Man D 8 Review

Costs:

Basic membership is free (+ 50 points)

Premium membership:
- 1 month membership (+ 600 points) $9.60
- 3 months membership (+ 1500 points) $23.90
- 6 months membership (+2500 points) $39.90
- 12 months (+ 4500 points) $71.88

VOIP chat: 5 points per minute (price depends on the amount of points purchased)
SMS chat: 15 points per message (priced depends on the amount of points purchased)

Purchasing points (for chat features and mobile content):
- 110 points for $1.59 (phone payment only)
- 300 points for £4.79 (text only)
- 1000 points for $15.90 (credit card payment only)
- 2200 points for $31.98 (credit card payment only)
- 4800 points for $63.97 (credit card payment only)

You can pay for membership using the following credit/debit cards:
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Maestro
- JCB
- Solo
- Switch
- American Express

Features:

Basic membership features:
- Browse member profiles
- Send up to 10 messages per month
- Create your own video profile
- View large main profile pictures
- Spend up to 60 minutes in a chat room per month
- VOIP (basic members are charged for this feature)
Premium membership features:
- Access premium chat rooms
- Create private chat rooms
- View other members' photo albums
- Free VOIP
- Spend up to 360 minutes in a chat room per month
- Create multiple video profiles

Performing a Search:

Basic search:
- Looking for (kind of guy[s])
- Age range
- Country
- Filters:
  - Has photo
  - Guys online now
  - New guys
  - Premium members
  - Has video
  - Guys with private room
  - Has personal number
  - Taking calls

Name search

Advanced search options:
- Appearance
- Lifestyle
- Adult info

Editor's Verdict:

ManD8.com is a fairly unique gay dating site in that you get to communicate freely with all members. Whereas other site make you upgrade before you can contact the whole membership base, ManD8.com treats its free members very generously. It's not the biggest site you'll come across, but there are plenty of members to hopefully hook up with. You'll find all the usual features and more. It also tends to cater more for no-strings hookups than long-term relationships.

It's free to register on the site for a basic membership. It's just a case of giving a few details about yourself, choosing a user name and giving a valid email address, which will only take you a couple of minutes. Once you're signed up, you're given the option of upgrading to premium membership. In addition to getting all of the features of basic membership, but enhanced, you also get additional ones. These are described in a little more detail below. However, resist the urge to upgrade and shell out until you've had a good look around the site.

At the time of this review there were around 150 guys online. If you're anticipating meeting up with guys in person, there may be little to choose from when you login. However, if you're just looking to meet, exchange messages and chat online then you should find plenty of guys to choose from. You'll find all kinds of guys here, from the big and muscly to skinny emo guys, all wanting to hook up with guys like you, well, hopefully anyway. The profiles are reasonably detailed and if you hover your mouse over the main profile picture, it will be magnified. If you're a basic member you'll be barred from accessing other photos and some videos too. You'll also be limited to the number of messages you can send. There are quite a lot of profiles with no picture uploaded, which raises suspicions about how many active members (who aren't just timewasters) there are on ManD8.com. If you filter your search results by specifiying profiles with pictures then you should be able to sift through most of the dross. If you're a basic member you'll be restricted to using just the basic search feature. Whilst you can get by doing so, if you want to be taken seriously by other members then you're going to have to upgrade.

In order to access features such as chat rooms and mobile content you'll need to purchase 'points' if you're a basic member (premium members chat for free - though both membership grades are charged for SMS chat). This can be done by credit card, phone or text. Points allow you to use the chat rooms and call members online using VOIP. When you join as a basic member you get 50 points to start you off, whilst you get many more if you upgrade (depending on the length of time you sign up for). Not all members take advantage of VOIP to call each other, so the best idea is to browse 'guys taking calls' or , even better, conduct a basic search and select 'guys taking calls' and 'guys online' . You'll find just under 5000 guys who use VOIP on the site, but you need to bear in mind that all will be online. The chat rooms and video chat aren't in the same league as those on OutPersonals.com, and at the time of this review there were 83 guys all using the free chat room. You can chat in a member's private room if they have one, but if chat rooms are your thing then do have a look at some other sites instead. In terms of other features, you might want to check out the 'shouts' page, where members can place personal ads, not to sell used household items or announce jumble sales, but to hook up with other guys, meet or chat online. In addition, checking out member vidoeos or the gay news page offer a couple of distractions when you're not actively connecting with other members.

In summary, ManD8.com gives you more features than a lot of other sites for nothing. However, it simply lacks punching power and if you are serious about hooking up with guys then, whilst you might well get lucky here, you might also be a little disappointed with the size of the membership base. This is fine if you're looking for just a little online fun, but those seeking to meet guys in their area could find their options a little narrow.

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