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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
15.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
62.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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1. Good search feature.
2. Frequent updates.
3. Exclusive content.
4. Large collection.
1. Not all scenes have all video options.
2. Plain design.
"A user-friendly site with a good collection of exclusive boys." |
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English Lads is a gay site "bringing the best in uncut amateur lads." These British blokes can't be found elsewhere on the web; all of the content is exclusive which is nice to see. The site features a mix of solo and hardcore pictures and videos and they pride themselves on filling the site with personality through model bios and "tell us about your sex life" style movies. The tour design is quite simple but the guys in the sample pics should be enough to have you wanting more.
The collection currently contains 47,100 photos and 118 videos of 143 models. A new photoset is added every Wednesday and Sunday and a new video is added every Friday. That's a pretty good update schedule for a site with all exclusive content. You can browse the boys alphabetically or search for the features you like in a guy, specifying hair color, height, chest, tattoos, cut/uncut, cock size, etc. It's a very thorough search! You can also view a listing of all the galleries that feature duos or groups. They've made it quite easy to navigate this good sized collection. The design might be a little on the plain side, but overall this clean design is quite user-friendly.
Both picture and video quality are good. The images are very clear and well-lit. They're available in two sizes, 450x600 and 750x1000, which is just right. It would have been nice to more video options, though. The movies can be streamed and downloaded but only in Quicktime with no choice of quality settings. I was pleased to at least have the choice of watching the movies in 10 minute long clips or in one long file. The movies are sharp at 500k though they did take a little while to download. One interesting bit of news is that they're now switching to widescreen movies. That will be a nice change.
The content itself is a good mix of solo and group material. In the solo shoots we watch the boytoy strip, strike sexy poses, and show his pole. The couple scenes are more hardcore with blowjobs and lots of sex. There's a good mix of models with most of them looking to be in their early to mid-twenties, with a few twinks, a few jocks and a few boys next door. All of the guys, though, are caucasian. There are some real cuties in this bunch.
English Lads costs $30 for the first month and $26 for each additional month. It's not cheap, but considering the size of this exclusive collection and the frequent updates, it's not bad. I found the site easy to navigate and have no complaints about the quality of the content. All in all it's a very nicely constructed website and one I'd certainly recommend to our gay readers.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 09-06-06 |
A year has passed since we last looked at English Lads and thanks to continued frequent updates, the site has grown quickly. You'll now find over 73,000 photos and nearly 200 videos online. The pictures are slightly larger now, at 750x1125, and the videos are also bigger, as well. I mentioned in my last review that they were moving towards widescreen movies. Their newest flicks are bigger and sharper than ever. They're 756x428 in size and play at 1600k. It doesn't look like all the movies have the new stats and I stumbled across a couple that were license protected so they might still be making changes to the video section. They seem to be moving in the right direction in terms of quality, at least. Hopefully in another year we'll see even more improvements.
Score increased from 81.1 to 82.5.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 05-27-09 |
It's been another two and a half years since our last visit to English Lads and the site has more than doubled in size, with over 150,000 photos and 530 videos online. That's a huge collection of exclusive niche content! Updates continue to come a couple times a week and it's really paying off for them (and us!). It looks like there has been another quality upgrade, with new wmvs playing at 1900k and 960x540, and definitely looking good. With viewing options now including both Quicktime and two quality settings of Windows Media in clips and full-length scenes, this really is a user-friendly set-up. There's a lot to enjoy in this sexy collection and more is being added all the time. Definitely a great join for fans of hot English lads.
Score increased from 82.5 to 84.0.
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