again. I found if you clicked "cancel" the second time it would then play, but it was really frustrating. He asks you to e-mail him with suggestions so I sent one asking about this, but over 2 weeks later, no reply.
What also put me out is I found another site on PU called Workin Men XXX. It seems to offer the same content (if not perhaps all of it as the preview pages don't seem to update) for the same price but with bonus access to 9 others sites. Some of those other sites look hot and if I'd known I might well have joined that site instead for the same price.
Even if the video quality remained amateur the content is hot enough I think that without the issues raised above I'd have given this site in the late 80s or even early 90s. As it is, the score reflects the "great content, badly executed website" theme I find depressingly familiar in porno! |
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07-10-12 07:21am
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Review
11
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Rob And Jill
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66.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Low(ish) monthly price
+ Lots of extra bonus material
+ Latest Rob and Jill scenes are a decent size
+ Fairly unique theme with a real married couple
+ Very creative variations on a theme
+ Bills with CCBill
+ Lots of videos going back a long time. |
Cons: |
- Site is messy and very difficult to navigate
- Site looks poor - very basic design, lots of misspelt words
- Most videos only available in one of several file types and size/quality
- Regional pricing, which isn't made clear (I was charged the equivalent of $20.26 rather than $17.95)
- Not all videos are available to stream - those that are, are in a completely different section
- Main content gets samey - there's only so much variation you can fit into a single concept & one couple
- Not all videos are as described.
- Some extra material doesn't really fit in with theme of site, doesn't seem to be exclusive and is poor quality.
- Download managers are forbidden from the site. |
Bottom Line: |
I do want to say that I do understand that this is an amateur site, and I did try and take that somewhat into account when I wrote my review - but they do still charge for it, and whilst it's still at the cheaper end of the market, a recent price increase, and extra charges for non-Americans thanks to regional billing, it's creeping to the territory of much more professional sites.
I also do understand that as a gay man the site is not really aimed at me, but I joined it because I do enjoy other CFNM/Femdom sites. I feel bad giving this site a low score for these reason, but I have tried to be fair and my score reflects the above factors.
Rob and Jill is an amateur site run by a real-life married couple. The theme of the site is her controlling when and how Rob is allowed to ejaculate, mainly via handjobs. Jill comes up with a massive variety of games and scenarios for them to act out, including gameshows, chastity, all sorts of devices, "ruined" (minimised) orgasms, etc. I find Rob very attractive, and the site has been going for so long that there's a LOT of videos.
Jill is very good at acting out the scenes and gives lots of verbal commands to Rob, but also describes what she's doing for her audience very well. She likes to instruct other wives and husbands in the best techniques for this kind of sexual lifestyle. Rob puts up with it all stoically, rarely speaking but obviously enjoys every moment of it.
There's also a fair amount of bonus material of very variable quality - the best is user-submitted by other femdom women, the rest seems to be fairly generic, non-exclusive and low-quality porn.
Rob and Jill make a great and sexy couple and the scenarios are very creative. They've made a unique site and it's a privilege to share their intimate life.
However it's just so sad the way the site itself is, as it really lets things down. Only the latest material offers video which is of a high enough resolution and quality to be worth watching - and this is from someone who isn't fussy about demanding hi-def resolution or glossy production values.
Until recently the videos were so small in size and resolution that's it's just a small image in the middle of your screen - it's just barely worth watching. The videos are presented in at least 4 formats - WMV, RN (RealPlayer), MPEG, AVI. However there is no consistently at all - each movie is generally only available as one file type and it's completely random which one you'll get for each video. Most of the videos are low resolution. I found the sound quality often poor too. The last few update videos are much better - she seems to have settled on WMV files in a larger format.
The site layout is overwhelming when you first join but whilst you get used to it, it's so badly organised it's frustrating. This isn't usually one of my main issues, but here it's difficult to ignore. If you find a scene you like the sound of, you can't immediately stream it - you have to remember the title, go back to the main page, find the streaming section, and then try and find it there. It may or may not be there. Then if you do like it (having waited for the sluggish video to get going, with lots of stops for buffering - forget trying to pause and jump and forth during streaming) you have to go back to the main screen, back to the download section and try and find it again. There are no search options to speak of - videos are simply presented per section on one large page in date order - that's it.
Often I found the videos didn't match up to the hot descriptions. For example in one video she promises to feed Rob his own cum - but you don't see her actually do it - his face remains out of shot.
I think from then on video quality will be acceptable quality and worthwhile. However the vast majority of the material remains in the other formats at resolutions which are simply too low for me to find them of any real use.
