Ease of Use - Ordering Process:  

The ordering process for Winkflash is really very simple; just follow the steps and you're on your way. Also, to use this service, you will be instructed to download a program that will be used for uploading your images to their website.

We found that although Winkflash is easy to upload your images you are still required to take a few extra steps compared to many other photo printing services.

Quality of Prints:  

To test for quality, we sent the same digital photos to all of the online photo developers we reviewed. Winkflash fared well during the comparison process and as a stand-alone we would have been happy with the prints Winkflash developed.

• Sunset: Our sunset came out nice and there was just the right amount of red in the print to accentuate the rosy cheeks of our models. But we would have like to see Winkflash highlight and brighten the models just a bit against the background. Take a look at our comparative shots from Winkflash.

• Black and White: Winkflash avoided making our black and white photo too yellow like some other services. The photo felt like a true black and white image and didn’t favor one color of the spectrum over the other, but the picture did seem a little dark. Take a look at our comparative shots from Winkflash.

• Aerial: The aerial print Winkflash produced was almost perfect. They cleaned up the overcast in the sky, and unlike some other companies, there was no hint of yellow in the buildings. They managed to clean up the picture while still making it feel like London. Take a look at our comparative shots from Winkflash.

Note: To check quality, we took each set of prints received from the online photo developer and laid them down side-by-side for comparison.

Service and Site Features:  

Winkflash services include the ability to upload photos from your camera phone, free album sharing and no account expiration. You can upload all your digital photos to Winkflash and never buy another thing from them, and they will never delete your albums. This is one of the few services we evaluated that truly had limitless online storage. One cute feature that Winkflash includes is the ability to print messages on the back of your pictures.

Before ordering your prints the service has a print quality meter that evaluates the quality of your photographs and determines which printing size your pictures are ideal for. For example, some pictures may be too dark or blurry and would become distorted in an 8 x 10, but would appear just fine as a 4 x 6. We also liked Winkflash’s uploader application, “The Transporter.” It was easy-to-use and it uploaded our images without any problems.

You can also download Winkflash’s free desktop photo manager that helps you keep all your photographs organized on your computer without signing online.

Although Winkflash offers photo gifts, their selection was not as extensive as some of the other services we reviewed. However, they do include the basics like calendars, mugs, mouse pads, t-shirts and more.

We received our pictures from Winkflash in about four business days.

Winkflash will also ship to all U.S. armed forces bases.

Technical Support:  

Winkflash’s website offers all of the standard support features: A FAQ page, an email address for questions and a phone line for additional questions. The support system is sufficient but lacking in some additional features such as live chat.

Winkflash provides its consumers with simple photo-uploading and ordering processes, great printing rates and respectable shipping times. Winkflash is a digital photo printing service with a very diverse product and service lineup and, additionally, we liked the quality of Winkflash’s prints. We would like to see Winkflash streamline their interface making ordering and uploading even easier.