+ 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
*Newbie reviews and ratings don't count toward a site's overall score/rank until the user reaches the Rookie status level (5 points). This rule is needed to help prevent fake (or heavily biased) profiles and reviews.
I love this site and what it produces, but they have been doing some things in the last few months that need to be changed:
1. No more guys in photos or videos. They used to be pretty good about this, but now with "full" photoset releases (bloopers and outtakes included) they also have the occasional male assistant in some photos. I understand they work for the site and therefore help make it what it is, but I don't think it would too hard to keep them truly behind the scenes, or at least out of frame.
2. Cut down on the lollipops and baby oil. Lollipops and baby oil have been used by a lot of their models since the '90s, but they seem to really overdo it now. At most, they should only have one scene with a single lollipop or baby oil.
3. "Guest" photosets and videos. These are pretty rare, but I am not sure why they are there, maybe for some promotion agreement. They have only been from 1By-Day, usually with ALS models, but bottom line: it is just not ALSScan.
There are some great things they have been doing lately, and they need to keep it up:
1. New HD vid format. They now release new vids in an additional 1920x1080 wmv format – huge files, but huge videos…very nice.
2. Classic model remasters. These are great, especially since older releases were pretty limited in quantity and quality compared to today.
3. Hard with the soft. They might just be a girls-only site, but their hardcore is just as hot as the soft, and hopefully they won’t stop shooting it.
Was wondering if anyone could give me a break down of how much of each content there is on ALS Scan? I'm not really a fan of fisting, large toys, using everyday objects like hotdogs, bananas, etc, Speculum use, Pussy gapin. Is that most of the content on here?
Some reviews make it sound like that's all every set is, while others make it out more as it's a smaller sub category of stuff available. So just wondering which is it?
While I hardly ever have complaints about download speeds, this site is moving bits so quickly that I thought it worthy of comment. Since all of their new video is High Definition, the size of the videos means downloads could be lengthy, but right now I'm holding a sustained download speed of:
1.10 MB/s (8.80 mbps)
It is also important to note that this is without any form of multiple connection download acceleration. I rarely see speeds this high from anything other than large businesses like Microsoft. Granted this is occurring at a very low traffic time for my area and I'm not using my internet connection for anything else, but even when traffic spikes up some I still maintain speeds above 700 KB/s (5600 kbps). Really impressive speeds.
I've been hanging around Alsscan for years now and I'm seeing problems. I wish I could do my review over actually. Still a good site but needs some change. Problems I see:
1. Content is getting less extreme. New models are rarely fisting anymore or doing as extreme of shoots as used to be the norm. Disappointing to say the least for fans like me who joined the site years ago because of such consistent content such as that.
2. The reality is that new true updates are not frequent. Now I know that sounds crazy since there is a new video and pic set added daily, but hear me out. How often is a new girl added to the site? Maybe once every 1-2 weeks. Ok, but then the model's material is usually broken down into at least 5 photo sets and 5 video sets, each of which are released at totally different times. And those updates in and of themselves are completely random, so there is really no telling when you may see the scene you want to see. Throw in the multiple updates of older stuff re released, and the real updates are indeed infrequent.
3. To my 3rd complaint: the release of material is completely disorganized and chaotic. There are still pic sets and videos of girls not released from over a year ago. This is especially frustrating when you really like a model and want to see all her stuff. I strongly suggest some sort of new release program that gets a model's content out at once, or at least over the course of a few weeks.
The site's having another models poll, this time from their early models (1996 - 2001). This brings backs a lot of memories of when I first learned of this site and became an instant fan, and they have only gotten better! I am sure anyone who was a member that far back can't wait to see who they remaster next.
Their older models are sometimes hit and miss (possibly because ALS was not so well known), but quite a few stand out; Michelle, April, Monica, Nicole...the list goes on. Most of them were unknowns then and stayed that way, a few went on to do movies, but none of them were "stars" when ALS shot them so it gave them a sort of freshness compared to now when models appear on dozens of sites at the same time.
Apparently some of them don't have any video, though I am not sure which ones, and the photos are scanned from prints, but there are still plenty of hot classics to be found.
(By the way, was anyone ever a member of Kathryn Lee's or Mia Tyler's individual member sites? None of this material has ever ended up on ALS's sites so it would be cool to see it eventually released.)
As said elsewhere here I was quite shocked to see, that since my subscription is going to run out - my credit card is a new one as of June 2008 and I didn't see a possibility to update the information on their site - end of July, that I should pay >80% more (€29.95 instead of $24.95) per month since I'm located in Europe. So I wrote a mail to ALS Scan telling them that this was quite shocking to me.
Although I never received a reply I saw tonight that they went back to the old billing system :-).
THUMBS UP for ALS Scan! I'll stay with them as the quality and quantity of content increased a lot ever since I joined this site.
I see in some of the comments and reviews that Als Scan has been bringing back some of their older content in bigger file sizes and such. I've been a member from time to time but not for awhile now.
My question to other members of the site recently, how good is the quality of the older content? Even though its a bigger file size is the qualiy pretty good or can you tell it was shot in 2003 or something like that?
Considering joining as I saw a special for $24.95 and wouldn't mind getting some of my favorite older sets again in a better resolution that my new monitor would love.
Please read the reviews and especially the cons: this site is not just any teen site, it is pretty out there with lotsa fisting and putting instruments and food in a fetish kind of way into small girls pussies. Rather off-putting and not my kind of tea at all.
I will try to find some more "normal" material on the site and then give you my oppinion again. But currently it feels like I should have read more of the reviews before spending $30. :-(
Hey, that's a another bonus I like. The complete Eva resampled and now in hires pics and remastered video.
Thanks to Alex and his team for making this possible. I don't know of any other site putting so much effort into bringing back old stuff with today's standards.
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