Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Some amazing, innovative porn
- Top models
- Many different fetishes and niches
- Access to a lot of the Evil Angel catalogue
- Many options for downloads
- HD available
- Streaming available
Cons:
- Short link time-outs make download managers almost useless
- Isn’t really a true network
- No main page for the ‘network’
Bottom Line:
My latest membership here has caused me to rethink some of my earlier enthusiasm for the site. (But just slightly…)
First off, while this site is one of 20 in a network I think it is misleading to call this site a true network since the DVDs and scenes are all drawn from the same source and simply distributed in a logical way among the 20 sites. (The 20 sites are listed here: https://www.thebestporn.com/review_inclu...ed.html?id=milkenema) This isn’t a negative since the material is excellent porn (among the best available, in my opinion), and I admit that in most cases the material is arranged in logical ways: having all the Mike Adriano DVDs on one ‘site’ for example.
Speaking of the porn on offer here, while what is offered here isn’t for everyone, if anal-themed porn with a harder edge is your thing, then this ‘network’ is among the best sites on the ‘net. The scenes have a good mix of fetishes and use top models from the U.S., Europe and Russia but they all share high production values. I look for three factors to be in place for a site to be excellent. The first is that the porn has to be excellent quality and in this case the ‘network’ gets top marks.
Where this group of sites come up short is in my second and third criteria, namely site organization and ease of access. They don’t fail here, but they could do so much better.
Regarding the site organization, I think the fact that they’ve decided to offer this as a collection of ‘sites’ is their waekness. There really is no reason to have organized the site this way. Since the sites all have material from the Evil Angel catalogue I don’t see why the site owners saw the need to parcel it out in the way they have. Unlike a true network, this collection of sites has no main page where a member can quickly see updates. To get access to updates you need to go to each of the 20 sites to see what’s new. But by doing so you’ll also see that several of the sites no longer add material. In those cases I suspect that the ‘site’ has run out of that specific theme in the Evil Angel catalogue. There’s no shame in that, and it certainly wouldn’t be as noticeable if this were just lumped together as one site. (Speaking of updates, there are daily updates spread among the sites.)
To make matters worse, there is some overlap between the ‘sites.’ You may find a scene or two from a specific DVD on one site and the remaining ones on another. On DVD sites I prefer to arrange the scenes in folders named for the DVD where they come from, and in some cases that is made more difficult here because while a majority of scenes are listed as being part of a DVD some aren’t. I really can’t even speculate as to why the site owners made this choice.
That isn’t to say that the ‘sites’ are terribly organized, because they aren’t. You can easily sort by DVD title or by scene (with the caveat being that the ‘orphan’ scenes noted above won’t show up in any DVD search.)
As for ease of access, this is my biggest issue with the site: while they allow download managers, the time-outs on the links are so short that using a manager won’t work. My guess is that the links time out at about 5 minutes – so if you’re downloading an HD file at 2GB it makes no sense to queue up another because by the time your first scene is downloaded the second link is dead.
I’m not sure how the site is owned, but even though it shows as having separate ownership from the Evil Angel site they are both part of Fame Dollars. Whatever the link, to get the most from the Evil Angel catalogue you’ll need to join both sites. That isn’t too bad considering that both offer a TBP discount (though I was sad to read that the full trial is now gone.)
Perhaps the biggest change for me since I last joined is that I now download mp4s rather than WMVs. This is a huge change since the ‘network’ has better choices for mp4s, including 720p and 1080p. The 720 come in at 720x480 at 2400kb/s and the 1080 are 1080x720 at 5000kb/s. Both play at 30fps. Subjectively these are as crisp as the best elsewhere. They really do look great. WMVs continue to be offered but not in HD. Streaming is also offered but I don’t use that so I can’t comment on it.
While most of what I’ve written leans to the site’s shortcomings please don’t consider just these negative comments. Consider it this way: think of your favourite model. Do you like her less when you learn that when she eats broccoli her farts stink? Likely not (assuming that this isn’t a fetish of yours, of course…). Same here. This collection of ‘sites’ offers up some of the most interesting, most innovative, best produced porn with some of the hottest models ever to grace the industry and they offer it all at a great price. I highly recommend joining, and as in the past I will rejoin again and again and again.
