Reviewed 2012-07-08 l Last update on 2023-08-26
OK, so we are being shown a gay bear site here and there are some older, hairier and hunky guys involved in the action, but there are also a couple of catches to make you aware of. Not all the content is Bear themed, but all of it is the same content as you find on Gay Bear Hardcore. That's because both sites appear in the list of bonuses that come with your membership, the All Gay Sites Pass. So, if you're a member already you don't need to join this. But if you're not
You are in for a bit of an all-round porn treat. There is a lot of content in this network and some of it is bear themed. But not all. There are 18 gay sites in a list that members can access (and then about 90 straight, bi and tranny ones) and they are all easy to access and work in the same way.
You start off at a standard looking home page where you see recent updates, and then you find there is a Browse button in the top menu. Here you can see all the bear movies. There were 135 of them when I called in and they were all published with a big sample shot, a title and the rate as given by members. My concern though was how bear were they? If you think of your gay bear as being hirsute, with a cropped or shaved head, slightly chubby, or fit and muscled but hairy for sure, then you can discount some of these scenes as being Bear scenes as the guys were smooth, jocks, and even twinks.
There are some bears and cubs scenes and that seem to be a way to get twinks involved without losing sight of the bear action, but cubs for me are just younger bears. The cubs I saw here were smooth. And bear seems to mean any guy who happens to have a bit of fur on his chest. Page one for example, showed me nine jock, smooth, fit, athlete scenes and only three that had anyone looking like a bear in it. But you've got the message by now so I wont go on. Good for variety, not so full of genuine bears.
But as for viewing: well, the more recent the movie the better with three choices of WMV and full length scenes as well as clips, Mp4 downloads, mobile compatible ones, a Flash stream and the possibility of HD coming soon; and the older movies being restricted to Mp4 files, full scenes, and a stream only. Quality improves with age and the more recent ones are often better visual quality that the older. Were not sure about exclusivity as I didn't see any promises or mentions, but I didn't see any other sites watermarks either.
Action-wise you're in for duos and threesomes, groups, cops, indoor, outdoor, military, Latino, solos, older with younger and some leather. It's all very varied. The scenes also come with galleries some of the time and these are all on the same viewing page, so they are easy to get to. You simply click a pic to open it and you can navigate from there with good navigation tools.
And for extra content you've got the bonus sites, one of which is exactly the same as this one, and some of which may well have more bear action going on in them. They all work in the same way and offer the same viewing options and resolutions.
There are quite a few neat things about the way this network is set up and running. For a start, when you want to view another site you find it in the drop-down list that's always at the top of the page and the content beneath the banner changes. You don't have to go to another window, there's no need for passwords, it all runs very smoothly. And then, when you are in another site like this, the Home, Browse and Model index pages are site-specific, but the bonus pages are still the same, so you can get to your bonus sites and extras very easily.
On top of the network sites, you have a Bonus Sites page and this holds 31 feed site links, these include bi-sex and tranny sites. There are also Bonus Videos where you have links in to streaming DVD theatres and many more feed sites, about 94 in total. There are also the standard links to live cam and chat, or dating sites that hold some free activity.
You can also get interactive here; there is a place where you can send feedback, help and support links are there, you can rate the content as you see it and leave comments. Make use of the add to favourites function and check out the model index. This doesn't give you a lot of information but it does let you browse the content according to models and find the sexiest one, then find his videos.
All in all, the members' area is easy to navigate and it works well. There were no technical issues and if you have any trouble there is help and support.
My disappointment here was the fact that this is not all bear content and it is shared with another site in the network. But if you've joined that already you will know not to join this. Whats good though is that the network is big and varied and is updating very regularly, there's even a page showing you the updates. The content is reasonable in terms of quality, varied in terms of action and though it may not be exclusive, it satisfies and is collectable.
