Site Reviews

In mid-2004 English Lads was the first British porn site reviewed by Bananaguide. We've always loved the very handsome, uncut young amateur models featured in stunning digital images, and we've watched with awe as the videos evolved into crystal-clear, full HD format.

Now with almost 350 videos and 140,000 photos, English Lads is technically superb, featuring a fine design and flawless navigation.

Tour

The English Lads tour is very revealing, informing you there are over 140,000 photos, and 6 new photo sets and videos per month. There are high quality video trailers and examples of the digital photos. You can click on the buttons marked: "More Videos", "More Photos", or "More Models" and go to the complete lists of the video episodes, the photo galleries, and the model roster, which includes nine decent-sized pics for each of the models. This is definitely a very comprehensive mirror tour of the site.

Navigation

The home page of the members area features a fresh-looking red, white, and blue design. You'll find large graphic boxes for the "Most Recent" photos and videos and the toggle for the search box. The "Top Lads" area leads you to the current 5 favourite guys.

The models are organized alphabetically by first name and you can click on the "Stats" button to sort them by any number of parameters, including age, cock size, piercings, tattoos, even eye color. The photos and videos areas also have lots of search options.

Content

The almost 275 models range from slender twink to hairy-chested muscular top-boys, ages 18-26. Along with miles of foreskin and some truly enormous weiners, you'll find dreamy solo videos, fun with toys, hot duo, three-way and group videos and great foot-shots. Those English accents can be boner-inducing too, whether they're from Lancashire or London.

Big dick lovers will enjoy 19 year old straight lad Matt Hughes who boasts 12 inches! More than once the audience has voted him #1 Top Lad. Another huge favourite is James Nichols. His gorgeous face and full lips are mesmerizing, not to mention his big cock, the ability to take large toys up his butt with ease, and his fantastic gushing cum shots. A personal favourite is 18 year old Chris Western, filmed at the beach working his juicy uncut dick and enjoying a big blue toy.

The site boasts over 320 exclusive videos, and English Lads has a frequent update schedule of six new video segments per month.

Video is offered in Quicktime (MPEG-4) and Windows Media formats. The Quicktime videos stream or download at 875 kbps, playing in a nicely sized 540x300 window. Windows Media files stream or download at a rapid 2000 kbps, playing at a maximum native size of 960x540 pixels.

The videos are full-length, often running to 30 minutes. Rather than breaking these scenes into clips, English Lads now offers the longer, uncut version alongside an edited version of about half the running time. The site is phasing out DRM protection: at review time videos released after November 2007 have no DRM on them; earlier videos are licensed for use up to six months after the download and these will eventually be made available DRM-free.

Videos that were merely average quality two years ago have been re-mastered and now look fantastic in full-screen mode. They display a highly professional quality of lighting, sound, and composition. The camera moves fluidly around the model's body and hones in on details and body parts -- just like any of us would if we had one of these guys in front us. The cumshots are always well caught.

Our only reservation: at times the model interviews run a bit too long and videographer Nick tends to chat with the object or our affection throughout the video. We'd also like to see Nick's own fingers and mouth in fewer of the video segments.

There are more than 140,000 crystal-clear digital images on English Lads. Every body part is lovingly photographed. You have the option of two photos sizes: large or very large; the slide-show option should not be skipped.

There are a few additional bells and whistles on English Lads, including a newsletter and a voting system for rating your favorite lad.

Summing Up

English Lads' combination of handsome, uncut collegiate and young hunky guys and surfer-friendly design makes it a total pleasure to use. Best of all these videos look absolutely gorgeous from beginning to end! If the guys you see in the English Lads tour are to your liking, you really won't be disappointed with what you find inside.