- First Impression
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and while the first thing you see when you put RawPapi.com into your browser is a picture, the thing that caught my attention was the verbage on the page: “Warning shocking video content, Unprotected gay sex and anal cumshots.” I can respect a web site that is going to tell it like it is. While the name “Raw Papi” made me assume that this would be a bunch of hot Latinos (and I did not make an ass out of myself by assuming correctly), I also know right from the start that this is going to be all the bareback action I can handle. This is a great move by RawPapi.com, by the way, since so many sites are moving away from bareback in favor of saddling up (so to speak), so bareback enthusiasts will know right away that this site is friendly. - Navigation
There’s no tour available for this site, but when I logged in and had a look around, I quickly learned that there isn’t any real need for a tour. Though there are a ton of bonus features that come with this site, the site itself is rather limited in what it offers. The homepage gives you an assortment of videos and photo galleries that you can choose from, and that’s it. I couldn’t find a search mechanism to use to seek out a certain kind of bareback. Then again, on a site so specific as this one (Latinos, bareback), it’s fairly easy to rationalize not having a search function. -
- Content
Clicking on a video link actually brings you to a little menu page for each video – you can look at the photos or you can watch the video. As an appetizer (if you will), I clicked on the photos, and I can say nothing bad about them. The shots are fantastic, with awesome lighting and great posing. They’re available for viewing and download in high resolution, though not in a zip file. My first annoyance with the videos has nothing to do with the video itself. Every time I went to watch one I needed to re-enter my account name and password – have your computer save this information, and you’re over that hump. The videos are available for streaming in both hi and lo definition, and you can download as in WMV only as well. My other main annoyance is that the video kept stopping and I’d have to hit play to make it continue. I thought maybe it was because I clicked to another web site to check my Twitter (nothing was happening yet), but when I sat with my hands off the keyboard (still waiting), it still kept pausing and I had to press play to make the video progress. I thought perhaps this was because I was watching in hi resolution, but when I switched over to lo, it seemed to do this, too. (This also happens with my DVD player, so it could just be I have bad karma for watching ANYTHING.) The camerawork was, at times, a little shaky, but at others I didn’t even notice it. It’s the kind of thing where I don’t think you’d notice a problem unless you were looking for one. So stop looking for one! I counted 30 videos on the site, with that many galleries, I’m just not sure if they’re still adding more. The site runner says they started in 2008, which would mean if it’s still being updated, it’s not done very frequently. -
- Guys and Sex
I have more good news, however – the guys are muy caliente! Granted, you have to be into Latino boys, but if you are, this is a hidden treasure of porn, you could even say it’s sabrosa (sabroso?). The very first video I watched featured a papi whose arms were the size of my head, and he could probably bench press the Latino pequito going down on him. There were moments as I watched various videos where it seemed like perhaps they weren’t very into it, but mostly it seemed that there was nothing these guys would rather be doing, other than each other. Scenes varied from the normal to the complete abnormal. I watched a blowjob on a boat, which I had never seen before, but the sex would all look the same, when push came to shove. When porn is hot, however, I’ll take it missionary on a bed, over not-hot sex in a strange place. -
- Value
When I was first looking to see what a membership gets a person, I was unimpressed. The sign up page boasts only that you get access to all the exclusive videos on the site, as well as the photos that are taken. Once you’re in the site, however, there’s a lot more available than what you’re first presented with. First of all, there’s an affiliation with Barebacked.com. There’s also a web cam service that’s free as long as you don’t want to go one on one with any of the guys. There is also video that is not exclusive to RawPapi.com, from various VOD sites. -
- Overall Impression
In the end, I’m not sure what to make of RawPapi.com. The porn is really hot, I just don’t know if there’s any more coming. It’s great for that niche market of people who either like Latinos or like bareback, but there isn’t a lot of it to choose from. I WANT to like it, and if I was certain it would be regularly updated, I’d be all for it. I’m just not sure if it’s a current site, and if it isn’t, I don’t want to set anybody up for heartbreak. You know? -
- Bottom Line
Clearly more effort went into making the videos than putting the site together, but that doesn’t make it a bad site! At the end of the day, I give RawPapi.com a C for caliente! -
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