+ Huge Collection of Exclusive Pictures/Videos, Great Mix of Models.
+ Nice Variety of Softcore, Masturbation, Toy Play, Girl/Girl, etc.
- Fairly Basic Navigation/Design, No Search Tool or Niche Sections.
- Quality Can Vary on the Older Content, Some Vids in Clips Only.
User Reviews (28)
User reviews consist of pros, cons, and other thoughts.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Excellent quality in videos and photos
- HD Available (up to 1920x1080) for many videos and all newer videos
- Multiple download options
- HD Streaming available
- Over 1000 videos available (varying lengths)
- Photos available (most high resolution – some at 2592x3888)
- Photos zipped or singles
- Great mix of North American and European models
- Models are very beautiful
- Some great on-location shoots
- Not ‘cookie-cutter’ porn
- iPhone / mobile device users have separate area so no need to sort
- Still updating regularly
- Discount to ALS Angels with site membership ($9.95) (this is NOT a pre-checked cross-sell)
Cons:
- Limited search function
Bottom Line:
The last time I joined ALS Scan I joined specifically for the public nudity scenes. I did that because I really had no interest in anything else they had to offer. I did download some stuff other than the public nudity and when I finally got around to watching it I was amazed at how stunning the models were, how hot the scenes were, and how the site seemed to go out of its way to offer industry-leading resolutions on both video and pictures.
Objectively, the site is as good as it gets. It’s near perfect. It’s obvious that the site owner wants to deliver an excellent product to his customers.
The site offers both video and pictures, and unlike many other sites one doesn’t take a back seat to the other. Both are very well done. The site currently has over 1000 videos on the site, with more being added. One point about the updates is that they are new, as in recently shot, and they are old, in that the site offers older, re-mastered material.
The videos are all available in multiple formats. The formats and sizes vary depending on when the video was shot and uploaded, but it’s fair to say that if you’re downloading a video from 2007 it would have exceeded the specs of almost anything available elsewhere. For the past year or so all videos have been available in true HD. They’re available in DivX and mp4 format (1280x720) and in WMV9 at 1920x1080 (at 8000kbps). I only downloaded the WMV files, and they are amazingly crisp. This is some of the best video I’ve ever seen. HD streaming is also available. HD became pretty common in mid-2007 though not universal until later.
The videos come in several categories: solo photo shoot, solo masturbation and girl/girl. There are several public nudity shoots, but they haven’t added to these in a couple of years. Each year for the past several the crew has taken models to an on-location shoot in the Caribbean. The locations and the models combine with the technical expertise of the crew to create some fun, hot videos. There are also casting shoots in Budapest and the Czech Republic. These aren’t necessarily ‘hot’ but they are a lot of fun to watch. Mixed in to some of the scenes are some fisting (girl-on-girl and solo) and some peeing (but no golden showers).
I’m not a picture guy, but I’ll make an exception for this site. The pics are available as SD or HD and as singles or zipped. The HD size is large (I saw some at 2592x3888) and subjectively they are incredible! Zooming in causes no pixilation at all.
I used Free Download Manager and it worked perfectly. Download speeds were 1850+/- but that may be where my settings are since I don’t know how to change them. File sizes can be huge, so people with download caps need to be wary.
One thing I thought was a nice touch was that they created a separate portal for people who download to mobile devices. That makes finding the material easy.
Subjectively, this site is second to none. The models are stunning. There is a good mix of North American and European models. A-list porn stars are here too. The scenes all look incredible. The lighting, camera work, sound and editing are all near-perfect.
This isn’t cookie-cutter porn – although there are a few broad categories of scenes, the director and models do an excellent job of making each scene feel fresh. It looks like they’re having fun on the site. My guess is that they are.
Is there anything wrong with the site? Not really, but it could benefit from a search function. There is nothing now, and arguably that’s okay since the shoots can be sorted by model. By they should consider adding a search function for things like fisting, peeing and lesbian. But don’t get me wrong – the addition of a search function would only be like an extra layer of icing on a delicious cake. (And since they design and sell their own bikinis, maybe a search by style would be great too.)
Some caveats for anyone thinking of joining – these aren’t negatives, just things you need to be aware of: 1) there are no b/g scenes, 2) 99% of the models are petite, Caucasian and young.
To add more icing to the cake, when you join this site you can get a $9.95 subscription to ALS Angels. It’s a very similar site and I’m not really sure of the difference but it is a nice addition. If I find major differences I’ll post a comment or review if warranted.
