Standard of balloon fetish videos

[dcfcluigi]

I appreciate not everyone is into the use of balloon fetish porn or equivalent material, but does anyone else think that the standard on offer is in slow decline?

I’m referring to the main stream producers I.e clubsteffi, loonerlanding, italoon etc. I don’t want this thread to get into a discussion of “real looners” or not as I’m well aware the vast majority of such performers are models and not fetishists, however my point being that the majority of content now seems to be repetitive and on the verge of being mundane. Essentially, I’m questioning producers of these websites, not the models themselves.

Again, I appreciate everyone has their specific tastes however there doesn’t appear to be any new ideas anymore.

thoughts?

[AJK64]

The balloon fetish stuff where the models seem to be having fun are like gold dust. Most of the time its obvious that the female models are faking having fun/trying to be "sexy" with the balloons, and many of the male models either look bored or apprehensive bursting them.

I actually find it hotter when the model isnt a looner, but I also like seeing them enjoying the experience of exploring balloons. This is a big part of the reason why I find clips of guys just at parties bursting balloons really hot, because they are doing it because they want to rather than someone being payed to burst balloons for looner content.

[Meililoon]

Most of the larger studios content has become really boring to me. The three you mentioned are prime examples of that. They have some interesting videos, but they're few and far between. If anything, it's usually because of specific models who either have a lot of balloon experience (like Angel) or just come off as more natural in a way (Gabi Gold at Clubsteffi really did this well imho, especially in her later videos). When they just hire some porn model to do seemingly very specific things to some balloons, it just feels very artificial and boring, and so many of these studios are guilty of that nowadays. It also doesn't help that they'll often constantly try to make "sexy noises" and do awkward dirty balloon talk. On the other end there's the videos of a model who just systematically does a b2p, or pops a set number of balloons, then goes "Bye" when she's done and the video ends. No feeling to it whatsoever.
To me it feels like the models often will get too rigid instructions on what to do while filming, especially if it's someone without much balloon experience, or someone who just wants to get it over with and get their paycheck. I believe something as simple as the producer going "We want you to play with these balloons and have fun with them, while trying to pop them X way" often would make things a lot more interesting, as it gives the models more freedom to enjoy what they're doing, which in turn makes a better video.

[red009er]

With all due respect and acknowledging that it's easy to criticize via a faceless web post; I think the issue is more so with us and a touch of recency bias.
There is more content out there than ever before. Subscription sites, clips4sale, myfreecams, onlyfans, youtube, tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, I'm probably missing some. And those mediums offer daily, sometimes hourly updates to content. With such a law of large numbers, there's bound to be repeats, junk and boring stuff.

But let's compare that to "the old days". Get rid of almost everything I listed. I graduated college in 2005, the same year YouTube started. Before really that medium, the few things out there were subscription sites updated once a week with a video and maybe picture set (Fridays were THE best day thanks to Mellyloon), Webshots and possibly a couple other random spots. Before even that you could order a video and wait a week for it to arrive. Now? No laptop, VHS, DVD, dialup or Gateway desktop required. Just pull out your always connected phone to access a variety of high def content.

My point is this. Yes there's garbage out there but I think it's more a function of the sheer volume of content. But there's also gold out there (like Amber and Renee at Loonerlanding). And to that point, I still believe Loonerlanding, ClubSteffi, Nastilla, others and a handful of C4S sites put out great content.

I'd never choose to go back to the earlier days of this fetish online. I would love to see sites like Elevator and Melly come back or even be able to readily buy a pack of Q24s or cheaply rent a helium tank. But now is definitely not bad IMO. It's different, but I wouldn't say bad or boring.

[Merl]

Could it be ennui has set in? You've seen it all, multiple times over the decades, and you've become inured to it?

[Dust of the Saturn]

I appreciate not everyone is into the use of balloon fetish porn or equivalent material, but does anyone else think that the standard on offer is in slow decline?

It is, in fact, in slow decline. That's because the barrier to entry is now access to a camera and your local dollar store. Before that, studios put in actual effort due to the niche nature of the fetish and it's narrow competition.

However, like red009er said;

There is more content out there than ever before. Subscription sites, clips4sale, myfreecams, onlyfans, youtube, tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, I'm probably missing some. And those mediums offer daily, sometimes hourly updates to content. With such a law of large numbers, there's bound to be repeats, junk and boring stuff.

Let's be honest here, who's competing against studio fuusen? They use costumes that cost a fortune. They're no different than mellyloon during their prime, if not better.

Porn has gotten so mainstream that everyone is trying to dip their feet into the shallow waters of fetishism, not prepared at how deep the rabbit hole goes. They think balloons must be easy money. Few are the ones that stick around.

[Merl]

They are probably shocked at how guys who like something that sounds so simple can be so damn picky about it. I know I am.

[dcfcluigi]

It is, in fact, in slow decline. That's because the barrier to entry is now access to a camera and your local dollar store. Before that, studios put in actual effort due to the niche nature of the fetish and it's narrow competition.

However, like red009er said;



Let's be honest here, who's competing against studio fuusen? They use costumes that cost a fortune. They're no different than mellyloon during their prime, if not better.

Porn has gotten so mainstream that everyone is trying to dip their feet into the shallow waters of fetishism, not prepared at how deep the rabbit hole goes. They think balloons must be easy money. Few are the ones that stick around.

Find it hard to disagree with your thoughts. my main observation being that they seem to go through cycles of a b2p clip, followed by a pin/nail/sit pop video, to then a non pop clip, then repeat. The model, set or theme appears to be immaterial, but this perpetual cycle just continues with no variation or even afterthought, deeming this satisfies its subscribers given they keep subscribing.



