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Current Member for over 3 months (at the time of review).
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- Lots and lots of content accumulated over the years, which is great if you're a first-time member
- The girls are young, natural, and generally very cute. Most have pubic hair like REAL young girls -- not shaved like the window dummies on most other sites
- The girls wear REAL (but still very sexy)clothes, not ridiculous costumes that distract you and make the experience unreal
- Lots of videos, with a choice of how to view them. Personally, I can't be bothered to spend an hour downloading a video that's the size of a postcard, but I quite like the style of some AW shoots. |
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- The majority of picture sets are a frustrating tease. Either the lighting and photography aren't up to showing the details (see below) you want, or the model doesn't pose very explicitely. Some sets DO get it right, and then it's a special pleasure
- My biggest complaint: image quality. Unlike several major sites these days, Abby Winters refuses to provide the option of large (e.g. 3000x2000 pixel) images on all sets. Instead, they only offer larger images on occasional sets, which means the ones you REALLY want bigger are only available in their "standard" size of 1472x981 pixels. The standard size wouldn't be TOO bad if the resolution and compression were handled well, but Abby's pics lack the fine detail of sites with similar image sizes, like ATK Hairy. I'm not sure what they do wrong to the images, because apparently the cameras used are professional Canon SLRs.
- Depth of field: Big problem on AW. They usually have the important "bits" out of focus. |
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AW has some great content accumulated over the years, and the girls are uniquely natural and beautiful. If you're a first-time member, there's a lot of good stuff. But for returning members, I now find little new picture content worth saving; AW focuses far more on videos these days, with just one new picture set every couple of days. Of those sets, most don't have the resolution of sites like AVErotica.
Sadly, AW accepts feedback, but seems to not listen unless it is praise. I've given suggestions about depth of field in the past, and just get "maybe you should go elsewhere" responses. In most sets now, it's just page 5 on a 6 page set that offers some modest nudity. If they could at least offer higher quality images, then the few shots that are good would be golden!
Oh, and AW currently doesn't offer membership through the normal trusted brokers like CCBill, only through their own billing system... so some U.S banks refuse the transaction. Wake up AW!! |
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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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Huge variety of "real" amateurs
Nice variations in locations and style
Girls have personality
Great Picture and Video Quality (HD)
Huge Collection
Nice community feel to the site
Girls start fully clothed and strip to nude
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The only thing I find frustrating is that often the models often do not dress sexily enough.
I don't think that the models should 'Glam Up', but it would be nice to see the girls stripping out of work outfits,nightclub or dinner party outfits and wearing more sexy underwear. After all, this is still real life clothing. There is too much TShirt\Shorts and cotton underwear for my liking. Many models have multiple shoots so I think the site could add this variety and still maintain its amateur feel, in fact I think it would enhance it. |
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In my opinion, Abbywinters is quite simply the best site on the net for shoots of real amateur girls.
What I love about the site is the great variety in models and shoot locations and style.
No other site does it better. Other 'amateur sites' e.g Karup, Amkingdom have wave after wave of similar looking semi-pro models with the shoots all looking similar and with little personality whereas with abby you really feel like you are browsing the girl next door in her own environment rather than a procession of models with lap-dancers figures.
The models also all look like they are all enjoying themsleves and this makes a big difference, the site has a great community feel to it.
The photoshoots are great with the girls starting off fully clothed and then stripping to full nudity. Some shoots are softcore and some explicit and this must simply depend on how confident the model is.
The videos follow a similar vein with the model chatting for a while and then undressing and perhaps getting explicit.
The girl/girl shoots are great although I have noticed that these seem to be less prolofic recently.
Abbywinters has come in for a lot of critisism recently and I think a lot of it is unfair. True, I did notice myself that the site become a little more softcore and there seemed to be a larger amount of outdoor shoots but having said that I still preferred it to any other site of its type on the net. It's still way ahead of its closest copycat sites.