The bottom line is that if you like this kind of material and these types of models, you likely won’t find a better site on the ‘net. Be prepared to spend some time here.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Updated:
04-28-1103:10pm (Update History) Reason: The longer I am a member of this site the more I appreciate its qualities. Raising score by Two (2).
Pros:
A large selection of very beautiful models from Europe and North America.
Impressive photography, mostly solo or g/g. Available in approx. 930x1400 px, Normal Resolution and 2200x3500 px High Resolution, zipped. Slight changes in resolution from picture to picture. Enormously large sets giving you the choice of keeping only the very best.
Most recent videos are in HD format in 720p dvx and mp4 format, as well as the extra large videos at 1080p wmv. All are downloadable!
Streaming is also available for previews or watching the whole video on-line if you so desire. Streaming picture is HD and very clear as well. I experienced no buffering problems.
Speed of download was also very good for me at 3.5 MB/s. This was for a single file through Firefox's DTA. Normal downloads through the browser downloader were much slower but still around 600 KB/s but as a plus this way of doing things seemed to allow multiple downloads.
Nice bonus material (auditions, blogs, bts etc.)
Cons:
Huge picture sets will require a large amount of time to prune. I never thought I would consider a set containing approx. 300 pictures a con. Well, it isn't really - see above under pros, but some of you might be a bit more impatient when it comes to downloading or editing a 500 MB picture set so be warned.
I desperately want a search engine for this site. You practically have to go from update (arranged in chronological order) to update to find something that fits your taste.
Model directory is in alphabetical order but it would be nice if the pictures of the models contained the dates when her sets and videos were published. This would prevent the frustration of finding a beautiful model and then realize that her pictures are not High Resolution and her videos are split up into various parts .. something most of us aren't interested in nowadays unless we collect the complete works of a model.
Continued below:
Bottom Line:
It would be nice to be able to go to a point where publishing HD videos and HR pictures first started and work one's way up to the present from there.
Close attention is required when looking at the updates themselves, some are an invitation to rate sets, some are bonus material from other sites, some are masturbation videos or g/g videos, some are picture sets, but there are also videos of photoshoots .. something I dislike heartily, but others might enjoy.
Because I didn't pay attention originally I downloaded a hefty HD file (g/g content) expecting hot action and found myself listening to the distracting remarks of the director as he gave his instructions for the shoot. I don't like to have my illusions destroyed. But, as I said, some might like that sort of thing.
BOTTOM LINE:
This is a well-respected, well run site that offers top quality material. I did not see one single unattractive model, I'd even take the ones they had to reject during their auditions. Most would be between 18-25 in age.
The material is shot indoors, as well as in more exotic locations. Lovers of glamorous videos and picture sets will be well pleased.
There is also the added eroticism of a bit of kink. Fisting, insertion of large objects (mostly dildos), peeing, some public exposure scenes. Good stuff for most.
I also loved the fact that I did not come across one single pair of enhanced breasts. They MIGHT be there but I didn't come across them. This is so refreshing when compared to most sites!
I am adding my usual plaint, and yes, all of you who know me knew it would come:
I wish they featured some mature women, and I wish that their models would wear more than the bare necessities. Sometimes the girls don't even wear those, because I very seldom came across a bra or even a pair of panties during many of my spot checks of the picture sets and videos, but then I shouldn't go to a site like this one and expect it to be something it wasn't meant to be.
You can't expect to find cougars in a cubs' playpen.
After all this site is not meant for lovers of a leisurely strip by mature women but for those who revel in beautiful young, glistening bodies, and for them ALS SCAN does its job very well.
Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
Pros:
- A fantastic array of beautiful girls
- Very detailed and "up-front" photos
- High quality vids, offered in three different formats; 1280x720 HD DivX, 1280x720 HD MP4, 1920x1080 HD WM
- Older models have their videos remastered and published
- Director's blog - you can read and find out what's going behind the scenes and grab some exclusive vid's or photo shoots
- Lots of mqsturbation and self-toying action
- Their castings are featured on video, and photos /w commentary
Cons:
- The website design. I've been a member three times, and it hasn't changed much from when I first joined in 2002.
- No search function
- Too much fisting for my taste
- Too much focus on "perfect breasts and no tattoos", come on, let in a girl that have some personality and quirky feautres.
- ALS hasn't published all videos of their older models (instead they sell them on DVD for 49.99 o so), come on.
Give us long time fans everything that was ever made with girls like Joanne, Jana, April, etc to download, and I'll be an happy customer.
