review of Club Amateur USA, 2010-07-29

Club Amateur USA features amateur guys jacking off, getting erotic massage from another man - or both. There are all sorts of guys on the tour, which I think is a plus when it comes to an amateur site. These are the kind of regular men you see when you're at work, at the store or walking down the street, and while the focus is on straight guys, there are also bi and bi-curious guys. There are smooth slender guys, burly hairy guys, black guys, white guys, guys who are just a little chubby. The site has been around for 5 years, and there's a lot to look at on the free area - now let's check out the member area.

The Club Amateur USA member area navigation is simple and easy to use. There are links to the 4 latest updates - although no dates on them - plus a link to the Bad Puppy member area. There are currently 271 videos, each with pics, listed in the video archive, and at the bottom of the page is a huge ad for a vibrator, but since it's at the bottom of the page and clearly linked, it wasn't a problem. So what are we waiting for? Let's go check out the videos!

The Club Amateur USA videos are offered in 3 formats - WMV, MPG and Real. The newer videos are shown at 640x480 with a bitrate of around 1.5 Mbps. These are good amateur quality or better, play smoothly and have good sound. They lose a little quality if you go full screen, but nothing that should keep you from enjoying the videos. The older vids are shown at 320x240 with a bitrate of between 350k and 450k. These, too, look pretty good at their original size, although when enlarged to full screen the loss of quality is a little more visible. All formats are offered in downloadable full scenes and no DRM is used.

Something else worth mentioning about the movies is that they're long. All the videos I downloaded were over 35 minutes, many almost 50 minutes. These are excellent if you're tired of 9 minute videos that don't give you enough time to browse or really get into the action.

Each Club Amateur USA video comes with a set of pics. These pics are shown at 640x480 and are better-than-average vidcaps - some of the newer ones are acutally good quality. The pics aren't offered in galleries - you must download them in zip files. Even though the pics are vidcaps, whoever did them did a good job, and the photos are not only a good way to preview the videos before deciding which to download but are also good for pic lovers.

I loved the Club Amateur USA videos. They show off the models very well. Maybe the site owner and his crew were only amateurs with the camera but they keep it pointed where it should be - looking at the guys. There are guys jacking off, trying out and using all sorts of sex toys, erotic massages - and these videos don't come off as more generic straight-guy porn - the models' personalities comes through, making the videos even hotter.

When it comes to extras, Club Amateur USA comes through with a full membership to Bad Puppy and all their contributing sites. Since Bad Puppy is the oldest gay sites around, with tons of content of all sorts including their own amateur models, community, videos, news and more, this adds a lot of value for members.

There's one more extra, and one I particularly like - the ClubAmateurBLOG. This blog has been updating for around a year and a half, and, the last blog - from November 20, 2008 - is really interesting if you're into behind the scenes. It chronicles the entire history of the site, tells about the models and is a very interesting read.

While the navigation could have been a little better, there were only a couple things I found to complain about inside Club Amateur USA. One is that last month there were no updates, but the updates are already back since the new owners took over the site. There's a big fat ad at the bottom of the member home page, but heck - it's at the bottom and it's not at all misleading. And last, there's a pre-checked box to join the email list on the join page, but it's easy enough to untick if you aren't interested.

If you like real amateur guys, check out Club Amateur USA. The models are regular guys getting off, which is refreshing in a world full of sites featuring perfect men and pornstars. The videos are downloadable and use no DRM, and they're pretty good quality. You can also download the pics for each set. And for those looking for extras, members get full access to gay porn megasite Bad Puppy. While the site missed a few updates while it was changing hands, the updates are back. The bottom line - Club Amateur USA has a lot to offer, and is definitely worth checking out!

Things we liked:

• Exclusive content
• All sorts of real amateur men
• Profiles of the models
• Videos are downloadable
• No DRM used

Things we didn't like:

• Pre-checked email on join page
• Site missed a few updates while it was being sold
• Older videos are 320x240

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