Overall an interesting concept but to me, the site just doesn't work overall. |
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06-24-12 11:47am
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Review
12
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CMNM.net
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81.0
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Status: |
Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
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Pros: |
+ Absolutely unique site
+ DRM free
+ Decent back catalogue
+ All exclusive, original content
+ Good variety of men
+ Some convincing straight guys
+ Latest updates getting more creative
+ Videos now available in MP4 as well as WMV |
Cons: |
- Horribly expensive
- Ridiculous one-time joining fee on top with Verotel
- Updates are reasonably constant but slightly erratic - no definite schedule and you'll sometimes wait up to a week
- Only Verotel and Segpay available, even though they use CCBill on sister site CFNM.net
- Some later content overdoes the cheesy "comedy" element at the expense of sexiness
- Could do with some more variety in the clothed guys, though this is improving
- Feedback can be left, but they never respond directly
- Even "high quality" download is modest sized - no HD stuff here. |
Bottom Line: |
CMNM is a unique site from the makers of CFNM.net. They've taken the increasingly popular CFNM (Clothed Female/Naked Male) concept and done it for gay men.
I cannot find any other site apart from their sister site First Auditions which does anything like this, so that makes CMNM unique.
You can tell that it's from the same studio as CFNM.net as many of the models, studios and props used are identical, but that's no bad thing as they are hot!
Since all the models are men, they've made it different by having mainly straight and the odd bisexual man as the naked guy being humiliated and put through his paces by the clothed gay men. The site remains absolutely true to the concept the clothed men stayed fully clothed throughout.
The naked models used are hot - usually between about 18 and 35 and convincingly straight in most cases. There's a decent range of body types and I found the vast majority of them attractive.
The site follows a fairly standard formula - the guy is stripped off naked in the first video, then penetrated with a dildo in the next, and finally wanked off until his cums in the last.
This did get a little repetitive after a while but lately they've spiced up the formula a bit with a welcome dose of creativity, using more themes and stories such as prisoners violated in police custody, footballers used by the managers of their team etc.
The costumes and uniforms for these are generally good and the acting is generally convincing enough for you to suspend disbelief.
I would say though that they still aren't quite as creative in the way they humiliate and use the guys as they are at CFNM.net and one or two of the storylines attempted to introduce humour - bad idea as it was just incredibly cheesy and unfunny and once was absolutely unsexy, when they were rimming a guy and then discussing which brown sandwich spread his ass tasted like! Weird and a real turnoff!
Still, overall CMNM is a totally unique and very well done site.
As usual with this studio the letdown comes from technical issues and value. Until recently only WMV was available. They have now improved this with MP4 files, but even the higher-quality of the two download options is a modest 360x640 - no HD here! Sound quality is decent, though.
The streaming is acceptable but just flash-based so not always easy to jump around. Search is basic, as is the site layout.
At an eye-watering $39.95 for the 1st month, plus a further $1.95 one-off joining fee if you use Verotel, which I do as I've never even heard of the alternative SegPay, you'll need to hand over $41.90 to join this site, and a further $34.95 a month recurring, it makes it all the more disappointing that it updates only on average about twice a week and that's sporadic - sometimes you'll wait a week or more without explanation between updates. Bizarrely, CCBill is not an option even though sister site CFNM.net lets you use it.
I find the content is good enough, and unique enough, to justify the price occasionally but I never feel I get enough to justify recurring billing even at the slight discounted rate, so I tend to join the site every six months or so. I wish there were rival CMNM sites as I feel they know you have nowhere else to go and so feel they can charge what they like.
If this site was better value and updated more often and more consistently, it would easily get into the high 90s for me. As it is 81 is a generous score considering the issues but I feel it deserves it for the uniqueness and quality of the concept, if not the technical execution of it. This site is good, but it could be great - so typical of this studio! |
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06-02-12 01:39pm
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Review
13
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First Auditions
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71.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
* Well-established (since 2005) so almost 5,000 videos (though mostly short).
* Uses guys from all over Europe, with the occasional American or Australian guy thrown in
* I actually do believe a lot of these guys are straight - if it's staged it's done very well
* Realistic, stark filming with no silly roleplaying in the main interview scenes - you really do get a sense of the guys personality
* No DRM
* Unique content
* Guys often begin their porn careers here
* New "Second Auditions" concept is REALLY hot - showing men having their first gay sex and being "broken in" - again - if it's staged it's staged REALLY well. |
Cons: |
- The more imaginative content like "Groping Hands" and "Second Auditions" is the best, but there's little of it - updates are very infrequent and sporadic and "Groping Hands" seems to have been discontinued.
- VERY expensive - $39.95 1st month, $34.95 after
- Search options very primitive
- Early shoots photos-only - not made clear on joining. Streaming only available on post-2009 shoots.
- Camerawork and lighting can be poor.
- No option for feedback or suggestions, no comments, no community feel.
