Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
-Access to 3D SexVilla 2 sex simulator PC game.
-Great graphics: no glitches running at maximum resolution.
-Animation looks natural; movements in the different poses aren't repetitive.
-Good tutorial shows basics of controlling the action with the mouse only.
-20 female, 10 male natural-looking models which you can further customize.
-60 customizations for face (cheek bones, eye spacing), 6 for breast (size, spacing).
-Other customizations: skin, outfits, tattoos, piercings, jewelry, make up, penis length, ...
-18 locations: plane, photo studio, classroom, pirate ship, ...
-Poses: 30 solo (masturbation or posing), 20 1-on-1 (boy-girl or girl-girl with strapon), 3 threesome.
-Sequencer lets you create your own scenes using all game elements plus expressions.
-You may take screen captures or record videos during the normal game.
-Monthly updates: new location, characters, accessories or customization option.
-Customer support is responsive both with game help or technical problems
Cons:
-Advanced game mechanics aren't that well explained.
-Achievements are tied to active membership: you start from scratch every time you join.
-You have to stay connected to the internet to play.
-Story mode is very simplistic and doesn't suppose any challenge at all.
-Models can be brought to orgasm repeatedly using any position in autopilot.
-Website is slow, unpleasant and hard to navigate.
-There are other downloadable games in the site which have little interest.
-Recorded videos or generated sequences can only be played in game.
-No user forum to ask for help or share experiences and tips.
Bottom Line:
You will probably visit the site only once to download the 3D SexVilla 2 game and never come back again. The game asks you to enter the website login and password and will work as long as you have a standing membership to the website.
The game has several different modes. You usually start by picking your character, your partner character and a scenario. Story Mode puts you through a short intro where you have to pick the right action/answer to your partner in order to move to the sex part. Once in the scenario, you go on choosing the poses for your characters and they perform it at the stated speed until you choose another one. Each pose is always available only in 1-2 places at each scenario. Sequencer Mode gives you a timeline where you can put all the poses, outfits, expressions, camera positions, etc; you then hit the play button and the characters do all the things you asked them to.
The game uses a "sex coin" currency which you can get in two ways: by bringing characters to orgasm (maxing up their pleasure meter) while in Story Mode or by staying a member of the site for a certain period of time. Sex coins are spent in "sex packs". Some typical sex packs: a scenario (including related outfits, toys and sometimes poses), 2-3 models (1 male + 1 or 2 females usually of the same ethnicity), 3-4 sex toys, a character customization option, 3-4 related poses (there is a sex pack for titfuck, threesomes, footjobs, blowjobs or lesbian only poses).
There is, though, a maximum to the total number of earned coins that increases every certain hours; so, if you are using the trial membership, there's no way you can get absolutely every single "sex pack" even if you put your models on a 48 hour fuckathon as the coins cap for the first 48 hours won't allow more than 10-12 sex packs (prices vary). A bit of advance planning is advisable so you can get the specific pack you want.
Despite its technical excellence, I probably used it more while I had a trial membership earlier this year than during my just finished 3-month membership. Having to go through the same lame stories (=choosing the right multiple answer for 2-3 questions) and knowing that, whatever position I put them in, the models will orgasm and give me the coins made the experience less enjoyable this time. Models have some sort of personality (giver, taker, passive) and they some times complain ("I want to try another pose!", "Slow down", "Faster, faster!") but if you stick to the same position and speed you will get the coins anyway.
It's certainly worth a try, probably the best sex simulator. But, unless they solve the returning members issue, come up with decent stories, make the game a bit more challenging and allow some kind of interaction between site members I will only recomend the trial membership.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Mobile version of Bangbros Network.
- All new content is available here at the same time.
- Bangbros Network login works here too.
- No need to login every time you visit the site.
- 1,530 scenes (everything since November, 2009).
- Same size pictures as regular site (new ones, 2000x1300).
- Screencaps for all updates.
- One format for videos: 480x360 MP4 900kbps.
- Easy to browse around on a phone.
- May jump several pages (in galleries or scene lists).
- Good metadata: all models’ names on multi-model updates.
- Browse videos by “Date”, “Top Rated” and filter by categories.
- Browse models by “Top Rated” or “Latest”.
Cons:
- Only 1/3 of all BangBros Network scenes are available.
- 320px wide layout raises issues when flipping device.
- Only one format for videos. No trailers.
- I was unable to play any video on my phone.
- The videos I managed to download were letterboxed.
- Thumbnails of portrait images appear distorted.
- Full size images may be too big for a mobile site (2 Mbytes).
- No Search or Alphabetical model browsing.
- None of regular site’s social features: likes, favorites, ratings.
Bottom Line:
This is the mobile “optimized” version of Bangbros Network. You may access it with any browser but it wouldn’t make sense doing it from anything but a phone. It has a fixed width of 320 pixels. 320x480 was the resolution of the first 3 generations of the iPhone (until iPhone 4) and most of the first mobile “optimized” sites were in fact “iPhone” optimized. Nowadays, it doesn’t make any sense to force a fixed width on a mobile site given there are much more devices that may benefit from a mobile version, each with its own resolution. I don’t know if it’s related to this but the page doesn’t re-render to fill the screen when I flip my phone to landscape mode; this is frustrating and rare for a mobile site.
I had serious issues with videos. For some reason, I couldn’t get any video to stream or download on my phone, getting server not found errors or my phone plain refusing to play them. On my desktop computer, I managed to download some but they all were saved as “membercheck”, without extension. Windows Media Player Classic couldn’t play them, not even adding an .mp4 extension but VLC did. I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with them. Even if your device has no problem with the videos, you’ll probably wish they had trailers.
As for the photos, they have the same issue as the regular Bangbros Network site: all thumbnails are displayed with the same 150x100 dimensions. The actual thumbnail images have the right dimensions but they are scaled through HTML on the page; this obviously renders portrait thumbnails absolutely distorted. They shoot mainly landscape photos but the issue sometimes appears from the first photo: when they shoot “pretty girl” photos in portrait mode. Other than that, it’s fairly easy to move around and jump several pages forward to avoid repeated photos. Screencaps are welcome.
As it is now, it has little use but to know which scenes have been released recently. No video access and there are several issues with photo browsing. They’ve recently launched a new version of the regular members area where they have finally solved the issue with thumbnails. Hope they bring some of that to the mobile site. Bangbros Network has some great content but its mobile site has a lot of room for improvement.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-2,000+ exclusive scenes over 25 sites. 2 new scenes daily.
-Lots of well-known porn stars. Elaborated setups, scripts.
-Video formats: MP4, WMV, MPEG. 640x480, 1200kbps.
