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Da GFs
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Large network
- 10 sites
- Over 3700 videos
- Updating
- Mix of American and Eastern European / Russian models
- TBP Discount |
Cons: |
- Confusing site design
- Low quality videos
- Most videos are fairly old
- If there is HD quality available I haven’t found it
- Lots of ads and upsells
- Most appears to be non-exclusive
- Many videos don’t credit the female talent
- Can only move ahead or back two pages at a time
- Download speeds can vary widely |
Bottom Line: |
I’ll do my best to be objective here, but it’s fair to say that my porn collecting long ago reached a point where I’m more selective about what I collect and therefore avoid sites that are more like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I clearly didn’t do any due diligence before joining this network (I joined through Broken Teens, which sounded like something I might like) because I was really disappointed to see that this is mostly a network of older, non-exclusive generic porn videos that can be found on many other sites.
To start with the good news, the network is large. It has 10 themed sites (more on that below) and over 3700 videos in the network. The models are a mix of American and Eastern European / Russian which is good for some variety. The network does update but not on what looks like a regular schedule. It appears that a new video is added to the network every three or four days. But sadly, that’s about all the good I can write about this network.
The sites all have themes but those appear to be nothing more than mere names. For example, Broken Teens has the tag line of “The Most Extreme Teen Porn Videos on the Internet.” With a name and tag line like those I joined the site with some expectations but learned that the site’s definition of both teen and extreme aren't anything like mine. Much of the material on this one site could just have easily gone into one of their girlfriend sites and some of it could even find a suitable home on their MILF site.
The network and sites aren't well laid out. For a site this large there needs to be a cohesive design so that the porn is easy to find and download and this network lacks that. I found the layout, tags and search functions didn’t work well. To make matters worse, there are a lot of scenes here that don’t even list the female talent so finding some scenes with models you like could come down to luck.
One reason that the site is so confusing is that it seems they put more emphasis on ads and upsells than they do on the porn that they have to offer.
The TBP review of the network said that some of the material is likely exclusive. I can’t say for certain but I didn’t see anything that I could easily identify as exclusive and the network certainly doesn’t do anything to differentiate any exclusive scenes from the others.
The TBP review also said that there was some HD offered and that may be the case also but I didn’t find any. To be fair, I didn’t spend nearly as much time on this site as I normally would because the site layout is poor and the all the videos I’ve downloaded were relatively low quality. I’ll likely cancel my membership well before the end of the month and chalk this up as a bad experience.
The scenes that I did download to check out were available in either 360p or 720p. These came in at 640x360, 1300kb/s and 29fps and 1280x720, 2300kb/s and 29fps. Given that these specs aren't really up to 2017 standards it shouldn’t be a surprise that the video quality isn't that good. Download speeds also varied a lot. One minute I could get 40MB/s and the next I might be lucky to get 2MB/s.
A minor annoyance, but one made worse on a site this size, is that moving between the pages can only be done two at a time. With 158 pages that’s a lot of clicking.
The bottom line is that this site can offer a lot of value to some members, especially given that there is a TBP discount. The people who could get a lot of value out of this network are those who favour quantity over quality – and I mean no disrespect by that. A network like this would be a great upgrade for someone who uses tube sites and wants to start collecting. But I’m guessing that the value proposition is much different for most of us active PU members who are more serious collectors. For us, the value proposition is low and our porn dollars would be better spent elsewhere. |
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03-12-17 03:43pm
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Review
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Fetish Network
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Large network (44 sites, close to 4000 scenes)
- Wide range of fetish niches covered
- TBP discount
- Updates often |
Cons: |
- Scene resolutions mislabelled
- Most sites no longer update
- Many scenes are repetitive with a specific site
- Download speeds drop off occasionally during every download
- Huge gap between top resolutions
- Can only advance through the almost 100 pages four at a time (but there is a work-around) |
Bottom Line: |
This is a difficult network to write a detailed review on because it’s so large and covers a wide range of fetishes. In some ways that’s good, but in other ways it means that many members will find a lot of scenes that they have no interest in.
By no measure is this a small network. There are currently just under 4000 videos spread across 44 sites and those sites cover a broad range of fetishes and offer some subtle differences between the sites within a fetish. The number of sites and the fetishes available are:
• 17 BDSM / Bondage (sites with coercion, kidnapping, rope, devices, amateur, etc.)
• 2 teen (brainwashing, step-siblings)
• 3 spanking
• 6 femdom
• 2 footdom
• 5 smothering
• 3 smoking
• 1 Taboo (step-father – step-daughter)
• 3 legs and nylons
• 1 jerk-off instructions (Seriously? Maybe I’m unique, but I think I have that pretty much under control…)
• 1 girl-girl domme
The update schedule is erratic as sometimes there is a new video uploaded every day but sometimes it can be three or four days between an upload. It should also be noted that not all sites update so if you join for one specific you may not see regular updates at that favorite site for weeks as the updates are spread among all the active sites.
Mbaya did a review of one of the sites on this network (Brutal Castings – which you should read even if you have no interest in that specific site but are thinking of joining the network) and noted that this site was very repetitive. I agree with mbaya and can report that this is an issue with several of the s active sites. Brutal Castings is probably the worst for being repetitive, but it isn't alone.
While no one can argue that the network offers quantity, quality may be an issue for many. The first videos on the site were posted back in 2007 so no one is expecting 2015 standards for these, but they should be better than what they are. For even newer videos many of them are only available in lower resolutions.
A beef I’ve had with several sites recently is that they have a wide chasm between the two top resolutions available. To make matters worse here though, the stated resolutions are far off what is really offered. The newest videos boast an available resolution of 4320p (does that exist yet?) which are actually 1920x1080 with bitrates that vary from 3000-9000kb/s. The next resolution available on newer scenes is billed as 1080p but those only come in at 960x540 and 1500 kb/s. Apart from false promises, this is a wide chasm between resolutions and for someone like me who likes to split the difference between appearance and file size this makes for a tough choice.
Slightly older videos (2013) still say they’re “4320p” but come in at 1280x720. By 2012 the best offered in 800x450 at 1500kb/s. By 2009 and older the resolutions range from bad to worse. Unless you really have a thing for a specific fetish these older videos are generally very poor quality.
Two things worth noting are that you can only advance the page views by four at a time, so if you’re looking to go to page 50 of 94 you’ll be in for a lot of clicking and waiting. The good news though is that you can enter a page number on the URL and go directly to a page. A site shouldn’t make you have to find a work-around just to advance multiple pages though.
The other issue is a bit more of a problem. On every video I downloaded I faced this problem. It occurred throughout my membership and occurred regardless of the time of day or day of the week that I downloaded: the video download speeds varied from very fast to abysmal during EVERY download. I would see speeds as high as 25MB/s and they would drop to 14kb/s for times during the download. Overall, the time to download a scene was about average even with the speeds dropping off occasionally.
One point that may be of interest to some is that the network site called Taboo Sex Diary is done by the same crew that now has the Desperate Pleasures site. For me, who likes the incest theme, this is good news. But the bad news is that these are possibly the lowest quality videos on the site, even though they’re dated 2014. My guess is that they were shot a while ago and only uploaded in 2014. Even though the thumbnails are branded as “HD,” the best resolution available on this site is 480x270 at 700kb/s. I guess their definition of HD is different from mine.
As for a recommendation, I’m really on the fence here. Some of the scenes are good if you’re into the specific fetish but that’s all this site has going for it. There is a TBP discount but considering the full price is $40 and the discount price is $30 it’s still expensive. I realize that fetish material is more expensive to make, but other sites do it better for the same fees. The deal-breaker for me though is the low scene resolutions on many of the scenes. My advice is that unless there is a site, niche or scene you can’t live without you’re better off spending your porn dollars elsewhere. |
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10-09-15 05:24am
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Review
278
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Jim Slip
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Many top Eastern European and Russian models
- Serves the older guy / younger girl niche
- 600 scenes (see below for better description of this number)
- Site began in 2003
- Newest files available in 1080p, 720p and 540p
- Newer files have download options
- Supports download managers for queuing scenes
- Streaming available with same options as downloads
- TBP discount
- Updates with one file per week (usually only half a scene) |
Cons: |
- Most updates are divided into 2 parts and added over a two-week timeframe
- Too many broken links
- Files don’t have unique names that identify them
- Language barriers can reduce the model interaction
- Close to half the available scenes are low resolution and split into segments |
Bottom Line: |
I know that other reviewers have given higher scores and more positive reviews, but I can’t share a lot of that optimism. For me a site needs to have great porn and be a great site to get a high score but there are exceptions. If a site offers unique porn in an underserved niche then I’m more willing to overlook some of the site’s flaws. For Jim Slip, however, the porn isn't so unique as to allow me to overlook some of the site’s major flaws. I realize that taking this position opens the door to a lot of subjectivity so I’ll try to justify why I think this site could use a lot of improvement.
The site’s primary niche is older man / younger woman porn, a niche that I really like. So for that reason this site had been on my radar for a while before I finally joined. I’m glad I waited as will become apparent below. While I like the niche, the fact that Jim books most of his models from Eastern Europe and Russia means that many of them don’t have good or any English skills so the interaction between them is sometimes limited. The interaction between the performers is usually what creates the heat in a scene and the less interaction means less heat, in my opinion.
Another niche that may be of interest is that Jim’s wife Lara, a hot MILF, sometimes appears in the scenes with the girls. This doesn’t happen often enough for me to suggest that you buy a membership just to see these scenes. The membership includes Lara’s site but this review focuses solely on Jim Slip.
Since the site has been around a while it can be a stroll through Eastern European / Russian porn. The site certainly has most of the top EE/Russian model from the past 12 years though some of the models are less than A-list.
The site currently has about 600 videos uploaded with a new video being offered once a week. There are several big caveats to that number though. The first is that many, and perhaps most, of the scene are uploaded in two parts with the first part being uploaded one week and the second the following week. The split doesn’t occur at some obvious break in the scene, nor does it split up an unusually long scene. Most of the scenes run about an hour with about 30 minutes being uploaded per week. (One file is added per week.) So with this in mind, the actual number of full scenes is less than 600. My educated guess is that there might be 350-400 full scenes.
The second major flaw with the scenes is that many of them are unwatchable by today’s standards. The site has been around since 2003 and from that date to August 2009 the videos were as low as 320x240 and only reached 480x360 with low bitrates. To make matters worse, these videos can’t be downloaded as a single file; for many of them there could be eight or more files required for the full scene. I’m no technical expert, but if there was a way to remaster these to a better resolution and combine them into a single file that would go a long way to improving the site. What this means for a member is that almost half of the videos are poor quality and in segments.
Starting in August 2009 the files became available in 1280x720 with bitrates that range from low to reasonable. Then, in July 2010 1920x1080 files became available with bitrates hitting as high as 12000kb/s. Currently there are about 90 files (or approximately 45 full scenes) offered in this resolution, with other options being the 720p and 540p.