- Models are often given different names to the ones used even on their sister sites, and only use first names, so you get several models under the same name!
- Files not particularly high-quality by modern standards.
- New moving watermark is VERY intrusive.
- Lots of banner ads for other sites
- Primitive site design and search looks like something from the late 1990s. |
Bottom Line: |
First Auditions is a site which claims to show a models first introduction to porn and shows their first "casting couch" interview. Most of the models claim to be straight, most quite believably (unusual on gay porn sites, where "straight" actors are often suspiciously gay-acting!).
It follows a pretty rigid format - a clothed interview asking why they want to do it, an examination where they are made to strip and be measured, show their asshole etc, and finally a masturbation and ejaculation "test" to prove they can get it up and shoot on camera.
This can get very "samey" - you know pretty much what will happen in each shoot, and obviously there's very little action. Still this is an auditions site, and it does that well. The guys often seem quite genuine and nervous and the interviewers are good at getting their real personalities to come out.
Technically the site is nothing special. Downloads are WMV only and are "standard" (read - poor and tiny 640 x 360) or "high quality" (read - pretty average 960 x 540). No HD content here and no alternative to WMV files that I can see. Downloading is quick though, and flash streaming is pretty quick, though you have to wait until it's done to jump back and forwards. No DRM, though they do have a REALLY annoying new watermark which begins at the top of the screen and slowly moves down the bottom! WHY MUST IT MOVE? Much more distracting!
Search is equally poor - a simple list in alphabetic order of first names (often repeated, often different to same model used on sister sites) or a search by country of origin.
To be honest I am bored of their standard content, and didn't expect to join this site again, but I rejoined because of the "Second Auditons" videos, which involve them taking a guy (usually who said in his interview he'd never do anything with a guy!) and "breaking him in" to gay sex. This REALLY turns me on, and the preview showed a model I adore, so I rejoined really for that video alone.
It didn't disappoint - the Second Auditions videos are another level - longer (over 30 minutes), better filmed and REALLY hot - the men are believably straight and inexperienced and it's so exciting to watch them do gay sex for the first time.
Sadly, there have only been FOUR Second Auditions videos since the first one was made back in August 2011! They seem to make them only every three months. For a site which charges so much per month, one of these videos every 3 months is really mean.
"Groping Hands" videos were hot and more frequent - this is where anonymous men grope and strip the guy - but whilst there's a good selection of 44 of videos videos in archive, no new ones have been made since September 2009. Before that they had selected scenes from their sister studios - they only seem prepared to do one different type of video the standard auditions ones at a time, but they still advertise Groping Hands in the preview even though they don't make it clear they're not making any more.
This site has some excellent content which is why I've been tempted to join three times, but I never stick around. The updates seem to have settled down to only six a month, from a peak of more than double that - and for the price you pay that's simply not enough for continued membership.
Joining for the first time is well worth it - there's a lot of content here - but you quickly become bored with the standard audition videos and disappointed and the infrequent updates, lack of news (they never announced Groping Hands was discontinued officially, just stoppd them) and small amount of what I'd call "premium" content, ie. the Groping Hands and Second Auditons ones.
A site with flashes of brilliance, but most content gets samey and dull quickly, it's expensive, the technical quality is indifferent and the website navigation feels a decade out of date. I'd recommend you join it once for the archive, but don't expect to stick around. |
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05-07-12 04:12pm
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Juicy Boys
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69.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Price is reasonable, and you can get it down further - see full review
+ A wide selection of videos, mostly high-quality and from good studios
+ Some HD content
+ Good choice of download formats - WMV, and MP4 in regular and "pocket" size for iPods etc.
+ Therefore Mac-friendly
+ No DRM |
Cons: |
- Misleading tour/preview pages
- All HD videos are streaming-only with no non-HD alternative to download
- Some videos are "premium" videos only available if you purchase them seperately, at very uncompetitive prices - and even then you don't keep em!
- Search reviews can't filter out premium or HD content, so you can't search for stuff that is free and downloadable - leads to disappointments
- No refunds if you were misled by their site tour
- Support is flaky and unreliable
- Some downloads are mislabelled - what they say is the whole DVD is in fact only one scene, so you have to download scene-by-scene if you want the full DVD. |
Bottom Line: |
JuicyBoys should have been a wonderful site, and if it didn't have some disappointing policies which they are not up-front about, I'd score it 95. As it is those policies knock them down to 79, and the fact they aren't 100% upfront about them knocks them down to 69.
The content looked really hot and I was promised unlimited downloads for a very reasonable $24.95 a month. Then I realised if you click away from the sign-up screen (you might have to do this a few times) it'll pop up and offer it for only $19.95.
