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Kink.com sites have a lot in common, and that’s a good thing. The pros are significant while the cons are more detail issues on the periphery. Overall, any Kink site is worth the membership fee if you like the niche.
If this is the first review you’ve read of a Kink site be aware that Kink is likely the leader in online BDSM material. A key element to their success is that they seem to treat the models well. Both before and after the scene there are interviews with the model that make it clear that there is full consent and a safe word is in use. This is not BDSM porn focused on the pleasure of the Dom(me) in inflicting torment, but clearly focused on the sub’s pleasure in receiving that torment.
The general niche with any Kink site is BDSM, and the specific niche here is the use of electricity as a means of torment. Various implements are used, both externally and insertables, that cause the subs to squirm. In a majority of scenes, the electrical implements are used while the model is in bondage or restraints.
The site is laid out like all other Kink sites. There are a number of shoots per page and an easy way to advance the pages. The number of scenes per page is user-selected depending on how much detail you want.
It’s a good thing that there is a simple design because the search functions are pretty dismal. It may have been the way I was using the functions, but I couldn’t find anything I was looking for. And I found that the model search didn’t work either. I was given a list of all the shoots a model may have, but I couldn’t access it that way.
The site began back in 2002 and updated regularly until recently, so there is lots of material here. There are currently 537 videos available on the site. Kink appears to have been an early adopter of high quality videos because the vast majority of the scenes here are available at 1280x720. The highest resolution on the oldest files is only 640x480 but I’m not going to criticize that since it was good back then.
Like other Kink sites, there are options for downloading the scenes. Streaming comes in four ‘sizes’ and downloads come in WMV and MP4 formats. Within those choices are different resolutions. I downloaded the highest resolution MP4s offered and those came in at 1280x720, 5000kb/s and 29fps. They look great on a 24” monitor and look fine on a 50” TV too. Some may criticize the lack of 1920x1080 but I find that the increased file size isn’t warranted by the increase in quality unless you’re using a huge TV. The site permits download managers.
A highly subjective negative for me on this site is that it uses Dommes rather than Doms. Kink.com appears to be an affiliation of sites by different directors who work under the Kink roof. In this case, the site appears to be run by a popular director and sometime model, Princess Donna. Since it’s her site, she calls the shots and she’s the Domme. A corollary to that is that there is almost no b/g sex here so don’t come looking it. There are some scenes that have it, but there are likely less than a dozen.
Perhaps the biggest negative for the site is that it no longer appears to be updating. After regular updates for 11 years, the last update available is now eight months ago. That’s not to say that it’s dead, but for now it may be safest to consider that there won’t be new scenes. There is often debate about this, but the fact that the site is no longer updating is only a minor issue for me if I’m joining for the first time. With 537 scenes available at an average of about 45 minutes each I think this is an excellent value for the first-time member. Obviously this equation is quite different for a repeat member.
One difference here that I like, and I hope Kink maintains, is that they are honest about the lack of updates. The scenes are dated so anyone can see that there may be no more scenes added. But I hope that a prospective member would also consider 537 top-quality scenes to be great value. This contrasts with another Kink site, Water Bondage, where they have removed the dates and a prospective member could be misled into thinking the site was still active. Wired Pussy is a great site that doesn’t need to hide the fact that it may be dormant since it is a good value anyway.
Like other Kink sites, this one got better as it progressed. The newer scenes have some creative bondage and implements, and while many of the older shoots had only fetish models, there is a steady stream of A-list porn stars lining up for some electrical play in the newer shoots.
The bottom line is that this is a Kink site and that means that all the good reasons to join are here: high quality scenes, top models, great production values, innovation and uniqueness, and an intuitive website with easy downloads. The fact that it may have stopped growing shouldn’t deter a new member because at the membership price this is still a great value and highly recommended. |