Streaming is also available in the same available download resolutions for each scene,
Another flaw is that for a commercial site there are far too many broken links. I didn’t download a lot from the site and I still encountered dozens of dead links. In many cases a lower resolution of the scene was available, but this really shouldn’t occur.
The site does permit you to use a download manager to queue up scenes and I had no problem with the links timing out. Other users report that the site won’t allow multiple downloads but I can’t confirm that as I don’t do that. Download speeds were average to slightly better than average. One minor flaw is that all the files are named with a generic name; “fullcomplete” is the current name though it is different on older files. Be prepared to rename files as you download them.
Would I recommend this site? Probably not unless there is some compelling reason for you to do so. If there is a must-have scene with a model you collect or you really like this niche then it may be worth it to join. There is a TBP/PU discount that makes the membership a slightly better value. But the porn itself isn't particularly great; there are better older guy / younger girl sites out there and there are better sites that feature the same models. And most of those sites offer better resolutions, fewer dead links and better download options, including the full scene being uploaded all at once. I wouldn’t say don’t join this site, but it’s unlikely that I’ll be back. |
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09-09-15 05:39pm
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Review
279
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VIP Members
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- 32 sites
- Covers broad range of niches
- Huge collection of videos
- Supports download managers |
Cons: |
- Site design is dated and not user-friendly
- Individual site layout is difficult to use
- Some videos appear on multiple sites
- Misleading number of sites
- Poor video quality |
Bottom Line: |
Lately I’m much less of a fan of the all-you-can-eat-buffet approach that these large networks offer. Sure, they often offer a wide range of material so that most porn buyers can find something they like, but in most cases they do that at the expense of quality. With this site, the site itself and the videos they offer certainly lack the quality I’ve come to associate with smaller sites.
Before I wade into the main review I need to explain that I’ll be missing some details. The network is large and the videos are often available on several sites within the network which makes it seem bigger than it really is. But it also makes it impossible to say how many videos are available. I think a fair estimate is at least 1000 and likely more. Quantity isn’t a problem here. The other problem is that none of the scenes are dated so it isn’t possible to determine anything about updates. More on that later.
As networks go this one seems to have a broader scope than many. The sites range from solo girl softcore to extreme pissing sites. In between there are standard hardcore sites, several that feature pregnant models and a lactation site. I won’t list the sites because that list is long and most of them (but not all) are listed at the TBP page. One thing to note is that while the network shows 49 sites 17 of those lead to a site called 4Real Amateurs. I didn’t log into that site so I can’t comment. That leaves 32 actual sites as part of the network.
The sites all open in their own page with a standard layout and that layout isn’t user friendly. This is hard to describe, but the videos are each laid out on a ‘panel’ with a thumbnail and a brief description but the area each takes up is varied so the ‘panels’ for each scene end up in disarray. It isn’t bad, but for some who prefers order and logic it is a bit annoying.
As I noted above, I can’t give a definitive answer on updates, but it looks like there are no new exclusive updates. In the sites that look like they’ve added something recently those updates have been licenced by other sites. VIPissy, for example, has the newer content on the peeing sites. Other sites don’t seem to be updating at all.
Another indication that the sites may not be updating is the quality of the video available. This is probably the biggest flaw in the network. The video quality varies widely across the network but that’s to be expected given that some of the videos are likely more than a decade old. I did find some videos that were 1920x1080 which I’d normally praise. But the bitrate and frames-per-second rate are low at 4200kb/s and 20fps. These videos don’t look good on a 24” monitor. Object edges look pixilated. It’s fair to point out that you don’t have to look too hard to find videos that are 320x240 and 200kb/s.
The site supports download managers. I had no problem with links timing out, but then with the small size of some of the files that should be a problem anyway.
This network provides quantity over quality. Unless there are specific scenes you’re looking for my advice is to find a good niche site elsewhere. This network has a lot more wrong than right. |
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11-05-14 04:14pm
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Review
280
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Broke Amateurs
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Decent sized site (135 scenes)
- Some attractive women
- Supports download managers
- Streaming available
- Lots of rimming (yes, I consider this a pro)
- Scenes are hard without being abusive
- Updates |
Cons: |
- No HD
- Highest resolution is barely industry standard
- Seems to be using even lower resolution now
- Many broken links
- Some scenes are streaming only
- No customer support
- Some women not attractive |
Bottom Line: |
I recently discovered that I like ‘amateur’ porn. The qualifier for that is that I like porn that uses models that obviously have some interest in the adult industry and are now trying video, as opposed to a couple who record themselves and post it on the ‘net.
The setup here is pretty much the same as used on similar sites like Exploited College Girls: the scene begins with an interview of the model, she gets naked, there is oral and then sex. I think this formula works so I don’t find it repetitive, but I can see that some might. Most of the sex is vaginal, but there are several scenes that feature anal too, but not enough that I’d consider this an anal site. One controversial sex act that does occur often is female on male rimming, which occurs in a majority of the scenes. I like watching that, so I find it a positive, but I understand that I’m probably in a minority.
Most of the scenes are around 45-50 minutes long. While the female models are asked to do things they probably wouldn’t do in real life, the scenes are in no way abusive as can occur on other sites. There is no face fucking or other extreme acts like that.
Most of the models are quite attractive and there is a decent variety among body types so that most members can say they found a lot of models that suit their tastes. As with ‘amateur’ sites though, there can be some models who are questionable. I swear that one of the models looks like a younger Geddy Lee. And as a Rush fan, it pains me to say that. It could have been worse though: the model could have looked like Neil Peart or Alex Lifeson.
Unfortunately the bad outweighs the good on this site. The material itself is well shot (while there is a lot of POV it is well done), lighted and edited. Most of the women are attractive and most of the sex is fun to watch. The site is let down by the web design itself and what is actually made available to members.
The site is simple and I have no problem with that. It is a small site with 135 scenes available so there is no need for a fancy layout and powerful search function. It would be nice to see some tags but I can live without those. Of the problems on the site, one of them is that the 135 scenes are only theoretically available. I didn’t count them, but there are many dead links for pages and more for downloads.
Speaking of downloads, this is the biggest problem with the site: all of the older material is offered in only 320x240 resolution. (Only one download choice is offered per scene. Or, if you prefer, the only option is take it or leave it.) I can’t be convinced that they were anywhere near state-of-the-art even when they were uploaded. The site did improve that when they upgraded the downloads to 720x480. Those are passable and look pretty good on a 24” monitor, but get pretty grainy on a large TV. More options would be better, including an HD download choice.
But wait! It gets worse!
It appears that the site may have made a choice to actually revert back to the 320x240 size. I say this for three reasons: 1) the newest update is low resolution, 2) a blog update in late August reported that the site would be only using low resolution downloads to thwart theft, and 3) a couple of emails to the site to ask if my suspicions were true went unanswered.
If it’s true that the site has reverted to low res for downloads, this alone will cause me to not recommend the site and not rejoin. I get that piracy is hurting porn, and probably hurting smaller sites more than big sites, but surely there is a better way to curb piracy than kicking your customers in the balls. I’m an active porn buyer and I frequently rejoin sites, but if this is what I get, I won’t be back.
Two relatively minor issues too: 1) if you have an option for members to contact you, you should read your email and respond. If you don’t respond, then don’t make the option available, and 2) the third most recent update features a stunning young lass who puts on a great performance, but for some reason it is only offered in streaming. This really cheesed me off, and my reasonable question on future availability went unanswered.
As for some technical stuff, the site updates with approximately one new scene being added weekly. It also supports download managers with no obvious timeouts or download limits.
This is some decent amateur porn that is let down by a too-amateur site. I could live with that but if my suspicions are correct that they are making things even worse for members I can’t recommend the site. If the site responds to this review or to my email with some information on better downloads then I’ll reconsider my refusal to recommend and the score. |
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10-03-13 06:39pm
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Nude In SF
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- One of only a few remaining American public nudity sites
- Low price
- Offers zips for photos
- Bills through CCBill
- May still be updating |
Cons: |
- Small site
- Very few videos
- Video resolution is low
- Most video links are broken
- Updates may be recycled
- No recognizable models
- Photo sets broken into several zips |
Bottom Line: |
This is a small site in a rare niche so I thought it would be worth joining at least once. The niche is public nudity in an American setting and those sites are getting harder to find, likely because the material is getting harder to make. Nude in LA doesn’t even exist any longer, and the best American public nudity site – Teasers VOD – was ordered to stop producing scenes by the LA city government a while back so there will be no more updates from them.
This site is definitely small. There are only 33 models here with the look being more to the amateur side of the business. That’s neither a pro or a con, but merely a fact. You won’t find porn stars here like you used to be able to at some other public sites. The models appear to be all in their 20s with varying body types and few with tattoos. Overall, the models are pretty attractive.
There is truth in some advertising, and the name of the site follows that rule: there is only one theme here: models in San Francisco shed their clothes and walk around in public areas being photographed.
For a video collector, this site doesn’t have a lot to offer. Actually, that’s being far too generous. Of all the photo shoots it seems odd that there are only a dozen videos available. That’s bad enough, but it actually gets worse. Of the video links less than half actually work. But that may be the best news because the resolutions are so poor that even what is here is almost unwatchable. The resolution is only 640x360 at 1200kb/s and 15fps. Subjectively they look terrible. They look so bad on a 23” monitor that the watermark is almost unreadable. The technical aspect of the videos is so bad that I haven’t watched them so I can’t comment on their artistic merit. I should also add that the videos are also short – most are about 3mins long.
Things are better with the photos. The number of photos for models varies from less than 50 to just over 1000. The average is about 300 photos per model. The resolutions aren’t too bad with the majority at 1752x2628. Newer photos are higher at 3744x5616, but there aren’t many of those.
The site allows download managers but they aren’t really effective or necessary since the zip files are so small, with most being approximately 6MB. The problem is that for each photo set there may be 10 or more zips. If a model has a lot of shoots then you’ll be downloading a lot of zips – one model has over 60 zip files for her photos. Some of the zips have only two photos in them.
There appears to be a relatively new feature called a “Nude Map” where the model’s route through public areas is mapped on Google Maps. This would be an innovative idea for a public nudity site but I can’t figure out how to get it to work. There is some evidence that this feature isn’t live yet even though it is being heavily promoted.
The big question I have about the site that I can’t give a definitive answer to is whether the site is still updating. I think it is, but it appears that it is updating with mostly older material and whether that was shot a while ago and only made available now or whether it is recycled material I can’t say. The latest update was today (April 29) and the copyright on those photos is 2013, but most of the more recent updates have copyrights in 2010 and older. The latest video was uploaded in February and it looks as bad as the rest, which may indicate that it was actually recorded a long time ago. But in fairness to the site, they do have a list of updates and there are updates added at least twice a month. Whether those are really ‘new’ photos though could be open to debate.