I certainly did not notice that the models were any less attractive as some people have mentioned. This of course is subjective so I am not undermining other people's opinions. Part of abbys appeal is the variety of its material so there are bound to be fluctuations around peoples personal tastes.
For me this site right now is as good as it has ever been, in fact you have to say it is better considering the advances in picture and video quality.
The picture and video quality is terrific and the HD videos compare favourably with any on the net. My only critisism on some videos is that the girls can spend too long chatting and only get fully nude in the last 10% of the video. I'm sure another user though would say they enjoyed this for the 'tease' factor though :-)
If you are looking for babe after babe then try sites like Karup or AmKingdom or one of the many european magazine style sites but if you are after more realistic
Bottom line is that I would heartily recommend this site for anybody looking for real next door type models. You won't be disappointed. |
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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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This is a well organised site, very user-friendly with loads of information available to members. Customer support, unlike many other sites, is superb. When I had a log-in problem it was resolved immediately. Images are good quality and video excellent-if you choose the higher resolution. There is a huge archive which is well worth searching as the best stuff is now quite old. They used to have some gorgeous models who were carefully paired for their compatability and this worked very well. I would say most of the amateur models appearing on the site are heterosexual or 'Bi' and this makes for more interesting video as they are still experimenting with same sex experiences. There is only one obvious dyke involved as far as I could see, and she is a member of the staff. A few of the better looking models regularly return to the site, but there is a constant turnover as they move on to other things. You never know when logging on if a real stunner is going to turn up. |
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Unfortunately it seems the good times are over for this site. They do not seem able to find attractive models like they used to. There are a few exceptions of course, but most of their recent models are distinctly ordinary. I used to look forward to the daily updates which usually featured exiting and sexy new girls, but nowadays I very often don't even bother to open the image set or video having seen the header picture. They insist on sticking to the same old format month after month and this becomes tedious after a while. Their 'Intimate Moments'(solo or 2 girl masturbation) videos were an exciting inovation several years ago but are now stale and boring. The girl on girl videos, whilst often very good depending on the attractiveness of the girls, tend to be too 'staged', ie.two girls, very lightly clothed, kneeling on a bed waiting to start a sex session for the cameras. Not exactly spontaneous! Any suggestions for improvement by the members seem to fall on deaf ears. |
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Their big mistake was splitting the site into three parts, no doubt to increase their income. This meant they had to increase output at the expense of quality and use models which previously they wouldn't have entertained. Staff appear to have become complacent and need to bring in new blood with imagination and drive to 'kick some ass'. It's not too late!
A unique aspect of this site however is the surprisingly busy forum or message boards, which are split into several subject headings with lots of threads running in each section. This sounds like a good thing until you realise that these boards are dominated by a handful of strange characters who appear to devote all their spare time to the site and seem to be involved in just about every thread. They are totally sychophantic and heap praise on everything on the site. Some of the slush they write to the models is quite nauseating and must be embarrassing for those of the girls who read the boards. They take it upon themselves to welcome new members to the boards, then dictate to others what they may or may not say in their posts. (WE do this and WE do that). If you dare to post the slightest criticism of the site they will immediately jump to its defence and take the thread off topic to lose your post. One of these characters posts a weird review of just about every update, rambling about the wonderful lighting, composition and colours, then goes on to thank each member of staff involved by name. These must be very sad people and the phrase 'get a life' springs to mind. If the management could put a stop to all this nonsense and listen to the more sensible members, the site could be put back on track and returned to its position as the leading site of its genre. |
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
Large archive of beautiful "next door" kind of models.
Picture sets are technically excellent and come in zipped format. Videos have improved quite a bit from the last time I wrote a review, and they were good even then, but still fall short of those of the new, more up-to-date HD format carrying sites.
True to its niche.
Excellent download speed. |
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The biggest con is that this site was split up into three different ones. I got a special returning members rate for all three but, to me, it is still unfathomable why they would do that.
