idviking U21 PA Review
Communication:
I didn't really communicate with idviking at all as there was no real need to, but I've heard he has excellent CS [10/10]
Pricing
It was a giveaway ID so obviously it's a 10 [10/10]
Shipping Speed:
The IDs took right around 2 weeks to come, so they did pretty on par with what I expected [9/10]
ID Quality
Looking at the barbook, the colors are pretty spot on. The laminate is applied very very slightly crookedly, but it's not too noticeable. The UV is not quite right (according to the pics unknown posted). I don't have a physical to compare but everything looks to be in the correct place. There's a little OPE but that's to be expected. People say his UV is too visible in regular light, but I don't have a physical so I don't know if that's how it's actually supposed to be. The holos are super crisp and clear, look really good. No raised keystone, of course. Ghost image maybe a little bit too dark. There's nothing really else to say, PA is a pretty simple template. [8/10]
Photoshop
No ear shadows, but the pic doesn't look too bad. The pic I sent in actually had shadows darker on one side of my face and those were left in, so it kinda looks like I have ear shadows on just one side of my face, but it doesn't look too bad at all. Not the best photoshop, but not the worst. [7/10]
Scanning
Scans on BCS. I don't think idviking IDs are supposed to swipe but that's not as crucial. [7/10]
Usability
Used it at a couple liquor stores and got it accepted no problem. They just kinda looked at it for a few seconds at most. I think U21 PA is rare-ish enough to not raise suspicion. I also live right near PA, and the date that i turn 21 on the ID is very recently so it looks like I just turned 21. [10/10]
Overall
This is definitely an extremely solid ID. It's an easy template so there are not many mistakes, and the U21 aspect definitely helps. I would think the 75$ price tag (which I think is what the regular price is right now, correct me if I'm wrong) is not quite what I would pay, just because it is still a low security PVC state with not a totally perfected template/process, but it's definitely still solid and I'd definitely recommend trying it out for the thanksgiving promo or the next time he has one. [8.5/10]
Pictures
I don't have my UV light right now but maybe I'll post pics when I get back to school
Posted Nov 27, 2015, 8:00 AM UTC · edited