-Also available in IPOD format and 1 or 5 minute segments.
-Simple flash streaming but easy access to scene key points.
-Very good site navigation and information display.
-Decent search engine; sortable by date, rating, views...
-130 possible keywords, 5-6 keywords per scene.
-Links to other scenes with the same star at scene home.
-Community focus: forum, social network, user comments.
-Easily suggest a scenario or request a model.
-Interaction with some stars through forum or their profile.
-List of 3-4 upcoming scenes with trailer.
-1,000 images per scene. 600x900. Zip files.
-Offer to join Mofos Network at a discount price.
Cons:
-Limited variety in female model ethnicity and body type.
-Lots of big fake boobs and tattoos. Big on all site names.
-Videos are not widescreen. Somewhat low bitrates.
-Session timeouts without closing browser.
-Short-lived download URLs. It's futile to query downloads.
-Performer names are sometimes missing from scene.
-Much emphasis on cock size. Small male talent pool.
-Unknown billing provider. Canceling was simple, though.
-Some old scenes have broken video downloads.
-Lots of spam in scene comments.
Bottom Line:
Brazzers caters to the big fake boobs getting fucked by huge cocks niche extremely well. Looking at the top 20 stars with the most scenes, all have huge boobs but the only one with natural tits is Gianna Michaels. Perhaps it's because of the very similar makeup but, looking at a list of scenes, I sometimes have a hard time telling apart the stars from just the preview. They all look the same to me.
Site design and navigation left me a great impression. The look is consistent throughout the site and everything seems to be two clicks away at most; I wish, though, that they solved some of the metadata glitches: why on Earth do they have only the guy name in some of the scenes cast list?
Flawless search engine, favorite options, detailed star profiles, plenty of keywords, ... I confess I ran out of space when listing the pros. I found specially cool the request feature: you get to make 10 performer requests per month by the simple click of a button. I don't know how much they'll listen to it but it felt good.
There's also a lot of community options. Not only the extremely active forum (a forum should be a must for any site) but they also recently embedded a sort of social network (a la facebook or MySpace) that lets users and, more importantly, porn stars get a profile, message between them, upload photos and videos, leave comments and so on. Didn't try much of it but, since several porn stars have been active in the forums for a long time, I suppose this Brazzpace / Facezzers might eventually get some traction.
It's weird that Brazzers doesn't release videos in widescreen format and still goes with 4:3. There was even a recent survey in the members area where more than 50% of users answered that they'd rather have videos in Widescreen HD; almost 70% demanded widescreen regardless of quality. Funny thing is 20% answered they didn't care about format as long as they got their porn.
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
-ccbill for members' area and webcam credits (buying credits is extremely easy).
-Lots of interaction with the models via free forum. Some models average 20 posts per day.
-Free clips section with lots of non-nude teasing clips from the same models.
[Pay-per-minute Webcam Shows]
-Much greater looking models than other networks I've seen.
-Around 80 models. Mostly from US (80%) and Canada (15%).
-Private is non-nude teasing (avg: 4.5 USD/min). VIP is usually topless (avg: 8.5 USD/min).
-Account of credits bought and spent.
-Most regular models do chats at lower prices several times a month.
-Cam to cam available (I didn't try it).
[Members' area]
-Membership gives you 20% discount at live shows.
-Free members-only chats form Sunday to Thursday (about 40 shows a month; 15% of them at Europe-friendly hours).
-Members-only chats are available for replay on the next day (FLV format, 30-60 minutes each).
-Access to forum's advanced functionality (message models, particular models forum, etc)
Cons:
-3 different logins for members area, forum and webcams.
[Pay-per-minute Webcam Shows]
-No preview. Ask model or check the forum (most post daily previews of their outfit there).
-Cannot record the shows.
-Requires a series of steps every time to get the member discount.
-Some chats use Java: I had to install latest version on my computer to avoid crashing Firefox every time.
-Some have particular requirements; for instance, only go topless if you have 50+ credits. Check the forums.
-European perspective: at times, noticeable lag and freezing; few models (5-10) in the evening and almost always the same ones.
-You have to go to Nude Adult Cams at higher prices to get the models a step further.
[Members' area]
-Download limit. 1 Gbyte every 6 hours. Slow download speeds.
-Small image and video resolutions. All the content is non-nude.
-Cumbersome. Exact amount of content is unknown. Members' area v.1 is hard to find (has more content than v.2).
-Regional pricing. Cam credits do not.
Bottom Line:
Separately, they wouldn't amount to much: a somewhat expensive cam network with few but good looking models and a cumbersome non-nude pay site with low resolutions and not that much interesting content except for the daily chats. Glued together through the forum, though, they are a powerful combo. Many of the models are extremely active there and, even though they often get into endless teasing mildly-sexual "post wars" with the same members, it's a great way to know about their personalities. And some of them have quite interesting ones. You also get them to tease you through the members' area content and, if you want some 1-on-1 naughty time and have the credits, they are there for you.
This site has a steep learning curve. For starters, this company has several slightly similar sites and it's easy to get lost in a jungle of acronyms of sites that may or may not have the same models doing more or less than they do here: CWH, NAC (Nude Adult Cams), Pchats, Mchats, NNC (Non-Nude Cams), ... For me, coming from a different culture, a different language, and a different age group (I've got a strong feeling this site is targeted at people in their early 20s) was a real handicap. Also, the difference between the private and VIP chats is common knowledge but I didn't find it written anywhere. To top it all, in order to get the 20% member discount, you have to go through a route similar to that of Indy at the end of "The Last Crusade" or you won't get it at all.
I did several pay-per-minute chats. I was a total newbie but my experience varied from model to model. I guess varying satisfaction is commonplace in all cam networks. Some put up a great show, talking and acknowledging what I was saying. Others, despite their great looks, went through the motions and paid more attention to things in their room than to me.
I wish I knew what prompted me to join this site. Now I know that many of the models are extremely popular on various tube/clip sites but I've never visited those site so I just probably stumbled upon it and some model caught my eye. I was member for a month but canceled my membership a couple days before renewal. The content was almost impossible to download for me and consisted mainly of teasing photo shoots and related videos. The chats were mostly at 3 AM in the night and having the 20% discount was cool but I'd have to spend more than a 100 EUR per month in credits to make it worth. Even though, I cannot promise I will not come back for a 1-on-1 show with certain models from time to time.
Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
Pros:
- Official site of cam model Christina Ryder aka KissChristina.
- No tattoos. A couple small piercings. Decent boob job.
- 30+ photo galleries. Mostly solo with some toys.
- Maximum resolution: 1200x800. 20 photos per set. Zips.
