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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
+ Claimed 653 models, in 4200+ sets, 464,000+ images--all archived
+ If you like the solo girl niche they stick with it; no guys (except maybe in the BG in public nudity)
+ Healthy variety of British, Ibizan, and Eastern Euro models in many shapes and sizes
+ Newest vids are 1280 x 720 HD .mov @ 4.9MB/s
+ Navigation is easy enough, despite missing content
+/- Near constant use of toys; a pro for me, but I know some hate this |
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- Pictures overall are good but small; newest ones are 1850 x 1230 max, older ones can be quite small
- Basically no model info beyond what you can learn from the photos or videos
- A lot of sets are missing content
- Not very many videos; treat this as a photo site
- Photographic style may annoy some; Simon frequently uses short DOF (more in BL)
- Very little girl-girl content
- Lots of models are less than hot
-/+ Lots of models are less than fully shaved; a con for me, a pro for others
-/+ I don't think Photoshop is used beyond cropping and adding a watermark; beware this is not as good as it sounds |
| Bottom Line: |
I wanted to like this site a lot, I really did. It has all the right basic ingredients to make me happy: lots of young girls with lots of toys, while the guys stay behind camera with their mouths shut. Plus these are mostly British girls I have never seen with a few Euro ones I have seen thrown in. So what's the problem?
Well, sometimes even when you have all the right ingredients and follow the directions the recipe didn't turn out quite as well as you had expected. A lot of the girls didn't shave : ( and many more that didn't exactly just step off the runway in a Paris fashion show. I don't want to sound like a heartless asshole (that's what the forum is for) but there are quite a few models who could benefit from skipping the fast food. I am not saying any of the girls are really obese but don't expect to find one skinny little model after another here--as I said above, many shapes and sizes. It's really a matter of personal taste and I prefer the skinnier girls myself but that's just me. As far as the looks, well, that's personal taste too and I guess there's nothing anybody can do about that but there are plenty of hot girls--both skinny and not so skinny.
Besides the shape of its models the site could do some improving in terms of actually providing content that isn’t there. As other reviewers have mentioned there are models that have missing photo sets and videos; you see a link to a set on the model’s page (usually three medium sized thumbnails) but when you click it there is just an empty SS page with the banners and links at the top but no content below, and the same with some videos. Annoying because nobody wants to pay for empty pages and those thumbnails would frequently get my engine revving only to have it stall out when there was an empty set.
When I actually saw the content I noticed a couple of things. First, the photos, despite making up the vast majority of content, were on the small side; 1850 x 1230 is the newest and biggest resolution available. I looked for links to bigger zips or maybe a hi-res option all to no avail—these biggest photos don’t even fill my screen. Second, the photos themselves have some attributes that really divide us here at PU. I don’t think any Photoshop is used beyond cropping and watermarking but before you jump for joy be aware that not all girls are created equal, especially when you jam the camera in between their legs to check out what’s under the hood. Ass zits, razor burn, and stray pubic hair may be a turn on for some but not me and I really wished somebody had cleaned these shots up at least a little. There are plenty of models that really don’t need any digital work done on their lovelies but there are still many that do.
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Was a member approx. 4 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
Mega quantity of content.
Fantastic value. |
| Cons: |
Lacking raw sexiness. |
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This site was good and well well worth joining for a month, simply loads of content and girls and all superb quality. However, maybe I'm being too picky here with view to my personal taste but I found a lot of the content not very sexy, too much nudity and crudity that just doesn't get me off. It is a fantastic site though and could well imagine if this is your thing you'd rate it close to 10 out of 10, for me though I'm struggling to give it a top top rate. |
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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
1. All Exclusive content. You won't see it on ANY other site. New content is added almost daily.
2. Stunning image quality, really has to be seen to be believed. Currently there are 589 models appearing in 3734 sets for a total of over 429,000+ images to browse.
3. Super fast download speeds for both images and movies. Multiple high quality movie formats - WMV/MPG/MOV/FLV at impressive bitrates (and NO DRM!).
4. Make no mistake, this truly is a benchmark solo-girl site by which all others of a similar niche should be judged.
5. Membership costs. If you're a fan of solo-girl sites like myself, the value for money this site represents is truly amazing. An absolute BARGAIN. |
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Small quibble with the video's (See Bottom Line) |
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Make no mistake folks, this is a gem of a site. As I said in my PRO's section above you really do need to check out the quality of the content on SimonScans.com and then take a look at 99% of other sites in the same niche to appreciate just how good it really is. One of the few (very few!) sites that really does make you go "Wow!".