There never seems to be any public consultation, merely it appears it’s just seen as an opportunity for customs and the associated additional income this brings. It would be unfair to single out one particular producer, but the main suppliers of this content on a regular basis appear to be ClubSteffi, Italoon, LoonerLanding, Italoon and House of Loons. How much longer can they go repeating the same script or outcome and just recycle models?

On a positive, Nastila (no this isn’t me promoting nor have I been requested to endorse) but they appear to mix up their content with different themes and story lines. I also get everyone has their own particular likes, as per this comment;

[dcfcluigi]

They are probably shocked at how guys who like something that sounds so simple can be so damn picky about it. I know I am.

Sorry this got lost on my previous post.

I am picky too but surely producers can facilitate subscriber thoughts and suggestions without turning it into custom requests. Just a thought.

[Merl]

I am picky too but surely producers can facilitate subscriber thoughts and suggestions without turning it into custom requests. Just a thought.

All I can tell you is, when I recently asked Fuusen to consider trying a hopper (balloon or actual) video, or incorporating hoppers into other videos, the owner repeatedly declined by saying THEY - the Fuusen girls and himself - were not interested. Not even as a paid custom! I got the same response recently from the site with the masked brunette, same many years ago from Italoon, and from Mellyloon before that. None of them said, If you subscribe, we'll do it. It was just...no.

I don't get it...easier to do than some of their balloon videos...might be fun for the girl... but whatever.

[Herloons]

Hi Guys, my opinion might not be welcome in this thread. (which I totally understand)

I started filming more than a year ago so I will share my experiences of the transition from customer to producer.
In my opinion most of the arguments above are true to some extent. I also was kinda feeling that a lot of new content was kinda bland so I asked Saskia if she would like to model for me. As we started I tried to get better at all the stuff one should know when actually trying to put together something good. It is a process and it is far from over. It comes with a lot of time and money that has to be invested in a new hobby and that is great.

After a while of filming I noticed that funky concepts and things I might like a lot are not very "welcome". At least that's what the number of sales says. So I tried to explore in directions that were apparently more liked by the community. This is the point where monotony starts to show it's ugly face. If it does not matter how much effort and artsy stuff you put in a video, because sit pop video 42 is outperforming everything you tried to come up with, why bother? There is a thought that keeps coming back to me: " is it better to have a store full of videos that maybe one or two people bought and one sit pop video in the middle that crushes them all?" From a business side this would be really "questionable" but it would be fun to just do wild crazy stuff with balloons. The goal would be to find the correct balance of stuff that works and new stuff and I am working on that.

I also want to add something to the "only out for customs" topic. Also there is some truth to it but things are not that easy. You see there are a lot of very nice people in our community that really want to help, but there are also some who just try to get content cheaper or for free and go to absurd length to achieve that. That makes differentiating sometimes pretty hard. So producers like me are more likely to offer a custom. Especially if the suggestion is very detailed, causes a lot of effort and just feels like "I want exactly this video but I will buy it later for the retail price". This does not mean that I will never do that. I probably will at some point if I like the concept. To be honest we don't get many recommendations. I do remember one of you above sent us one tho. 😉

I hope this brings some transparancy. You are always welcome to ask me about the weird mix of hobby and work that is producing content.

Greetings
Phil

PS: Studio Fuusen is great! I like their content a lot.

[Merl]

Saskia was made to have fun bouncing around the room on a hoppity hop. 🙂

[Dust of the Saturn]

The model, set or theme appears to be immaterial, but this perpetual cycle just continues with no variation or even afterthought, deeming this satisfies its subscribers given they keep subscribing

You're confusing porn with art.

If art is what you're after, then you won't find it on clips4sale nor pornhub. Porn content creation is like apples. You eat the same exact apple every once in a while because it tastes good and is nice to have after lunch. Most people consume porn in the same fashion, they buy the recent clips because it's nice to watch every once in a while.

Most porn focused studios won't bother with reinventing the wheel. They're almost like content farms; producing the same exact apples, with their most recent videos being the freshest... and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

You're thinking that maybe, after all, all we need is 1 single btp clip, 1 single stp clip, 1 pin pop, 1 non pop, 1 of every kind of porn video.... But the human brain gets desensitized to stimuli it experiences.

The last slice of pizza is the least enjoyable, the most bland, and least interesting, but that doesn't mean you won't buy another pizza! Probably the same exact pizza as well...


I highly suggest you search deviantart, literotica or this forum for some prose. Stories to read are always interesting and often offer ideas never experimented with before. For now, written stories aren't being pay-walled and as such, might satisfy that itch you're looking for.

[BlowPlayPop]

Personally I prefer balloon literature to balloon porn. Completely agree with Dust of Saturn, that the same thing repeated can be consumed over and over, but you do become desensitised to it. If I do watch videos (which I do occasionally; its just like Dust says - food gets boring after a while - but i'll order it again), for me it's about the balloons, not the models so I can access a wealth of content for free on YouTube. There's even a recent thread here with links to people favourites. If that isn't enough (which it sometimes isn't) there's a fantastic library of well written stories on here. It's how i discovered the forum in the first place - searching the net for erotic balloon stories.

[AJK64]

I think it is worth remembering that with these kind of videos (as dustofthesaturn also alluded to) they are not pieces of film art, they are there for people to cater to a very particular fetish. Having amazing production values and artistic flair is great, but if the content doesn't tick specific aspects of a persons kink for balloons and inflatables then it wont appeal. Most balloon fetishists have reasonably similar cues for their turn ons, and having those is a great start, but we also each have a particular relationship which makes it harder I guess for producers to realise. I think if someone making the videos actually has the fetish, that is the best place to begin from as then there is at least an instinctual idea of what kind of things need to be present. But it is also down to the models chosen, and the way they interact with the balloons. It must be so hard for movie producers, and I do not envy your job...