- A couple boy-girl photo sets. Blowjob only, fixed camera.
- 25+ videos. Mostly solo, a couple blowjobs and 1 intercourse.
- Maximum resolution: 1280x720, 1500kbps.
- Videos available both for download and stream.
- Photos and videos from same set are linked.
- OK site for a cam girl.
- Actively working to improve the site.
Cons:
- Amateur flare in all content.
- Updates are not dated. They don't come regularly.
- Certificate error alert when accessing video streams.
- Small photos. Some sets are all or in part screengrabs of videos.
- Photos and videos are almost always taken at the same room.
- Fixed camera in most videos.
- Interaction via email only. No webcam chats for members.
- Little behind the scenes content.
- Blog and forum already available in free section.
- Empty "archives" section. Maybe it's for webcam shows.
Bottom Line:
In my experience, it's not unusual among cam models to aspire to have a site of their own. As any solo site project (including those from porn stars), launch dates keep getting postponed for whatever reasons and, more often than not, the project is eventually abandoned. So, despite the content at this site is quite ordinary, the model deserves some praise for having ended up launching what seems mainly a personal project: still camera, very limited locations, solo or boy-girl with husband/boyfriend, etc.
Even though it's far from extraordinary, the site certainly will have some appeal to those interested in the model. The model is, in fact, selling individual videos at the site where she cams. Most likely, those are the same videos being offered here. I haven't checked the current price of her individual videos but, given the ludicrous prices models are charging for videos at that cam site, you'll certainly get a better deal joining her official site.
An also important downside for me was that, even though it's the official site of a model who makes live webcam shows on a daily basis, there were no plans to host shows for members of the site only. There was a webcam section that threw the same weird security errors that were being thrown at video streaming pages but, after asking the model directly about members-only cam shows, I came to the conclusion there were no plans to solve it. It's been 5 months since I was a member so things may have changed.
Good thing is they seemed to be actively working on the site. I saw some bugs being solved while I was a member even though I personally hadn't reported them. Checking the free section while finishing this review, I realized some of the cons I had noted back in the day are no longer so. For instance, when I was a member, I'm pretty sure there was no indication on which webcam site you could find the model doing live cam shows at. Now it's pretty clear in the free section. Maybe most members sign up after knowing about the model at the site where she cams but there are endless ways a user may stumble upon a pay site. I see they've also added a forum section, even though it's already available in the free section.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Natural 36H model "SCORE Newcomer of the Year 2008" official site.
-Really good website design.
-TBP facts are right except for video maximum resolution.
-1280x720 wmv (2100 kbps), 854x480 wmv, 640x360 wmv / mp4. ipod, psp, windows mobile.
-All formats also available to download in 5-minute segments.
-Flash streaming: high bandwidth, low bandwidth and trailer.
-Scripts and scenarios are usually quite elaborate.
-There's music during videos but model can be heard when she moans or speaks.
-Zip files for small (800x600 H / 400x600 V) and large (1600x1200 H / 800x1200 V) pics.
-50-100 pictures per set.
-Scenes usually shot at a studio but good amount of outdoors.
-Current update rate: 1 new scene per week (video and photos).
-Most content is solo but they have been releasing more boy-girl and girl-girl recently.
-Solo videos usually focus on boob playing (jiggle, lick, squeeze, ...) with some masturbation.
-Model is very flexible which makes for many interesting positions.
Cons:
-You enter CC details at their site and don't know what payment processor will charge you.
-I was billed by a processor I had never heard of.
-There is no link between photos and videos page from same set.
-Large portrait pictures are not 1200x1600 but 800x1200.
-Poor interaction: you only get a weekly blog entry with pictures.
-Must solve a CAPTCHA to login every time.
-Extras section is currently just two videos from Busty Merilyn Sakova and nothing more.
-Long in-depth text interview without video: missed opportunity.
-Website sub-domain name changes periodically: hard to use download managers.
-She sports four weird belly-button piercings in her latest scenes.
Bottom Line:
If you like the model's looks and her huge assets, you should not hesitate about joining (as long as you agree to give your CC details to a little known payment processor). For a solo model site, the update rate is more than OK. Video quality is great and they come up with interesting ideas to make the scenes different, even the solo ones.
The current lack of content (site was launched recently) and the little interaction with the model are what refrains me from rating the site higher. There are weekly blog entries with a few pictures but they are a bit of a letdown: the model seems to have an interesting personality but the most remarkable events during last month's entries were that she was sick for a couple weeks and that she played guitar hero and ate popcorn with some friends. I don't know why they didn't tape the long text interview they have posted.
I liked most of the scenes but keep in mind that there's usually a playful attitude that might not be every one's cup of tea. Specially in the solo videos: playing strip space invaders (banging the buttons with her boobs), squeezing lemons between the tits to make lemonade or a bra fitting session are some examples. Scenes always have some kind of script but it can feel somewhat cheesy at times. I'm not familiar with Score Group content but I believe these kind of things aren't that unusual with them.
During the last couple months, they have been releasing a BG or hardcore GG scene every other week with solo scenes in between. Her hardcore performances aren't bad at all and there's always lots of tit fucking, handjobs and positions that showcase her boobs. There's a BBG scene coming next week and there was a BGG tit fucking scene recently where Janet Jade stole the show: what a RACK!, give that girl a site of her own.
Technically, the site is quite spectacular. The plethora of available resolutions is a real treat. Site design is really good and you are even offered two views while browsing the updates list: large thumbnails with scene description or smaller thumbnails with less info but more updates per page. I didn't pay much attention to photos but they seem to be good enough. It was a bit annoying to always get the smaller 800x600 galleries by default.
Needs growth and a bit more of interaction but I feel it's already a very good site.
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.
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.
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.
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Official site of Welsh-born, USA-based porn star Sophie Dee.
-Sophie Dee's blue eyes and sexy accent.
-Most content is exclusive and very diverse: from the goofiest to a bit too fetishy.
-70% solo, 10% boy-girl, 10% girl-girl, 5% fetish, 5% BTS.
-200+ picture galleries, 30 pics per gallery.
-130+ videos, 7 minutes on average.
-Videos are available in WMV, QT. WMV are 720x480, 2000+kbps.
-Member-only message board. Sophie Dee and her webmaster always reply.
-Site has a nice design and is easy to navigate.
-Small extras section with Sophie Dee games (puzzles, strip poker, etc).
-ccbill. Special price when joining through TBP/PU.
-No DRM or download limit of any kind (speed or amount).
CURRENT UPDATE RATE
-2 weekly photo galleries; 1 weekly video (there used to be 2 weekly in the beginning).
-3-4 weekly short diary entries with photos; 1 monthly chat (not part of any cam network).
