Ratings & Reviews
|
All the reviews and ratings from this user. |
| Type |
Site - Score |
Feedback / Review |
Date |
Review
51
|
Crystal Klein
(0)
80.0
|
| Status: |
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
|
| Pros: |
-Managed by Danni.com. Very elaborate sets. Great photography.
-144 solo sets of Crystal Klein. Always some pussy spreading and fingering. Classy.
-35 girl-girl sets with well-known models. 3-4 great sets with Shay Laren.
-87 other models sets.
-60% 1080x700, 20% 1300x900, 20% 1800x1200. Thumbnails: 103x154 pixels. Orientation: 2/3 vertical, 1/3 horizontal.
-Zip files.
-108 uncategorized videos. 50% girl-girl, 50% solo. 5 minutes. 3-4 are longer Danni.com or Penthouse recorded chats.
-Multiple formats. 95% 400x300, 1600kbps WMV. 30% also have lower resolutions. 80% also as quicktime.
-Simple search box lets you find particular sets / videos or models by name.
-Access to 1modelcamnetwork chats (Jelena Jensen, Nikki Nova, Natasha Yi, Felicia Tang are active)
RECENT UPDATES (Jan-May 2008)
-9 solo galleries (5 are split in two parts so, 14 updates). All solo.
-15 galleries from other models.
-7 video updates. 6 solo videos plus a Penthouse chat co-hosted with Carli Banks split in 5 parts. |
| Cons: |
-Misleading tour: no daily updates, no weekly chats, no interaction and no extra video feeds at this time.
-Model is not hosting chats currently. According to forum posts, she used to in the past but stopped at least 6 months ago.
-She used to be very active in the forums (1.5 posts per day) getting feedback from members. Fewer posts in 2008. None in the last couple months.
-Rather low average resolutions in videos and images.
-News, diary not updated since end of 2006 (although it seems updates stopped because of "lack of interest" by site members).
-Technical issues (but responsive customer service):
--member's area link at signup confirmation page pointed to a blank page;
--site was down (blank page) for 2 days;
--broken links: some galleries, chat (some times), extras gone (games, porn feeds);
--cancelling feedback was not clear enough: had to email customer service to confirm;
--candids section was wiped out by a "server issue" 6 months ago, hasn't come back. |
| Bottom Line: |
I didn't know about the model until recently and the impossible and uninformative tour required a leap of faith on my side to join (and a strong desire to see more of her good looks).
When I was finally able to enter the members' area, I felt like the party had just stopped. Reading the forums, it seems that Crystal Klein is very outgoing and that her live chats were very worth attending. The site also had the kind of interaction every solo model site should offer. It's a pity all of it ended eventually and the current Crystal Klein updates are so few (although she is actively shooting new ones).
If I had come across it a year ago, I would have seriously considered staying for some time but, the way it is now, staying for more than a month isn't worth it despite the low price.
Photo galleries are still top quality and the recent ones are few but good and at decent resolutions. It seems that, being managed by Danni.com, they have access to their elaborate sets and are currently shooting there the updates. There are also many good outdoor shoots but also the usual ones at "nudie houses".
The technical issues, though, are hard to understand coming from a site managed by Danni.com / Penthouse. In fact, I was told that it had been delisted at PU/TBP until recently because more people also had the same signup issues. In case they still haven't solved them, make sure you use the home page link to enter the members' area and contact their tech support if anything else arises. |
|
05-25-08 08:03am
Replies (5)
|
Review
52
|
Club Nikki Nova
(0)
69.0
|
| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
|
| Pros: |
-200+ solo galleries of Nikki Nova. Oldest ones dating back to 2001. Teasing, stripping mainly; some spreading.
-50 videos. Recent ones include some good girl-girl teasing with Sunny Leone, Aria Giovanni or Jelena Jensen.
-A couple of recent solo videos at 1280x720, 4000kbps. Other recent girl-girl ones at 400x300, 1600kbps.
-Alternate formats in videos prior to 2006 (quicktime, lower resolutions)
-40 candids galleries, 20 videos (most, dating back to 2001-2005). 10 new candids galleries in 2008.
