Bang.com review

Bang! is a huge network of themed exclusive Bang channels featuring exclusive scenes, and it also has an enormous catalogue of non-exclusive scenes from 276 different porn studios.

Bang! is one of the biggest premium porn sites, with over 142,000 scenes online. In the past, Bang’s two biggest competitors were VideoBox and VideosZ, which also had a huge library of scenes from adult DVDs from lots of porn studios. It seems like Bang! has triumphed, both VideoBox and VideosZ websites are served from the Bang! library now. I’d say its current competitors are Adult Time, Adult Prime, Adult Empire Unlimited, and PornBox, but each one differs slightly in both content and pricing.

Full disclosure, I’ve been a fan of Bang.com since it started back in 2016. I first subscribed within months of the network launching and I’ve since subscribed 22 times since then. When it comes to my thoughts in this review, it’s fair to say that I’ve put my money where my mouth is. Having subscribed to Bang! so many times over the past nine years, it’s not hard to recognize that I’m a big fan of the site. However, my goal with this review is not to simply spout off the subjective reasons why I like the network, but to give you, the reader, an objective assessment backed up by evidence as to why you may want to also consider a subscription here.

Bang.com is best reviewed by splitting it into two parts, the exclusive Bang! Originals scenes, and the non-exclusive scenes. While either of these two parts could be further broken down, to keep this review from getting too long, I’ll keep it at that.

Dating back to 2016 when the network began, they provided subscribers with exclusive mainstream porn series featuring top stars. What stood out for me when I first joined back then was the playful atmosphere of many of the scenes. I’ll list the exclusive series / subsites below and give a bit more information on each, but the common thread that runs through them is that they lean to top models who are in the early years of their adult careers. While there are some exceptions, most of the models here range between 18 and 25 years old and are at the petite end of the scale when it comes to body type.

Another common element that runs through the exclusive scenes that Bang! are the production values. Many of the scenes begin outdoors on sunny days. Some of the scenes are shot in hotel rooms while others are shot in homes. Regardless of where the scenes are shot, the production values are always excellent. There is nothing amateur about Bang. From makeup, camera work, sound, lighting, editing, to post-production, everything here is top tier.

The exclusive scenes are available in the Bang! Originals subsites / channels. Many of these channels aren’t so different from the others. Some have a unique theme, while some others are quite similar with high-quality hardcore gonzo porn with the occasional threesome thrown in. I’m not saying that this is a strike against the network, because it isn’t. I’m saying it simply because when I describe each of the channels, sometimes there is no specific trait that makes them stand out from the others. It’s all excellent porn though.

Exclusive Bang! Originals subsites / channels:

• Bang! Real Teens – 347 scenes, updates every two weeks. I don’t think I’m far off the mark by calling this channel the network flagship. This channel is one of the original channels and one of the few original channels that continues to update. As with the overall network theme, it leans to B/G scenes with pretty American models who are relatively new to the business, and who are mostly between 18 and 20 one years old. One aspect of these scenes that I’ve liked from the beginning is that many of them begin with some public nudity/flashing, and some of the scenes even have some outdoor action.
• Bang! Yngr – 169 scenes, updates every two weeks. There really isn’t much to distinguish this channel from “Real Teens,” and that’s a good thing given how great “Real Teens” is. The biggest difference is that while some of the scenes at YNGR have some outdoor nudity and flashing, most don’t. However, the models on this channel are usually the same models on Real Teens, or at least with the same ages and body types.
• Bang! Real MILFs - 32 scenes, not updated anymore. Similar to Bang! Real Teens, with public nudity and sex, but starring MILF porn stars.
• Bang! Rammed – 282 scenes, updates monthly. This is another original channel dating back to 2016. The models tend to skew a bit older here than the 18-21 range to mid-20s. Also, while the sex here is primarily B/G, it tends to skew to the rougher end of the spectrum. Readers should note that the number of scenes (282) that I’ve noted is skewed by the fact that many of the scenes here have an associated BTS scene. As a fan of BTS scenes myself, I see this as a positive and not negative.
• Bang! Casting - 80 scenes, not updating. 18-25 year old girls in casting couch scenes with extreme hardcore sex.
• Bang! Surprise – 235 scenes, about 3 new scenes per month. The name of this channel doesn’t really indicate any specific theme, though some of them build in an element of surprise. Most scenes are standard B/G with more variety in models, including some MILF porn stars. There are also some BTS scenes mixed in as well.
• Bang! Trickery – 134 scenes, not updating. The scenes here are primarily standard B/G with tricky seductions to get the scene started. The reader should note that there is nothing here that pushes the bounds of consent.
• Bang! Roadside XXX – 69 scenes, updating monthly (though it had stopped for a while a year ago). The reality porn theme here is that the model’s car has broken down and left her stranded. A helpful fellow happens along which leads to some hot sex. What differentiates this channel from the others, and from other porn scenes generally, is that the scenes are usually shot in a garage in or around a car.
• Bang! Glamkore – 66 scenes, not updating. Two things differentiate this channel from the others here at Bang. The first is that the models featured here are primarily European and the overall look and feel of the scenes, as hinted by the channel name, adds more glamour. The scenes here are a lot what a subscriber might find at other glamcore sites such as Passion HD.
• Bang! Pretty and Raw– 63 scenes. It appears that this channel is still updating, because there are recent updates, but there is no set schedule or frequency. What sets apart the scenes here are that there are more B/B/G threesomes here than in most other channels.
• Bang! Confessions - 69 scenes, not updating. Kinky sex stories told by and starring porn stars.
• Bang! Requests – 37 scenes, updates monthly. Standard B/G. The idea is that they satisfy the sexual fantasies of porn stars, such as BBC. To be honest the scenes don’t really emphasize this, but the scenes are hot and exclusive regardless.
• Bang! My Stepdaughter’s Friend – 16 scenes. This channel had stopped updating for approximately a year, but they seem to be back and adding a new scene each month. As the channel name indicates, this is Bang! getting in on the taboo niche. The most distinctive feature of the scenes is that they are shot in a vertical style to simulate a cell phone video.
• Bang! Adventures – 15 scenes. This channel features hot, exclusive gangbangs. While there is no obvious schedule for updates here, it appears that a new scene is being added every couple of months.
• Bang! Fck.News - 24 scenes, not updating. Taboo sex stories recorded in the style of a news show.
• Bang! Screw The Cops - 19 scenes, not updating. Taboo porn with policemen fucking female criminals and female police officers having sex with men.
• Bang! Japan - 810 scenes, not updating. A large collection of hardcore uncensored JAV porn videos from Japan. While this presented as one of the Bang! Originals channels, I believe it is the exception in that its content is not exclusive.
• Bang! Pillowtalk – 12 scenes, not updating. This channel features interviews with the models recorded before, during, and after their sex scenes.
• Bang! Podcast – 30 scenes, not updating. Podcasts recorded with porn stars, with nudity and sex happening in the studio.