At that price I couldn't refuse so I grabbed it. My bank rejected the transaction on security grounds (often happens, mainly because I'm outside the USA but paying in US dollars). However, unlike any other site I'd seen, I got a message of apology and an offer to have it for $14.95 plus "10 free credits" if I tried again! As I'd done the security call with my bank I knew it would work if I did it again and sure enough I now had access for $14.95! Awesome!
Now I knew from TBP that HD content was not downloadable and that some videos were premium only. What I don't feel TBP made clear enough (and I will be commenting on that on their site) is that when they say HD isn't downloadable, they don't mean you can download a non-HD version but only stream HD. They mean a good portion of the videos, including entire studios collections, is HD only. So it's streaming-only for those - no non-HD download option.
Also the premium videos, whilst in a seperate area, still show up in searches so if you do a search for uniforms, say, and see a video which looks really hot, you then realise it's premium. The prices seem about the same as you'd pay to buy the DVD, yet this isn't download to keep - it just "unlocks" them for you to watch streaming-only!
As HD content comes up in all searches too, you're constantly coming across hot videos you either can't watch at all, or can only stream. No way of filtering your results to only inclusive, downloadable movies sadly.
I was really angry about this and it seemed every video I tried had no download option. This is not what I expected when they promised "unlimited downloads" and didn't say anywhere in the preview or tour that this applied to selected videos only.
So I went onto the support live-chat feature. It warned that it wasn't working 100% at the moment and suggested dialling an international phone number instead - er no thank you, I have my phone bill to think of!
I got connected once, explained my complaint and they immediately offered to transfer my membership to man.com, which had 100% unlimited downloads. I declined, and asked why they didn't make it clear in their preview that this site didn't offer that. That wasn't answered, and they just told me I'd have to go to a different chat window if I wanted a refund. Then I got cut off. I tried a second window, and got cut off immediately.
Third window I got through again. They again offered to transfer my membership, immediately, so it's obviously a common complaint. They said some studios or actors did not allow them to offer downloads. I said I understood that but they didn't make it clear in their preview. I declined a transfer and said, as I had just joined and they could see I haven't downloaded anything, and as I felt misled, could I please cancel my membership and give me a refund. They said I could cancel my membership, but no refunds. My only option was to cancel future rebills, but I was stuck with my months membership.
I wasn't happy and asked them to cancel my membership which they did instantly - a cancellation e-mail arrived seconds after I asked them to do it.
At this point I was all ready to write a stinking PU review and give them a really low score, but as I try to be fair I figured angry as I was I might as well explore the site I was stuck with - and $14.95 meant it wasn't so bad, even though it was the principle more than the money that bothered me.
And I admit that once you accept the limitations, which are big ones, this is still a good-value site. Even at $24.95 it would be good value because you do get a good selection of videos and probably half of them can be downloaded. The resoltion isn't great at 640 x 480 but you can choose WMV or MP4 and they downloaded quickly, though the "whole DVD" option only downloads the first scene so you have to do it manually. The streaming "HD" is 1280x720.
Some of the content is older and not such good quality, but there's a fair amount of newer stuff from decent studios.
Overall it's worth joining for a month at the $19.95 price, but be prepared for disappointment - when you do a search remember half the videos that come up can either be streamed only, cost extra and in some cases both.
I'll download as much as I can from the downloadable content and I'll get value for my $14.95, but I don't deal with sites that mislead me and then refuse to refund my money so I won't join their site or any other in their network again. |
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10-07-11 12:38pm
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Rate These Guys
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89.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Totally fresh and I believe unique concept - a rare achievement in such a crowded marketplace
+ Genuinely amateur feel
+ Most models are believably natural, ordinary guys
+ Genuine user interaction between both models and webmaster, who both listen to comments
+ Inventive scenarios suggested by other members
+ No DRM
+ Clean, uncluttered site design is simple to navigate
+ Choice of download sizes plus fast, responsive streaming
+ Updates regularly, usually every other day |
Cons: |
- Average to high price $29.95 a month - no reduction for 2nd month and no long-term deals.
- Limited selection of photos which are just screen caps
- Video length can be very short - as little as 2 minutes - though this does go with theme of site
- Not all content is porn - introduction videos are fully clothed, but again goes with unique theme of site
- Limited search options
- Still on the small side (but growing fast)
- Not all models interact
- Updates may be resubmitted "improved" videos or non-porn introductions (but more frequent than most sites) |
Bottom Line: |
Rate These Guys have achieved the impossible - a genuinely new, fresh genre of porn which I think may actually be unique, at least in gay porn.
The basic concept is that guys submit a minimum number of home videos which must include certain themes ("genres" according to this site - very posh!). These are then displayed on the site for users to rate. Once a week, a certain genre of video is selected. The guy who gets the highest average vote in that genre wins a cash prize.
