eHarmony Reviews

John from North Carolina

Reviewed: 21 December 2007

I would rate eHarmony very good when it comes to method but pretty useless at results. I am no psychologist, but it seems to me that their personal survey is very comprehensive, better than any other dating service I’ve tried. And their Guided Communication seems to be a good technique to introduce strangers in a non-threatening way.

But they have a lousy sense of geography. I first filled out their survey about two and a half years ago. In that time, I’ve received about three hundred matches. Of those, five were within 50 miles of my home. I live in central North Carolina and have received matches ranging from Key West to Ottawa, Canada, from Wisconsin to Texas. I even got one from Tempe, Arizona. I suppose for someone who wouldn’t mind a long distance relationship this isn’t a problem, but I find it a bit off-putting.

Another thing about eHarmony is that the matches come in clumps. I might go a few months with no matches, then receive fifteen or twenty within a week. On the other hand, I never actually joined eHarmony.

One can fill out the survey and receive matches without joining. So you can get a feel of the kind of results to expect. But you do have to pay to do any communicating or add a picture to your profile.

They occasionally have free communication weekends when one can respond to matches from Friday night through Sunday night. I did get to the Open Communication stage with five people, but the closest one was a two hour drive from home. Maybe if I sent them some money, they would send me some matches closer to home. Ya think?

My other big gripe is that in spite of their 29 Key Dimensions of Compatibility, I would consider maybe ten of the three hundred profiles I received to be personally interesting and someone I would like to meet.

So while some people may have found true love on eHarmony, I have to give them an F. And based on my experience so far, they will not get any of my money.

Raylene Burley from michigan

Reviewed: 28 November 2007

I am a mean and nice ugly girl. I am trying out eHarmony and seeing if I can find my lover. I really like it so far.

Harry from Seattle

Reviewed: 29 September 2007

eHarmony is an awesome place to meet some of the most intelligent, warm individuals. The thing about eHarmony members is that, like some other people have mentioned, there are some good and some bad.

I guarantee that for every bad experience, there has been three good experiences from using this dating service.

I am one of the three good experiences, I am now engaged to a beautiful girl that I met on eHarmony six months ago.

Rick Brooks from us

Reviewed: 26 September 2007

Eharmony is a joke...I was on it for 6 months without meeting anyone...Plentyoffish blows the away, Hands down...I will never go to another pay site..They want one thing...YOUR MONEY...Period

Mike from Ohio

Reviewed: 25 September 2007

Terrible service. Number one, due to the eHarmony's set-up, you can spend weeks e-mailing each one before even "graduating" to a phone call, much less a first date and/or meeting. Number two, I question eHarmony's "scientific" matching system. I met an alarming number of psychopaths, gold-diggers, and syncophants, not to mention my fair share of mean-spirited narcissists. I wouldn't recommend eHarmony to anyone.

Haley from Illinois

Reviewed: 25 August 2007

I give eharmony 5 stars. Me and my husband met on eharmony around 4.5 years ago. We have been happily married for 3 years. Eharmony defenently helped me to find the person who was a wonderful match for me. We are not just husband and wife but best friends. We enjoy doing the same things and our beliefs were matched so well on eharmony that we never had a problem or fight about the important things in our life.

David from Calgary

Reviewed: 23 August 2007

I've seen a fair amount of eHarmony bashing elsewhere, but I've been astonished by the high quality of my matches. I've also been cheered by the number of women with whom I'm compatible, who share similar values and interests, even if ultimately there may be no romantic spark. It's wonderful to be able to begin to explore a relationship based on compatibility rather than a look from across the room, which can often turn out to have been an invitation to the blues. I'd recommend eHarmony highly.

Bill from St. Paul, MN

Reviewed: 16 March 2007

Insane prices for only one or two "matches" per month. High entry costs prevent the service from being available to a high number of people, so I am finding that most of my matches absolutely never respond (most likely because they can't afford to). This is a truly broken model if paying customers can't get any results because there are too many non-paying customers that can't communicate. Complete waste of time - I think I'd get better results just asking every woman I meet on the street for a date.

Jonathan from Sacramento, CA

Reviewed: 06 February 2007

eHarmony has become a commercialized dating service. I do appreciate the compatibility tests and personality tests that include in the service. I think the service is somewhat overpriced and I think the results are under what the claim they will be. Sadly, I have met many ladies through this service who were surpisingly still married. I have also met a lot of single mothers, whom didn't disclose this until after we met. Overall, people have been very dishonest on this website. Use at your own risk.

Mary from Atlanta

Reviewed: 09 January 2007

I give eHarmony "two thumbs up" for being the best net dating experience I have ever had. The site is just so easy to use, the subscription costs are very fair for all the features and information available.

Crystal from Pittsburgh, PA

Reviewed: 29 December 2006

If you want to meet and date real people who are grown up, looking for relationships and not just short term flings than you need to join eHarmony.

I made the mistake of choosing another well known dating service (whom I don't want to name here) and I had a horrible time. Just sleazy guys looking for sex, basically. Not the sort of guys I'd like to date!

eHarmony's website is first class. It looks good and is easy to use. There are some really unique features on the site such as the revolutionary compatibility matchmaking quiz. It works great.

Save yourself the time and hassle of trying other dating services and just use eHarmony!

Craig from Texas

Reviewed: 20 December 2006

eHarmony is a great place to meet people. The people on that site are just so much more real and honest.

Their matchmaking system is truely unique, it is about finding your soulmate, not just hooking people up as if we're at a bad dance party.

eHarmony's holistic approach to relationships is truely refreshing... 5/5 from me.

Tamara from New York

Reviewed: 10 December 2006

I've tried all the big online dating services and I just can't go past eHarmony for providing the most unique features, the most genuine people and the best time I've had meeting and chatting to potential suitors.

I love eHarmony!