Now if you’ll excuse me I have to get back to smelling some farts…
I've never been much of a TV watcher, but I'm probably bucking the trend a bit in that my consumption is going up. I've found myself recording stuff on the PVR and going back to it later when I can skip through the ads. I don't think I've watched a 'live' TV broadcast is a loooong time.
Your reply sounds like either an apology or a justification and neither is needed. Sites change and our tastes change. I can only imagine what nasty things I'd have written about Burning Angel had I joined a year ago rather than after my 'conversion' to some limited interest in tattoos.
I don't think you took my comments this way, but to be clear, I wasn't accusing you of being too subjective. Subjectivity plays a role in any review, even the ones done by the staff at TBP, but a good reviewer looks past their likes and dislike and gives an objective review. You did just that in both your reviews and scored the site differently. No big deal. In both cases the reviews were written by an objective person who was writing about his experiences with the site at that time.
Both reviews were great and I'd rely on both in making a decision to join the site if I had no personal history with it.
Excellent review! Like you, I was surprised at how much I like this network knowing that it really does promote 'enhanced' models. I was also interested to note that you've increased your score a full 10 points since you last reviewed the network which is another indication how they've improved over the past years.
Thrilled for me. I much prefer b/g hardcore scenes and usually only stumble on softcore-only models on 'art-core' sites. So when one that I like takes the plunge for out viewing pleasure I am definitely into that.
Maybe 2014 will be the year for Gloria from Skinny Super Girl. A man can dream!
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Good selection of Elegant Angel titles
- Good mix of older titles and new releases
- Updates regularly
- Supports download managers
- TBP / PU Discount
- 390 DVDs available
Cons:
- Elegant Angel material is widely available on other sites so there can be a lot of overlap
- Some scenes missing from DVDs
- Download speeds can vary and are usually slower than similar sites
- Cryptic file names
- Elegant Angel has a huge back catalogue – this site should be much bigger than it is
Bottom Line:
I’ve been a big fan of Elegant Angel studio for as long as I can remember. I think that the only other studios that surpass them in my view are Evil Angel and Kink.com. This is my first time joining the site though. I’ve learned my lesson not to write a review until I get a full sense of what the site offers and have actually watched a lot of what I downloaded. Had I written this review earlier I would have scored it lower and complained a lot more. As it stands now, I really like this site and I’m glad I joined.
Elegant Angel offers a wide variety of porn, ranging from rough anal and gangbangs to g/g to almost softcore. That’s great for some, but I realize that for others that may be a drawback. I, for example, have no interest in large breasts so I left all of those alone. There are some consistencies though: EA uses A-list porn models and has some of the highest production values in the business.
I’ll get one complaint out of the way immediately: Elegant Angel DVDs are widely available on other sites (Videobox has an EA ‘channel’ for example). This can create a bit of a problem for active porn collectors since there is a lot of overlap available on the internet. The problem is that to get the widest selection of EA DVDs you need to join multiple sites. As a customer I’d obviously prefer to be able to join one site and get everything, but I also realize that Elegant isn’t the only studio that does this. Evil Angel and Jules Jordan are two other examples that require you to join more than one site to access more of their catalogues. At least in this case the TBP / PU discount helps.
The site currently has 390 DVDs available. The good news is that there is a mix of older titles and new releases. The bad news is that since EA has a huge back catalogue this site really should be much larger. The site updates regularly with a new DVD being added every six days.
The biggest improvement to the site occurred in March 2010 when they began offering 720p and 1080p files. All new uploads include these options and currently about 30% of the site was added after that date and are available in HD.
Older titles have limited download options. The site claims to offer 720x408 but Media Info says they’re actually 640x480 at 1500kb/s and 30 fps. The format is mp4. There is a lower resolution available too. I’m not going to fault the site for these low resolutions on their older titles because I’m sure the original quality isn’t that great to begin with and it is still great to have access to them.