Users can also submit "challenges" of what they would like the guys to do - guys who attempt them get an automatic cash payment, and an extra cash prize if they win in that category.
I know that this may seem very "staged" and unreal, like many so-called "gay for pay" sites, where the "straight" actors look about as straight as Harvey Fierstein in drag, but to be honest it's either done so well that I can suspend disbelief, or it's at least 90% the real deal. I've only seen one of the models on another site, and that was also a amateur, "gay for pay" site. I'd say the majority are genuinely just ordinary guys looking to make some cash.
The best part of the site is the interaction. As a member you can comment on every video as well as rate it. Guys can and do re-submit improved videos based on your suggestions. One of my suggestions has already been set as a challenge, and all models can see what you've commented on their videos and reply, though not all do.
The flash streaming, at a decent 700x390 size, is smooth and quick with no buffering and slowness. Downloads are WMV and you can choose from 640x360 or 960x540 - they're DRM-free and quite short, so quick to download. Photos have only been added recently and are just screencaps, but are a good size of downloadable JPEGs. Quality is amateur - the lighting and camera angles can be a bit off - but watchable and in keeping with the theme.
The guys are mainly British and white but there's a couple of South American and non-white British guys and new guys are added all the time. All are under 30 but there's a good range of body types and looks.
Overall the site isn't perfect, but it's new and still growing, and the webmaster seems genuinely keen to listen and make a unique concept work, and it's improving all the time. As the site grows, I can see this becoming my first 90-plus site. For now despite the flaws, the sheer sexiness and uniqueness of the site - it's the first site I've intentionally stayed a member of for more than the first month - means it gets a richly deserved 89 - my highest rating so far. |
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08-28-11 11:40pm
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Reluctant Young Men
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75.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
+ Realistic, pretty hardcore spanking
+ The straight guys seem genuinely straight to me
+ Fair amount of verbal in the videos, which I love
+ No DRM used
+ Sleazy, amateur feel unusual in a US site
+ Uses CCBill
+ Generally sexy models
+ Lives up to basic theme/promise of site |
Cons: |
- Expensive
- Recurring billing
- Seems to use regional billing - see below
- Updates only once a week
- Updates may only be part-scenes
- Video quality variable, average at best
- Audio quality also variable and average at best
- Not everything promised in the description
actually happens in the videos
- Very little sexual action - some masturbation only and that's in a minority of scenes
- Fussy, intrusive log-in system
- Streaming seems slow with lots of buffering. |
Bottom Line: |
The theme behind Reluctant Young Men is in the title - the men are there purely to earn money, do not enjoy being spanked, and have reluctantly agreed to do it for cash only. This in general seems to hold true - many of the models are belivably straight, and even the gay ones sometimes seem reluctant to do it. A minority of the videos do seem to show guys who are perhaps a bit more into it, but the spankings are hard and real and there's no acting here.
The video quality is variable and never goes above average - you can see it's an "amateur" site. The downloads are WMV, but I found the streamingly frustratingly slow - constant buffering meant long waits and gaps between scenes. Videos are 720x480 in WMV format. Photos are just sets of videocaps, with no zip files to download. The audio is only average too - audible but a bit muffled which is a shame as audio is important on a spanking site. Very much amateur production values here - sexy, but there's a trade off in quality.
The theme rarely changes - the majority of spankings are over-the-knee though a good range of implements are used. There's usually a reason given in the description as to why the guy is being spanked - turned up late for a shoot, didn't return calls etc. and sometimes other guys are brought in as witnesses.
The spanker is usually one older, chunky guy who isn't conventionally gorgeous but suits the role of a firm disciplining older male figure. He remains clothed throughout and is good at verbally humiliating the guys and reminding them that they are being paid by the viewers so to ensure we get a good look at his spanked ass etc. Sometimes if the guys cry and get remorseful he rubs some cream on their butts and gives them a hug to comfort them. Very occasionally he wanks them off too - but sadly this is rare.
I'd have preferred more of the comforting and and masturbating and maybe some more sexual contact at the end too. The site is very focused on spanking and it does it well, but sometimes you feel you'd like more variety in the guys both spanked and spanking, and maybe some costumes, different outfits and sceanrios to spice things up - the same format can quickly get a little repetitive.
The site is a pricey $34.95 a month on recurring billing - and when I paid it converted it straight to £25.83 which according to xe.com is actually $42.71 in US dollars, meaning they added several dollars on to an already price subscription for me in the UK. Thankfully it's CCBill so it was easy for me to cancel the recurring subscription.
The log-in system is frustrating - you have to log in with your username and password every time, it won't allow you to stay logged in - and you have to re-login before you watch or download each video - and if you forget to check the "remember me" box each and every time, it will forget you on the next video, even in the same session.