For instance, there will never be any long term subscribers to their g/g site because updates are so slow in coming, so this move does not seem very wise.
As others have pointed out, both photo sets and videos have become boring because the "tease factor" (according to the webmaster) is being stretched out too much. Maybe they really toned things down in anticipation of the coming raid?
When it comes to the photo sets, I hate those shots of one breast, or part of a hip etc. I don't see the reason for them. Show the whole model in landscape now and then and give us some pink!
My personal beef (not influencing the score) is that when it comes to underwear, cotton and wool appear to triumph. It would be so nice to see something glistening and silky under those jeans and sweaters once in a while. |
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For those who yearn for technical details, my apologies, two months plus after having been a returning member I cannot remember them (except that they had switched to a crisper mp4 format for their latest videos) and I have nothing on my hard drive to go by because, of all the downloads from all three sites, nothing was kept. Regrettable for an ex-favorite.
Which will definitely explain why I lowered the score from my original review (90) to a more realistic (for these times) 80.
My favorite site of natural girls being slightly naughty has become a ho-hum triple site of natural girls being coy.
The technical quality is still there, the large archive is still there, the girls are still pretty so, for those who like their porn very soft, it would still be a pretty fair site .. if only they hadn't split it up. I really couldn't recommend a single site of theirs for the price they ask for.
P.S. Two months or so later: For honesty's sake, I did come across some g/g and IM video clips I had kept recently so I take back what I said above about having deleted everything. But sadly what I had kept was still slim pickings from a triple site and does not affect the score. |
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messmer wrote 1 review (11-07-07) prior to this. Archived reviews no longer count toward score. |
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Real next door type women.
Updated everyday.
No plastic boobs.
Cheap membership. £16/$25 month |
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Content going down hill. |
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Review on SOLO girls-Abbywinters
Im a long term member of abbywinters,but am not
re-joining when membership runs out,here's my thoughts and why..
Over the last 9 months the photo sets have become
VERY softcore sometimes out of 10 pages there will be only 2/4 photos of the models fanny,or maybe 2 full lip shoots-thats nearly 80 pics of rubbish.
The videos are such a let down!!!
They can range from 10-20 mins long but you will not see full nudity until the very last 1-3 mins
and sometimes just a little fuzzy hair, thats it
no lip shot.
The models yap on and on and on for 10-13 mins
before even taking off a bra.
When i first joined (2 years ago) the videos where 10/10 the models would first talk for 5 mins then get nude and carry on for the rest of the video, there was a good 10 mins of full nudity.
Now you are very lucky to get a good video a month which is worth downloading.
I used to say this was the best ever site on the net for real amatuer women-but now it has gone downhill very quickly.
I only would suggest you be a month time member download all videos and sets and not rejoin again.
I feel very gutted about this not re-joining but have seen another site owned by the same company and videos and shoots are like they used to be on abbywinters..... |
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Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- daily updates
- beautiful natural models that do not look like an average porn star
- many video options and a good user interface |
| Cons: |
- the price could be lower
- only few hardcore scenes |
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Abby Winters is the best source for natural porn I have seen so far. This is a niche site. But if you are into natural looking girls the high price is reasonable. |
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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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abbywinters has always been one of my favorite porn sites. Some of things I like about it include: The girls are young--18 or 19 or early 20's for the most part. I am young myself and I like girls who look like they are university students or a similar age. There is also a huge number of girls on the site and there are a lot of lists to help you navigate around the site and find the 'right' kind of girl. The girls also seem very happy and the site has a positive vibe to it. They also have a lot of girls with a large amount of pubic hair, and that is always a turn on for me. The girls are very natural in appearance--you won't see many fake boobs here--which again is a big turnon for me. |
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No real negatives to speak of. A bit more info about the girls might help, but I imagine abbywinters is trying to protect their privacy. |
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I think the bottom line for this site is the fact that abbywinters unabashedly likes the young women who pose nude to have a lot of pubic hair. On its site, abbywinters advises prospective models to be as hairy as possible when they come to the interview in order to have the best prospects of being offered a modeling job. Personally, I like women who pose nude on adult websites to look like adults--they may be young but they should look like adults. No physical attribute signifies adulthood more than pubic hair--and conversely nothing can be more of a turnoff on an adult site than seeing women who look like little girls.