The site does actually offer a fairly good value, but only because it is cheap and not because it offers a lot of good material. They offer a $4.95 fee for a week of access that will rebill higher. The good news is that unless you still live with dial-up from the 1990s you can download everything they have in that time. With a decent internet connection you can have everything you want in under an hour. It also bills through CCBill so you can have some confidence that cancelling will be easy. (The page at TBP says that the membership is $4.95 for two weeks, but that isn’t what the site is offering now.)
So can I recommend this site? Yes, but only to someone with a narrow interest in this niche who prefers photos. As a video collector I was badly disappointed, but the photos are decent. (Actually, they’re not ‘decent’ since they feature young ladies naked in public, but you get what I mean.) The small site size and limited offerings are offset by the low price, so if you need a fix of photos of nude models in the streets, this might scratch an itch for you. |
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04-29-13 06:34pm
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Review
282
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Microminimus
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Broad range of model types
- Logically laid out
- Good mix of amateur and pro models
- High quality photos
- Low annual price |
Cons: |
- Photos only, no videos
- No zip options
- Multiple clicks to get to high-res pics
- Some overlap with their free site
- Some topless, none nude
- No monthly membership, annual only |
Bottom Line: |
This isn’t a porn site in the traditional sense. I’m merely stating an objective fact for prospective members rather than making a subjective judgment. Whether the site is worth joining is probably up to how much you like what they have to offer, which, I guess, is one way that this is definitely like a porn site.
Microminimus is the ‘community’ site for Wicked Weasel Bikinis. WW is an Australian swimwear company known for making ‘barely there’ swimwear like micro-thongs. They also offer swimwear made of see-through material. There are also some accessories, but the overall theme of the company is skimpy swimwear. This site offers photos of WW’s professional models as well as submissions from their happy customers.
The site is logically laid out. Photos can be sorted by newly added, updated, popular and wallpapers. Also on offer are photo sets from ‘competitions.’ These are set around a theme, Christmas, for example, and users submit photos and members vote on them. I find these are a great mix and so far I’ve spent a lot of my time on the site here. There are also archives for Cover Girls (seems that this can be a pro or amateur) and contributor archives. Another advantage is that they offer archives of the photos of their professional models that they use at their main site where they sell their bikinis.
There does appear to be some overlap between what is available for free at the commercial site and this ‘community’ site though I really have no idea how extensive that overlap is. There is a difference though: on the free site you only get lower-res photos while on the paid site you get access to higher-res photos. That may not be such a big deal though as the low-res photos on the free site are close and in some cases larger than the low-res photos on the paid site. (The low-res on both free and pay are approximately 950x663.) The higher resolution photos come in at 853x1280. That’s not much of a difference and it might not be a big enough difference to counter the work you have to go through to get the higher-res photos. The only lure for spending the $25 annual fee to join will probably be access to more photos, not higher-res photos.
The way the site is laid out and the overlap among how the galleries are organized it is pretty much impossible for me to say with any certainty how many galleries and photos there are here. There are certainly hundreds of photos, and more likely well over a thousand. Ten thousand? I doubt it.
Because the site relies so much on user-submitted photos there are a broad range of model types here. There are models who look like they could easily get modelling work at legitimate fashion shoots, models who could easily get work on adult sets, and models who probably shouldn’t model. I realize that may seem harsh, but some women shouldn’t wear WW bikinis. You don’t see me flaunting my 46-year-old body in a speedo. (Photos available upon request…)
The photo types themselves vary, but there is one certainty: this site doesn’t have full nudity. Some of the models go topless, some don’t. Some of the photo competitions specifically prohibit topless submissions. I find this very odd. Why make that choice? My guess is that the photos can then be used as marketing on their public site to drive sales. Even with the ban on nudity many of the photos can be pretty risqué. We are, after all, seeing photos of women in micro-mini bikinis that are often made out of translucent material. Some of us older guys can still draw on the days when our imaginations played a role in arousal.
If the site has a major flaw (and it DOES have a major flaw) it is that there are no gallery zips offered. So if you like a particular model or theme then be prepared to work to get what you want. To make matters worse, clicking on a photo opens the lower-res version. To get the higher-res version you have to go near the upper-left corner of the screen a click an icon which will then open the high-res photo in a new window. Then you can save it. And close the new window. And go back on the original page to click on another photo to start the labourious process all over again. If I wanted a hobby that required work I’d take up cabinetry.
So can I recommend this site? No, I can’t, but I don’t feel too bad about that since this really isn’t a site that fits well here either. I think the target market for this site is someone who’s girlfriend posts pics here and you want to show those off. If they offered zips I might lean to recommending it (but probably still wouldn’t). If they offered video I might think about recommending it, but they don’t. The good news is that it isn’t expensive at $25 per year. The bad news is that I now have to remember to cancel the membership in 11 months. |
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02-01-13 04:01pm
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My Public Dreams
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- A relatively large site in an under-served niche
- 56 videos
- 80 photo sets
- Zips available
- Updates weekly |
Cons: |
- Sloooow download speeds
- Doesn’t support download managers
- Not particularly titillating or erotic
- Poor camera work
- Photos are low resolution |
Bottom Line: |
I think most members here would agree with me that for a site to be good it has to have more than just decent porn. The site needs to be easy to navigate and the material needs to be reasonably accessible. That latter part is where My Public Dream fails. In 2012 having download speeds that top out at 300kb/s doesn’t cut it, especially when the site offers some files that are getting close to 1GB in size.
The site’s premise is simple: take attractive Eastern European models and get them naked in public. Most of the scenes appear* to add some boy/girl hardcore to the mix.
I’m a big fan of this genre and one constant issue with it is that if it isn’t done right then all the heat and titillation can get lost. Unfortunately this site seems to* make this mistake. I think European public nudity sites tend to lose some heat and titillation simply because public nudity isn’t the huge taboo that it is in North America. The problem is that the public nudity can just seem common and normal. The best public nudity scenes (in my opinion) show the model as being nervous and excited at the same time while being nude in public. (As an aside, I noticed that one American NIP site, Nude in L.A. appears to be gone, at least temporarily.) My Public Dreams falls into the trap of making public nudity seem like an everyday occurrence. It might seem hard to do, but a lot of NIP (Nude in Public) sites can take an attractive and nude model and make that unerotic.
The site design is also pretty simple and basic. That’s not a bad thing though. There are tabs for updates, videos and photo sets. Once on those respective pages there is a single column of scenes that can be downloaded. For the videos, clicking the download link opens another page with the download or streaming options, while you can open the photo set for single pictures or download a zip right from the main photo page. There is no discernable search function, but it really isn’t needed either.
As of this writing there are 56 videos and 80 photo sets available. The site seems to update weekly with one photo set OR one video being added each week.
The site is modern in that they do offer multiple ways to see the videos. On the scene page there is the option to stream it there and there are download links below that. The videos are available in WMV format (codec 8) at 1280x720, 720x400 and 480x272. Mpeg files are available at 384x240. There are resolutions available for mobile devices too. I give full marks to this small site for offering HD, but keep in mind that they don’t offer any reasonable access to that material. The download speeds are so slow that it is practically impossible to download the HD material unless you’re very, very patient.
I only downloaded the 720x400 size (which still took 15+ minutes to download a 300MB file). The reported size is what you get, but subjectively they don’t look great. I noticed some pixilation. I can’t speak for the other formats or sizes, but the 720x400 plays at 25fps.
Adding to the grief of slow download speeds is that the site doesn’t seem to allow download managers. I normally use Free Download Manager to queue up scenes to be downloaded one at a time, but I couldn’t use that. I had to download within my browser, which made the download speeds even slower.
One problem with the few scenes that I did download and watch is that the camera work is poor. Like a lot of NIP sites they have to rely on a handheld camera. The camera movement is at best distracting and at worse nausea inducing. The last thing I need is for my brain to start associating naked women with the need to barf.
Photos are also available, as singles or as zips. The resolution is low though, at only 800x444. I’m not a huge photo collector, but when I collect photos I want them to be better quality than this.
For fans of the NIP niche, it can be hard to find new material so you may be tempted to join this site. There may be some excellent material here, but I didn’t find it. The slow download speeds are this site’s Achilles Heel and until that gets fixed I wouldn’t recommend a membership here.
* My apologies to anyone relying on this review to make a decision as to whether or not to buy a membership. Normally I spend a lot of time with a site and the material on it and can make definitive statements. I have to confess that I can’t do that here. I found the slow download speeds so annoying that I didn’t download a lot. I cancelled my membership pretty quickly and left disappointed. |
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02-26-12 09:01am
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Take 5 Girls
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- New site
- Introductory offer for membership
- Beautiful models
- Models aren’t overdone
- Seems to be growing |
Cons: |
- Very small site
- Pics are low resolution
- Pics lack a zip option
- Videos are low resolution
- Videos are short in duration
- Very softcore (may be a positive to some) |
Bottom Line: |
Caveat emptor certainly applies here. I was lured in by a special introductory price and only then saw the flaws in the site.
To be fair, I can imagine that it must be really difficult to start a new adult website when you’re using (semi?) exclusive material. Your startup costs must be high and your cash flow likely only trickles in for a while. Having said that though, this site appears to have cut a few corners.
The site’s biggest flaw for now is its size. This is a small site though they seem to be adding new material. The last addition was about two weeks ago but they are advertising a new model as ‘coming soon.’ Based on the updates there it looks like they add a model and then over a week put up five sets / scenes of her.
The concept of “Take 5” might be a flaw too. It appears that all models have only five sets or scenes on the site. The majority of models have four photo sets and one video, but two of the models have three and two. As the site grows (which I hope it will) that will mean a lot of variety in models but the downside will be limited material for a model you really like.
The sets and scenes aren’t up to 2011 standards. Photos are only 797x1200 and are much lower resolution than other similar sites. The biggest issue with the pictures though is the lack of a zip option. That’s a deal-breaker for me. I like photos though I’m more of a video collector, but if I like a model I’d certainly download zipped sets of photos. But I’m not going to sit at my computer for hours saving single photos. But with only 26 photo sets on offer now, that could be an option.
For someone who prefers videos, this site is a big disappointment. There are only nine videos on the site as I write this. The longest video is just short of 11 minutes long, the others are around five minutes long. The biggest problem with the videos is their resolution. The site promotes them as HD, but they measure that by some means that is foreign to me. The videos are 864x480 and 1700kbps, which, as I understand it, can’t be understood as being HD. The videos are offered in three different formats: QuickTime, WMV (Codec 9) and a smaller version for mobile devices. I downloaded the WMV versions because of a personal preference but I downloaded one QT file to see if the quality was better. It is marginally better.
The site appears to support download managers (I use Free Download Manager) but with just nine videos on the site it doesn’t really make a difference. I downloaded all nine videos in less than ten minutes. Download speeds were up to standard.
There isn’t a search function but one isn’t needed either at this point. You click on a model’s picture and it opens into her page with the five sets and scenes listed using large thumbnails.
