Been around long enough to remember when the midweek top-up offers were actually worth a crack. These days a lot of them feel stingy as hell... 20% here, tiny cap there, and then you open the terms and it's got a max bet so low you can barely have a proper spin without voiding the thing.
The decent ones for me are still the simple reloads with fair turnover and no weird game exclusions hidden three clicks deep. If it's something like a reasonable match, usable on the slots I already play, and the cap isn't laughable, sweet. I'll take it. If it's one of those "deposit in the next 47 minutes, wager bonus + deposit 45x, only selected games" jobs, nah mate, straight in the bin.
Cashback style offers have honestly been better lately than a lot of the match deals. Not as flashy, but at least you know what you're getting and you're not jumping through hoops for a handful of spins and a balance that gets chewed up by rollover anyway. Free spin reloads can be alright too, but only if the winnings aren't capped to death.
Big thing I always check now is the stuff punters skip when they're keen to load up fast - max cashout, max bet while bonus is active, whether the contribution rates are chopped for the games you actually play, and whether the bonus expires stupidly quick. I've been caught before on those weekend offers that look ripper in the email then turn out to be barely playable in real life.
My rough rating these days? Most recurring offers sit in the "nice if you were depositing anyway" bucket, not the "worth depositing because of the deal" bucket. Massive difference there.
Curious what everyone else is seeing lately. You blokes finding any reloads that are still genuinely decent, or has the whole thing turned into tiny caps and bloody fine print?