Cons:
-Pictures and videos are somewhat amateur looking.
-Pictures are small. 1024x700 pics is low for today's standards.
-Usually there's poor lighting in the pictures; Sophie Dee looks great even though.
-No zip file option to download full galleries.
-No categories: only Photos and Videos sections although content is quite diverse.
-Mainly solo content; they try interesting variations but it can get repetitive.
-Too few boy-girl scenes; the existing ones are quite good, though.
-Recent videos are more disturbing than fetish: 7-8 in a "Sex Slave" series or a non-sex one where she fights a guy who is trying to choke her.
-Free tour isn't good at getting an idea on the amount of content available.
Bottom Line:
If you are a fan of Sophie Dee, do not hesitate about giving the site a try. Do not expect the content to be top quality but you will get 3 different exclusive updates per week (2 pics, 1 video) and more than decent interaction: almost daily blog entries, the model is active in the message board and there's a fair amount of behind-the-scenes pics and videos. This is much more than the average official porn star site offers.
Although it has flaws, I feel this is the kind of site every porn star should attempt to have. According to iafd, Sophie Dee appeared in 50 movies in 2007, 20 movies so far in 2008. Despite this, she also manages to constantly update the site with exclusive content and keep in touch with members via the diary and message board. I think it's pretty remarkable because it's also extremely rare. For instance, only a couple of days after the last Adultcon, a gallery was posted with photos of her there.
Be warned, though, that the content is probably different than what you might have seen of Sophie Dee in movies. Most videos and pics are endless variants of solo: goofy posing, masturbation, playing/masturbating with food, body parts closeups, holiday greetings (New Year, Easter, St. Patrick's, ...). It also has quite an amateur flare: it feels like her webmaster comes to her house from time to time to get a bunch of pictures and videos with very little setup apart from makeup. The results are often more than OK but do not expect Suze Randall quality. Also, there's very little boy-girl and half of it is a recent series with a masked "sex slave" humiliated in endless ways.
All in all, I feel this is a very recommendable site. The model is sexy and works hard to keep the site fresh. There's a lot of content so a little categorization would be more than welcome. Some more professional shoots, bigger pictures and less fetish videos would also benefit it.
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.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Deepthroats. Lots of deepthroats.
-38 scenes so far. 40 minutes, 512x288.
-100% exclusive original scenes.
-Currently updating weekly but there have been some hiatus (one monthly scene in May 2008 or June 2008).
-No choking, gagging, puking or skull fucking. Models are treated with respect.
-All models honor the site name and are quite accomplished deepthroaters.
-Lots of well known stars in the first updates. Lesser known and newbies in recent updates.
-Models explain their tricks in an interview prior to the scene.
-Accessible as part of Porn Pros Network.
-The usual good organization of the network: check my review of Porn Pros Network for additional Pros and technicalities.
Cons:
-Scenes used to be 1 on 1 only. All but one trio that was posted yesterday.
-Male performer is the same in 90% of the scenes (Anthony Rosano).
-They keep asking models to deepthroat a banana. Models keep having to complain about its rough end.
-The whole demonstration with banana/sausage is the signature image of the site but can get a bit irritating.
-Pictures are small and often show burned colors. There are lots of them but they are not the best asset of this site.
-Camera guy some times talks and gives instructions during scene. I don't really mind it but I know some people hate it.
-Free tour for this site is geared at showcasing most recent scenes and those from best known models.
-Check Porn Pros Network site tour for complete list of scenes with dates.
-The usual plethora of ads and low download speeds of Porn Pros Network.
-Unfortunately, Jeanna Fine retired from porn in 2002. She would have made an awesome scene.
Bottom Line:
This site is true to its name. I've checked the free tours from other sites filed under the Deep Throat category and it seems that the current trend is the more the model is humiliated, the better. You won't find that here. Don't get me wrong, there are some really energetic deepthroats, some watery eyes and lots of drool but the girls are almost always the ones that choose the pace of the scene. If they keep releasing Deep Throat Love scenes, I'll probably join back in the future. Pity this network is so damn expensive and slow and they keep bombing you with endless ads for other networks.
The cast is quite stellar and there are lots of known knowns, some even getting several scenes: Mckenzie Miles (3), Annette Schwarz (2) or Sasha Grey (2). There are also a couple of unknown knowns: I really enjoyed Alexis Silver and Maya Hills scenes; both have different but quite interesting personalities. There are also several unknown unknowns aka newbies, mainly among recent updates: it's weird because there are still lots of well known deepthroat-capable models who haven't done a scene yet (Jennifer Dark or Kelly Wells to name just a couple that did a scene recently for another site in the network). A pre-boobjob Daisy Marie is, in fact, the only one that gets far from deepthroating; but her continued and sincere efforts make it one of the most watchable scenes despite her failure. Probably that's why they still released the scene.
My main concern with the site was that the script for the scenes was always the same:
1) short interview with model (pretty interesting to know how models feel about their deepthroat techniques);
2) deepthroat demonstration with banana / sausage / carrot;
3) deepthroat with male talent;
4) 1 on 1 regular sex with several deepthroat interludes.
It's a good script and, for some girls, the interview and demonstration can be as good as the depthroat action. But it's always the same. What's more, the male performer is almost always the same guy; he does a decent job but he can be seen all over the network and, in some scenes, it's clear that the model could handle much more (Annette Schwarz was able to deepthroat Jack Napier in a DVD earlier this year). I was pleasantly surprised to see that yesterday they released their first boy-girl-girl scene. This was something I wanted to suggest in my review. Hope it's a new trend. Some more suggestions: boy-boy-girl, blowjob-only, black female performers (Marie Luv), black male performers.
One last thing: I am not an HD video fanatic but I'd have liked to get more than 512x288 here. I feel, though, that having panoramic image is a good choice for this site.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Official site of US porn star Nautica Thorn.
-Exotic, petite, all natural, zero tattoos, zero piercings.
-Around 60 photo galleries. 80% solo glamour. Some boy-girl from movies.
-Around 20 videos: recorded webcam shows, movie scenes, BTS from movies.
-Model is certainly involved with the site.
-She may have done webcam shows recently.
-Interaction with the model only through her frequently updated blog.
-Rare dildo anal attempt: 2 minutes video; very bad picture quality.
Cons:
-Updates are not dated or highlighted: hard to tell if there are any.
-Zero categorization and organization. Extremely unpleasant to use.
-Hard to tell the exact amount of content.
-HTML pages were really slow and unresponsive at times.
-90% of the pictures are 1000x700 or lower. No ZIP files.
-Large galleries are repetitive: too many similar photos.