The models appear to be mostly exclusive, though as otoh noted in his comment about the site there is some overlap with Breath Takers. I’m not familiar with BT, but I don’t doubt otoh when he says that there appears to be some sharing. (This seems odd in that BT and Take 5 are listed as having different parent companies at TBP. Maybe take 5 was spun of for some reason.)
The models themselves aren’t typical porn queens, and I mean that as a positive, not a negative. They look like women you’d see on the street in any city, and with a few exceptions the makeup isn’t overdone.
Subjectively, the models are very attractive but the sets / scenes are a little too soft for my tastes. The one g/g scene is so tame they could legally show it on Canadian Television after 10PM.
The site is new, so I’m hoping that they grow and do well. They’re offering a special introductory price of $14.95 but I have no idea how long that will last. Even at that lower price this isn’t a good value yet, so the site will probably only appeal to people who like a specific model. For a new site though, they aren’t up to industry standards for the technical bits. Being new, I’d certainly cut them some slack on the quantity, but the quality should have been at least up to normal standards from the beginning. Why start a site in 2011 and offer 2008 quality? |
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10-30-11 07:09am
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Gag Factor
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Part of a network (five sites in total)
- I only paid $13.95 when I joined through Jerkoff Zone (but read that review before you decide on whether this is a good way for you to join)
- Pics available
- Free Download Manager works well
- Updates (one scene per week)
- Streaming available
- Downloads available
- Supports download managers (no obvious time-out issues)
- Bills through CCBill |
Cons: |
- Not great value for the full membership price ($29.95)
- Low quality videos for newer uploads
- Very low quality videos for older uploads
- Scenes aren’t associated with the DVD title and number
- No zips for pics
- Only one video file option
- A lot of overlap with other JM Productions sites
- No search function
- Very basic layout |
Bottom Line: |
I joined this site because it was offered to me at a discount when I joined Jerkoff Zone. Both are from the porn studio JM Productions (JMP). I don’t know if this is a standard offer, but even at the discounted price the site isn’t a great value so I wouldn’t recommend paying full price.
If you’re not familiar with JMP or Gag Factor, think of Facial Abuse or Max Hardcore turned down to 9. It’s still very rough, but not as rough as Max or FA. The series uses well known porn models and face fucks them. There is lots of gagging, runny noses and eyes and general unpleasantness. At least the guys aren’t as misogynistic as the ones at Facial Abuse.
JMP made about 30 volumes of the Gag Factor series and most of those had about 10 scenes in them. The site has most of what was produced, with a total of just under 340 scenes. 29 of the scenes are BTS material. I can’t fault the site for lack of material (though I do wish JMP brought that thoroughness to other series’ offered online).
What I can fault JMP for is the lack of quality in the material. The newest scenes are posted in one version only – wmv at 640x480 and 2100kbps. This resolution has been available since February 2008, which means that about one-third of the scenes are in this ‘high’ res format. In 2008 this resolution wouldn’t have been impressive, and it certainly isn’t now. What that also means, then, is that two-thirds of the scenes are only available in resolutions lower than the ‘high res’ files now being offered. Many of the oldest scenes are available at 320x240 with 360kbps. By today’s standards, these are virtually unwatchable. I doubt that they were state-of-the-art when they were posted in 2003.
A lesser complaint is the very basic layout of the site. The main member page is one long page with all the scenes listed. You get basic information on the scene and one small thumbnail. You get the star name, number of pics in the set, length of the video and the date the scene was added. What you don’t get is the volume number from the series for those looking to catalogue the scenes that way. With each scene description there is a link that takes you to a separate page. From there you can see and download the pictures (no zips are available) and stream or download the video. More recent videos have only the option of downloading the full video, while older postings have that and the option to break it down into segments. There is no search function, but since the site itself is relatively small and the niche is narrow there really is no need for one.
The pictures aren’t stellar in quality with a resolution of 750x500. That holds for the oldest and newest pics on the site. The number of pics per scene varies but ranges between 20 and 70 with the average in the 50s.
A membership here gives you free access to four other JMP sites, but that isn’t obvious right away. From Gag Factor you get access to two sites, and it’s only when you go to one of those that you see access to two further sites. The extra sites are:
• American Bukkake – scenes from American Bukkake, American Gokkun, Lesbian Bukkake and Reverse Bukkake series’
• Hardcore Fuck Machines – scenes from Fuck Machines series
• Overstuffed Holes – scenes from Over Stuffed series
• Ghetto Swarm – scenes from White Trash Whore series
The additional sites don’t merit a full review each, but I will post some specific details as a comment on each site’s page here.
One problem with these sites is that there is some overlap with the main JMP site, Jerkoff Zone. The same scene may be posted twice but in vastly different qualities. But since the scenes aren’t easily associated with the DVD title and volume it is difficult to know this before you download anything. What that means is that you’ll likely download duplicates of several scenes and delete the lowest resolution.
I can’t fault the site for the quantity because it appears they’ve made a lot of their Gag Factor scenes available here. But as a stand-alone site 300 scenes isn’t a lot, and not worth $30. The bigger problem, as I noted in my review of Jerkoff Zone, is that the site just doesn’t live up to the standard that I expected from JMP. JMP stuff may not be for everyone, but what they do, they do it well. And the website doesn’t do it any justice.
This site, even with the add-ons isn’t a good value for the full price. It’s not a lot better at the discounted price either. So unless you’re a huge JMP fan and are looking for an obscure scene that you can’t get elsewhere, I’d stay away. It bothers me to say that too, because I like JMP and would love to see them offer a great product at a decent price that would allow them to continue making great product. Their intended market must be elsewhere, because they aren’t looking for it on the internet. |
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09-26-11 04:23am
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Adult Film Sex Stars
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Full trial – 2 days for $4.95
- Bonus sites available |
Cons: |
- This site is not ready for prime time
- Dead links from videos
- Photos zipped but I was unable to unzip them
- Nothing here that can’t be found on more reliable websites (Videobox) |
Bottom Line: |
I’m always on the hunt for new DVD sites since these are my preferred niche. I’ve amassed a pretty decent collection of porn DVDs using sites like this and Videobox.
But… that last comment is a bit misleading – there is no way that Adult Film Sex Stars can be realistically compared to a site like Videobox. The only comparison is that they both offer mainstream hardcore videos by the major studios. Any similarity ends there.
Adult Film Sex Stars has approximately 365 DVD titles on their site, which makes it a decent value, but a problem is that most of the DVDs are also available on Videobox which has thousands of titles available. If you’re looking for DVDs, Videobox offers the better value by far.
If the relatively small size of Adult Film Sex Stars was the only problem I’d feel compelled to recommend it just to give it some support as it grows, but size definitely isn’t the only problem here. The site also boasts of having many scenes available too, and it looks like they can deliver with hundreds of pages of scenes that aren’t affiliated with any DVD title (though they are not exclusive content). The problem is that there is no obvious way to download them. Each screencap is a link that opens in a separate page where there is a link called “Download Video.” But the link doesn’t appear to work on any of the videos. Right clicking it and trying to use ‘save as’ reveals that the link is really an HTML link. Left clicking to open the link brings you to one of the bonus sites where, presumably you may have to then search there for the scene you wanted to download. Why a scene promising, for example, Anita Blue getting fucked would link to Club Taylor Rain is beyond me. And this has to be more than a rare screw-up since all of the scenes link to one of the bonus sites. There does not appear to be any way to download any of the scenes from Adult Film Sex Stars.
When searching through the list of models on the site you find that many only have photos available. If you’re into photos this can’t be a bad thing can it? Well, maybe it can. I’ll admit that I’m not particularly computer savvy, but downloading a zipped photo set has never been a problem before this. I tried downloading multiple photo sets, which are all zipped. Then I tried unpacking the sets using Winrar, which is usually idiot proof. But Winrar couldn’t unpack any of the sets – all I got was a warning that the files were an unknown format (they are all .zip) or damaged. I’m presuming the latter.
The bottom line is that this site has a very amateur feel to it, and not in a good way. My guess is that someone wanted to make some money and bought access to some licenced material and created a site. The problem is that while it’s a decent effort it really isn’t ready for prime time yet. I can’t recommend taking a membership – even the full trial isn’t a great value given all the problems in the site. |
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06-13-10 09:37am
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Biohazard Bitches
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65.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
If you're looking for hardcore, this site has it
Download speeds were good
Video quality is average |
Cons: |
Only about 15-20% of the material is original.
Most of the material is just taken from movies that you can get cheaper at other sites (like Videobox)
The additional 22 sites with the VIP membership aren't worth looking at. |
Bottom Line: |
There is some decent extreme hardcore material if you like this stuff, but until they have more original clips I'd recommend waiting.
Don't let the fact that the membership gives you access to 22 sites. The additional sites have almost no value. They are small and hard to navigate. Finally, the additional sites don't really fit well with Biohazard Bitches. It's a pretty extreme site and the others are all really tame. Don't factor them into your buying decision. |
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07-16-07 09:58am
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Premium Pass
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63.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Tens of thousands of videos
- Some of videos appear to be exclusive
- Some videos have decent resolutions |
Cons: |
- Few and irregular updates
- Most sites not updating
- A lot of overlap between sites
- The one main site uses low-quality updates
- Almost a clone of Pornstar Network |
Bottom Line: |
This review may be a lot more ambiguous than what I normally write but I seem to have more questions than answers about this site (these sites?).
The network is made up of 25 pornstar sites, a mega-site, a ‘meduim-sized’ site and four niche sites. I can’t even give an educated guess as to how many DVDs or scenes are available here because there is a lot of overlap between the ‘sites,’ but it would be safe to say that there are tens of thousands of videos here. Sounds enticing, doesn’t it?
Of the 25 pornstar sites only four are updating and the update schedules of those can be generously described as sporadic. There can be two updates in a week and then eight months until the next one. The niche sites no longer update. The medium-sized site, called Premium Pass also doesn’t update. The mega-site, Premium Vids, updates with a new DVD being added almost daily. That sounds okay doesn’t it?
But maybe not. I haven’t been a member at Pornstar Network in a while, but having had a membership at PSN a couple of years ago I was immediately struck that Premium Vids is exactly the same as PSN. Comparing the PSN tour pages to PV shows that PSN says they have a lot more videos though, but that may be a result of PSN requiring an upgrade to access all their videos. This is just speculation, but maybe PSN minus the upgrade-required vids equals Premium Vids.
If that isn't a big enough issue, the mega-site relies heavily, and perhaps exclusively, on lower-tier studios with unknown models. Many of these are also very old so the video quality is pretty bad too.
I did check the video quality on some of the later updates on the pornstar sites and those are not bad at 1280x720. I suspect the proportion of videos with that resolution is quite low.
I can’t say for certain, but a lot of the videos on the pornstar sites seem to be exclusive (with the possible exception of Pornstar Network).
Perhaps the strangest thing I experienced with this site is that as an avid porn collector I downloaded exactly zero videos from this site (other than a couple of samples to check resolutions – which were then deleted). This occurs so rarely that I’m not even sure if it has happened to me.