-At least one weekly chat at 1ModelCam Network (also access to other models' chats: Jelena Jensen, Natasha Yi, Felicia Tang are active).
-Some of the chat hours are Europe friendly (10:00 AM PST on the weekend); others are not (6:00 PM PST).
-Access to the other sites in the network. Although they are very low quality. Plus former Jessica Jaymes' site.
-Message board. |
| Cons: |
-Keep an eye on the checkboxes you find during the checkout process (billing provider: epoch). You are "offered" trial memberships to other sites at least a couple times.
-Very low resolutions. Only a couple of the most recent galleries at 1000x750 go over the usual 850x530. Found a couple of galleries at 450x300.
-Old videos have quite low resolution (320x240, 600kbps).
-Some of the content comes from other sites (Danni.com, Marquis Models, Suze Randall). Some pictures with additional Nikki Nova watermarks.
-Site design is very old and not well organized. Lots of content from 2001 to beginning of 2006. Few is recent (5 galleries, 10 videos in 2008; about the same ammount in 2007).
-No zipsets.
-Chat technology is somewhat old. JPEG push, java chat applet. Decent audio and very short delay, though. |
| Bottom Line: |
I was pleasantly surprised to see that Nikki Nova was still active in the business. The last thing I remembered about her was that she had an accident during a shoot in 2005 and was facing a long recovery period. She seems to have made a full recovery and looks as good as ever even though she's been through a very rough patch and is now 36. She seems to be interested in improving the product that she is currently offering and is trying to get a new more involved webmaster.
If you are interested in Nikki Nova, you probably were a member in the past of her site and might have seen most of the content. There were some low resolution picture updates a couple of months ago and new Nikki Nova videos are currently being released (a couple this month). Currently, the main attraction seems to be the videos, the live chats and having some interaction with her. The recent girl-girl and solo videos are quite good too despite the somewhat low resolution of some. The site definitely needs to get more new exclusive content on a more regular basis to make it worth staying.
The average quality of the other sites in the network, though, is zero. They stopped updating in 2005 and have only 20+ low resolution galleries each and zero video content. This is the only site that is still alive, even though the design probably hasn't changed in 7 years and most of the content shows its age in the low resolution although Nikki Nova is one of the best glamour models ever. |
|
05-25-08 04:31am
Replies (2)
|
Rating
53
|
Shay Laren
(0)
80.0
|
No Review.
|
05-12-08 04:42am
|
Review
54
|
Club Julia Bond
(0)
75.0
|
| Status: |
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
|
| Pros: |
-Porn star Julia Bond official(?) site.
-38 categorized galleries: 26 solo, 1 girl-girl, 6 boy-girl, 5 candid.
-Resolutions: 1500x (60%), 1700x(20%), 2200x(20%).
-Around 100 photos per gallery.
-Zip files.
-17 uncategorized videos: at least 3 boy girl, only 1 girl girl, rest is solo.
-At least 12 of the videos are in HD (1280x720 6000kbps).
-8 HD videos can be downloaded in a single about 8 minutes file; also available in alternate format and in chunks.
-Other HD videos available only in 1-2 minute chunks.
-Rest of videos are at least 720x480 2900kbps in 2 minute chunks.
-No music in the videos: only ambient sound.
-Access to other Glamour Models Gone Bad sites. |
| Cons: |
-4 photo galleries consist of screenshots from already available videos.
-Zero interaction with the model: no forum, no diary.
-Galleries have many almost identical images (camera or model move an inch among 4-5 photos).
-Current update is only 1 movie or 1 gallery per week. |
| Bottom Line: |
Technically speaking, there's nothing bad with this site. Average resolutions are the highest I personally have come across.
On the other hand, I am not really into the model (so many tattoos and piercings aren't my thing) and I found that the videos were specially repetitive. If the model masturbates in the exact same way in a slightly different bed or couch and you get the same gynecological zooms, all videos end up looking the same.
The photo galleries aren't that repetitive (probably some of them aren't exclusive or were shot prior to this site launch), although I feel that more hardcore boy-girl videos would let members see what she's really good at.