-Landscape pictures are often as wide as portrait ones.
-Videos: 50% 320x240; 50% 720x480. Low bitrates: 700kbps average.
-Most videos come from her movies or webcam shows.
Bottom Line:
I believe I had never payed much attention to Nautica Thorn until I found a scene of hers I really liked at a DVD site. I decided to join this site after I checked the free blog here and it looked like she was really involved and was ceaselessly pumping into it BTS content from the movies she directs.
This site uses the worst ever color combination of text and background: some of the text is simply unreadable. Pair this fact with a decade old content engine that mixes in a single section all videos and photo sets and forces you to click, click and eventually choose from a drop down list to get to the higher resolution and you get one of the most unpleasant sites around. I believe there were some updates while I was a member but they showed up mixed within the chaos, probably marked with a "new" sign in the same color as the background. I only knew there was one update because she mentioned it at her blog.
The only part that is for sure being updated is the diary/blog. There were a couple updates a week in January but they were mainly long entries about her sentimental and sex life. There seemed to be quite a few members who liked this feature but the problem is she doesn't use a single line break: try reading a diary entry with 60 sentences with no line breaks without being a die-hard fan; I couldn't go past the first couple sentences. The blog is hosted on wordpress and all members must use the same login and password written on the site to access it. Pretty sloppy.
Picture quality in images and videos is poor. Some of the picture galleries can be salvaged even though they are probably simply unedited sessions for the DVDs but videos look more like teasers for the movie. She has the looks, puts up great performances and knows her job but, at such low bitrates, it's just impossible to get into it.
All in all, I am not sure I'd recommend this site even to Nautica Thorn fans: you'll sure appreciate the limited interaction and the few BTS content but you may end up so fed up with the site's cumbersomeness that you'll never want to hear from her again.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Scenes shot at a couple different private gyms.
-Models are dressed in work out clothes.
-Focuses more on the workout theme than flexibility.
-10 scenes so far. Launched recently.
-All models are well known USA porn stars. Big fake boobs on all of them.
-If you want flexibility, check Angelina Valentine or Maya Gates' scenes. Little flexibility in other scenes.
-Audrey Bitoni or Rachel Roxxx aren't that flexible but put up very naughty performances.
-Accessible from Porn Pros Network. Check my review there for further pros and cons.
Cons:
-Scene structure and the type of workout are always the same. It can get repetitive.
-Last scene was released almost a month ago.
-Most models aren't flexible at all. Most don't know how to use the gym machines.
-Viewer should be flexible too. The camera is often rotated 90 degrees.
-Lots of attention to boobs, little to asses. Strange for a workout site.
-Cameraman/director talks a lot and gives instructions aloud during the scene.
-Male performer (Anthony Rosano) is the same in 90% of the scenes. He does OK but he's all over this network.
-Check Porn Pros Network site tour for a quick list of scenes with dates.
-The usual drawbacks of Porn Pros Network.
Bottom Line:
This site is somewhat of a misnomer. The Flexible Positions are rarely little more than a leg in the air or laying on a big soft gym ball during the sex. The scenes aren't that bad, though. The models are top porn stars and they look great. But the sex in most scenes wouldn't look out of place in a different setting: instead of fucking on a couch, they do it on the bench of a gym machine. A gym floor is just like any other floor. The big soft ball is probably the only unique element and certainly makes for a couple new and interesting positions.
The scene structure is always the same:
1) Girl works out alone on various gym machines; usually while talking to cameraman.
2) The "trainer" joins in and shows her "how to do it", groping and licking a bit more than a real trainer would.
3) Regular sex scene using the gym elements and a few more flexible than usual positions. The big soft ball is quite a find.
Parts 1 and 2 take up usually a third of the scene and are what set apart the site. You get to see several of the models running for a short while with their tits flying free. Quite a nice and unusual view. They also seem to do it for real getting to pant and sweat a bit. They also work on other machines trying to showcase their best assets (tits, mainly; why not the asses too?). Nice use of the thighmaster. When the male performer enters the stage, they often repeat some of the exercises while he gropes or directly licks them as they work out. There's no kind of script at all. Scenes usually get stuck in a middle point between acting and not acting. The male performer is always introduced as a trainer and he uses lots of gym jargon but the girls never pretend to be surprised when he goes straight to lick their tits or pussy. They know from the start what they are here for. They should script their scenes a little more or leave aside this trainer fallacy.
The site would be much more interesting if the scenes were more like the one with Angelina Valentine. She displays her usual enthusiasm and pulls some nice tricks: she does splits to the guys cock, gives him head while hanging upside down from one of the machines or gets licked while doing a back bent. Maya Gates has never done if for me, but she puts up what's probably the most remarkable scene: a very flexible performance with lots of different positions; she and her "trainer" make good use of her ability to sustain a back bent.
I have a soft spot for Audrey Bitoni and Rachel Roxxx. Both aren't that flexible but they put up some pretty good scenes here. It would make sense if they got their own Deep Throat Love scene (very recommendable site in this same network) as they show here they have what it takes to be there. Just as Deep Throat Love only hires models who can deep throat, maybe Flexible Positions should consider hiring models who can honor the site's name.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Many UK glamour models listed for cam chat.
- 1 on 1 chat: 3 credit/minute. Group shows: 10 credit/show.
- 1 credit = 1 USD. No regional pricing.
- All models have the same rates.
- Models seen on Only Tease, Pin-Up Wow and similar sites.
- Info on model’s bio and sites where she may be seen.
- May book some of the models for 1 on 1 cam shows in advance.
- Models list what outfits they have available for “fantasies”.
- Good schedule info. Models mostly honor it.
- Decent credit usage and billing log for the last month.
- VIP membership available.
- Opt-in email alerts when particular model comes online.
- Receive some free credits when buying credits in bulk.
- ccbill.
Cons:
- Only around 60 models listed.
- No models from outside UK.
- 5 models online at most.
- Rarely any model online except for UK evening time.
- Anything but chatting requires extra tip
- Up to teasing requires 25 credits tip; topless, 50; nude, 100.
- Can’t see or talk to model prior to entering 1 on 1 show.
- Show window opens in a small old-fashioned pop up.
- Chat features are limited in comparison to other cam sites.
- No favorites feature, no recording, no chat logs.
- No cam to cam, no private spying, no free chat.
- Email alerts are difficult to manage.
- Credit usage and billing logs only for last month.
- Must contact site to know what VIP membership offers.
Bottom Line:
Glamour Stars Live lets you chat with UK glamour models on cam. The site itself is quite well built and provides a lot of info but the chat part is extremely lacking compared to other cam sites. It also becomes expensive if you want anything but chatting with a sitting model in lingerie.