So would I recommend this site? Only to a narrow group of collectors who find that a favorite model has some scenes here and he just has to get them. Other than that I’d stay away from this site. It’s mostly a collection of older videos, many of them from low-grade studios with unknown models. If you have $20 to spend on a porn membership you can do a lot better than this.
I think high praise of a site is to tell readers that I liked it so much that’s I’ll definitely be rejoining it again. In this case, it’s fair to say that I’ll never join Premium Pass again.
(Luckily, cancelling my membership was easy.) |
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05-20-15 05:30pm
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German Goo Girls
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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: |
- Unique style
- Unusual niche
- Almost 800 DVDs available to stream or download
- Updates with a new DVD approximately every two weeks
- Wide mix of models (age and body type)
- Casting and BTS videos |
Cons: |
- Bills through a questionable biller
- Can’t download individual scenes
- Some of the models aren't particularly attractive
- Inconsistent (but mostly slow) download speeds
- Outdated site design
- Some failed downloads |
Bottom Line: |
WARNING!!! This site bills through Centrobill, a biller that many of us here, me included, have had problems with in the past. The complaint is that memberships very difficult to cancel. I first started the cancellation process five days ago and have yet to be successful. You should note that our fellow PU member ‘jook’ reported that he had no issues cancelling a membership to a different site that also uses this biller. It seems that the combination of this site and this biller causes problems. If you want to join this site use a pre-paid credit card and have insufficient balance on it when your renewal comes.
I’m sure that most porn collectors know German Goo Girls whether or not they have any interest in the niche. The videos feature elements of hardcore sex, (vaginal and occasionally anal), bukkake, gokkun, cum play, snowballing, piss play, piss drinking and analingus. Many of the downloadable DVDs have two or three ‘scenes’ on them and each scene features one, two, or more rarely, three women taking on multiple men. The scenes are shot in the GGG studio where black is the primary colour but the lighting still makes the action visible. It’s hard to peg this porn into a particular niche since it straddles so many, but suffice it to say that this is extreme hardcore.
The DVDs on the site fall into two broad categories, older and newer. Obviously there are technical differences but the older DVDs tend to lean more towards traditional bukkake or gokkun where the newer ones have more variety and seem to have more sex too. There is also a whole series of “Best Of” and “casting” DVDs. Some may criticize that there are too many best of DVDs when there could be more actual DVDs but I like ‘best of’ in this context.
While most of the models are German there are some well-known Eastern European and Russian models who make appearances. Ages range from 18 to likely 40-ish and physical appearances vary a lot too. That variety is good news for people who like a specific body type or ‘older’ women.
The site only allows downloads of complete DVDs rather than breaking each one down into scenes. I downloaded many DVDs where I wanted a scene with a specific model but also had to take a scene or two I’ll likely never watch.
GGG has been around since 1997 though the oldest videos on the site were uploaded in 2003. There is no production date given so I don’t know those. The site does appear to update with a new DVD being added approximately every two weeks. There are currently about 780 DVDs on the site. I have no information as to whether or not the site is affiliated with John Thompson, the GGG creator. Part of me hopes it isn't because the porn is badly let down by some serious problems with the site.
The site itself has the look and feel of one designed 10-15 years ago. It isn't difficult to use or illogically laid out but its design has been surpassed by most other sites years ago.
Download speeds are inconsistent here. I regularly hit maximum download speeds on other porn sites of 40MB/s. On rare occasions here I saw speeds of about 20MB/s. It was much more common to see speeds below 10MB/s. But by far the most common speeds I saw were 2MB/s or lower. I tried on different days and at different times of the day over the time I used the membership but on average the speeds were less than a tenth of what I get with other sites
There isn't much consistency with scene resolutions either. Every DVD on the site lists availability in 1920x1080, 1280x720 and 852x480 but those don’t always line up with what the actual file is, especially with the older videos. It’s best to think of the options as high, medium and low. The file size is listed so you can make a good guess as to the resolution based on that and the DVD length.
I downloaded a few 1080p and they have a low bitrate of 4000kb/s but they look pretty good. I mostly downloaded the 720p files (2700kb/s) and found that some of those get a bit pixilated at times.
The site seems to allow download managers but I didn’t queue-up any scenes simply because the download times for a 1GB file could take more than 20 minutes. I also had some issues with downloads failing in the middle of downloading.
Someone here recommended Legal Porno as a substitute for GGG. While the style of porn is quite different this suggestion has some merit: LP is extreme and features EE and Russian models but it also has a modern site, good download speeds and a good billing reputation.
My recommendation for GGG is very limited: if you collect specific scenes or are a fan of this specific niche then you still may want to join knowing the site’s serious flaws. And if you do join and Centrobill is your biller, use a pre-paid card. For most porn collectors though, the combination of an outdated website, relatively low resolution scenes, frequently abysmal download speeds and a biller with a bad reputation probably make this site best to avoid. |
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02-26-18 04:31pm
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Melissa Pass
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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: |
- Five sites of four good-looking amateurs
- Supports download managers
- Bills through CC Bill |
Cons: |
- Site is dated
- Videos low resolution
- Most videos are broken into parts even though they’re very small
- Photos not available in zips
- Undated uploads but doesn’t appear to be updating |
Bottom Line: |
I joined this small network based on the tour pages and the sample videos that I was able to download and watch. The problem with this approach is that I figured that the size and resolution of the videos were low and small precisely because they were previews. After joining the site I learned that the quality in the member’s pages was no better.
I joined primarily because the sites in the network seemed to have a public nudity theme and that’s a niche I’m interested in. For fans of that genre there is a fair bit here but the network’s shortcomings likely outweigh any advantages. To be fair, this is some decent public nudity. Where it loses marks in my measure is that they trade off brazenness for heat. Val, for example, makes a lot out of her arrest and 30 days in jail for public nudity and then flaunts that by wearing pasties and panties that match her skin tone to attract more police attention. There isn't a lot of sexual heat in those shoots.
There is some girl/girl and very little boy/girl (oral only) so don’t join expecting to see these models in hardcore action.
The network has five sites but one of them is a cam site and I didn’t check it out. I’m not really into those and I don’t want to risk additional charges for something I don’t want. So this review is of the four solo girl sites on the network. The four models are all young, petite and attractive. They all have a wholesome look popular in many amateur models. The girls and their sites are:
• Val Midwest – 45 videos and photo sets
• Melissa Midwest – 40 videos and 96 photo sets
• Foxy Jacky – 20 videos and 76 photo sets
• Sweet Adri – 12 videos and 79 photo sets
The site has some fairly serious flaws for both video and photo collectors. For video collectors the biggest drawbacks will be the low resolutions used and the fact that even short videos tend to be broken into parts. The highest resolutions I saw were 720x480 which are marginal at best. But when you consider that some of these videos have bitrates below 1000kb/s those are well below current standards. The best of the videos aren’t that good and the worst are badly pixilated. Some of the videos are 640x480.
I can’t give you photo guys much information here. I don’t normally collect photos but I certainly don’t if I have to download them one at a time. Yes, this site doesn’t offer zipped photosets.
You may be thinking that the reason for these problems is that these videos and pictures were made many years ago. That’s a fair question but since one model has videos and photos of her 2013 appearance in Hustler magazine it seems that the site does have newer content. Much of the material here could be older though based on a comment that exotics4me made in 2013 about having been a member there ‘years ago.’
I can’t provide any clear answer on whether any of the sites updates or not as they don’t date any of the uploads. I’ve been a member less than a week and my plan is to cancel my membership today and not bother going back. Even if there were new uploads the resolutions are so low as to not have me too interested in getting them. The good news about cancelling is that the site bills through CC Bill so that won’t be a problem. My educated guess, however, is that none of the sites are updating on any regular schedule.
The site supports download managers but the file sizes are so small that they aren’t really needed.
I can’t say if this will be an issue with other users and I’ll be cancelling my membership and have no reason to go back, but while it is true that you get access to 5 sites with your network membership you must sign in through the site you joined through. Once in that site you have access to all the sites. What I don’t know is if the content on the additional sites is limited in any way. I have no way to check that.
If you do choose to join you’ll note that they offer a three-month membership. My advice is to avoid that. I downloaded 90% of the videos from the four girl’s sites in less than an hour.
The bottom line is that unless you must have photos and videos from these specific models you’re best to spend your porn dollars elsewhere. The monthly fee is $30 and that’s very high for what you get. The models are hot, and there is definitely some interesting stuff for fans of public nudity, but the videos are too low resolution to have any real collectable value. And if you need the photos be prepared for a lot of clicking on your mouse. My advice is that if you’re interested you should consider this carefully: it’s a lot of money for some not-very-good porn. |
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12-08-14 03:38pm
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Wank Pass
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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: |
- Access to 44 Sites
- Interesting niche content
- Updates daily
- Site might be good for people who use streaming rather than downloads
- Photos available |
Cons: |
- No usable search function
- No Stars named
- Meaningless file names
- Doesn’t support download managers
- Many scenes appear to be clips but the others in the series aren’t readily identified
- Must wait one minute between downloads
- Files only available in one format and size
- Scenes stream and play automatically
- Photos vary widely in quality
- No zips for photos |
Bottom Line: |
There are certain porn niches that I really like; two of those are public nudity and group sex parties. This network has several sites that offer material in those niches and since those sites that have this material are relatively rare I often take a chance when I find one. But given the reviews posted here and the information at TBP I should have avoided this site. I’ll skip right to the bottom line now: with a narrow exception, do not join this site!
I’ve said many times that I think for a porn site to be great it has to have good porn, the site needs to be well laid out and finally it has to be easily accessed or downloaded by the user. A lot of sites hit two of those targets but fail on a third and don’t become great sites. They’re stuck at merely good. It is arguable that this network offers good porn. I think they do: some of the material available is interesting and looks pretty good. But on the overall layout of the site and the ease of access by members this site falls flat.
The network is made up of 44 sites. Unlike a lot of other networks that follow a formula, this one has unique concepts for many of the sites. Most of the standard porn niches are covered, like teens , MILFs and cumshots, but rarer niches are also covered here, like feet, pubic hair, drunk girls, BBWs and femdom. What drew me in were several sites that feature a strip club motif and sites with public nudity and group sex parties.
While I like many of the unique niches available here the scenes themselves are just mediocre. In most cases the scenes are quite short. Many of the niche sites have scenes that average less than five minutes. The layout of each site is the same: there are 16 medium-sized thumbnails per page with a short, mostly useless description. Clicking on a thumbnail open that page where the scene starts streaming and playing automatically. This is a pet peeve of mine: I don’t like that it hogs bandwidth and I don’t like the audio surprises that come with sites like this. There is an option to download the scene too. The downloads are only available as mp4s and only in one resolution. That resolution varies from fairly low (720x480 at 1500kb/s) to fairly decent (1280x720 at 3500kb/s). I didn’t download a lot of material so I can’t really say how much is at the higher resolution.