New titles are offered with more download options. There is a mobile resolution at 320x180, an H264 at 720x408, a 720p at 1280x720 and a 1080p at 1920x1080. Those are all in mp4 format. I usually opted for the 720p as a good compromise for drive space and quality. Those come in at true 1280x720 at 3500kb/s and 30fps. Subjectively they look great. On a few choice scenes I went for the 1080. The resolution is as advertised and they play at 8100kb/s and 30fps. Visually I don’t see a lot of difference between the 720 and 1080 but I won’t make a definite call on that as I haven’t tried either on my 50” TV yet.
The site allows download managers and the links have a reasonable time-out. My guess is that your links will be live for at least a half hour.
This is really getting picky, but for some reason EA opts to not put all the scenes up in the DVDs. I don’t know how often that occurs – maybe it is really infrequent – but it was definitely noticeable in the one DVD that I joined to get access to: Lexi. That’s the recent DVD with Lexi Belle’s first anal scene. The anal scene is there, but the site doesn’t have the first scene in the movie with Lexi, Riley Reid and Michael Stefano. I may have wanted this title for the anal scene, but the b/g/g scene is actually my favourite and it irks me that it isn’t posted. The DVD was uploaded in early October so I think it’s safe to assume that they won’t be adding it now. If anyone has any thoughts as to why they’d omit this I’d appreciate hearing from you.
Since I’m being picky I’ll also point out that the file names don’t give any clue to the star or DVD. If you’re like me and fussy about cataloguing your collection you’ll need to change the names of the files as you download.
The site has flaws (it should be much bigger, some overlap with other EA material on other pay sites, non-specific file names) but those are minor when you consider the value of the site. If you like the style of porn here this is an excellent site and I’d highly recommend it to anyone. This site is now officially on my list of sites to rejoin over and over.
Thanks for this information. I was thinking about joining hardcore Gangbang but was put off by the small size. Knowing that the older stuff from Bound Gangbangs is available too probably makes this a certainty for me now.
I suspect that for a lot of fans of MILF porn the draw is simply seeing women your own age. And, I should add, that I ACT 18, so that exlains my interests...
Thanks for that. I forced myself to catalogue recently downloaded stuff and write reviews for some sites with my reward being an Elegant Angel membership. I have my credit card in hand right now and will be joining in a few seconds...
Hmmm... if this is the same Logan who has done a lot of extreme anal stuff for Mike Adriano and other directors at Evil Angel I might not be able to wait!
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- An excellent network of teen-oriented sites
- 14 sites available
- Network continues to grow (new sites added recently)
- Updates regularly
- Many incredibly beautiful young (18+) models, many early in their careers
- TBP / PU Discount
- No download limit
- Permits download managers
- Streaming available
- Photos available
- Bills through Epoch
Cons:
- Download speeds are a bit less than I get at competitor sites
- The search function has less function in the member’s section than on the preview pages
- I’d prefer more anal scenes
Bottom Line:
I have to admit to being a bit surprised that this network hasn’t been reviewed more often here. I’m guessing that part of this is just due to the wide variety of interests within the PU community such that a great teen-themed site goes without the attention it might get if everyone shared my (limited) interests.
The network is a collection of 14 sites and each of them is either specifically teen-oriented (18+, of course) or has a non-teen-specific theme but still uses the freshest faces available. Of all the sites, only one, Her Freshman Year, doesn’t appear to be updating. This isn’t a deal-breaker though since it is a relatively generic theme that is easily satisfied with several of the other sites on the network. If there is one usual theme not represented by a site it would be anal sex. The whole network only has 32 anal scenes out of the 1000+ available. If it wasn’t for the exceptional teens I might just take this as a personal insult.