Only Tease has its own clone of the site, OTCams. Username and password are valid at both sites. I assume sites work the exact same way apart from some minor layout and color changes. I only noticed that Glamour Stars Live has more info on which sites a particular model has appeared in while OTCams only links to Only Tease. I felt they both should consider adding links to particular sets instead of generic links to sites’ home pages.
In my personal experience, I encountered the same situation described at the TBP Review: model expected to only chat for the regular 3 credits per minute price. I’m not sure the model was fully aware of how the tips worked; I still don’t fully understand it myself. There’s a cumbersome graph chart on the site’s menu “How it Works” section: I expected tipping 25 credits would get her to stand up and tease but it looked like what the model expected from me the most was to ask for it politely.
As for technical quality of the chat, in my case, image quality was sub-par, I didn’t get audio and was repeatedly disconnected from the chat. But I see some models in the listing now with HD signs, I remember the old-fashioned cam interface had audio controls and the model acknowledged she was using wireless. So, problems were most likely due to that particular model’s setup.
Apart from 1 on 1 chats, site also offers scheduled group shows at 10 credits for the whole session. Members are encouraged to buy tickets in advance. All group shows are scheduled some days in advance and start around 10pm UK time (11pm CET) which is 2pm - 5pm in the US. About that time is also when most models are online, accepting 1 on 1 shows. Never saw more than 4-5 online at the same time, though. When you buy credits for the first time, you get a free ticket. I first tried to use it on a show that was eventually cancelled and got my free ticket back.
I lost interest in this site as fast as I lost interest in the model that brought me here. If I appreciated the fact that Only Tease doesn’t have a single set where the model doesn’t wear stockings, pantyhose or socks, I’d probably be a recurring member there and still be using this site periodically to catch my favorites’ shows.
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Access to Hentai 3D 2 sex simulator PC game.
-Some content of 3D SexVilla 2 (3D Sex Games) plus hentai-themed sex packs.
-Has the same game engine, poses, interface and customization options.
-8 locations (most already available in 3D SexVilla 2).
-3 exclusive hentai locations: tentacles, sci-fi robot in a space hangar, huge demon.
-10 female models. Big eyes, maybe too much natural looking.
-2 male models. Cartoon-like, asian looking.
Cons:
-Story mode is even more inane than those at 3D Sex Games.
-Access to other much less interesting games and previous versions.
-There's some non-downloadable low-key hentai content (images and videos).
-I'm not sure they are adding new game features on a regular basis.
-The same cons I reported for 3D SexVilla 2.
Bottom Line:
Hentai 3D 2 uses the same engine as 3D SexVilla 2 (3D Sex Games). Check my review and others there to get a feel of the game mechanics and customization options. Keep in mind, though, that only part of the features (scenarios, outfits, poses) are available here. Models are also exclusive to this game; but, while the ones at 3D SexVilla 2 were quite well-done and natural looking, the fact that the ones here are also rather natural looking (apart from the big eyes) makes the game somewhat less interesting: I expected a more cartoonish finish. What's more, if I don't recall badly, most models looked very similar while the ones at 3D SexVilla 2 differed substantially among them in body type, hair style and ethnicity.
What really stands out in Hentai 3D 2 are the three hentai-themed locations. This company usually creates impressive scenarios but these three are quite remarkable. If you've played with 3D SexVilla 2, all the monster parts are used like regular sex toys and you also have a few poses which are exclusive to these scenarios. In the tentacles one, you get the character floating in mid-air sustained by some of the tentacles and use some more tentacles to do your job; there's also some sort of "flying leech" that affects the pain meter. In the sci-fi one, you put a huge robot with lots of drilling parts to good use. Finally, there's one in a temple with a huge demon; there's an interesting position with the character hanging from the demon's horns.
3D SexVilla 2 had a very simple story mode but here, it is absolutely terrible; it almost always consists in knowing the definition of hentai terms: Bakunyu, Bukkake, Yaoi, Yuri, ... (had to write the names down to put them in this review). You may ask Google but it's not that difficult: just choose the answer that has some sexual meaning. Even the Story Modes for the three hentai-themed locations suffer from this which is a real letdown.
If you are into sex simulators, the 3 hentai-themed locations are probably worth trying because I don't think other games offer anything similar. Also, if you are pondering whether to go on a monthly membership at 3D Sex Games, you may try most of the game features here and, if you don't like it, at least you'll have seen the hentai-only locations. If you want to go beyond a trial membership, I'd suggest going for 3D Sex Games instead because Hentai 3D 2 has much less available content.
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).
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*** 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.
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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.
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
Pros:
- Decent image quality in private chat.
- Fan Clubs for additional content and interaction with hosts.
- Fan Club fee is free if you spend enough time with host per month.
- Fan Club members get discounts in privates.
- It’s OK to contact hosts online outside site.
- Buying credits in advance (wallet) gives you discount price.
- Various levels of membership with additional advantages.
- Account termination option if you want to leave.
- Didn’t notice the unusual billing practices others reported.
- No regional pricing.
Cons:
- Own billing provider: site knows your credit card number.
- You have to pay for every Fan Club you join.
- Fan Club content is at low resolution and not categorized.
- A host having a Fan Club doesn’t mean she uses it at all.
- Site is extremely complicated and slow to navigate.
- They use its own made up jargon for every option.
- No exit button while in private: must close browser to leave.
- While in private chat, no indication of time spent so far.
- Site doesn’t give any info on recently attended chats.
- No transactional emails when buying credits or chat time.
- May be alerted of favorites online by email only.
- Emails of any kind from the site get always flagged as spam.
- Important info in forms is often shown in the tiniest font.
- Cancellation forms do not always work. No email alternative.
- iFriends and host name appear in credit card statement.
Bottom Line:
You will probably enjoy iFriends a lot and overlook its multiple shortcomings if you find hosts you like with an active Fan Club. But if you are looking for a regular cam site, that’s a completely different story.
The killer app at iFriends are the Fan Clubs. They were the first and other cam sites are starting to offer similar features. You may get photos and videos of the host plus interaction options and personal info. But downloading content or watching it at full resolution isn’t easy and there’s no guarantee that the host will use all Fan Club options. Simple things like a schedule or a bio rarely get filled.
Most cam sites don’t allow communication between clients and hosts outside the site. As a Fan Club member, not only you get host’s email address but also a pay-per-minute phone option. It may come handy while in private chat and it may also be used to phone the host at any time when not online. Hosts may opt out of these features.
iFriends site was slow and unnecessarily complicated for me. Chat streams played smoothly but loading any page took 10-15 seconds. When you click on and online host, the site tries to funnel you into private chat. Price per minute is written in a tiny font and away from the “enter private” button. An option to go to free chat instead is even better hidden. Free chat places a semi-translucent layer on top of the host: she may talk with you but you only see her ridiculously half hidden. And on and on.