I have a number of complaints about how the downloads are accessed. First, the file names are meaningless, consisting of just a number. I can live with that, but many of them include “part 1” as part of the title, obviously implying that there are other parts. I really don’t like scenes broken into parts in 2012 because for the vast majority of user it simply isn’t necessary, but to make matters worse, if the scenes actually are in clips the other clips in the scene aren’t identified. How do I find them? The name gives no clue and there isn’t even a usably search function if the names had any meaning.
The biggest flaw in downloading is something I’ve never seen before on a website. The site doesn’t allow download managers (which isn’t unique but still a very annoying) but the strange thing is a restriction that you have to wait one minute between downloads. This might not be such a big deal if the scenes were all 1GB files, but since many of the files are only 10MB or less that download in a few seconds, it is annoying to have to wait a full minute to download another. If you aren’t willing to provide reasonable access to your members then I think you really need to rethink your business model.
One bit of good news is that the network does update regularly with at least a dozen clips being added each day.
I can’t tell if the scenes are exclusive or not. I’ve not seen them anywhere else but given the wide variation in quality and the fact that they look like the same kind of clips that are available elsewhere I’m inclined to think that they aren’t exclusive. But I’m certainly open to correction on this point.
The site also offers photos. I didn’t spend a lot of time looking at them but I can report that the quality varies quite a bit and the site commits the serious sin of not allowing zipped downloads.
As for a recommendation, I’d only recommend a membership to a narrow group: you like the niches they offer, and you only like streaming video. If you’re a photo guy or you prefer to download videos, my recommendation is to avoid the site. It is disappointing to see some unique porn but to have access limited to it by some bad decisions. I definitely won’t be back. |
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10-08-12 08:51am
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Public Expose
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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: |
- $5.95 2-day trial membership with no restrictions
- Bills through CCBill
- Approximately 120 videos
- Multiple video download options
- Some attractive models
- Supports download managers |
Cons: |
- Mediocre quality videos
- Videos are all short duration
- Very small photo sets
- No photo zips available
- Small site
- Not part of any network to improve value
- No known models (to me, anyway)
- No updates since January 2010 |
Bottom Line: |
I’m a big fan of public nudity and I’m always looking for sites with good material. Unfortunately, Public Expose isn’t one of the better ones I’ve seen. It’s small, with only about 120 videos. The TBP review says that there are 148 videos, and it is correct that there are 148 videos on the site, but for some reason, there are many duplicate videos that even use the same name. There are approximately 120 unique videos here.
Having access to 120 public nudity videos shouldn’t be anything to complain about, but these videos are all quite short. They range in length from under one minute to just over five minutes. Most of the videos follow the same format in that an Eastern European woman is seen in some sort of an outdoor setting (fully dressed) and she flashes for the camera. If full nudity exists on this site, I’ve yet to see it. There are several scenes of two women flashing and making out a bit.
This may be subjective, but I found the scenes to be almost un-erotic: the models are mostly shy about flashing and many of the shoots are simply outdoors near other people. When I contrast some of the Eastern European public shoots available on ALS Scan and Public Disgrace, those on Public Expose come off looking pretty shabby. Certainly the women on Public Expose aren’t bad looking, but they aren’t great either. I don’t follow many Eastern European models, but I still didn’t recognize any of them.
Technically, the site was probably average when it was started several years ago, but it is well below what the average porn customer would expect today. Video resolution is quite low. It varies depending on which type of file you want and ranges from a low of 320x240 for a very low-res mpeg4 to ‘high’ of 720x540 (at 128kb/s) for a DivX avi file. I downloaded the DivX files simply assuming that since they were the largest they’d give the best quality, but if this is the best, it isn’t very good.
There are photos available, but the photo sets are very small – less than two dozen pics in some cases. That may be good news, though, when you learn that there is no zip option available.
If there is any good news about this site, it’s that they have a full trial available for just $5.95. Given that there are only 120-ish small videos on the site anyone with a half-decent internet connection can download every video in the five day trial period. And further taking from the value is that the site hasn’t updated in over a year.
Unless you’re a huge fan of public nudity and want to add this notch to your belt, I’d avoid it. It isn’t a bad value at the trial price if you go in with your eyes open and realize that you don’t get much for that fee. Just remember to cancel your membership before the trial ends. |
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05-25-11 12:32pm
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Lap Dance Gone Bad
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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: |
- Interesting niche
- A few great dancers
- A few well-known porn stars
- Discount for TBP/PU members
- Part of a small network of other sites
- Photos are available
- Files sizes come in two sizes |
Cons: |
- Very small site (only nine scenes)
- No updates
- Looks to have last updated when George W. Bush was still president… in his first term
- Scenes are broken up into smaller files
- Download speed would be considered fast only back when George W. Bush was president… in his first term
- No zip option for photos
- Trial membership is no longer available |
Bottom Line: |
EDIT - after spending time on the main sites of the network, I think the network is a decent value. See POVPorn.com review for more.
What PU doesn’t like strippers and lap dances? Certainly not me. I love the stripper niche, and I think lap dancing should replace that silly ‘sport’ where women dance around waving long ribbons at the Olympics. With lap dancing as an official ‘sport’ I could then double the amount of time spent watching the Olympics since I now only watch women’s beach volleyball. So when I discovered Lap Dance Gone Bad it was a no-brainer for me to give it a try.
This site is a pretty big disappointment. This is an under-served niche, and it isn’t exactly difficult porn to make. Hire a girl, put her on a set with a small stage and a pole, and let the fun begin. You’d think that they could churn this stuff out regularly. But they don’t. There are only nine scenes on this site. That’s nine, as in the number 9 and nothing else.
To make matters worse, of the nine scenes only one is available as a full-scene download. The others are made up of various smaller files. The files may have met industry standards when they were shot, but they certainly aren’t up to standard now. Most of the files are 480x360, so they are far from HD. Photos aren’t my thing, so I don’t really have any comments except to say that they are not available as a zip file.
The biggest technical issue that I have with this site is the download speeds. It was rare to see anything over 250KB/sec, which is well below what any of us would consider reasonable.
Apart from the small number of scenes and the slow downloads, if you like this niche these are fun scenes to watch. Most scenes feature porn stars (Haley Paige, for example) and the scene involves a blowjob and in a couple of cases, vaginal sex. There are no anal scenes at all. A couple of the scenes feature real strippers. I’m sure of this because of the talent they display on the brass pole. Unfortunately, the best dancer (Kylie) doesn’t use the other ‘pole’ in the room, leaving the guy to have a bit of a wank while she gyrates on him. This isn’t so much a lap dance gone bad, it’s more a lap dance gone wayward.
While I had hoped for a much larger site, the fact that there is a TPB/PU discount helps, but even the $19.95 price can’t nudge this into being a good value. If you really have an interest in this niche, you might consider it, or consider the additional material available on the bonus sites. Lap Dance Gone Bad appears to be one of the ‘bonus’ sites to the primary site, which is either Peter Girls or POV Porn. I’ll post a review of those when I have a look at them, but they aren’t really something that I’d join purposely.
The bottom line is that this is really buyer-beware. If you like lap dancing and don’t mind spending $20 to get nine scenes you might like this. Otherwise, the site is a poor value and I can’t recommend joining for this site alone. |
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12-12-10 01:57pm
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Adult Bouncer
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60.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- There is a lot of porn here in many different niches that isn't widely available elsewhere
- some availability of less mainstream porn like you'd find on Videobox
- download speeds are decent, I average high 200s KB/sec
- many sites offer options for file sizes
- DRMs seem to be all gone (and may they burn in hell for all eternity)
- No download limits
- the concept of one membership with access to many sites is great - if it worked |
Cons: |
- the prime site isn't too badly organized, but the sites that make up the network are so badly organized that some are almost unusable
- AB looks like it is a professionally run brokerage for sites thrown together by people who have no idea how to build a website
- AB has a good concept and it could work if they imposed standards
- there is a lot of duplication of scenes
- many links are dead or no longer updating but are still counted as part of the network |
Bottom Line: |
Let me state why I gave this site such a bad review even though it has a lot of great quality non-DRM porn on it. I don’t like to just pull random porn off the net. My preference is to look for scenes of certain stars. This site allows you to get lots of porn if your only criteria is ‘I’d like to see a scene of some large-breasted blonde doing anal.’ If you’re like me, however, and maybe want to find Star ABC in an anal scene, you’re mostly going to have to rely on luck.
To be fair to AB, they are just a broker for other sites. None of the sites have exclusive content, and most of the content can be found on several different sites. For AB’s part, navigation isn’t that bad. If you want a niche, use a pull-down menu and select it. Once you do that all the available sites that fall into that niche are shown. One problem here is that there seem to be a lot of dead links. Some sites haven’t updated in a while, but why wouldn’t AB take down the sites that simply no longer even exist?
It’s in the individual sites where things really fall apart. You might argue that AB can’t be blamed for that, but I don’t agree. AB oversees the sites and probably supplies most of the content, so why can’t they develop some standards and impose them?
Once you get into an individual site it is really a crap shoot as to how well it is organized. The best I’ve seen in there might rate a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. The worst are simply so frustrating that it’s best to just leave.
The biggest issue for me is that while all the sites have access to some great porn, many times it can simply be a crap shoot. If you want just any porn at all, click on a link and download something. What did you download? Maybe not what you thought you did. If you’re like me and don’t just want some essentially random stuff but are looking for specific movies, stars and scenes, you’re out of luck. I’ve not found a site yet that actually lists the performers with the scene. For some assistance I’ve used rame.net to get information and tried to narrow it down. Some sites use thumbnails, but I’ve found several examples where the thumbnails don’t match the scene. In one case I was on a site that had some movies I wanted but only the box cover was shown and then a list of numbered links. For example, on one site I found a movie that had a Leah Luv scene I wanted. Rame.net told me that it was scene 4, so without benefit of thumbnails I downloaded the file attached to link #4. It turned out though that that was actually scene 3 of the movie so I had downloaded a 350+MB file for nothing. After 3 tries I gave up without getting the scene I wanted. I did get a nice Naudia Nyce scene though – by accident.
Overall this is the most annoying site I have ever been a member of. My recommendation is that you spend your hard earned dollars elsewhere. The concept is great, but the execution is deeply flawed. I’m going back to Videobox… |
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10-13-08 10:35am
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295
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Hustler Unlimited, formerly Hustler
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- 12,000+ scenes
- Videos update daily
- Photos available
- Choices in scene resolutions
- Supports download managers
- TBP Discount |
Cons: |
- Illogical site design
- Decent porn let down by a poor site
- Difficult to sort scenes
- Updates are often older scene
- Photos haven’t updated in months
- Scenes start streaming automatically
- Hustler scenes are available on other websites |
Bottom Line: |
Warren Buffett is reported to have once said that it is good to learn from your mistakes but it is better to learn from other people’s mistakes. Sadly, I’m more Homer Simpson than Warren Buffet, so if I could title this review it would simply be called “D’oh!”
