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Pure bewilderment
As I had the pleasure of spending five years living in San Diego, I've seen truly fun bathhouses. There are a couple of baths in LA that seem an updated version of 70s raunchy hedonistic "pleasure palaces." Compare those to Flex Cleveland, and you will be sorry. There is a Flex in LA (I don't know if its part of the same chain), but that Flex is much much better. Cleveland's Flex is in a rundown sector of warehouses and garages. The street at night looks scary and creepy. Inside, it's only marginally better. There are simply no hot men here. If old is your definition of hot, then I guess they are hot. Otherwise, skip it. One guy kept calling after me, calling me "young sir"- that wasn't hot, just weird. I thought i had developed a stalker or something. I left before finding out. Yes, skip this place.
Some men should not have sex
The heyday of the baths is over. No more hot men having fun in the tubs with Miss Bette Midler singing her heart out. Here's what you will find in Flex: unattractive, 40+ men, walking in circles around the place. Yes, there are fetish areas, but if you don't like ugly (honestly) men, then you have no reason to go. Flex was better back at its old Warehouse District location. Since the move and expansion (to a dangerous location), the customers have not surprisingly abandoned the bathouse. I went twice this year, and I am proud to say I left without hooking up, as the options were pathetic. I have heard good things, but I think it is hype from friends of the owner or manager. I have not been back since. Also, the smell (cleaning fluid?, man fluids?) makes the halls reek like nobody's business. This is not a sexy environment.
If you enjoy the smell of certain bodily stinky "fumes" mixed with b.o. and vomit then this is the place for you. Why did i waste my time coming to this place on my short weekend stay. Will never come back again. Pew!!!
Puke-A-Rama
No hot men, period. Old men. Stinky men with body odor who haven't bathed since 1978. A big place with many corridors, most strangely empty. Most guys congregate in one or two spots and talk. Not very sexy or cruisy. As for these positive reviews, when did they visit? I've been there three times in the last few months, and I never see a good crowd. Skip this place and go to Club Cleveland.
Had a good time on a Sat night
I was nervous my 1st time and didn't know the set-up, but got familiar after awhile. I'm new at discovering my Bi-ness and learning a new world. After joining & signing in and putting clothes in locker (they give you a towel to wrap up with), you can go upstairs to "cruise" the halls, or head to the pools/spa area. The dark halls take your eyes some getting used to. Some guys just walk around looking for hookups and some stay in rooms with doors open to party. I did see a few older men but plenty of younger or middle-age too. Mostly white but a few black too. There was a larger common area where a continuous feed of guy sex on a big screen that some congugated around. I didn't try out the pools or sauna areas but will next time. Another area had leather couches and a regular movie screen. Sometimes there were just a couple guys having fun, othertimes there was a large group oral orgy! You can decide what you want to do, if anything. I had some fun with a muscular hunk.. ;-) It was very clean thoughout, buckets of free condoms were available, and there were no pressures. I did wear socks though, so next time I'll take sandals or pool shoes. And next time I'll try my own little room (only $5 more) and the pools area.