Plus, they use their own naming for everything. An in-site message to a host is called an “iFriends Gram”. If you want to add a host to your favorites you have to send her an “iFriends Gram” but leave the message body empty and tick the checkbox that adds her to your favorites plus another one that will send email alerts when she comes online. They call credits “money in your wallet” and have a wallet icon floating on some of the pages.
They offer no info on how you are spending your money. There’s no transactional email when you purchase something and there’s no recent privates section on the site. I had, in fact, to keep my own record with pen and paper and then check it against my credit card statement. Speaking of that, I’m not sure listing site’s and hosts’ names in card statements is a great idea.
Not all cam sites offer a total account cancellation option. iFriends does offer it but you must go through a form that didn’t work at first for me. I didn’t find a tech support email but another non-working form. Everything worked fine when I tried again some days later and was able to cancel.
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.
Was a member approx. 6 months prior to this review.
Pros:
- Solo site of Brazilian-born US-Resident cam girl Janessa Brazil.
- 100+ videos. 960x540, 4000kbps. WMV and MP4.
- 120+ photo galleries. 1600x1065, 70% portrait.
- Mostly solo with toys. Some girl-girl with other cam girls.
- Updates are dated and searchable by outfit, sex act, setting.
- The most interaction I’ve ever seen in a solo model site.
- Three 1-hour webcam chats per week at different times.
- Webcam chats are archived. Currently, more than 250.
- Model is extremely active in a members-only forum.
- Voyeur cam at her house plus daily journal with pictures
- Bonus access to similar live chats from others models.
- Weekly calendar of scheduled updates / cam shows.
Cons:
- Deficient ambient sound in most videos: echoes, music playing.
- Many repetitive photos on solo sets.
- Many videos are shot with fixed camera and at the same room
- Not all photo sets are downloadable in zip format.
- Site design is very plain.
- Free tour is a bit outdated. Not enticing or informative enough.
- Little info on the model’s work at other sites in the Bio section.
- Perhaps interaction goes a bit too far.
Bottom Line:
This is the official site of adult model and cam girl Janessa Brazil. Born in Brazil, has been living in the US for over 10 years. She has a fit latina body, a beautifully expressive face and a sexy hint of a Brazilian accent. No tattoos, just a belly button piercing. She has a boob job, although a decent one.
Photos and videos weren’t extraordinary. They were at decent sizes but they weren’t top of the line erotic content. It specially stood out the bad sound quality in many of the videos: hearing loud indoor echoes when the model spoke or faded music from a nearby stereo wasn’t exactly a turn on. I also found too many similar pictures in the same gallery; they should do some editing to keep the best ones. But the model is nice, knows how to pose and there’s a lot of variety.
The site shined at interaction. I’ve never seen a solo site host each week three one-hour webcam chats at different times for international members convenience. Chats were hosted at 3-4 different cam networks, so you also got access to chats from other girls. I don’t recommend the Camz.com ones because they were too crowded. The least crowded ones were the ones hosted at Streamate.com since the only way non-members may access them is by paying a high per-minute fee. All cam shows seem to be archived and downloadable from a single section on the site regardless of the network they took place at.
Despite the interaction, I felt the site lacked info on what other adult work Janessa Brazil has done. You had to sift through forum and chat archives to learn that she might have been on the pages of Penthouse or that she has appeared on Howard Stern’s show. She often talked about non-site shoots but I honestly don’t know if that meant adult work or not.
I’ve often complained about lacking interaction at solo sites but maybe, just maybe, interaction here goes a bit too far. I attended only a couple cam shows but I saw the model ask her burly passing-by boyfriend to say hi to her members or how she kept turning the camera to show her “adorable” dogs lying on the sofa or how some members kept bragging about the last outfit or gadget they had bought her (agreed, I was a member in the beginning of the year: Christmas, Valentine’s Day and model’s birthday in a row). You may get an interaction overdose if you attend the 3 one-hour weekly chats plus keep checking the message board, voyeur cam, daily journal, tweets and so on.
Was a member approx. 5 months prior to this review.
Pros:
- Official site of huge boobed German model Jordan Carver.
- Slim figure, no tattoos or piercings.
- All content is non-nude, solo, pin up style, often humorous.
- Most content is exclusive and looks professionally shot.
- Nice choice of big sized bras and bikinis.
- Interesting locations: nature, industrial settings, mansions.
- 70+ photo galleries. 25 photos per set. 65% portrait.
- 80% at least at 1920x1280 resolution. Few at less than 1500x1000.
- Separate candid (50+ galleries) and BTS (25+) sections.
- 20+ HD streaming videos. Available at up to 1280x720.
- Vignette style videos. A few have some kind of script.
- Occasional promotions, like iPad raffle for new users at Christmas.
- Meet and greet with fans in real life.
- Billed by ccbill. Lower price when recurring.
Cons:
- Update schedule not clear. Updates are not dated either.
- Photo sets are not available in zip format for download.
- Lighting in some photo sets isn’t stellar.
- No link between photos and video from same set.
- Videos are streaming only. Hosted at Vimeo.
- Background music and slow motion segments in all videos.
- Members may leave comments on updates only at a public blog.
- No user forum, or chats but model is active in social networks.
- Not all sets were available in HI-RES in the past.
- Regional pricing.
Bottom Line:
This is the official site of Jordan Carver, a relatively slim but very big boobed model from Germany who, I believe, currently lives in the US. No tattoos or piercings. I think it’s inevitable to compare it with Denise Milani’s now defunct site. This site is pretty similar, both in model looks and type of content even though I’d have preferred this one to have a clearer update schedule and be able to download videos. Jordan Carver’s only adult work outside her site seems to be also the occasional photo shoot for Pinup Files, which are also available here.
I was a member of the site right at the beginning and also nine months later. At first, they had no videos and had a weird policy of not offering high resolution photos of all sets right away but had them available in low resolution for a couple weeks before releasing them in zip format and at higher resolution; they claimed this was to thwart piracy. A year later, the site was much more professional looking, videos were being offered (although few and streaming only) and they had all sets at a decent 1920x1280 resolution from day one albeit zip files were no longer being offered.
Content is strictly non-nude, meaning the model may get fully undressed but nipples or pubic region always stay covered by hands, garment or prop. There’s always some kind of humor in the photo sets and specially in the candids and BTS photos; there are just as much regular photo sets as candids and BTS combined. It would have been nice to have regular sets linked to their BTS / candid set and video (those few that have a matching video).