I recently had an email offer to join Hustler that didn’t make a lot of sense to refuse. I didn’t bother to do my usual due diligence and read the TBP/PU reviews. Had I done that I’d have seen that the overwhelming opinion was negative and the most recent review was from one of the best reviewers here, exotics4me, and he scored the site low. But I figured what could I lose by signing up? It turns out I lost $5 that I could have used towards a membership at a good site.
I’d say that Hustler is badly organized but that wouldn’t be entirely accurate as that implies that there is at least some attempt at organization. I don’t get that sense here. Let me give an example…
Hustler has been around for a long time and one of their showcase series is Barely Legal. Like it or not, any porn collector knows of it. So if you ran the Hustler website wouldn’t you want to showcase that? Apparently not. Barely Legal is exactly the kind of porn I look for and if there was a way to separate those scenes I wasn’t able to find it. On many occasions I opened a scene that had no obvious connection to the BL series and it was only on playing it that it was identified as such.
Speaking of playing the scenes, be warned that the scenes start streaming immediately when you open the page. I really wish sites wouldn’t do this.
Scene resolutions are all over the map and even the usual indicator of upload date has no real bearing on this. I encountered scenes that were relatively new (based on the model) that were available as high as 480p only. Many scenes are available at 720p but there is no way to sort by resolution. Some scenes, but not many, also offer 1080p. These look good but are few and far between and finding them is a fishing expedition.
Trying to sort by models isn't a big help either. When using the model index many don’t have a thumbnail photo – even though they are well-known stars. Sometimes the same model will be listed side-by-side with a different alias or spelling, as is the case for the late Amber Rayne who is also listed as Amber Rain... on the same page.
Some of the scenes are so badly edited for the site that they start as the sex is starting, though on the DVD there would be something before that. For example, in one Angel Smalls scene there is a dick in her within one second of the scene starting. Clearly this is just editing and all the set-up and foreplay has been removed.
Hustler is primarily a DVD company and while some of the videos can be identified by the DVD there is no way that I could find to sort the scenes by DVD title. If there is a title that indicates something you like, you may or may not find other scenes from the DVD. Sometimes those scenes are at the bottom of related scenes but sometimes they aren't.
The site does have a couple of things going for it. For one; it’s huge. There are currently over 12,000 scenes available with a new scene being added daily. There are sub-sites but I suspect that those are rolled into the overall count. (But that isn't exactly clear.) I should be clear that while a scene is added daily, that doesn’t mean the scene is new. A recent update featured a model who retired five years ago.
The other great thing about the site is that it offers all issues of the famous Hustler magazine from 2008 to the present. These are available on an easy-to-use interface that allows users to flip through the pages. I know this is nit-picking, but magazines aren't the draw they once were. As someone who discovered porn as an early-teen though Playboy, Penthouse and then Hustler, I would have relished the opportunity to see editions from the late-70s to the early-80s.
Unfortunately the positives of this site aren't many, so I’ll start back in with the negatives. I collect and catalogue scenes by the model in them and I was disappointed that a lot of scenes here simply don’t have any credits. While it isn't entirely accurate to say that these are non-exclusive scene (since they are Hustler scenes on the Hustler site) many of these are available elsewhere.
The bottom line for me is that this is a site that has some good porn that is seriously undermined by the site itself. In some reviews even when the site isn't well laid out I still feel comfortable recommending it to someone who is looking for a specific niche that the site fills. But in this case I can’t do that because the site is so poorly laid out that finding something specific would be more about luck than organization. I rarely give poor scores and reviews, but this site deserves it. Even with a TBP discount this site isn't a good value. |
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01-29-18 02:14pm
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Push Her Limits
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Affiliated with Metro studio
- Looks to be exclusive scenes
- Good production values
- Streaming resolution options
- Some photos available |
Cons: |
- Small site
- No longer updating
- Streaming only
- Doesn’t live up to its name |
Bottom Line: |
We’ve all been there: you buy a porn membership that based on the TBP/PU reviews and information you just know you shouldn’t buy. That’s what happened to me with Push Her Limits (PHL). In fairness to PHL, it isn't that the site or the scenes are bad; it’s more that the site died on the vine before it could become something better.
I’d normally lead off a review with the positive things that a site has to offer but that’s harder than usual here since there really isn't much that is positive. The porn offered here does appear to be exclusive and it does feature several top models. It’s also affiliated with a major studio (Metro) so the production values are good. This isn't an amateur site with poor lighting and bad editing.
Given the name of the site it should be no surprise that the site features rough sex. Most of the scenes have an element of force or coercion in them too. I realize that this kind of porn isn't for everyone but this is one of the many serious flaws that the site suffers from: the force/coercion scenario is too much to attract people who don’t like that kind of porn and it’s too mild to attract those who do like it. The site aims for the middle and doesn’t really hit any target. If you want porn that doesn’t play on the force/coercion theme we could all name dozens of great sites. Likewise, if asked for recommendations for good force/coercion fantasy porn many of us could recommend some great sites. But PHL isn't one of those.
The scenes follow a pattern that is common with this theme. The scene usually starts with an interview to make it clear that the model knows that the scene is rough and we see that she fully and explicitly consents to this. The scene itself follows a pattern where the model is captured or in some way vulnerable and is taken advantage of by the male talent. The scenes then conclude with an interview with both the male and female talent together where they talk about the scene.
The scenes themselves aren't bad. In fact, they are pretty good porn that is better described as on the edge of mainstream. The theme itself could be better used by throwing in some anal (there is none that I found) and maybe multiple men on one or two women. The force/coercion fantasy can be so much more than one-on-one sex.
Now on to the 800 lb. gorilla in the room; or, more accurately, the pair of gorillas. First, the site is streaming only. I know that isn't a deal-breaker for many people because that’s how they want to access their porn but I suspect that for the serious collectors who make up the active members at PU that is a deal-breaker. We collect porn and you can’t do that unless we are able to download it. The second gorilla is the real flaw in the site: it has only 11 scenes and hasn’t updated since May 2016. To make matters worse, there is no discounted TPB price so that means that each of these scenes will cost you close to $3 if you view all of them. As a collector, I don’t mind paying those prices for great porn, but the value proposition for PHL just isn't there.
While the site is streaming only it is worth noting that there are three resolutions available. The scenes stream in 300p, 720p and 1080p.
The site also offers photos but there are only a few dozen per scene and they aren't available as a zip.
I could be a sarcastic and point out that the site is reasonably well done and is laid out logically, but with only 11 scenes on offer how could it be otherwise?
The bottom line won’t be a surprise to anyone who has read this review: unless there is a very compelling reason for you to join this site it is better left alone. For both the casual porn user and the serious porn collector this site offers very little and does that at a high price. Unlike me, be sure to spend your porn dollars more carefully. |
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03-18-17 12:38pm
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297
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Elegant Angel
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- 521 DVDs, 2700+ scenes
- Many A-list models
- Typical mainstream porn
- Download and viewing options
- Easy-to-use site layout
- Supports download managers
- TBP discount |
Cons: |
- Hasn’t updated in six months
- Billing issues
- Credit card hack
- Generic file names |
Bottom Line: |
It appears that we may need to observe a moment of silence for a once-great studio. And if they aren't dead they are mortally wounded as they haven’t uploaded any new material in six months. That will hardly fill any prospective members with confidence. But it gets worse! I found the billing and cancelling processes to be deceptive and, perhaps coincidentally I’ll admit, within a short time of joining the site my credit card was hacked.
The Good:
Elegant Angel was once a powerhouse studio in the adult industry. They were a top-quality money-making machine going back many years. While they don’t have much of their back catalogue available here (from the 1990s and 2000s) there is a still a good collection of some great porn here. The available porn dates from the last ten years or so and features some of the biggest stars in the industry at the time each was shot. The site currently has over 2700 scenes on 521 DVDs.
The videos are streamed in two resolutions (no details on those are available) and there are four download options on the newest scenes: 320X180, 720x408, 1280x720 (3500kb/s) and 1920x1080 (8000kb/s). File sizes are reasonable for the two higher resolutions with the 720 files around 1GB and the 1080 files closer to 2GB. The older scenes (depending on when they were filmed) often only have two lower resolution files available.
The site allows download managers and I had no issues with the links timing out too quickly. There is also a great TBP discount offered so if you join be sure to do so through here.
The bad:
There has been nothing added to this site for the last six months. The last videos or pictures date from June 2016. I’ve read that the studio itself is in trouble and if the lack of videos here are any indication those rumours might be true.
Lack of updates in and of themselves isn't necessarily bad, in my opinion. 521 DVDs for $10 is still a great deal for a first-time member. It’s the subsequent rejoins when things become a problem. So the buyer definitely needs to be aware of this issue. (On a related note, the tour pages allow a prospective member to see what’s available with the upload date so there will be an opportunity to see if the site has been resurrected at some point.)
This is a minor complaint, but the site uses generic file names that don’t identify the scene so you’ll need to rename them as necessary as you go along.
The Ugly:
Elegant Angel bills through “psnbilling” and since I’ve signed up and cancelled memberships here before I wasn’t concerned. But this ‘biller’ doesn’t seem to be the actual biller now. When you want to cancel your membership and follow the links on the psnbiller page you end up on a page with several hyperlinks to known billers, such as Epoch. You have to then select who your actual biller was. But guess what? The email from psnbiller doesn’t identify who the actual biller was. No problem, right? Just check them all. I did that and none of those listed billers had any information on my membership. And the charge that showed up on my credit card was for “psnbilling.”
Billing B.S. like this serves no one well in the long run.
The good news is that I don’t really need to worry about cancelling my membership though. Within a short time after signing up to Elegant Angel through psnbilling my credit card was being used for purchases thousands of miles away. Since the card had to be cancelled, cancelling the membership isn't really an issue now.
Admittedly I can’t say for certain that my card was hacked through psnbilling but I hadn’t used the card in five days and then within an hour of signing up the number was being used fraudulently elsewhere. That’s a bit too much of a coincidence for me.
Obviously I can’t recommend anyone joining this site who has been a member in the recent past but given the billing issues and the rather coincidental credit card hack I’m not willing to recommend this site to anyone any longer. If the billing and security issues were resolved I’d certainly recommend the site to someone who’d never been a member before but unless there was clear evidence of those problems being resolved I’d say stay away. But since the only reply that I got from them regarding my credit card hack was to tell me that they’d rebill me until I cancelled then I’m going to take it that they don’t plan on fixing those problems. But since they caused me to have my credit card cancelled, good luck to them in rebilling.
How the mighty have fallen… |
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12-19-16 03:33pm
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Review
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Black Stepdad
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- TBP/PU discount
- Bills through Epoch
- Allows DL Managers to queue downloads
- Photos available |
Cons: |
- Small site (12 scenes)
- Hasn’t updated in months
- Uninspired porn
- Many B- and C-list porn models
- Uses racial stereotypes
- Misleading tour page |
Bottom Line: |
I won’t go so far as to say this site is a scam because it isn’t, but it also isn’t what I was expecting either. And the tour page certainly leads a buyer to think they’re getting a lot more than what they will actually get for joining.