The scenes in these Bang! Original subsites / channels are all available for both streaming and downloads and are available in multiple resolutions. I’ve listed those resolutions in the Videos section. For readers who prefer 4K resolution, Bang! offers this on many scenes and to make things even easier, there is a tag that will sort for 4K resolution exclusively.

While your own internet connection will be the deciding factor here, I found downloading speeds to be fast and stable. With streaming, I found no hesitation or stuttering when scrubbing through a scene.

Over my nine years of subscribing to Bang.com, I’d probably fall into the category of being a “heavy user” of bandwidth. Bang! is to blame for this though, since they offer vast quantities of exceptional porn that aligns precisely with what I like. I only mention this because I’ve never found a download limit imposed here at Bang, and if anyone was going to find such a limit, it would have been me. I’m confident in saying that Bang! does not have a download limit.

Non-exclusive catalogue of licensed videos:

As I noted above, to have any hope in making this review successful, I’ve opted to divide the site into two distinct parts, the exclusive channels and scenes, which I’ve reviewed above, and the non-exclusive catalogue available here at Bang.

I’ve joined many networks that offer back catalogs of non-exclusive scenes and in many cases, I found these to be of marginal value at best. Admittedly, this is somewhat subjective, but I find the back catalogue of non-exclusive studio scenes here at Bang! to be a big part of the overall value of the membership. The non-exclusive scenes here at Bang.com are as much a draw for me to subscribe as are the exclusive scenes.

There are currently over 140,000 scenes available in the non-exclusive catalogue spread over more than 28,000 movies. These movies come from 276 studios.

As you can guess, a huge library like this covers almost all porn categories. For example, Bang! Originals doesn’t have a channel for black girls, mature women, strap-on porn, and many other niches, but you can find plenty of such videos and many other kinds in the non-exclusive library.

As someone who has been actively collecting porn since the 1980s, having access to older scenes is a big selling point for me. For me personally, some of my favourite porn comes from around 1995 to around 2010 or a bit beyond. During that era, major studios such as Combat Zone, Platinum X, Puritan, Digital Sin, Devil’s Film, Penthouse, Cal Vista, and many more were producing some incredible porn. Keep in mind that the internet was just getting its feet under it so that piracy wasn’t as big an issue as it is today. Many studios were rolling in money and it shows in the large volume of high-quality porn they were able to shoot. Some of these studios survive to today, and some of them have their own websites where their back catalogue is available, but Bang.com offers a cost-effective way to access a huge amount of those scenes.

Apart from the major American studios represented at Bang, there are hundreds of smaller studios as well, some of them from the US and some of them from Europe.

For those interested in harder-edged porn, some of the studios lean in that direction as well, such as the infamous Max Hardcore and JM Productions.

Readers will note that in the overall network statistics I’ve stated that there are multiple scenes uploaded per day. On some days, there are as many as six scenes uploaded. Most of these updates are in the non-exclusive part of the network. I’ve listed the update schedule (where one exists) for the exclusive channels above.