They put a lot of work into editing and shooting the videos but maybe they push a bit too far the artsy part. There’s always background music, not really obtrusive since the model just poses but it’s hard to hear what the model says; she does speak in some of them. They also abuse of slow motion and black and white segments. I also didn’t get why some of the scripted videos revolved around the model being in danger, like being kidnapped or stalked. It looked cheap to me that they use Vimeo to host their videos; as far as I know, that’s a free video hosting service.
It also looked cheap that they used a blog at Blogger for members’ comments on updates. There aren’t any webcam chats or members’ forum but they had a few funny video diaries on site. Jordan Carver was also active on facebook and twitter.
Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Official site of US porn star Karlie Montana.
-Great looks and interesting personality.
-40+ videos. Up to 720x480, 1400 kbps, 10 minutes average.
-Also available in medium and low resolution. All streaming only.
-Lots of behind the scenes content: interviews, goofing around.
-75+ galleries. 50%, 1024x700. 40%, 2000x3000 or higher.
-Mostly solo (non-sex or masturbation) and some girl-girl.
-Model interaction: internal messaging, blog, audio blog, chats.
-Users may add comments to photos, videos, blogs, etc.
-Current update rate: 2 videos and 4 photo galleries per month.
-Fully working trial membership.
Cons:
-Videos are flash streaming only: no download option.
-Picture saving nightmare: no zip files, right click disabled.
-Save images only at maximum resolution and one by one.
-It feels like a cookie-cutter social network profile.
-Site is unpolished, ugly-looking, sloppy design.
-No member forum.
-Blog and audio diary are erratically updated (once a month).
-Non-original content seen a thousand times (Matrix Nudes).
-Huge watermarks. 2 watermarks on non-original photos.
-One member chat: back in Jan/09, still announced in April.
-Chat was at Flirt 4 Free: free but requires credit card.
-Password problems: Blocked 2-3 days out of every month.
Bottom Line:
This site is unusual. Even though it was launched less than a year ago, it looks extremely old and unpolished. Social network profile is perhaps the best way to describe its home page. There's some emphasis on the sections you'd expect from an adult site (videos, pictures) but they've also crammed into it blocks for blog, audio blog, list of likes/dislikes, calendar, announcements, comment wall, send a message to the model and so on. Members don't get a profile, only the model does.
It looks like the model is in charge of updating the site through some program but Karlie Montana was making little use of it apart from releasing photo galleries and videos at a fairly decent rate. Two months could easily pass between blog entries. The audio blog looked interesting but she didn't make much use of it even though she only had to make a phone call to some recording system. The chat was specially a letdown: after promising it for months, when it eventually came you had to sign up for free at Flirt 4 Free but they asked for your card details. I passed. The only chat was on January 29; it took place but the announcement to "join Karlie in her first members area cam show!!" was still there in April.
Content is hard to categorize. First picture sets were masturbation or girl-girl sets from other sites: Matrix Nudes (seen at many other sites), Misha Online or Micro Babe; that amounts to around 20% of the current content. The rest might be exclusive but there's a lot of different things, usually much tamer and not always of sexual nature: behind the scenes from shoots for other companies, non-nude or topless-only sets in old ugly uncoordinated outfits, blurry self portraits pointing the digital camera at a mirror, making faces to the camera while going out, etc. Resolutions also vary a lot between updates.
Videos fit somewhat more what you'd expect from an adult site. Most include some masturbation, usually filmed by Karlie Montana herself. There are also some Matrix Nudes videos seen all over. But there are also rarities like snippets from a several days car drive with Charlie Laine and her dogs from LA to Wisconsin. Or Karlie Montana touring an hotel suite or her apartment. A 4 part interview while driving (released over a month). If you like her personality, those rarities certainly have some interest.
Trials to other solo sites from this company are pretty inexpensive. I accessed some of them and they are very similar: they share the content engine and have the same ugly ancient-looking design with slightly different equally hideous color combinations. Given the social network flare of all the sites, I feel it would make sense to offer a single membership with access to all the sites so users could interact with all the models.
As it is now, big Karlie Montana fans might enjoy it, maybe even enjoy it a lot, but the site is moving at such slow pace and in so unclear direction it's hard to recommend it to those who only have a casual interest in her.
Was a member approx. 5 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Official website of American porn star Kelly Divine.
-19 videos. 1 resolution per video. 20 minutes on average.
-Resolutions varied: 320x240 400kbps (25%), 512x384 750kbps (50%), 640x480 1000kbps (25%).
-Videos were mostly hardcore boy-girl/boy-girl-girl (75%); girl-girl amounted to 25%.
-Half of the videos were interracial.
-Many pretty well known porn stars (female and male).
-Videos were a low-budget attempt at reality porn.
-8 solo photo galleries not related to the videos. 20 photos per set.
-Forum (crippled by spam) and pretty active blog in the free section.
Cons:
-Bad video quality. Bitrate was too low at all resolutions.
-Photos were too small (546x364).
-Free tour only shows 2 new scenes that weren't available when I was a member.
-No anal that I could see even though Kelly Divine has done it several times.
-Trial membership no longer available.
-Interaction is possible but it's hard to find (no link to blog/forum from members section).
-A bit too simple site design.
Bottom Line:
This is how the site was four months ago. I got a really cheap trial membership back in August but they are no longer offering it. I don't think I'd have joined the site at full price. Fans and completists should probably go for it, though. Additionally to the 19 videos they had in August, the members' area might have more than the couple new scenes I identified in the tour. There's also a promise of webcam shows and she blogged about having done them at least once.
It's a pity they haven't done anything to solve the spam flood in the free forum. I lurked in it for some time and it looked like a great way to interact with the model. For instance, I remember a fan asking Kelly Divine if she'd fuck a guy with a strapon; she answered she wouldn't do it for fear to hurt the guy but, a couple days later, she said a performer had contacted her willing to do a similar scene and she'd be releasing it in the members' area. I don't know for sure whether that scene was released, though. Maybe they've created a members-only forum where the interaction goes on.
As for the content, if it wasn't for its low bitrate, it wouldn't look out of place in a big-boobs reality site. They wouldn't win an Oscar for original script (repairman, pool guy, booty call, ...) but what reality site would? Female cast also included Jennifer Dark, Abbey Brooks, Ricki White or Sinnamon Love; Mark Wood, Reno or Richard Mann among the male performers. Other cast members were unknown to me. I found her scene with Richard Mann to be really good.
One thing I found weird is that the photo content was almost non-existent even though the free tour showed photos of the videos that were clearly not screen captures. I don't understand why those pictures weren't available inside the members' area.
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.
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