Onto the site itself. It's quick to load and I personally found it a breeze to browse around and getting to sections of the site I go to frequently is easy. Granted, I have been a member for quite some time now, but I honestly believe you'll have no problems at all using SimonScans.com and everything just has that 'SimonScans' feel to it. If that makes sense? If you become a member (and you should!) you'll understand exactly what I mean :)
The reason I don't give this site 100/100 is that I agree with others that have said some of the older videos are of not such good quality. But then I think I'm judging them against the latest SimonScans video quality and maybe thats me just being overly picky. The latest videos (over the last 6 months) are very good indeed, so maybe I'am being overly-critical on this point.
To sum it up, this is a fantastic site. It hits its' niche bang on and all in glorious Hi-Res quality. Check it out today, you won't regret it for a second. |
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
578 models, most with at least 5+ sets of pics, some with video.
Excellent site navigation options.
All exclusive content.
Frequent pic set updates. usually 1 or 2 every couple of days.
Fast download speeds (averaged around 700 kbps)
Quite a few vidcaps to represent a video.
Most movies have more than one movie download option. |
| Cons: |
Many members area problems such as dead links and missing movies, explained more below.
Minimal movie updates. 3-5 per month.
Too many unattractive models throughout the model index.
If you don't like the niche, it will be a con to you that most of the material is solo girl toy use and pussy spreading.
Customer support has been weak.
Older movies are poor quality and some don't play well. |
| Bottom Line: |
Well, I just joined Simon Scans again for the first time in a LONG time and at first I was amazed at the navigation of the site. There are so many ways to look at different things and everything is very easy to access. You can look at the model index in multiple ways, view all past updates by month easily, and just browse through the movie files. At first I thought this was going to be right up at the top of my scores for reviewed sites, but the errors on the site kill the score. As a matter of face, even compared to all the crappy sites I have joined over the last 4-5 years, I can't think of one that had so many technical problems.
The biggest and most important thing that I will explain in more detail is the problems on the site. Initially when going through the model index I found one model that had some problems, but as I continued to browse, that one model became more, and the types of problems expanded even more as well. So, as is typical with most sites, when clicking on a model index you will get thumbnail picks of the models, and when clicking on one pic that brings you to the model page of that model, which views all of their sets and such. Simon scans has this too, but it also has a more detailed version of the initial list of thumbs of the models that lists all of the sets that they have too (pics and video). So you can either go into their model page by clicking on their pic, or you can access the sets directly from the model index in that little area I described that lists them all, the "series details" they call it. Ok, so first, when you click on a model pic to enter her model page, it is VERY common to not have all her sets in there. Both pic sets and video sets are often times left out of it, so that leaves you with the links that I described that are on the model index, in the "series details". Well, the pic set links work, but NONE of the movie links work. So, if the movie isn't in her model page, you are out of luck. So, that's problem one. Also, I found a couple models who have dead links to their model pages completely. Wow. And ANOTHER problem. I found more than one model who has multiple movies, only to find that sometimes more than one different movie links to the same movie download, meaning one of the movies is nowhere to be found. Seriously, for a big time site, it sure has a crapload of problems.
Also, this is a niche site for fans of solo girl content, nothing more. While I enjoy that content and did like the content I could access, if you aren't a fan of it this site will not be for you. Expect a lot of toy use and a lot of pussy spreading.
For the niche it serves, this site COULD be among the best if it fixed all the problems on the site. Seriously, get a new webmaster already. There are a lot of good things here, and they shouldn't be diminished, but just expect some frustration and challenges in accessing the content. |
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Was a member approx. 3 months prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
# Simon Scans offers super hi rez photography that's focused on harcore: beautiful UK models using big dildoes, gaping pussies, and all colors come through vivid and in rich colors.
# no flushed out, washed out or bland fleshtones, you get to see all ranges of fleshtones of the models inclushing pussy flesh in pinks; reddish flesh with the gaping shots, and purple.--no color is muted- just super vivid stimulating shots.
# offers many stimulating pov shots where you see angles as if you where lying on the floor looking up; or if your face was looking at her lap or her bum- just great in-your face shots.
