Best Out There (Maxim)

Member Name: tommy7

Product:	Maxim
Date:	01/03/01 (165 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Read

Disadvantages: Pricey if you don't subscribe

Recently the men's magazine market has been flooded with new titles. The newer releases have all tried to bring a fresh aspect but Maxim continues to outshine its rivals in every respect.

The price is £3, which may not seem cheap but if you like the mag the subscription deals bring the cost down by a fair bit. At the moment I get my copy delivered to me before it hits the shops, with all supplements for £9.99 for 6 issues. This almost halves the price and if you don't like the magazine you get a 3-month risk free trial where you cancel your subscription at any point in the first 3 months and get a full refund. A good deal all-round.

Anyway back to the magazine. The first thing that hits me in any magazine nowadays is the unbelievable amount of adverts you get before you even get to the index. I preferred the old practice of putting all the ads at the end where they were easier to ignore but this is exactly the reason they have been moved.

After the index we have the usual letters page. It can be entertaining and is a good way to start the mag. There is a prize of £100 for letter of the month so maybe better spending your time writing to Maxim than to Dooyoo? (just joking)

The same features make up the next 40 or so pages every month. This is probably my favourite part of the magazine as you grow used to the format. Highlights in this section are News of The Weird (self-explanatory) and How To.... How To takes a few humorous topics a month and explains the best way to do it. This month we have drive without petrol and pass the buck as well as a few others.

The next half of the magazine is usually made up of true-life stories, features and at least one spread of a model/actress. I think this is the main part of the magazine and to a large extent dictates how successful an individual issue will be.

The final section of the magazine concentrates on Fashion, Film and Video, Music, Game and the drea
ded adverts. By the time I get to this section I am normally skimming the magazine as it is normally 200+ pages. I suppose it is a good idea to have this section at the end as everyone's tastes will differ and you can just look at the parts which interest you.

Maxim is an excellent read for either skimming through or for spending a long train journey reading. Quite often I will skip an article only to go back later and be surprised by just how good it was.

Check it out, as I said above I think it’s the best out there. FHM comes close but Maxim just pips it.

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