eharmony Reviews

Being a member of eharmony is like being pampered by a dating agency but in the comfort of your own home. First of all, its style and design are top-notch. Second, you’ll always feel encouraged. From the moment that registration begins you are gently guided through the key steps with a personality test that doesn’t feel intrusive, it’s more like a fun quiz about you.

The menu system is self-explanatory and the profile section resembles an album instead of a boring sheet of preferences. Still, the shining point is undoubtedly the ‘Book of You’ where the personality test evaluation can be read; these results are summarized in a few paragraphs and can be freely shown to anyone.

At its core eharmony resembles any other matchmaking sites, but adds its own flair to the process. After deciding to sign up you must undergo a rather lengthy registration process where you must flesh out your personality, background, preferences through a series of steps. This process also includes a personality test, where you must rate how well certain traits – such as a desire for commitment, honesty, helpfulness and the like – relate to you. After finishing this, eharmony opens up for you.

The system itself is responsible for matchmaking, so you don’t need to bother with manual searches. The site shows new recommendations every day, although the filters can be refined. Each match is determined by a compatibility index, based on the test results of each user. In order receive plenty of suitable recommendations your profile should be fully completed, which is a time-consuming but on the whole a worthwhile task.

After you have been shown a promising partner, you can send each other messages, chat, or take things to the next level via secure in-site calls. However, direct communication requires you to upgrade your free account by subscribing to a paid membership.

The site is open for all age groups, nationalities and ethnicities , but bear in mind that being able to create an account doesn’t guarantee a large pool of matches. eharmony utilizes a complicated matchmaking system where you’ll be asked several questions about your background, religion, sexuality and preferences and how important these are to you. The answers affect who will appear on your list of daily recommendations.

If your expectations are more loose, then the site can match you with a larger group of people. On the other hand, setting a stronger filter will naturally reduce the number of daily profiles but provide a higher compatibility index for better results.

eharmony's main matchmaking is automated, meaning that you cannot launch custom searches and instead the system will send through a handful of recommended matches each day, the profiles of which are chosen by an algorithm that factors in the compatibility index. In short, eharmony emphasizes quality over quantity. This seems convenient at first, but members are also restricted if they wish to have more opportunities to mingle. The only option to have a bigger list in this case is to change the preference options.

If you take online dating seriously or having experience with such a service, then eharmony is right for you. The personality test at the beginning demands patience and self-evaluation since it is quite a long process, but the profile section is more detailed and interesting than what is typically seen with the competition.

If you just want to jump in and immediately start flirting, then eharmony would definitely feel slow and complicated. However, the input you provide isn’t useless and you’ll be matched with partners who definitely share the same values as you, so if you are looking for a long-term relationship, then eharmony is good choice.

Without a doubt, eharmony is completely safe and valid. The founder and CEO of the company is a renowned clinical psychologist, Dr. Neil Clark Warren, who consulted with thousands of married couples. His 35-year long practice yielded a patented Compatibility Matching System, which serves as the foundation for the dating site. Furthermore, Dr. Warren also contributed to the creation of the site’s popular personality test.

While doing the registration, we didn’t encounter any intrusive questions or any attempts to collect personal information unrelated to the dating service. Although a detailed evaluation for our results isn’t provided, the finalized Book of You was spot on for us suggesting that the personality test works rather accurately.

As for safety, the site uses a vigilant algorithm that filters out incomplete or suspicious profiles. Still, there is a slim chance that a clever scammer slips through the net. In order to ensure that you can be certain of reliable profiles, eharmony's admin team runs a verification program. Those who opt for the TotalConnect plan have the opportunity to provide evidence of their true identity, and those that pass the test are awarded with a ‘Verified’ seal to show others that they are trustworthy.

To a certain degree, yes. You can get through the registration and the personality test without paying a dime and a shorter version of the Book of You can be also read free of charge, which is in itself a good reason to give eharmony a try. Furthermore, the matchmaking and the profile menu can be examined without cost.

However, most of your partner’s profile pictures are locked and you are unable to send messages unless you become a paying member. In short, the free account is good for sampling the service but the restrictions prevent you from establishing contact.