- Download speeds. It averages at 150 kbit/s per file, and I ave a 8mbit/s line, and there seems to be a 2 or 3 file downloadlimit.
- Only works in IE
Bottom Line:
I think that ALS has run it course, yes it is still joinable, and it's not a bad site to join (especially if it is for the first time), but as a third time member I must say that I'm not impressed.
It feels like time stood still, and yes, they do HD, but it is so boring to watch.
And most of the new models are rubbish. They should have picked up at least 10 new models that they discarded from the casting sessions (because she looked unhappy or had a tattoo), come on man.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
+ 250+ smiling, skinny, shaved, super-hot hot models
+ Still almost purely solo- or girl-girl action that stays pretty entertaining
+ Amazing quality:
• videos: HD up to 1920x1080 @ 300 kb/s
• photos: hi-res are roughly 3900x2600px
+ Great quantity too; archived vids back to Apr 2007, photos much farther back
+ Daily video updates, new photo set released every two days
+ Download speeds have a lot of ass; I normally got about 1.3MB/s with a DL manager
+ They donate some of their pervy profits to charity, in case philanthropy is a deciding factor
Cons:
- Large percentage of videos are just BTS, and with photo sets the BTS is usually just mixed in
- Some models' content takes a long time to get released or simply stays unreleased
- Site design works well for what it is, but still has NO search function
- They are beginning to delve into boy-girl content, even if only lightly (read more in BL)
- Despite the fun some content can get predictable and routine
- 2 years since my first review and I still wish they would shoot more American girls or non-Euro girls
- I don't get to meet these girls in person! :-(
Bottom Line:
What can I say that hasn't already been said so many times and so well about one of my all time favorite adult sites over the years--hell, over the history of much of the crazy web itself, seeing how these guys have been finding and shooting hot shaved ladies since 1996. And since they have been doing this for so long they know a thing or two about getting the goods; great photo and video quality, lots of content, fast access, and above all some very happy models, many of whom come back wanting more.
That last point, happy models who become 'repeat offenders' shall we say, is not something I take lightly when I am looking for a new site to join and it's something where ALS has never faltered. I may be in the minority when I say this, but I genuinely don't enjoy porn where the performers, know matter how willing, are abused, beaten up, disrespected, or at the end of the day just left dissatisfied and unhappy. Of course ALS being in the girls only genre probably helps keep things in check but it, like the majority of sites, is still owned and run by a male and caters to a primarily male audience.
And despite all of this male input the output for many years was totally female; female models with female assistants in most cases and a female co-performer or two in some others. But in the past few years they have, if ever so slightly, started to also use male assistants, or at least made them more visible in both photos and videos--not my cup of tea, thank you very much. Even more alarming--or simply the next logical step, depending on your view--they have just recently shot an actual boy-girl scene. It's yet to be released and is described as a blowjob scene with swallowing, but time will tell as to where ALS steers its content.
Generally speaking, and if you're not looking for hardcore content, there's a lot to love here and at least a little to hate. So take your pick; young, skinny, shaved, mostly white models who are not too shy, so don't be surprised by a single model performing many if not all of the following; peeing, fisting, speculum and other crazy insertions, anal, and near constant spreading. The site design may not be impressive to many, nor may be the large amount of BTS, but don't let it fool you--as girls-only content goes they do not disappoint.
I do wish they would be more consistent in releases though. They still have a habit of letting members vote on models' scenes to determine release order and this can mean months before a model's whole shoot is available, and some just never gets released at all. I guess this is a good thing--so much content that there's not enough time to release it all--but I would like to see it eventually. And as unique as some of their content is it can get predictably routine; toy A into slot b, and so on.
But damn if they don't make it look hot time and time again with each new model they find and corrupt. All these years and I'm still sold! :-P
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Uh, that's stuff not to be seen normally at ALS Scan. A full bonus with lovely Tanner Mayes in a b/g scene with lots of oral stimulation :-)
I can remember that I used to have some b/g stuff from ALS but that was so long ago I guess it was published when they started doing business and didn't have enough material shot by Alex himself?
Anyhow the above mentioned scene seems to be very hot and I can't wait for the download to finish.
This is one site you'll either love or hate I guess. Solo girls doing weird things is not a taste for everyone ;-)
As some might know they had some problems with their servers recently. The owner was honest enough to come up with information about what had happened and in his blogs he keeps the users of ALS Scan updated about the status of the upgrade procedure.
