Twistys Network (0)
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Good quality images and videos
Popular,attractive US nude and porn models
Huge selection
Nobody is the least bit shy here. |
| Cons: |
Bait and switch up-sales
Downloads cost more (videos AND image zip files)
Access to old material costs more
Streaming videos, although they say HD, are not.
You are not TOLD any of this when you sign up.
Cash-grab cross-checks (i.e. upgrade for an additional $39 at sign up. Upgrade is only $10 after you sign up.)
Up-sale landing page at login
Up-sales at every click.
Did I mention bait and switch up-sales?
upsales
upsales
Annoying? Yes, it is.
Main biller is MBI-Probiller. Only way to cancel is to contact them. |
| Bottom Line: |
I have been a member of Twistys almost every year since about 2002. For some reason, TBP/PU decided to start a new listing when they changed the name from Twistys to "Twistys Network". I have a prior review from 2015 listed under just "Twistys" that is still fairly accurate but it isn't here because...no idea.
Twistys, Twistys Network and Twistys Hard are all the same site. It isn't a network at all. It has been this way for over a decade. No one site has material that isn't on at least one of the other sites.
This time, when I signed up using the Porn Users discount, I learned AFTER I joined that downloads of any sort cost extra. The "VIP" option was $39 a month at sign up. Once I was in the site, it was only $10 a month. And every time I login or click a page, I get a "One time offer" for access to everything Twisty's has to offer for "only" $59. Wow, what a bargain... If this were Met Art or Kink or any of the dozens of other true networks, I might jump on that. But it isn't. What they are giving you is the ability to download material that you should already be able to download, and access to mostly lower resolution archives that you should already have access to. It is a money grab and it sucks.
When I contacted support, they said there had been piracy so they changed the pricing. Nice try since Chrome plug-ins allow one to download all the videos on the site that can't be downloaded without paying extra. So by not allowing downloads they are actually creating piracy. Smart.
OK, enough bitching. Clearly I am pissed off at being treated like shit by the owners of this site. Let me tell you why I wanted to rejoin Twisty's in the first place.
Twistys is one of the last of the old 90's style creative glam sites. The photographers (or photography studios) are world famous folks that shot for Playboy and Penthouse. Names like Holly Randall, J. Stephen Hicks (Digital Desire Studio) and others. They know how to shoot images and videos so the material is generally top notch. The lesser known photographers here follow the teachings of these great, great photographers. So you get perfect sets, perfect lighting, perfect make-up, absolutely no distractions from the reason you are here and a come-hither effect that you only see on a few sites these days.
The other thing you find here is an old-school creative vibe that is reminiscent of Danny's Hard Drive from the 90's. Many sets have themes like politics, some kind of fantasy scenario or just general whimsy. Sometimes this works. Sometimes it doesn't. but you have to give them credit for being good enough to try things.
And lastly, the models/porn stars are nearly all popular, English speaking and typically very attractive. They strip, they play, they fuck, they masturbate. They do everything you want in a straight-style porn website. Many of them talk to you while they are doing it and the best of them look at the camera in a way that makes you think they are looking right at you. When it is good, it is very, very good.
Those things are what has kept this site alive for the last 15+ years.
Now, there are a few nitpicks.
Many of the porn stars here are on the more mature side. Although some are new and on an upward trajectory, many are beyond peak and a few are really well beyond peak.
Physical enhancements are plentiful. It seems that as porn stars mature, they decide or are coerced into doing things that ultimately damage their natural beauty. A few girls, like August Ames with her lip work, (Sorry, August) are sometimes uncomfortable to look at. Porn stars age. Some gracefully, some not so much. Both types are here.
Subscriber scores sometimes don't seem to matter. I first noticed this several years ago. The site has something called "Twistys Treats", which is a long, long standing monthly profile that includes an interview and several photo and video shoots. They used to pick the treat based on the highest number of subscriber votes. The highest voted model became the Treat. Then there were a few months where the highest vote DIDN'T become the Treat, then they stopped the voting. I think this may be a porn studio thing and not a subscriber thing. My guess is that Twistys is as much a venue for the studios as it is a site for subscribers and studios are paying to profile their stars. I can't be sure about this, but it FEELS like it. If you don't know the history, it isn't a huge deal, but I do, so it is to me. So I don't trust any scores now.
So...bottom line. Is Twisty's worth a visit? Well, if you haven't been here before and you like high quality glam-style porn, absolutely. It is still a very good site with a huge volume of excellent material. But if you are a returning subscriber, be prepared to be annoyed by the up sale and bait and switch tactics that they use here now. In other words, be prepared to be treated like shit instead of the valuable customer that you are. |
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