Most frustrating about the site was the lack of some things promised in the description - sometime it promised a guy would be rubbed and hugged at the end but he wasn't, and one guy was supposed to have been kept in a chastity device and was about to be masturbated for the first time in a month - but they didn't even show the chastity device or it coming off, which ruined the whole point of the scene.
This is a pretty hardcore spanking site and it does show real, fairly serious spanking with no acting so if you're a spanking purist, you'll probably like it. The verbal descriptions are sexy and there are some horny little twists, but overall for me there was too much promised and not delivered on, the quality wasn't good enough, the variety wasn't there and it wasn't sexy enough. For the very expensive price, these failings were a little too much to forgive. If you adore hardcore, pure spanking it might just be worth it, but personally I won't be re-joining. |
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08-17-11 05:10pm
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MaleJunction Videos
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79.0
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Status: |
Was a member approx. 5 months prior to this review.
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Pros: |
* Unique content yet a good range - inter-generational, group parties, bukkake, CD/TV.
* Very friendly service
* Non-recurring billing on ALL deals(no recurring billing on any deal - info on TBP is incorrect as far as I can see).
* CCBill used for payment
* Package deals to save cash
* Can view videos on a pay-per-view basis (though this is pricey)
* Genuine possibility of appearing on the site if you like
* Relaxed, amateur feel is very sexy!
* Very good selection of guys from old to young, slim to chubby, hairy to smooth etc. |
Cons: |
- Cannot download videos - streaming only.
- I think $19.99 a month is too pricey for a streaming-only website when others offer downloads for the same price (though discounts are available if you subscribe longer)
- Not updated often enough and no definite update schedule
- Not loads of content right now
- Good range of genres but with limited number of videos maeans you only get a few of each - currently on two CD/TV videos for example
- Newsletter very infrequent
- Very amateur feel to site - sexy but they are charging the same as other more professional, content-rich sites. |
Bottom Line: |
This sells itself as an "inter-generational" site, mature-younger, but there's also solo, younger-younger and event (group) scenes.
It seems to be run by a group of keen amateurs with a core group of models, who hold regular themed events with guest "stars" and "extras".
The events all have different themes such as bukkake, blindfolds and strippers. Most involve either a strip/sex show on a makeshift stage for a naked audience (audience participation is encouraged) or a themed group/orgy scene.
Most of the "extras" are very ordinary with some not so attractive, but I find that a turn-on - it's all regular guys having fun.
The site encourages you to come along to the shoot and get involved - you can wear a mask! I can't see myself there, but it's a hot fantasy so you never know, you may see me up there one day!
A query I had was answered quickly with a friendly personal e-mail from the site owners.
My two main issues with the site are, firstly, it's streaming-only.
This is a big minus for me though as I love to download and keep my favourite scenes, and whilst $19.99 a month is reasonable, it puts it against sites which charge the same and allow you to download. In their defence on this issue though, they do not rebill - TBP has them as doing recurring billing on the pay-monthly deal but the site contradicts this and says all plans do NOT recur - and this was the case when I joined.
This improves value but brings me to my next complaint - the site updates five videos at a time, but has no set schedule and updates seem to be getting less frequent. They show you on the home page when they update and I am sure there have been no new videos for at least a month.
Still, they let you know when there are new videos in the preview area so with no recurring billing, you can subscribe as and when you choose.
I can't offer much technical info as there are no downloads and I don't know much about how to describe streaming video, but it was clear and downloaded quickly with no stuttering. I don't think much in the way of photos are provided, just a handful of screencaps for each video.
Overall well worth a look and some unique content, but until it offers downloads and updates more regularly, I think it will be a very rare occasional purchase for me. |
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08-01-11 08:43am
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Bound In Public
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80.0
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Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
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Pros: |
* Unique content
* High production values
* No DRM
* Choice of WMV or MP4 files
* Hot models with guy-next-door paticipants
* Updated with one big scene reliably once a week
* Excellent smooth flash player with large screen, loads real fast and lets you jump around instantly.
* High quality, high-res videos are crystal clear and smooth, and brilliant camerawork - very professional.
* Superb customer service
* Lots of feedback on videos
* Decent $29.95 per month often discounted by $10 |
Cons: |
- Main odels are hot but need more variety - mainly white, American, clean-cut with good bodies.
- Same models in several scenes
- Not a massive archive of footage yet
- Sometimes I miss the more raw amateur feel
- Many "straight" models don't even come near to being convincing, some poor acting.
- Live cams cost extra
- No access to other network sites
- Some imagination in scenarios but can get a little samey. |
Bottom Line: |
Basic idea - one hot guy is "forced" to be naked in front of groups of guys, tied up, humiliated and made to serve.
