When you light a cigar

Nolagizmo

What happens when you light a cigar? This article investigates the chemical processes, structure, and anatomy of a cigar.
https://www.comsol.com/blogs/sometimes-cigar-just-cigar/

This is a good read

peter4jc

Thanks, Mikie - there's some stuff in there that I've wondered about for a long time.

LiquidChaos66

That was a very interesting read! Thanks for posting it! :-)

reggie713

Very informative

jarubla

Gracias @Nolagizmo

Usaf06

Thanks Mikie

Bob_Luken

Every time you light a cigar, an angel gets it's wings.

skydiverD

I just gave an angel his wings!!

Echambers

Wait, what?  You guys light your cigars?

Amos_Umwhat

Nice.  That explains so much.  I try to tell folks it's different from cigarettes, but this tells a lot more of the story.  I am always trying to get cigarette-smoking friends to switch, but they "can't take cigars".  I keep telling them not to inhale.  Maybe this will give me more ammo, or perhaps I shall simply cast these pearls before the .. well, you know.

transplant

Thanks.  The article explained something that I've argued about in other threads regarding tunneling. I was told by some (who will remain nameless) that my tunneling problem was probably due to smoking the cigar too fast.  I had a problem with this diagnosis since the tunneling never occurred when I was able to "attentively" smoke my cigar, but rather only when the cigar was in the background (e.g., while golfing).

From the article:

If the cigar is smoked too quickly, you’ll end up with coning, where the edges of the cigar are consumed faster than the middle. On the other hand, if the cigar is smoked too slowly, then tunneling occurs. Why? Because the middle of the cigar burns quicker between puffs due to the ambient air cooling the edges better.

Yeah, that's right dammit.

pross

Yeah, 

i smoke too too fast often and have always seen coning.  I only see tunneling on poorly constructed sticks.

UseAsDirected

Awesome read! Thanks

Nolagizmo

UseAsDirected said:

Awesome read! Thanks

I thought it was cool and worthy of sharing. Glad you like.

YankeeMan

Great article!

WaterNerd

Thank you. Lots of good info

johnnyB

This was great thanks for sharing your own experience with a newb. Have learned much from all the great posts here.thanks again 

kswildcat

johnnyB said:

This was great thanks for sharing your own experience with a newb. Have learned much from all the great posts here.thanks again 

Be sure to head over to the newb introduction thread. You will be hard pressed to find a better group of knowledgeable great guys. Just be weary of the crazy ones. Lol

Nolagizmo

Glad this is still enlightenment for some.