New cohiba band

Lee.mcglynn
Lee.mcglynn Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭✭
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damn it's nice and well the counterfeiters are gonna have a huge problem! I smoked a siglo IV today from my buddy and we both were amazed by how detailed the new bands are
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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The new bands are pretty awesome. I would have to imagine it would be pretty hard to fake without collecting bands and putting them on fake sticks. DZR may be out review material in a few years.
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2015
    ExpendableYouth said:
    The new bands are pretty awesome. I would have to imagine it would be pretty hard to fake without collecting bands and putting them on fake sticks. DZR may be out review material in a few years.
    Too bad this happens  :/

    But good that they change it up.  I haven't seen the new bands yet.
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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    image
  • jarubla
    jarubla Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shiny!

    (Firefly reference for you non geeks)

    Perhaps the first micro-printed cigar band? I wonder who else does this?
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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To be honest I can think of anyone else with security bands like this. I guess when you are the most counterfeited cigars in the world you have to do something to step up your game.
  • jarubla
    jarubla Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder when the micro printed chohiba band will come out ;)
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  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Found this a while back. I know people black light test the label on the box but I didn't know there was anything on the band.image
  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow that's cool I ever even thought to do that. Although it seems that people would probably use real bands on fake cigars since those new ones would be such a pain in the asś to counterfeit.
  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    They do make counterfeit versions of the new standard "G" band but so far, they're lacking the holograms. You don't need a black light, as any decent light source should make the holograms pop.

    Here are some close ups I took to show the detail and print quality of the labels. 




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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen the holograms on the front pop. I just didn't realize there was Cohiba written on the back of the band you needed a blacklight for.
  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    It doesn't say "Cohiba" -- I believe it's a serial number.

    Unfortunately, the UV print is impossible to see in a normally lit area and just barely noticeable in a dark room. My examples look nothing like that posted above.



    The easiest UV mark to see is that on the Warranty Seal. When I turned on the UV light, the Cote de Arms lit up perfectly.


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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have some of the Cohiba's with the new band, but I don't think I've had a blacklight since high school.  :o
  • twistedstem
    twistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2015
    I don't know  if some of you guys should be shining blacklights around the man caves!!!LOL . But the bands are pretty cool. Seems terrible that they would have toresortto doin that .
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  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    They're great tools to have and not just for looking at ceiling textures. 


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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can tell if your A/C has a leak.
  • mmkuchi
    mmkuchi Posts: 157 ✭✭
    OMG...this is awesome!

  • twistedstem
    twistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ExpendableYouth said:
    You can tell if your A/C has a leak.

    Really I did not know that.
    no matter where you go, there you are.

  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A lot of the newer systems have a UV reactive dye that allow you to check for leaks with a blacklight.

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