All in all, I felt the site lacked personality. There's no way to tell if it's Julia Bond's official site or a site that has many high-resolution mediocre content on her. If you are into the model, you will probably enjoy the content although you shouldn't expect it to be extraordinarily creative or diverse.
On a side note, TBP express review says that there have been no videos in months but 4 have been published since March. It seems, though, that there was a hiatus between November and March, where no updates took place. |
|
05-11-08 12:02pm
Replies (3)
|
Review
55
|
Club Anita
(0)
70.0
|
| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
|
| Pros: |
-Lots of current Anita Dark content.
-70 uncategorized videos. Mostly solo, some girl-girl.
-140 solo galleries.
-50 girl-girl galleries with other well known nude models and porn stars.
-60-100 photos per gallery.
-Content is a mix of softcore and dildo usage. She used to do boy-girl back in the day but there is none of that content here.
-Professionally shot: hired locations, makeup, models that know how to pose and photographers that know how to take good shoots.
-14 magazine scans galleries.
-8 BTS/candids galleries.
-Access to Glamour Models Gone Bad network of sites.
-2 updates a week: 1 gallery, 1 video.
-15% of the photos come from other quality sites: Danni.com, Penthouse, Twistys, Blue Fantasies.
-Zip file gallery download (20% of zip links don't work).
-Forum. |
| Cons: |
-Misleading tour: few high quality pictures, few HD, no 100% exclusive content, no interaction with the model, no journal, no chats, no forum posts from her.
-Only 10% of the girl-girl galleries up to 1500-2000x.
-Only 5% of the solo galleries up to 1200x800.
-The rest are at 1000x650.
-Only 5% of the videos are around 700x395, up to 1500kbps, 10 minutes. Quite good.
-The rest, including most recent ones, are 320x240, 600kbps, 3 minutes.
-Some videos are split in parts with the same specs for each individual file.
-Fake diary? Last 3 entries: Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy Easter with little more added.
-There is no interaction with the model although the tour promises "we can hang out and be friends, talk about movies we like, books we've read, anything" and other sweet things like "the more you hang out, the more you will get to know me and see that it really is me chatting with you [...] probably sitting on my couch with my laptop and a fire going in the fireplace.". |
| Bottom Line: |
I didn't purchase a direct membership to this site but could enter with my membership from another site in the network. It's unlikely that membership specific for this site should get additional content or higher quality than I got.
This is not the only official site of Anita Dark. A forum message by an admin claims that this and Planet Anita are owned by her but are "marketed in different ways". Planet Anita lists the same updates in the free section but released up to a couple of months before they appear here. Delays for photo sets are somewhat smaller. All videos here sport planetanita.com watermarks.
No complaint about the artistic results. Some of the galleries are specially well shot and Anita Dark is a real beauty and knows her job. It's good to have so many girl-girl galleries too. Access to the network is also a plus.
The average resolution of the content is too low. Video resolution is unacceptable nowadays. The music on the ones I checked was specially annoying. Picture a gorgeous model slowly undressing from a babydoll while you hear no ambient sound but a speeded up techno version of Tubular Bells. It doesn't get you in the mood.
Those interested in Anita Dark will get lots of good low resolution galleries and some tiny videos but absolutely no interaction with her. Hard to become friends this way. Check also Planet Anita; there are no promises to befriend a beauty but you'll get, at least, a real diary and some interaction with her. |
|
05-04-08 04:20am
Replies (7)
|
Review
56
|
Miss Laura Lee
(0)
60.0
|
| Status: |
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
|
| Pros: |
-Free section shows what you will get when you join.
-8 free galleries (non nude work).
-20 fairly good galleries in the pay section (site launched about a couple of months ago).
-Almonst only non-exclusive content but it comes from quality sites (Danni.com, Penthouse, Flaunt Girls).
-Mainly solo glamour sets. 6 girl-girl glamour sets.
-About 2 gallery updates a week. |
| Cons: |
-Pictures cannot be saved to disk because a script prevents context menu from appearing (right click and keyboard button).
-No zip files.
-0 videos.
-Horizontal pictures are less than half as big as vertical ones: CMS limits picture's maximum width to 750px regardless of orientation (horizontal: 750x510; vertical:1150x750).