The network also includes a massage-themed site called Rub-a-Teen. This site has stirred up a bit of controversy around here because it is a clone of the Tricky Masseur site at Teen Mega World. The site sticks out for two reasons – it appears to be the only non-exclusive site on the network (I might be wrong on that though) and it is the only site that has non-U.S., non-English speaking models – apart from the Latina site. I don’t hold it against the network that they bought a whole site, but I’d have preferred to join this network to get it rather than Teen Mega World. And honestly, I’ll bet that if the guys behind this network made their own massage stuff it would be top quality.
When I last joined this network about 18 months ago I found it to have great porn but the technical bits were a bit dated. There were limited choices for file formats and their definition of HD was a bit loose. The good news is that this is no longer the case: in October 2011 the network rolled out mp4 as their standard format and all new scenes are available in three resolutions, including 720p and 1080p. One WMV file is still available as is a file size for mobile users. I downloaded the 720p and those come in at 1280x720 at a 2400kb/s bitrate and 30fps. They look great on a monitor and I suspect they’ll look fine on a TV when I get around to trying that.
Each of the scenes is available in a variety of ways (in segments, full scene, etc.) so most users will find what they’re looking for. I may not understand why the network has so many options, but I appreciate that they do and I think this shows their positive attitude to members.
Photos are also available – as singles and zips – and as stand-alone and screencaps. I wouldn’t call this a photo site but for those who like photos you can get a fix too.
Other positives are that the site bills through Epoch, allows download managers with no obvious timeouts, and doesn’t impose any download limit.
There are some negatives, but I don’t want to over-emphasize these as they really are minor in light of the overall quality of the network. The most serious of these negatives is the search function. Full disclosure here – I might be dead wrong on this, but I searched and tried for an hour and couldn’t find a solution. Here’s the weird issue with the search function: each scene has a series of tags. The tags can be used to sort the scenes. But… when you’re on the preview page the sort function works to narrow your choices, which is, I assume, what it is intended to do. You want “blonde,” “footjob” and glasses? On the preview page you’ll be left with the precise scenes that have those three elements. When you’re in the member’s section though, the tags just pile on each other. Select “blonde” and you get any scene with that. Add “footjob” and you get all the footjob scenes on the network rather than just the footjob scenes with blondes, which means you get a lot of stuff you don’t want. I looked long and hard and can’t find a way to make the tag filter work when in the member section. If I’m wrong, please say so in a comment.
Other minor negatives are that the download speeds are a bit slower than I’m used to. Not enough to really complain, but noticeable mostly because the site is so well done that this minor issue sticks out.
This is neither a negative or a positive, it just is, but given the newness of some of the models they’re only doing solo stuff at this point. This is a bit disappointing but if that’s the choice of the models then I can’t criticize the network for that. I’m just stating this as a fact.
This is a great network that continues to add sites and scenes. One scene is added per day, spread over the 13 updating sites. I think this is a great network even at full price, but at the TBP discount it is a must-have for anyone who likes teen-themed, high quality porn. Not only do I recommend it, I’ll definitely be back again and again.
I'm a big fan of Kink stuff and of EB too. I agree with just about everything you said, though I don't have the same dislike of enemas that you do. I say 'bring 'em on!'
Their choice to break up the photo zips is strange. Yes, I realize that there may be people who only want one 'scene' within a full scene, but there are those who want the whole thing so that should be an option too.
I'm sure I read this on PU earlier today, but Bound Gangbangs is changing to keep Visa happy. If this is true (and I've heard that Visa has become somewhat moralistic) I hope this doesn't require all of Kink's sites to tone it down. As you point out, Kink is BDSM for the pleasure of the female models - this isn't Max Hardcore or Facial Abuse. To some church-going matron these subtle differences would be meaningless though. Hell, to most normal people they'd be meaningless, so I guess that means that people like you and me aren't normal...
Thanks for taking the time to reply, comment on and clarify the review. I know that most of the PU members here really appreciate it when webmasters stop by and say hello.
I never used to be a 'size queen,' but in the past six months or so I've completely re-thought my downloads. Now I download the 720p stuff if I can get it because it is a good compromise between file size and quality. I will admit that for special occasions I might go all the way to 1080p - like if that's available for Lexi Belle's first anal scene when I get around to joining Elegant Angel...
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