I love the way the site sticks to the basic idea of all the guys focusing on the one guy relentlessly instead of pairing off with each other. Also good - the main model is usually classically hot, but some more ordinary guys get to use them too! They show some imagination in the scenarios and there's a good amount of outdoor action in some pretty public places!
They have a few recurring themes - one is the "gay mafia" where a queeny model is harassed by a "straight" guy who is then stripped and humiliated by a bunch of toughs from the gay mafia. Sounds my ultimate fantasy but sadly the "straight" guy is sometimes swishier/camper than the gay guy he's supposedly abusing, and the fantasy is totally cut out when you see the before and after videos in which the "straight" guy couldn't make it clearer he's really gay!
Many have commented that the interviews ruin the fantasy. I think they are there for legal reasons, but other sites have done it and made it hot - the models agree they did it of their own free will, but keep up the act - reluctant and ashamed, admitting they only did it for money. Not here - the guys grin all over their happy gay little faces! They should have the interviews as seperate scenes so you could have choice, but they're still covered legally.
The standard price is $29.95, which is reasonable, but sign up for their mailing list and it's often "on sale" at $19.95 for a month.
The video quality is awesome - beautifully shot & crystal clear. The downloads offer a choice of MP4 or WVM in 1280x720 resolution (lower res is also available) and the in-browser flash works flawlessly. Great customer service, feedback is encouraged - a class act.
For all this technical brilliance, I didn't renew. They've got the production values, hot models and slick camerawork - but they've forgotten that kink is supposed to be sleazy and naughty - no matter how hardcore the action, it somehow feels unreal, a little sanitized. I enjoyed it and would join again now and then, but somehow they need they keep the quality but regain a little sleaziness!
Combine the technical brilliance and service of this American site with the raw sleaze of a British one, you'd get perfection! This site gets right what the British ones don't, but sadly the reverse is also true. |
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07-11-11 09:06am
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CFNM.net
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71.0
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Status: |
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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Updated: |
07-10-11 08:23am (Update History)
Reason: Decided 79 was too generous given massive flaw on site
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Pros: |
* Loads of exclusive content
* True to CFNM concept - most CFNM sites aren't
* Handsome models, good range of guys
* Surpisingly well-acted by male & female models
* Really good range of imaginative scenarios
* Streaming and downloading options
* No DRM as far as I can see - but see review for full details as there are some issues here
* British-based with mainly sexy British guys and women
* Lots of content suitable for gay male viewers too
* Regular updates
* Lively user forum |
Cons: |
- Very pricey - $39.95 first month, then $34.95
- Recurring subscription - needing manual cancel.
- Usual chaotic site design from this studio.
- No access or discounts to other sister sites.
- Some videos only available on sister site - costs same again to join, not updated, uses intrusive DRM AND expires downloads after 30 days!
- Forum interesting, but no feedback to comments, though some evidence they do read/act on them.
- Many of the stories are photosets only in basic galleries - no way of knowing which ones will be video and which photoset-only.
- Could do with some slightly older guys. |
Bottom Line: |
Another potentially awesome site from this studio that gets the porn so right but basics so wrong!
First the good - CFNM.net provides the absolute best, most imaginative, well-acted scenarios with great models. No other site comes close - period.
They understand the CFNM concept perfectly. Clothed Female/Naked Male means just that - the women's clothes stay on, fully, all the time - and are attractive without being so revealing that the women might as well be naked too.
I know I'm writing from a gay man's point of view, but to me, those sites miss the point. The clue is in the name- it's about men being shown off naked for the enjoyment of clothed women.
There's two camps with CFNM - some focus more on humiliating the men and some more on him showing off and enjoying it too. I like both - but prefer the former which this site does lean more towards. It provides a good choice though - some confident men, most humiliated but in a teasing way and some more hardcore with some moderate S&M.
I won't dwell on the usual flaws from the studio - crap search, chaotic layout, and very expensive.
However this site is unique in one famous problem. Apparently it used to have all the content, then they spun off all the video content to a sister site, CFNM.TV, so you had to join both sites - no discount - to see the video content you used to get from one.
I've been a member of this site and CFMN.TV and it seems that they spun off about 30 titles to CFMN.TV but then had partial change of heart.
CFNM.TV hasn't been updated in ages and CFMN.net now seems to get videos posted on it again - but the best videos remain on CFNM.TV. You can't even just sign up to CFMN.TV once to download them becuase they have vile, intrusive DRM which deletes downloads after 30 days if you leave the site, and won't work on any other OS than Windows.
This, and their odd policy of some scenarios having video and some not, means you can see a great story only to find it either has no video, or the video is at CFNM.TV.