As noted above there are many other great things about this site but I think the bottom line is the pubic hair. |
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
AbbyWinters 'is what it is' - real girls having real sex. If that's what you want, you're in the right place.
Although the models include all types, some are absolutely lovely - includes many slim, petite girls.
Very naturalistic photography,
Pleasant and responsive staff. |
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The sheer number of models, categories, lists, etc. can be a bit overwhelming to the first-time user. The site is like a big city; it can take awhile to find your way around. |
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Real girls are what I want - so I want AbbyWinters, simple as that. |
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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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Abbywinters.com is one site that is both erotic and doesn't make you feel like a bad person. Unrealistic portrayals of women find no harbor here, and misogyny is far out to sea. Abby is, in addition, technically fluent. Three navigation trees are displayed above each photo--current location, the home imageset of an image viewed from a favorites list, and recently viewed images. Members can post named collections of their favorite models and images, and the models create their own lists as well, allowing you to see what really turns them on. The images are in sharp focus and lit with natural or natural plus augmented light whenever possible. Each photo set comes in 1472x981 and 3504x2336 jpgs, while the videos come in ~19min segments of a high quality MPEG-4 ~400Mb, a smaller MPEG-4 ~80Mb, WMV, MPEG-1, and streaming video. The girl-girl section is updated once a week, the solo section five times a week, and the intimate moments section four times a week. |
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If you're used to Sapphic Erotica or its relatives, it may take a second to acclimate to the sharp focus and realistic women on Abbywinters. I still look at free stuff from Sapphic Erotica and other lesbian sites when I want more of a fantasy. After all, most porn sites select their models almost entirely on their bodies, and as a result, there are some incredibly hot girls out there. But I stick with Abbywinters because it's the closest thing to real girl-girl sex you can get. Models are paired based on their personalities, and each video contains actual non-scripted conversation between two people who are about to get it on. |
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I have joined Sapphic Erotica, LittleMutt, and very briefly, Lightspeed, in search of real lesbian sex. Abbywinters is the only place that delivers the hot stuff and never makes me worry about the girls. At Abby, you will find happy financially stable women with careers outside of porn who model because they enjoy it. No men are present at the photo shoots, and the sex is almost without direction--the girls are simply making love as they see fit.
The girls at Abby are representative of young fit women in urban Australia. You'll find all races, body types, and degrees of hair. Some women appeal to niches, while some could find modeling work at any mainstream site. The girl-girl sex is incredibly erotic, including lots of foreplay and real orgasms. Some girls are quiet, some are loud, just like in real life. The girls wear their own clothes to the shoots, and you'll see lots of quirky, cute, and sexy underwear! (Again, just like in real life.)
Most surprising to me, though Abby is good for the quickie, you can't help get to know the girls a bit. And if you're curious about who they are, there are plenty of opportunities to get to know them more. You can read their handwritten thoughts before and after the shoot, watch before and after interviews, see photos of them backstage preparing for the shoot, showering, dressing, and you can chat with them on the message boards.
If you want hot lesbian sex, realism, and a happy heart when you leave to go about your day, give Abbywinters a shot. You can see every aspect of the site except the videos and full-size images for free. Just click on Members Entrance, and you see the entire members site.