-Small thumbnails: longest axis is 45 px.
-Galleries are not categorized: a single page lists all galleries mixing free and pay, solo and girl-girl, etc.
-Images open in a 500x500 popup screen you must resize every time to get the whole picture.
-Asked to solve a CAPTCHA every time you login.
-24 pictures per gallery (on average). |
| Bottom Line: |
This site does technically wrong its main (and currently only) goal: the photo galleries. It could be understandable for a free personal model profile site to prevent people downloading sample images. But this decision on a pay site in 2008 is hard to support.
The CMS (content management system) seems to be used on other sites by RT Web Designs. It looks like this site uses one of the most basic setups (others offer video, better diary options or chatrooms), but all sites seem to share the same photo gallery system. I'd expect similar trouble at those sites' galleries.
On the other hand there's nothing bad about the content. Very little is exclusive but it comes from quality sites like Penthouse or Danni.com and interesting photographers like Misha (from Misha Online) and Lisa Boyle (Flaunt Girls). There are some very good galleries (although also available at other sites).
The model also tries to make the most out of the options she has at hand, keeping a daily update on her work (in the free section) and posting new galleries and samples a couple of times a week.
Despite my low rating, I'd still recommend it to anyone who wants to sample Laura Lee's work but doesn't want to join the 3-4 sites she has worked for so far. I'd also give it some time: current options are limited, but the CMS seems quite flexible and adding video, a chatroom, better diary options or zip sets seems feasible. Adding more exclusive content would also benefit the site's attractive. |
|
04-26-08 11:12am
Replies (3)
|
Review
57
|
I Love Andie
(0)
75.0
|
| Status: |
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
|
| Pros: |
-Official site of Penthouse Pet Andie Valentino.
-Free section shows exactly what you will get when you join.
-17 mostly exclusive photo galleries: different locations, professional makeup, great photography, crystal clear images. At least 45-50 1200x780 images in each gallery. Downloadable as zip files.
-9 exclusive short videos shot during photo sessions. Mostly filmed while shooting photos but also some camera teasing, behind the scenes and an interview. 3-4 minutes. Non-DRM Downloadable WMV.
-Scheduled webcam chats.
-ccbill |
| Cons: |
-Few content at this time. Andie Valentino has worked for many sites and some of them currently offer almost as much exclusive content with her as her own official site.
-Image size is ok (1200x780) but small compared to other glamour sites. Same for video resolution (640x480) and length.
-Videos are available only as WMV. No alternate formats or streaming.
-No forum/messageboard. No diary. Only way to give feedback to the model is via email.
-Is part of ModFX International but you don't get any content from other sites in the network. |
| Bottom Line: |
*** EDIT on August 31, 2008 ********
Andie Valentino quit the business and that's why she took down her site back in May (see my edit note below).
************************************
*** EDIT on May 17, 2008 ***********
Signup page has been disabled.
Network's list of sites no longer lists this one.
Partner program site is down (redirects to network's list of sites).
I have a bad feeling about this.
************************************
The site is just starting (launched 2 months ago) so my rating is lowered by the fact that the site is still building up content. I personally have no complain about the quality and, being managed by ModFX International, the high quality of future updates is beyond any doubt.
On the other hand, there was little interaction possible with the model despite being an official site (no forum, no diary). Webcam chats would be an alternative but the first one was cancelled at last hour without notice (I'm sure customer support would have explained why but I didn't email them) and was pushed to a month later. Again, it could be all because the site just launched.
Die-hard Andie Valentino fans should definitely check it as it has enough exclusive content for the 19.95 US$ price although the interaction will be limited to having the possibility to email her.
People interested in seeing a sample of her work might find it interesting too as it has from glamourous/softcore content (the exclusive one) to some more explicit (toys, fingering) solo picture galleries although these look like they might also be available at other sites. |
|
04-20-08 08:37am
Replies (6)
|
Review
58
|
Jaime Hammer
(0)
90.0
|
| Status: |
Current Member for over 3 months (at the time of review).
|
| Pros: |
-Jaime Hammer Official Website. She's a Penthouse Pet and Playboy Model.
-Free section shows exactly what you will get when you join.
