Recon Reviews

(based on 10 reviews)

118 of 202 people found this review helpful

There is no way to block profiles or restrict your information. there is a block option, if youre not a paying member it wont work.
blocking a person does not seem to restrict their access to your page, only their ability to message you.

there is no direct contact to admin or even an email. only a help page with suggestions.

this site is extremely unsafe for its users.

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

129 of 222 people found this review helpful

The site is a complete joke they force you to pay to look at profiles like get a grip but the one thing that really annoyes me is that they limit you to 20 blocks witch is rediculess they just want people to argue and have fights doing that not even paying the site lets you block who you want if I dont want to be contacted by some one I should have the right to block them not one brain cell between them its all money money money with them and the adverts arer just buy this buy this

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

268 of 493 people found this review helpful

I had more than one bad experience with connecting with frauds on Recon. The very few positive contacts I had there stopped appearing. I figured it could be the biological clock caught up with them. Then Recon charged me for a Premium membership, something that I had not requested. I objected and was given a refund. I made it very clear that I had neither interest nor benefit from the site and I wanted to end my Premium status. The response that I received from one Lucie said my money would be refunded -- and she let it be known that her husband was her slave. With that revelation, I knew that it was not the place for me. I made it clear that I did not want to be a Premium member because I had no benefit from membership as the very few genuine people that I had met there no longer appeared. However, yesterday, I saw that once again, I was being charged for a Premium membership. I was more than a little bit angry and let it be known. The same Lucie writes me back, chastising me for my "language" as if I had said something obscene.... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

256 of 465 people found this review helpful

Recon has some good points. You don’t have to pay anything to sign up and use recon. You can browse (20) profiles, send and receive messages, and perform (limited) searches. There are easy to use block and report functions for (dodgy) profiles.

The annoying.

There are some fake profiles, not as many as some of the reviews suggest. You can spot them right away because they want you to talk on WhatsApp or something. This happens on all sites and some are much worse.

They do suspend you without warning. As another reviewer said, if you try to be honest and up front, say about having had a profile before, you might find yourself suspended. I’d been a member for over ten years and was suddenly blocked from accessing my account, support were not helpful.

The two worst things about recon also apply to other ‘dating’ apps, but with recon it’s worse.

Photos. People who don’t show even a body part. They show photos of their gear or of people they’ve played with or even cartoons, but don’t show even a headless photo of themselves. Old photos. And I mean really old. I’m reviewing at the start of 2024. A friend on... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would recommend Recon to a friend.

245 of 446 people found this review helpful

There are a lot of profiles, but how many are real? My experience has been it's mostly people with fake photos taken from random Instagram pages. No one's asked me for money or anything, but talk about a total waste of time.

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

272 of 511 people found this review helpful

From day one I felt something was off about this site. Not because of the subject matter or the community it focused on, but its how the site is operated.

First, comparing it to similar apps I've used geared to the same community, the site and mobile app have the feel of something designed 10+ years ago. Its almost like it doesn't know if it wants to be a full-featured website or hook up app, so it tries to do both and fails on both counts.

There is very little advertising on the site (perhaps advertisers know something we don't), so I suspect its major source of income must be through the paid premium membership. This in itself isn't the issue, its how the some scammy behavior will encourage you to buy one. Among some rather useless perks, a premium membership allows you unlimited profile views and messages.

The site is flooded with fake profiles, lots of "new" members joining up daily near me, which is suspicious for a small town. But to be certain you have to still open it and burn a profile view to see the standard one single photo that looks like an Instagram screenshot along with a... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

321 of 596 people found this review helpful

After finding someone *on my own, not through Recon) I didn't think I would need Recon, so I did the polite thing and leave. But, after 6 months, he totally changed his mind and went back to his old boyfriend. I tried to go back to Recon, but my old user name wouldn't work, so I added a new one and clearly mentioned my old name in the first line of my description. All went well for a few days, then I was "suspended". I couldn't log on to comment and ask why, they sent no emails explaining anything.

I wasn't trying to deceive. I was being as open as possible. The only thing I can think of is they are paying mindless minions to follow the orders strictly; no explanations, no place to appeal their apparent randomness as if they believe they make no mistakes.

My advice is to find a local organization to meet others with the same interest. They exist.
If there is nothing local for you, try "Fetlife" as a more forgiving website with a much greater appeal internationally with more "grounded" people and fewer "players".

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

376 of 700 people found this review helpful

I have used recon for several years and, like every site it has its peculiarities, its plusses and minuses. Unlike the negative reviews I have not had trouble asking tech support questions, even though they are an ocean and a continent away.

like all sites, they tend to have users concentrated in certain areas (fortunately, including mine) and weak on other areas of the world; also they are a bit "provincial" in not understanding that US states are not like separate countries and metro areas cross state lines; these are minor criticisms and other sites have issues like these (hint: search by zip code / postal code)

There are a lot of men using the site (hint to critics - look at that number. a bad site will have few users), and fortunately they understand that a individual may have more than 1 fetish so they show your user chosen preference first, then all users in order by last logon in new users, etc. function

it does have additional functions like the top 100 most visited users and the top 100 most seen pics; they keep you Posted on Leather events (the main focus), there are different ways to explore; but getting down... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would recommend Recon to a friend.

325 of 623 people found this review helpful

Recon is supposed to be a fetish site to bring guys together with similar fetishes but it seems that Recon staff determine whether your particular fetish is an acceptable one or not, based on the fact that at least four of my accounts have been suspended in the past few years.

It may be OK for foot fetishes, or rope, or leather wear, or who knows what else, but if you have fantasies that involve struggle and death, like some guys I chat with do on at least one other fetish site, then don't expect Recon to respect that fetish and they'll simply close the account.

I mean some guys on there have violent fetish thinking in my opinion. Cock and ball torture is something I would deem torturous--I mean it has the word torture in it--so how can recon allow users who are into that to hold memberships, as it would seem to be that's promoting violent behavior. Some guys, like myself, are still on there, that are into breath control.....couldn't that get out of hand and result in death if it was played out too far. I don't think guys beating others with whips would be too... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.

404 of 773 people found this review helpful

I've been familiar with Recon for several years; however, they just 'updated' their search program and it is, to be blunt, the biggest piece of non-functional garbage experienced among many on the internet (I am including all sites besides dating).

After getting a month's service, I spent 40 minutes trying to exit and re-enter the site thinking I was doing something wrong. Come on, folks, I've a Ph.D. and fairly tech savy, so what is the problem? After trying to search "Florida", for a business trip, I had one member 'surface'. Hmmm, seems highly suspect, no?

I then tried to find help on their touted "help line" with both no success and no means to connect the web manager. It must be nice to advertise for dating with no element of customer service, no email address or phone number. My attitude was, "Must be nice to have a business and not give-a-damn about the customer" - - - damn, nothing like following the corporate model. I can tell their site must be operated by a person with an MBA.

Consequently, I ran into a friend from recon and he shared similar complaints... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would not recommend Recon to a friend.