Cigar Guys, Do I have this right?

Hello,

I normally buy 5 packs from Cigars International. If I really like the cigar Ill just buy a box from who ever has it the cheapest. Sampler packs are a really good buy if your looking for a good variety of high quality and good every day cigars. You can get 20 pack samplers of high quality cigars for well under $75. Keep notes too, it will help down the road if you find a sale and cant remember if you tried and/or liked a certain cigar. Check out stogiereview.com they do a lot of great review.

Have fun,

Chris

I would rather smoke fewer and better cigars. I'm currently enjoining Montecristo # 4 once in a while.
Since I only smoke outdoors, the weather on the west coast of Norway is a limiting factor too.

A little time in the humidor can make an average cigar into a really nice cigar and a nice cigar into a great cigar. I just had a 12 year old Tabantillas that was a pure joy to smoke. A completely different cigar from the $25 box of cheapos they were originally. But it doesnt require 12 years. A few months will make a difference in quality cigar. Just a thought.

best damn cigar around is a Monte Cristo #1, cant get your hands on it... go to #2

I get mine locally at JR Cigar shops they are the cheapest around but they have a website here J·RCigars.com: Premium Cigars and cigar accessories at the best prices. I haven't had a bad onyx reserve, I am not as frequent as you but when I smoke I like a quality stick. Give the ONYX RESERVE NO. 2 BELICOSO a try if you want a nice smooth one.

Yup, these guys have given you most of the best cigar dealers around,the only thing I'll add is when I started there was a place called Fink cigars
mail order,all there brands ,and were pretty good,and cheap,in the good way. One last thing ,there right time in the humidifier can make a good cigar great,I buy this years cigars for next year,I even bought all the Carbonells from one store when they changed their formula and band,in 96
and am smoking them slowly,and am saving the two boxes of Presidentes,for when my boys get married,and that wont be for some time-there 22,and 17. Oh if you REALLY want to treat yourself,try a Montecristo White-worth every penny IMHO.

I love me cigars, but usually don't smoke the cheap ones... too many dawg toords, too little time. I favor ISOM cigars, and am particularly fond of Bolivares, especially Bolivares Belicosos Finos, which I call Victory Cigars (long story best left for another post.)

Being a cigarette smoker too, I don't indulge on cigars daily but rather on the weekends while playing pool with my good friend. This being the case price doesn't really play a major role in my selection of smokes and I go strictly by the pleasure they deliver. Occasionally I'll experiment with something that I may find appealing too, but again price is not the consideration - case in point, tonight I'm indulging with an Opus X, a double rare occurrence being a non Cuban and a new cigar for me.

Among other favorites of mine are the Montecristo Nro 1, Montecristo Nro 5, Partagas 898, Partagas Series D, Partagas Culebras and Cohiba Siglo. When I ride I carry non ISOM Romeo y Julieta Bullies, which are rather inexpensive at about $120/box.

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Originally Posted by Snake

I love me cigars, but usually don't smoke the cheap ones... too many dawg toords, too little time. I favor ISOM cigars, and am particularly fond of Bolivares, especially Bolivares Belicosos Finos, which I call Victory Cigars (long story best left for another post.)

Being a cigarette smoker too, I don't indulge on cigars daily but rather on the weekends while playing pool with my good friend. This being the case price doesn't really play a major role in my selection of smokes and I go strictly by the pleasure they deliver. Occasionally I'll experiment with something that I may find appealing too, but again price is not the consideration - case in point, tonight I'm indulging with an Opus X, a double rare occurrence being a non Cuban and a new cigar for me.

Among other favorites of mine are the Montecristo Nro 1, Montecristo Nro 5, Partagas 898, Partagas Series D, Partagas Culebras and Cohiba Siglo. When I ride I carry non ISOM Romeo y Julieta Bullies, which are rather inexpensive at about $120/box.

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I have to agree,...life is too short for cheap cigars,but I also understand that everyone dos'nt have %10 or more to blow on a stick,but some are just too good not to try.IMHO

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Originally Posted by poppy926

A little time in the humidor can make an average cigar into a really nice cigar and a nice cigar into a great cigar. I just had a 12 year old Tabantillas that was a pure joy to smoke. A completely different cigar from the $25 box of cheapos they were originally. But it doesnt require 12 years. A few months will make a difference in quality cigar. Just a thought.

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This is true in 90% of cigars

Be careful though, some blender's dont intend their cigars to have significant humidor time. An opus x should recieve at minimum 1 yr, while a Gran habano muduro dies after 3 months. just sayin

Traditionally, I have been absolutely atrocious at "cellaring" pipe tobacco and fear I will fair little better with cigars. The saving grace however could be that cigar consumption, like my other tobacco consumption varies with the season. I tend to go heavier with pipes in the cooler months and as spring/summer roles around my pipe smoking gets cut way back in favor of cigars and more so dipping (I guess the logic being that oppressive heat makes outside smoke breaks a bit prohibitive.)

In any case, step 1 is to score a humidor. I figure if I lean heavy on the pipe (smoking only a couple cigars a week) but make regular deposits into the humidor, by the time April or May roles around I'll have a pretty workbable number of sticks that have at least six months in the humidor. At the moment, it looks like the bulk of my cache will be affordable but decent quality stogies with a few blue chippers (i.e. H.Uppman, La Aroma De Cuba, Cuesta Rey, etc.) stashed away for special occassions.