If you’re like me, when you join a newly created site you expect it to be small but you accept that. I joined this site knowing that it was quite new and would be small and that’s really the only expectation that this site met.
There are currently 12 videos available. The TBP page listed that there were 12 videos but that was in June so I expected to see some growth in the site which would make it a better value now than it would have been in June. That assumption was incorrect: this site hasn’t updated since June. Nothing has been added in the last four months. I think it’s a reasonable assumption to make after four months of no updates that this site is stillborn and won’t add anything in the future.
To make matters worse, the 12 scenes are only available for download in one resolution and in only one file type. MP4 is the only option, but since it’s the most commonly available I won’t fault the site for making that choice though they do have to take the blame for not offering any resolution options at all. But wait! It gets even worse: the one resolution available is only 960x540. Bitrates vary with most being around 2500kb/s but a couple of the files have bitrates as high as 6000. Maybe you won’t agree with me, but I think that having these as the only available resolution is 2015 isn’t acceptable.
The scenes themselves aren’t really anything special either. Obviously all of them play on the stepfather / stepdaughter theme and those can get repetitive but the scenes don’t bring a lot of heat either. It isn’t bad porn, it’s just average porn.
I won’t name names because it would be rude to do so, but most of the models here are not A-list material. I could be accused of perpetuating a stereotype but I prefer models who are young and petite. The models are young, but some of them are much more natural in that they have a pretty sizeable muffin top. One has stretch marks from a recent pregnancy. Of the 12 scenes available I only kept six.
I realize that other sites do this too, but this site plays on racial stereotypes for the black male characters. Highlighting the fact that one of the stepdads just got out of jail and has to wear an ankle monitor adds nothing to the scene. Why couldn’t some of the black stepdads be lawyers or obstetricians? Don’t porn writers know about Dr. Huxtable? Bill Cosby is a great role model isn't he?
This is neither a pro nor a con, but there are no anal scenes at all. Apparently anal sex isn’t on the menu when you’re fucking your chubby stepdaughter.
Photos are available but only as a zip. Like the videos the one available resolution isn’t really up to standards for 2015. The photos are 900x1350.
Since the site is new I took a risk in joining as there are no reviews here or at TBP. I had an idea of what I’d be buying but it’s fair to say that the tour page is deliberately misleading. There are 28 medium-sized thumbnails on the first page of the tour, which would, to any reasonable person, lead you to think that each of these is a scene in the site. But closer inspection reveals that each scene is represented in several thumbnails on the page. Further, at the bottom of the page there are links for are obviously intended to show the viewer that there are 120 of these pages. That might indicate that there are over 3000 scenes on this site. There are no links to show the models on the site, or to sort by update. In fact, clicking on anything on the tour page brings you to the join page. Whip out your credit card and get access to over 3000 scenes! Reality will bite you in the ass pretty quickly.
If you’ve read my review so far you won’t be surprised to learn that I’m not recommending this site. Whether you’re looking for black/white interracial porn or you like the stepfather / stepdaughter theme, you can do a lot better on other sites. The fact that the site isn’t updating is the final kicker, but even if it was I doubt that I’d recommend a membership since the porn is barely average and the scene resolutions belong in 2010. The only saving grace that this site has is that they offer a TBP discount and they bill through Epoch so cancelling will be easy. If those are the only good things I can say about a site it’s likely best avoided. |
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10-10-15 02:25pm
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Stripper Facials
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- You’re only out $9.95 on joining
- Videos and photos
- Some attractive unknown models
- It is updating |
Cons: |
- Streaming only
- Small site
- Old, old, old videos
- Some unattractive unknown models
- Photos but no zips |
Bottom Line: |
Two things came to my mind not long after logging into this site for the first time. First, if I were to create a website it would definitely look a lot like this. Seriously, I have no knowledge or skills in creating website nor do I have access to anything decent to put on such website, so it would look terrible and have almost nothing to offer. Second, as Warren Buffet said, it’s good to learn from your mistakes but it’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes. That’s the real value of Pornusers: no one else needs to make the same mistake I did in joining this site.
This site says that it’s affiliated with Mike South, a man-about-porn for many years. He’s in all of the videos (and if you want some creepy insight into this site, for whatever reason he seems to be wearing the same underwear in all the scenes).
In the interests of being fair I’ll address the positive aspects of this site first: a couple of the scenes feature beautiful women in sexual situations. There are facials in every scene. Unfortunately, the good news ends here.
Now for the bad news:
• I may have assumed too much, but with a site called “Stripper Facials” I expected some element of stripping (pole dancing, lap dancing) and facials. There is only one scene I can find with any of that. The rest of the scenes are billed as strippers getting facials. The problem with that is that this is conceptually no different from waitresses or nurses getting facials. It still looks like standard porn. For someone looking for stripper themed porn, this isn’t it.
• The preview pages are misleading. A prospective member is told there are three different file resolutions: “Hi Def, Standard Def and Dial up sized full length videos.” Sounds good. But once inside only one video is offered in anything close to HD. For the other scenes, the HD and SD both come in at 720x480 but the bitrate is higher for the “HD” file (2500 vs 900).
• How long ago was 720x480 at 2500 kb/s considered HD? While the site boasts of regular updates, most of those updates appear to have been shot in the last millennium when 720x480 might have been HD. Seriously, given the looks of the models and the video quality these videos were likely shot a long time ago.
• Many of the models are just marginally attractive. Part of this is that so many of them have the typical big hair, heavy makeup look of the 1990s, but part of it is also that many of the models aren’t all that attractive.
• There are currently only 30 scenes uploaded but two of those have broken links.
• The videos are streaming only.
• There are photos, but no zips
The site does promise updates and it does deliver. There have been several updates since I joined but unfortunately those updates are videos that are like the others that are here: they have a distinct look of having been recorded as long as twenty years ago. For the ‘new’ uploads, there is no improvement in video resolution.
The site itself is laid out in a simple way, which I’ll never fault, but the overall look harkens back to the days when we all suffered with dial-up and site design was necessarily simple. Simple is one thing, outdated is another. This look is outdated.
The bottom line here? Even at a low monthly price of $9.95 this is far from a good value. The overall concept is one which could be done so well but it isn’t here. If the site doesn’t plan to shoot new stripper facial scenes with modern equipment and offer them in true HD (with downloads) then the least they could do is provide a time machine to take the members back in time to when this could have been a great site. My estimate is somewhere around 1999 would be about right. But hey, consider that you could get filthy rich selling Y2K fears. |
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06-25-14 05:13pm
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Review
300
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Hush Pass
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55.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
- Site updates by adding one scene every three or four days
- Offers streaming and (some) downloads
- Pictures offered |
Cons: |
- All videos, even new ones, are broken down into clips
- Slow download speeds
- Older videos would have been low resolution even when they were filmed
- Navigation is strange
- Not all scenes can be downloaded, just streamed
- Website design is poor
- No search function
- No independent biller |
Bottom Line: |
I realize that I can be correctly chastised by the members here for joining a site that is almost universally panned by reviewers. And the only review that graded the site fairly high was short on detail and long on subjectivity. But given that I’m on a public nudity kick lately and this network has a public nudity site I figured that it couldn’t be THAT bad. This network might just be the worst I’ve ever joined.
The network is a collection of 20 unrelated sites that cover most of the usual porn niches with some emphasis on interracial scenes. Apart from the public nudity site I was also looking for access to several sites that feature ‘parties’ like Frat House Fuck Fest and Bachelor Party Fuck Fest. The odd thing about the site is that at first glance it looks fairly well designed. It looks like many other decent networks, but when you start actually using the site you soon realize that there are serious design flaws.
Some readers may question this approach, but I will admit that I’m reviewing this site after downloading and viewing very little of what’s available. I’d normally download and view a lot of scenes from a site before giving an opinion of it, but in this case while there are definitely scenes I’d like to see it isn’t worth the time or hard drive space to have them. All of the videos on the site are available only as clips. Even the newest videos don’t offer a full video option. I can understand why this was done in 2002, but in 2012 it is a very rare person who’s internet speed dictates getting clips. To make matters worse, while the specs on the newest scenes seem reasonable, the videos actually look blocky and pixilated. Add to that that the cameraman can’t hold the camera steady and that movement causes the pixilation to seem worse. The videos are difficult to watch. The newest videos come only as WMVs and are 720x480 at 1700kb/s and 30fps. I don’t understand how all the tech stuff is inter-related, but subjectively these videos look terrible.
For older videos things are worse. I joined specifically to get access to Butt Naked in the Streets and was sorely disappointed in that. It’s rare to have a public nudity site featuring well-known American porn models in an American city so I had high hopes. Unfortunately the older videos come in at just 320x240 at 330kb/s and only 8fps. I’m confident in saying that when these were uploaded several years ago they weren’t even close to being up to industry standards then, so in 2012 they look truly awful.
Download speeds are also well below what I’m used to with modern sites. I don’t know if the older files are on a different server, but the older files I downloaded came in at speeds I haven’t had to endure in years. The average speed I got was about 130kb/s. That’s KILOBYTES! I saw speeds drift down to double digits frequently. Things were a little better with the newer files, with the average speed around 3MB/s. That’s about half the speed I’m used to with other sites.
I’m not sure why, but many of the scenes can’t be downloaded, they can only be streamed.
There doesn’t appear to be any kind of search function at all. No tags either, so you just have to sort through the individual sites.
The network does update with one scene being added every three days.
The site has no independent biller. I cancelled my membership just hours after joining. Cancelling seemed easy and I got a confirmation email but I’ll be watching for additional billing in the future since one commenter had a problem.
The site navigation is strange and difficult to use. Selecting a site on the network brings up a window within your browser. Not a new window or a tab, but this ‘floating’ thing that is superimposed over the main page. You need to scroll through it but its too easy to accidently scroll on the main page which then moves the floating widow out of your view. And too frequently I clicked my browser’s ‘back’ button instead of closing the floating window, thereby kicking myself back to the login screen. This method seems to be an attempt to be innovative but it doesn’t work and just seems gimmicky.
Thanks to TBP and PU I rarely get burned in a membership and had I trusted the members here more I’d have avoided this disaster. I’ve been on a public nudity kick recently and having access to the public nudity site seemed to justify the risk but it didn’t pay off. The best I can hope for now is that someone may read this and the other reviews and avoid this network. The porn here is actually pretty good, but it is so poorly shot and accessing it is so difficult that it doesn’t make a membership worthwhile. I am definitely NOT recommending this network. The disappointing thing is that the themes on many of the sites are pretty good. The guys who hire the talent and think up the themes should fire the cameraman, editor and webmaster and start over. |
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09-16-12 05:57pm
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