If they'd just admit their mistake, close down CFMN.TV and make the videos non-DRM on CFMN.net I'd rejoin like a shot - despite the flaws I'd gladly pay just for the quality of the content.
A deeply flawed site I so want to love but can't!! |
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07-10-11 08:19am
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First Auditions
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69.0
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Status: |
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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Updated: |
09-19-11 09:30am (Update History)
Reason: Further editing to keep updated reivew within 60-line limit.
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Pros: |
UPDATED FOR SEPT 2011 WITH NEW EXPERIENCES!
* Good concept - straight guys interviewed for porn and you often see them on the sister sites.
* Going since 2005 and has hundreds of men and videos
* Roleplay is often surprisingly convincing, and many of the guys do appear genuinely straight.
* Lots of sexy British guys but also good selection from around the world.
* No DRM, all downloadable for keeps.
* Mac Friendly.
* Unique Content.
* Some bonus content from sister studios - CFNM, CMNM, Straight Hell and Brutal Tops
* Cool "Groping Hands" scenes add extra spice. |
Cons: |
- NEW UPDATE SEPT 2011 "Second Audition" concept hot but only 1 video so far a month from launch. Still no new "Groping Hands", and no new guest studio stuff since May 2011.
- Expensive - $39.95 first month, then $34.95 p/m
- Recurring billing has to be manually cancelled
- Site is chaotic with few search options.
- Majority of early 2005/06 shoots are photos only. Most shoots to 2009 haveno streaming.
- Camerawork can be shoddy
- Very "samey" - little variation in each video.
- Little feedback - no forum, can't rate/comment on most videos
- Choice of tiny 480x270 "standard" video or small 640x360 so-called "high quality" WMV files, though newer ones also have Quicktime MOV files at 850x480 |
Bottom Line: |
First Auditions is a pretty unique site. Many cater for the whole "gay for pay/auditions" thing, but this site does it in a uniquely sexy, degrading way - and you see which men made it to make porn for their other sites.
All the models are "straight" men who are supposed to be auditioning for porn - so far, so normal. This site is unique in that the men are interviewed clothed, then made to strip and pose in the most undignified positions by a fully clothed gay cameraman, who asks probing questions about their personal lives and how far they'd be willing to go in porn with other men.
They're also great at finding men who are hot, but who come from a wide range of backgrounds, really do look like ordinary guys and really do look (mostly) straight or bi-curious - these guys are real, not models and haven't done porno before.
They also have the "Groping Hands" concept - each guy is made to stand and be groped and felt up by male hands - the men themselves are not seen. Later, they have to be strapped in a examination chair with their legs spread to take a dildo up the ass, then be masturbated until they cum. There's a hot little scene at the end where they ask them if they feel ashamed of what they did, would they suck a mans cock for money, etc. which is really sexy.
It doesn't sound like a lot - there's no actual sex happening here, but it's refreshingly new and works well. The majority of the guys appear convincingly straight. They are made to pose, answer questions, be measured and weighed and generally pretty well humiliated.
Groping Hands is the best part of the site, but seems to have been introduced for 2010 and then dropped. The camerawork can be shaky and shoddy due to the guy having to film and interview and touch the guys all at the same time.
The organisation is a bit chaotic and whilst they now allow you to search by models nationality, you can't search by age etc. There's some bonus material from their sister sites - especially good for us UK viewers who get to see some from sites supposedly not available in the UK!
UPDATE 19.9.2011
I rejoined First Auditions when they added a new "Second Auditions" feature, which involved persuading the models to have sex with men, doing all things they said they wouldn't do in their "First Audition" interview. It sounded kinda cheesy as a concept but when I joined the first "Second Audition" video was extremely hot, but after a month it remained the only one of the site - all the updates after that were standard First Auditions.
As they've stopped the guest studios and Groping Hands, and don't seem to be committed to the new Second Auditions feature, I was very disappointed as Second Auditons was my only reason for rejoining and they made such a big deal out of it.
The updates have also become less frequent and more erratic - you more often wait a whole week The quantity is dropping off majorly too - I noticed in March 2011 there were no less than 19 updates - on average more than every 2 days - but it steadily declined from then on - 14 in April, 8 in May, 7 in June and July and a dismal 6 in August - and when I left the site on Sept 18th they'd only done 4 so far that month.
The best content was always the more unusual Groping Hands, Second Auditions or even guest studio stuff - the plain old First Auditions are as samey and dull as ever. Now they're focusing almost exclusively on that and doing a lot less of it, I feel they've just given up on this site and are doing the bare minimum to keep it going.
I've downgraded the site to a 69 from 75. It would be even lower but it's worth joining once just to download the archived Groping Hands, guest studio and (one!) Second Auditions stuff - but then cancel your membership - nothing more to see here! |
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07-09-11 04:43pm
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