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Yep, sure is time I lived up to my name and reviewed another one of those great xxx cams site that are filling the internet faster than a thirsty man fills his throat with ice cold beer.  Mmmmmmm ... that sounds a mighty fine idea, be back in a moment ...

... okay, I'm all beered up and ready and raring to go with another review of an x-rated adult chat site. Picking one at random, let's go for ... ImLive, which is another super sexy site full of super sexy woman ... or is it? Well, why don't you just keep reading to find out? ImLive.com has been around since 2002, and in the first five years of operation attracted 10 million members all happily enjoying the carnal goodies that those gorgeous girls could show.

The site is full of busty beauties - over 80,000 in fact, and is one of the world's largest adult webcam communities. It's even won awards, given out by AVN news, which is a magazine dedicated to the adult video industry ... say, I wouldn't mind getting myself a copy of that! Those AVN dudes voted ImLive.com as the "Best Live Chat Website" in 2011 and 2012, which sure is nice of them.

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How I found the site

Right, that's the boring stuff out of the way, it's time to get down to the nitty-titty, if you see what I mean. Now, the first thing that I liked about Imlive.com was the lovely big pictures you see what you first enter the site. You can change the view if you like, but them big pictures really got me a-smilin' straight away - and that smile got a little bit bigger when the top picture switched to a live view of the model in question. Granted, she was fully clothed (as you would expect for free chat), but it kinda made me feel right at home straightaway, if you see what I mean. The second thing that made me smile was the big sign in the top right hand corner of the screen that said "Join ImLive for Free" - well, I'm kind of a sucker for that sort of thing so quickly I filled in my email address, username and password and as quick as a wild bull I was a bona fide member of the site - how easy was that? I was through to the main interface, which was a little annoying as all those lovely model pics had disappeared.

Well, I put my disappointment to one side for a moment and went exploring instead. The xxx cam models were grouped into five sections - Cam Girls, Group Sex, Shemales, Hot Guys and Friends & Romance. Hmmm ... not too sure about the latter - who goes to a x-rated chat site for friends and romance? Anyway, I headed straight for the Cam Girls section which had five sub-sections: Girl Alone, Shy Girl Alone, Fetish & BDSM (whoa!), Girl Alone (Lesbian) and Celebrity Porn Stars. I was kinda intrigued by "Shy Girl Alone", so that's where I ended up, as I was excited to find out why a shy girl would set herself up on an adult cam chat site.

Once I was through I was back to those tasty big pictures again. You could select your model of choice and have a look at her picture gallery. You could also look at a past live show which had been recorded for 3.98 credits per minute (at least the xxx cam girl I picked charged that much), and of course you could join in wih the free video chat. I did that with my "shy" x-cam babe andd I could see what was "shy" about her as she was popping out all over the place. Of course you could enter a private chat with your busty babe, but only if you bought some credits first.

Special features

ImLive does seem to have a few extra naughty bits. For example, every two hours, one lucky member is awarded a random amount of credits, from 25 to 100 (as ImLive has over 33 million members I wasn't hanging around to wait to see if I was mega-lucky!). There are also contests where you get to vote on the raunchy videos created by ImLive hosts - and you can watch those videos for free as long as you have some ImLive credits in your account. There are also a few free "teaser" videos supplied by hosts that last about a minute and these are genuinely free - and I should know as I watched several of them. Finally, there are the "Pornstar Shows" in which you can watch videos of genuine porn babes for a fee - although I've no idea why people would do that with the amount of free porno goodness available on the net.

Ease of registration

As I said above, all you need to register at ImLive.com is a valid email address, and you're good to go.

Types of chat

Well, the free chat is free, and the private chat you have to pay for. There's also the "House of Games" in which the host charges less than they usually charge, and you get the first 20 seconds free.

Video quality

Nearly all the x-rated cam models have HD, and so you can watch everything in lovely HD if your broadband can cope.

Prices

Well, each model can charge whatever they want, but I hear that hosts only keep 30 percent of what you pay - ImLive.com gets the rest. You can tip though, which goes straight to the cam babe, so be generous. You can buy credits as follows:

It's important to note that you will receive a 25 credits bonus on ANY credit package you buy for the first time, so the lowest package actually has the best value for your first purchase. That's an exclusive deal for readers of  yours truly, by the way.

Now, you have to be careful when you buy credits, as they have this "ImLive+" Program, which in the is $29.95 a month. You get lots of freebies for joining the program, but when you buy credits, the "Upgrade me to the ImLive+ Program" checkbox is ticked by default, which is kinda sneaky. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with ImLive+, in fact it's a great deal with lots of extras, but I don't like to be "tricked" into something if I'm not paying attention, if you see what I mean?

Payment methods

You can only pay with Credit Cards: Visa, Mastercard, JCB or Discover. No eWallet methods at all aside from CCBill.com, which I've never heard of.

Number of models

According to the latest figures, around 80,000, but only 1,000 seem to be online at any one time.

Customer support

There's a pretty good FAQs section, but if you're still stuck with your thumb up your ass after readin' up, there's email and phone support too.

Pros and Cons

Pros

✔ - Free chat is free, no membership required, although it costs nothing to sign up
✔ - Lots of extra videos to watch, including 100% fee "teaser" trailers
✔ - Some nice little extras, including those contests, free credits draws and porn star shows

Cons

✖ - You have to be careful to avoid the "ImLive+" sign up
✖ - Credit cards only

Conclusion

Well, if it wasn't for my slight reservations on the monetary side of things, I'd give ImLive.com five stars out of five ... hell, I'd give it 100 stars out of 100! I love the big pics, and the way you can select your own views, and the free videos, and the xxx chat options, plus in my brief nosey around the site I saw plenty of delicious babes I just can't wait to get good and dirty with! I like the contests and the prize draws too. My only reservation is the money side, which just takes the shine off that fifth star. I'm not saying ImLive.com tries to hoodwink you into joining ImLive+ (and joining IS a good deal, even if it is for $29.95 a month), but I'm sure a few unsuspectin' souls have found themselves with a $29.95 recurring charge on their credit card bills. Plus ImLive need to sort out more payment options than credit cards! Shame really, as everything else is nearly goddamn perfect!

Y'all come back now, y'hear?

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