As a compensation for the fact that the site was down for about 2 days all subscriptions are extended for 2 additional days which is IMHO fair. If only some older content not yet published would appear on the site :-( But that's the only drawback I can see while being a member for 2 or even 3 years now.
It's a bit unexpected to see a scene with an intense dom quality at ALS Scan, so I'm pretty thrilled to see the new Hailey Young fem dom of Tanner Mayes. I fell for Tanner from the first moment I set eyes on her - she's like the ultimate little fuck nymph. Hailey I wasn't a fan of until I saw her energy in the first beach scene they posted of Hailey with Jana Jordan.
Hailey's a great dom and unlike most fem dom scenes, there's a great antagonistic energy with Tanner's brattiness resisting the domination. Bruce Seven used to go for that kind of dynamic in some of his scenes with Careena Collins, but most dom scenes these days are much more "know your role" where the subs just take it without resistance.
Fans of fisting, pee play, fem dom would definitely like this scene. I'll be interested in hearing about how other ALS Scan fans like it - I'm obviously pretty thrilled.
I haven't been a member in quite a while because of their lack of fisting scenes in most of the new models over the last year + and chaotic release schedule, but I did notice that they seem to have gone through a site redesign. Is this the case? They at least changed the preview area a little bit so that's why I ask. Is the members area any better or is that still the same as always?
I've said it before, I'll say it again. ALS Scan is my favorite porn site - and they just proved why again with the first vid up of the 2009 Caribbean trip - 35 minutes of non-stop, unedited crazy girl/girl action - so much that this vid couldn't even stay on a steaming Anita Pearl/Blue Angel pussy eating episode while it was following crazed Jana Foxy/Jordan cavorting with Hailey Young. I love scenes that turn me into an instant fan of girls I wasn't a fan of before - that's how it is with this one. I didn't care much for Hailey Young before - now I adore her for her ability to keep up with the energy of Jana and urge her on to more - the highlight is Jana fisting Hailey with Jana kind of freaking out at the sensation and Hailey grabbing her wrist, forcing further in, screaming "Deeper! Deeper!!" Un-fucking-believable!! ALS's girl/girl stuff make most other sites girl/girl stuff look completely lame, in my opinion. There's just an unconstrained quality that is so wonderful that I've only seen equalled with some of Evil Angel's wildest stuff. But somehow ALS does it without the rough elements, just by unleashing the girls' crazed over-the-top sexuality. I just love this stuff!
And the quality is incredible - 1920 X 1080, 8062 kbps of astounding and wonderful and joyous public beach sex action.
I know public nudity and body painting aren't appreciated by everybody, but if you're a Blue Angel fan,or an ass-and-legs fan, this scene is fantastic. There are 3 vids - 1 and 1/4 hours - highest quality is 1920 X 1080 hd - 8075 kbps bitrate - just stunning - plus 33 pages of pics downloadable by zip at either high or low res - high res pics are 2592 X 3888 - stunning, stunning, stunning.
Watching Blue Angel from behind walking down the streets of Budapest wearing nothing but heels and painted on - literally - tiny blue shorts and a bikini top - heaven!!!
It's a bonus, so the stated end date is May 27 - they usually extend those end dates, though if you want them, it's not a good idea to just assume that they'll be there forever.
I have not been a member of ALS since late 2008 (I know, blasphemy!) so I was wondering if they have any hot new models for this year? Especially any that aren't Eastern European or already on three dozen other sites.
Oh, and have they gone on their tropical trip for the year? Those are usually incredibly hot and very entertaining with tons of footage, though personally I think last year's was a step down from their one in 2007, so I am hoping they improved a little this year.
Fans of ALS Scan model Molly might want to check out AaliyahLove.com - look familiar? Yep - that's her! I happened to stumble onto her cam show tonight at the Camz network. I was watching that delightful booty bounce up and down and looking at that beautiful smile and it struck me. I asked her if she had modeled for ALS and she said, "Yes, I did" and I realized it was her. There are samples of her various sets around the 'net. Her site doesn't look half bad - just went live in its current incarnation in November.
She just started doing chats at Camz Network last week, so I was lucky to find her.
I just took the tour of ALS Scan and loved some of the hi-res samples, to the point of downloading them. I noticed that the obtrusive watermarks of the olden days are no longer to be found on them. Does that hold true for all of the new pictures? What about the remastered old sets? If they still have watermarks are they now more discrete? This site somehow appeals to me because everything spells quality, even though I'm usually a "natural and hairy" type of guy. Pink Panther, I'll even put up with lollipops and baby oil if the logo is gone or small! :-)
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