As with the exclusive scenes, the non-exclusive scenes are available for either downloading or streaming in multiple resolutions. Given that many of the scenes are at least 20 years old, subscribers can’t expect the highest resolutions listed to be available for these older scenes. I’ve been doing a deep dive into the non-exclusive catalogue over the past several years, and a large percentage of these scenes are available in 540p as the highest resolution. As a collector, I’m perfectly happy with this since the most frequent DVD resolution is 480p, meaning that some of these have been upscaled a bit. Do they match HD quality we are used to now? No, but for the era they were produced, they look good and I’m happy to have access to them.

I should note that there are scenes in the non-exclusive catalogue that are available in HD. Or even 4K, but these are relatively rare.

Photos:

The photo set library is not nearly as big as the video library, but still large compared to most other sites. There are over 3000 photo sets. Most of the older photo galleries belong to licensed scenes. Recent photo updates are mostly exclusive, bundled together with the recent Bang! Originals video updates.

While many images are real photos, some sets are entirely or partly screenshots. I’ve listed the photo resolutions for both zips and singles. Readers interested in viewing and collecting the photos should note that the link for sorting those is buried a bit. If you select the “Pornstars” link at the top of the screen, one of the options that will appear will be Photos. Another option is going to the videos page, then clicking the "Photos" tab under the Bang! logo.

Usability

I’ve always held the opinion that a porn site needs to be good at two different things to make it a great site. Obviously, the first is that it needs to offer great porn (which is subjective), but the second thing it needs is an effective way for members to sort and access that porn. I’ve seen many sites over the years that offer some great porn that are let down by a poor site layout. With over 140,000 scenes available, Bang! could be a disaster without an effective way of sorting for what you want. I’m happy to report that Bang! offers a system of tags and search functions that, in my book, score a 9.9 out of 10 in user accessibility. Whoever Bang! hired to think about how the network was going to be structured back when it was on the drawing board should be given a significant bonus. It has a clean, logical, easy-to-use members area. Other networks should look at how Bang! is laid out and recognize that they need to adopt the same model.

Some nice extra features are Favorites and Collections. You can save your favorites to a single list using Favorites, or even use multiple lists to organize them using Collections. In addition to English, the Bang.com members area interface is also available in German, French, Italian, and Dutch - you can set the language in your profile.

In short, the site is very easy to use on all devices, from desktop PCs and laptops to mobile phones. The site also supports casting to your TV using Google Cast and Apple Airplay, which is very cool.

In case you’re wondering, the reason I’ve said that I would score user accessibility at Bang! as 9.9 rather than 10, it’s purely subjective. Whenever you load a channel or page, the default setting is to “trending” rather than “newest.” Maybe no one else cares about this, but I prefer the default setting to be chronological rather than arbitrarily set by what is trending. The other thing is that while they do have a fair amount of tags, it would be good to have even more on a big site like this. Additional tags would help those who are looking for some less common niches and fetishes.

Value and verdict

For a network that offers over 1700 exclusive scenes with some of the best and freshest models in the business and shot with industry-leading production values and giving access to a massive 140.000 scene catalogue from 276 other studios, you’d expect to be charged a premium. My experience dating back to 2016 is that Bang! has never gouged on subscriptions. The monthly subscription fee has always been reasonable. If you join through us here at x3guide with this link you’ll even be given a 40% discount. I’ve described other site memberships in reviews as offering an exceptional value, and part of me regrets that now because I’m not sure how to describe the value of a Bang! membership. Maybe calling it “extra-exceptional” is the only way to do it.

Apart from strongly recommending that any readers consider joining Bang, I’ll add a bit of a caveat for any readers who, like me, are collectors and who have an interest in the porn dating back more than 25 years. You should consider a multi-month membership. For me, even hitting 10 or 12 of the big studios from that era that I like would probably take downloading for 12 hours per day over a 30-day subscription to get anywhere near what I’d like to have in my collection.

Another bit of good news is that Bang! offers a full tour. A potential subscriber can do a deep dive into what’s available here. In an industry that is moving to less transparency, it’s refreshing to see a site like Bang! allow such a broad “test drive” of what they have to offer.

It won’t be a surprise to any reader that I am strongly recommending checking out Bang. If you’re not interested in the non-exclusive catalogue, you will still find exceptional value in a membership in the exclusive scenes. Likewise, a serious collector of porn from a specific studio from 20 years ago may find a membership valuable just to access that even if there is no interest in the exclusive scenes. The full accessibility of the site for a tour allows anyone to see if the site is something they are interested in.

No matter how you slice it, Bang! is an amazing network - I say this as someone who subscribed early and who has since re-subscribed over 20 times. That’s putting my own money where my opinion is for this review. Bang! offers an unbeatable value for your porn dollars, and would do so even at full price, but you can join through x3guide with a significant discount using the link below.