-Except for a handful of galleries also available at other sites (Twistys, DDGirls), all the content is shot exclusively for this site.
-147 high quality galleries: different locations, professional makeup, great photography, crystal clear images. Newer galleries downloadable as zip files.
-109 videos shot during photo sessions. Mostly striptease to the camera but also some behind the scenes. Non-DRM Downloadable WMV.
-3-4 webcam chats a month where she mainly talks with members about her work. Webcam is WMP stream.
-Webcam videos are 4-5 minutes short stripteases filmed by herself with a webcam. Not related to webcam chats.
-Jaime Hammer is highly involved in the day to day operation of her website. She averages about one post per day in the site forum (no member request goes unanswered) and posts a new diary entry every single week.
-ccbil |
| Cons: |
-Image size is ok (1200x780) but small compared to other glamour websites. Same for video resolution (640x480).
-Older galleries are at lower resolution (1000x650) and not downloadable as zip file.
-Number of images in the galleries (30-40 at most). Videos are also somewhat short (never more than 3-4 minutes).
-Videos are available only as WMV. No alternate formats or streaming.
-Is part of ModFX International but you only get one sample gallery from other sites in the network.
-"Zipsets" are a monthly explicit video and gallery combo (up to fingering, no toys) but require a separate membership (14.95$ each one).
-Site design hasn't changed in a long time. Some of the info text goes back to the time the web site was launched (08/2005). Reading "I am so excited to finally have my own site" still in 2008 sounds weird and could be misleading. |
| Bottom Line: |
In the Solo Models Softcore / Glamour niche, little more sites offer so much exclusive high quality content and you can interact as much with the model, hence my high rating. What's more, few models are as much involved with their official web site as Jamie Hammer is.
If you like Jaime Hammer, you shouldn't hesitate about joining. Once you spend the 19.95 US$ fee, you will be getting a new exclusive photo gallery and video every week plus an insight at her life and work through the chats, diary and forum.
On the other hand, you will get lots of Jaime Hammer but only a handful of galleries from other models. Very few of the galleries are girl-girl.
Image editing and picture quality is excellent but size is somewhat small; video resolutions could also be improved.
Having to purchase separately the more explicit "Zipsets" is also a drawback although the constant updates in the main site make them only a must for those who want to see her take the teasing a bit further. |
|
04-19-08 03:31pm
Replies (9)
|
Review
59
|
Lisa A Daniels
(0)
75.0
|
| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
|
| Pros: |
-Access to about 10 exclusive HD boy-girl video scenes of Lisa Daniels (most with its own photo gallery).
-30 videos with a balanced mix: fair amount of hardcore boy-girl, lesbian (toys used) and solo.
-80 mostly great solo photo galleries: interesting outfits, nice settings, sexy revealing poses, toys usage.
-20 lesbian galleries and 30 Candids/BTS galleries also worth watching.
-Lisa Daniels regularly posts a diary (2 posts a month) and participates in the website forum.
-HD videos are also available at lower resolution and in split files for convenience.
-Galleries downloadable as zip files.
-No download limit noticed.
-Photo Galleries and Videos can be rated by members.
-Access to Glamour Models Gone Bad network of sites. |
| Cons: |
-Only one update per week (one video or one photo gallery).
-Latest photo galleries are merely video captures from HD videos. They are doing the same at other sites in the network.
-The male performer is the same in all boy-girl videos.
-Many of the photo galleries are also available at other sites.
-Somewhat old and cumbersome website design. Tour section has a much more modern look.
-Varying quality: videos from HD 1280x720 to 320x240; photo galleries from crisp quality 1700x1200 to HD video captures or blurry 1000x600.
-Membership is, in fact, usable at more sites than those listed but you have to find them on your own (for instance, Shay Laren or Club Anita). |
| Bottom Line: |
Lisa Daniels fans will find a fair amount of interesting never before seen content although the quality suffers sometimes as it has been generated over a very long period of time and comes from many different sources.
The update rate doesn't make it worth staying for more than a month except for the die-hard ones or those who will use other sites at Glamour Models Gone Bad. |
|
04-19-08 08:08am
Replies (0)
|
|