Thanks to the members of PU who helped me to make my review more informative and useful. I welcome more feedback. |
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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04-24-09 12:38pm (Update History)
Reason: Updated score - see notes in reply
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***EDITTED REVIEW***
+ Amateur lovers delight
+ Newer video available in: flv - 120, 400 & 900kbps/ LQ mp4 512x288 @ 1536 bitrate /HQ mp4 1024x576 @ 1536 /mpg 512x288 @ 2165 /wmv 768x432 @ 2189
+ Drop down menus & "Jump to buttons" everywhere. A small sampling: Recently viewed pages, pics & vids, membership & account management links, lists to sort by model, body feature, video shot by _____, pictures shot by ______, lists by activity (masturbation, outdoors, kissing, etc.) You can reorder most lists by name, by date & reverse order.
+ At the time of this review there are: Images: 364,327/ Videos: 3,844 (570 hours, 54 minutes)/ Pic sets: 2,964/ Models: 1,139/ Solo shoots: 1,534/ Girl-Girl shoots 293/ Intimate Moments shoots: 566
+ pic sets average 100-150/set @ 1472 x 981 resolution. 202 sets available in extra large @ 3504 x 2336
+ zip files - complete sets or customized
+ download manager compatible (with con below)
+ TBP discount |
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- Going to the sitemap to get a full list of shoots/models, it takes over a half minute to load the list - and that's every time you go back to it. Find a model, go to her page, click the back button & the whole list has to reload.
- Too many videos and picture sets where you have to get halfway through to see "the fun bits"
- Unless I'm missing an attempt at being artistic, I've never understood how a closeup shot could be clear at the top, blurry at the bottom and still considered "postable". If the equipment you're using doesn't make a clear shot, either don't post the pic or get equipment that can make it clear.
- Download manager seems to randomly kick out videos with a message that user name and password are invalid. Go back to the file and retry it and it downloads (I use FreeDownloadManager)
- Even with the size of the site, the regular price $39 a month for full access is steep!
- System resource hog!!! (See notes in reply) |
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Right after I posted my comment, asking for details, I went digging around on their tour pages and saw just what messmer mentioned - former members can get the old rate with access to all 3 sections. Plus a TBP discount? Nice! I'm in for another 3 months.
This was a hard review to wrap up. My first list of pros was over 2000 characters and I had to pare it down to what you saw above. This is my fourth time in for this site and, for the most part, I like what I see. But, while it's one the most feature laden sites out there, it does seem to be losing some of it's appeal. The choice of video formats is really nice and picture lovers should definitely appreciate the custom zip option. I'm also glad to see they've long done away with the past practice of almost deliberately covering the action with an obtrusive logo. (A bit of a side note on that - Abby! Impress us! Reissue the old videos with the new, smaller logo!) The navigation, though slightly overwhelming at first because of all the options, is really fairly simple and straightforward. But, with another nod to messmer's reply to my comment, I agree that the people doing the shooting need to change what they're doing. A 7 page set shouldn't get to skin on page 4. Then there's their choice of shots. "Okay - here's a closeup pussy shot. Now here's the same shot from 2 inches to the left. Whoa - same shot from 6 inches up and over. Now a little to the right..." And, unless I'm missing an attempt at being artistic, I've never understood how a closeup shot could be clear at the top, blurry at the bottom and still considered "postable". If the equipment you're using doesn't make a clear shot, either don't post the pic or get equipment that can make it clear. In the same vein, I'm not a big fan of a 10-minute video with 5 minutes of watching a girl walking and talking. If there really are people who want non-nude, interview-type video, there should be a separate video for that. I tend to save everything I download, so I'd really like to see shorter videos and smaller, less repetitive picture sets, resulting in less hard drive space being taken up.
Since I got the grandfathered rate, I'm not displeased with this latest membership. But I think I'd have a hard time recommending this to anyone but people who've never seen the site or haven't been there in a long time. As big as it is, $39 a month for full access is steep. And $25 for single niche access just seems high, given the erratic updates. I still rate it high because, even with what I see it lacking, it's still amateurs and a lot of 'em. |
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