In this post I will take a look inside the members area of Karup’s Hometown Amateurs. If you’d like to get a better feel for the site prior to reading my review then click here to visit it.

The Site

Karup’s Hometown Amateurs has been around since 2002 and in that time I’ve been a member on and off numerous times. In my opinion, over the past few years they have not been keeping up with the latest technology trends especially when it pertains to the way they present their videos. This however appears to be changing as the latest videos are offered in HD quality and presented via streaming flash.

The majority of girls featured inside Hometown Amateurs are natural girl-next-door types between the ages of 18-25.

There is a ton of content inside. From my quick math I could see…

over 2100 solo video scenes
over 500 hardcore video scenes
over 6000 solo photo sets
over 1000 hardcore photo sets

One thing you will not find inside is lesbian content. I never encountered a single lesbian photo set or video the whole time I surfed the site. Something to keep in mind for those of you that want lesbian stuff.

The Look Inside

After entering my username and password, I was taken to the main members area page which you can see on the left.

At the top, on the left side, is a tab menu linking to all the different categories like “athletic amateurs”, “hardcore movies”, “model index”, etc. On the right is a message from the owners and two ads to their other sites.

Underneath the top section is “bonus content” which are full photo sets from other similar sites that they partner with. This section is updated every 2-3 days and is not archived.

Scrolling down, you can see the 40 latest photo updates and 20 latest video updates.

Overall, it’s a nice and clean page that allows members to easily find the latest updates.

One thing that I noticed since the last time I was inside is that their navigation has improved. They’ve added little things like linking to the model’s page from the photo galleries (where you can find all the content featuring her). This sort of thing does make a difference.

Hometown Amateurs has a basic search engine where you can filter by stuff like clothing (cheerleader, jeans, lingerie, school girl, etc.). My overall impression of the site design/navigation is that it’s clean and fairly simple to get around. However, I have seen better navigational options on other sites but I have also seen much worse.

The Updates

Hometown Amateurs does not update every day. In fact their update schedule is a little weird but I’ll do my best to explain it here.

For photo sets, the updates look like this: day #1 – 3 photo sets added, day #2 – 3 photo sets added, day #3 – no update, day #4 – 3 photo sets added, day #5 – 3 photo sets added, day #6 – no update.

For video scenes, it appears more random. On some days there are 2 videos added, other days there’s only 1, and sometimes there are two days in a row with no new videos posted.

Basically, on a weekly basis you can expect 15 new photo sets and around 8 new video scenes to be added.

Now that I’ve talked about the site, let me dive into the content and let you know what kind of quality you can expect…

The Photos

After I selected a photo update and clicked the thumb, this is what the gallery page looked like…

As you can see it’s a very clean and easy to navigate gallery with 15 thumbs on each page (this is a little annoying as I would prefer more thumbs per page). You can also download the full set via zip file.

Members have the option of viewing photos in either 680×1024 “low-res” (sample here) or 1000×1500 “high-res” (sample here). Obviously, I vastly preferred the high-res photos. (fyi: photo sets prior to 2007 only feature the low-res photos).

For a site that specializes in photos like Karup’s Hometown Amateurs does, I would like to see even bigger photos available. Although, the high-resolution photos are just good enough, they also could be more crisp on a consistent basis (Hometown Amateurs employs a large amount of photographers so you could see why consistency may be hard to achieve).

Here are some more random high-resolution samples for you to form your own opinion… (sample 1) (sample 2) (sample 3)

The Videos

After selecting a recent video update, this is the page that was presented in front of me…

Each recent video page has a streaming full-length flash video on top (720×425 in size), downloadable WMV clips in the middle, and a link to download the full-length WMV file at the bottom.

The quality of the streaming flash was decent. It wasn’t as crisp as some other sites I’ve been in but the quality did suit the “girl-next-door” theme of the site. The video load times were pretty fast.

Here is the what the WMV format looked like after I downloaded it…

I enjoyed the WMV format more than the flash.The main reason for this is that the WMV video was bigger yet it was much more crisp. Overall, there is nothing I can complain about when it comes to the quality of  WMV format.

One thing for you to keep in mind is that only videos posted after May 2009, feature this HD quality format (and streaming flash for the most part). Videos prior to May 2009 feature a WMV format that’s about 1/2 the size of the one I posted above.

My video quality score for Hometown Amateurs is based mostly on the HD quality videos that they are now updating with these days.

The Extras

There are two main extras for members of Hometown Amateurs…

  1. Bonus Photo Content – I touched on this earlier but I’ll explain it in greater detail here. These are non-archived full photo galleries of models from other similar sites. A new set is posted every 2-3 days.
  2. Video Feeds – these are streaming (non-downloadable) videos. The Viv Thomas one was pretty good but the others were far too tiny (and aged).

Membership Details

Pricing: $29.90 for 30 days, $59.95 for 90 days.

Ease of Canceling: Click the “members support” text link found on the bottom of each page which will take you to their support page. Then select #15, click on “online cancellation form” which will take you to the form where you can input your info and cancel.

Final Thoughts

Karup’s Hometown Amateurs has a ton of exclusive content. It is really one of the bigger sites in terms of quantity. Very few sites that focus on the “girl-next-door” niche can match Hometown Amateurs’ content count. The latest HD videos bring Hometown Amateurs quality up to today’s standards.

That being said, the quality of both the photos and videos isn’t as good as what some other sites offer. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad by any means, but I have seen better.  I really would like them to feature higher high-resolution photos.

In closing, I will say that if you like natural girl-next-door content then Hometown Amateurs should be on your hit list. It’s a site that will leave you with the feeling that you got you money’s worth simply because of the amount of content it has.

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