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Content
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16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
15.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
14.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
10.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
64.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
4.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
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10.5 / 20 |
| Other |
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4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. 2 way private cam feed chat available.
2. "Free" membership opportunities available.
3. Huge online community of "chathosts".
4. Super high quality video downloads now available.
1. No "real" content is free and anything "good" comes at a heafty price.
2. Site layout is fairly complicated and confusing to browse.
3. Pay per minute/hour shows can get/be really expensive.
"Beware happy spenders, this could be the most addictive web-site online!" |
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If you're looking for live webcam ("videochat") shows, 1 on 1 shows, 2 way live cam shows...this is the place, iFriends.net, probably the largest and most complicated, online "videochat" community out there, with over 200,000 "registered video 'chathosts'" (cam girls/couples/groups) from over 100 different countries throughout the world.
I'm not going to claim to know much about this site, since it's a pain in the ass to browse if you're a new comer, and anything "good" you're going to want to see is going to cost you upwards from 3$ per minute or almost 200$ per hour. The main area is free; you have to register first, though. Free membership gives you access to what sounds like a lot (Archives, Explorer, guest videochat, profiles, etc.) but is really a very minuscule amount in relation to things here. Out of the 2,500 live cam feeds going on right now, I'd say about 5% of them offer Free Live Video Chat. I clicked on one; she was a girl from Russia. I wanted to talk to her and see what she would do for me in this "free live chat". She asked me a couple of questions, like do I work and do I have a girlfriend (she assumed I was male). It wasn't long (10 minutes exactly, actually) before she was telling me in her broken English that I should relax and go into "private" with her. Here's a bit of our conversation:
Careless_Girl [15:29]: hello
Vanessa [15:29]: hey
Careless_Girl [15:29]: how are you?
Vanessa [15:30]: good n u?
Careless_Girl [15:30]: too not bad
Careless_Girl [15:30]: thx
Careless_Girl [15:30]: whats u name?
Careless_Girl [15:33]: have g-f ore wife?
Vanessa [15:33]: just a girlfriend
Careless_Girl [15:33]: where are she at now?
Vanessa [15:34]: she's at work
Vanessa [15:34]: she works I play
Careless_Girl [15:34]: why u not at work?
Careless_Girl [15:37]: do you have good time now?
Vanessa [15:38]: good time now?
Careless_Girl [15:38]: yes
Careless_Girl [15:39]: may want to relax with me i n pvt?
Vanessa [15:40]: how much to go in private?
Careless_Girl [15:40]: 2.99$ on 1 min
Vanessa [15:40]: can I get a little peak of what ill get to see in a private now?
Careless_Girl [15:41]: wel i can to stand for you
Vanessa [15:41]: is that all, though?
Careless_Girl [15:42]: in free that's all and in pvt u resive all what u want
This is writen just as it was in chat, I haven't corrected any grammar or spelling on her part or mine, as I'm sure you can tell, though, I did leave pieces of the conversation out (for interest reasons). In any case, it was a bit awkward since she was from Russia. The cam image was okay, though the stream was a bit choppy at times and once she started talking about going in private, she kept trying to smile for me and dance around. I must admit, I wasn't even close to being convinced to buy a private show, though I can see how some guys would be. Overall, this is the type of thing you can expect to get with your free membership, that and some rather small and sometimes very poor quality image archives, but hey, it's free.
Your other option for membership is what is known as VIP membership. For $6.95 per month you get basically all of what free members get, along with access to the "entire archive history for every iFriends chathost", a Favorites List, and a whole bunch of other slightly desirable things, none of which will do you much good here unless you plan on buying shows. Here's where it pays to be a VIP member because this is the only way you can have "private" 1 on 1 show's with the girls. Otherwise, as a free member, you can still buy time with girls, but so can other's at the same time. Other VIP perks include automatic secret discounts to girls show's who are offering a promotion code only promotion, as well as discounts on advance booking's of private shows. If you intend to be an active member here, being a VIP member as well has its advantages.
You have to remember, this site is set up to make money! Not only money for the big guys running the site, but money for the girls as well, otherwise they wouldn't be here! But if live cams and 1 on 1 naughty show's are you bag then iFriends is the place! Not only can you chat live with these girls, but if you own your own webcam you can easily transmit your live webcam stream to them, definitely making 1 on 1 show's much more personal. I'm also fairly certain this is the only "webchat" community that gives you that option. With thousands of personalities to chose from, I doubt you'll have any trouble (other than browsing through them all) finding one that works for you. Your browsing options are broken down into a number of categories: women home alone, girl-girl, guy-girl, threesomes/groups, interracial, fetish, dungeon, gender benders, guy-guy, guy's home alone (gay and straight). As you can see, there should be no problem finding someone to share your most kinkiest and secret desires with in a very discrete way. In the future, I'd like to see improvements in quality for the video streams, though I know with something like this, that's a little hard to control; faster servers would be nice though. Also, getting the hang of browsing the site and understanding the different features (free, VIP, time buying) and how they work, it's all very confusing. Overall, though, this really is the largest community to come to if you want to act out any of those naughty fantasies and desires live and don't mind dropping a few bills, or more.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 10-29-04 |
It's been about a year and at least half a dozen or so web cam site reviews later, iFriends has still got the competition beat when it comes to the number of hosts, with there being close to 4,000 hosts total and over 1,000+ online at any one time! This is an amazing amount of hosts as well as members, leaving other web cam sites in the dust as they simply can't compete. Overall, though, it doesn't looks as though a whole lot else has changed here. I still have my same gripes about site design and navigation but when it comes to the overall numbers compared to the price, iFriends is still a web cam site to be reckoned with.
Score decreased from 82.8 to 82.5.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 01-21-08 |
When it comes to the look and design of the site, iFriends really hasn't changed a bit on the last 3+ years. But that's not to say that there's nothing new and exciting to check out, in fact the new "iFriends HDTV" that is being offered at no extra cost to you is a huge advancement for a Live Webcam site. Simply go to the HDTV page and upgrade for access, there are tons of chat models that offer this technology. Of course the site design is somewhat complicated and it will take some time to get things figured out, I know it did on my end, but once you do I think you'll be pleased. I had some trouble streaming the HD videos, but was able to download. The overall speed of the download wasn't too bad actually, but it is a wait. I will say it was worth waiting, however. I think the girl whose video I checked out was named TitanicTits and her 9900k quality WMV video showed her out in the snow pulling down her top and rubbing ice over her nipples. It was pretty hot actually.
I don’t know if I’ve previously mentioned this or not, but members can upgrade their membership to ClubElite or CkubVIP status which offers the HD quality videos, multiple cam chatting, and other benefits. Obviously this is still the largest archive of live chathosts so come prepared to spend tons of time browsing around, and bring lots of cash to throw at the chathosts who are definitely there to tease in free chat and please in private.
Score increased from 82.5 to 85.0.
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