#567 Models; 3567 Sets; 414,658 Images online
#pics are 1442 x 961, 961 x 1442
#.WMV 640 x 370 - Windows optimised format
.MOV 1280 x 960 - recomended format, FULL HDV - h264, .MPG 640 x 480 - universal playback
.IPOD 320x240 - play on the go - h264 encoded
# lets you see some decent samples before you buy via site tour and email newsletter- you'll get a heapload of samples. |
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# Quicktime needed to use vids; don't have it- you'll need to download it.
# vids focus almost soley on models masterbating with dildos- so if you like to see models primping, trying on clothes, then you will have to get that elsewhere.
# Simon Scans shoots tend to be fast- the models get naked too quick sometimes- not true with all of the sets, but some of the sets. Though there are some great lingerie and clothes shots.
#Overall this site focuses on big dildoes; if you like the model using dildoes in almost every set; then you will love it- yet this site seems a bit too attached to the dildo. |
| Bottom Line: |
Ok. If you like great photography of dildo centered hardcore; gaping pussies; shots of big dildoes penetrating models (including anal); both hairy and shaved shots; lots of great POV shots where the model stands over you while groping herself; and models shot in beautiful locations, then this site is for you.
I've been a member of Simon Scans four times. The best thing is finding your favorite model. The sets are outstanding and I spend myself lost in a set and browsing and skimming through everything a lot less. The shots are just stimulating and vivid. You get hi end lingerie in bright colors; you really gets to see drenched pussies; get to see even purple veins in the labia. These are just beautifully thought out composed and super hi rez shots.
If you have a large flat screen monitor then you have got to background some of these shots- they are great.
Simon Scans masters what it focuses on. Though personally for me I like to see models primping more and I am a softcore fan so I have other memberships that suit that need. I found a lot of the sets in Simon Scans that showed models in their clothes and lingerie just as erotic and stimulating as the hardcore shots
But everyone has their tastes, and if you like what i listed in the first paragraph- if those are your tastes; then you will be hooked on this site.
Simon Scans is a top five best site of its type for those who like seeing models using toys. |
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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
Loads of content, mostly pictures
Easy to download
Good download speed
Lots of models
Navigation is decent
No download limit, kinda... |
| Cons: |
Price a little high
Not too many videos
Many of the models are not very pretty
Video quality a little low
Site could still grow some |
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Downloading was fairly easy. They have a good connection, but they do limit downloads sorta. Their server will kick you off if you reach a certain bandwidth quota. I was around 50-60 GB in about 2 days when I got booted. I email customer service and the reset my account within about a day. The limit is there to prevent hacked account from knocking their servers of the wall with 300 people all downloading from one account! The service guy said to keep downloading as much as I wanted and they would just keep reseting my account, but I had no more issues.
Some of the girls are kinda ugly on this site.
There was about 70 GB of pictures and 17 GB of videos, so this was about a 3 day download, but it came in nicely and kept my 3 Mbit/s pegged.
As of early march 2008 there were about 330 videos. The bit rates do vary, but a good amount of them are at about 1200 Kbit/s and the videos range from 4 minutes to 25 minutes. Most of the videos are 7-11 minutes. The resolution for the better amount of the videos are 480 x 360. |
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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- British solo hardcore website with mostly girls from UK and Europe.
- Tons of decent quality solo hardcore and few lesbian photos dating from 2000. Close to 500 or more models
- Photo size 1500x900 or larger past 2 years.
- Updates 5 times a week mostly photos and occasionally videos.
- Decent quality videos. Masturbation videos are more authentic then most other websites you can actually see many models getting wet and having a real orgasm. |
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- Some photos are too blurry many a time the photographer blurs the models face completely and you get to see only the genitals. (May appeal to some)
- Manager of the website not picky in choosing models. Some average models that look like they badly need a shower, some look like they have given birth to 5-6 kids.
- Toys, toys and more toys some of them huge in size almost as long as their thighs and as thick as their arms, but they seem to be happily putting them in! Toys can put in as early as the 5th or 6th picture which makes it less erotic.
- Picture opens in new window. (May not be a hassle to some) |
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One of the best British porn sites around, although they have been adding a lot of other European models lately.
Will appeal to ones who love toys. Some models use two to three toys in every orifice possible!! |
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