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Mako
Mako Posts: 3 ✭
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Hey everyone. I’m a complete newbie and do not plan to smoke very often but maybe once a week, month or couple months. My dad use to smoke Cubans but hasn’t smoked much the last few years. Since I won’t be smoking very often and don’t need a huge collection I’d like to buy a few very high end premium cigars.

The few I was looking at are

Montecristo No2 but realized they are Cuban so I can’t buy them.

Padron 1926

Padron 1964

My budget is under $50 a stick but could go up to $100 if needed. In a perfect world I’d grab 2-4 of a few and have anywhere from 4-10 cigars.

These will be mostly taken on vacation and smoked with good friends or occasionally by myself. We enjoy fishing and one of the captains enjoys Montecristo No 2 so we’d like to bring something to enjoy with him that’s the only reason I even looked up those.

Anyways I appreciate any and all feedback.

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  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok I’ll bite.

    I wish I could, unequivocally, say spending more money equals better flavor and experience. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. For a newer palette, I would be surprised if you could tell $100 stick from a $15 stick IMHO. If money is a non issue, knock yourself out and enjoy the experience of spending the money to acquire and smoke a “luxury” cigar. If taste and enjoyment during the smoking experience is a higher premium, I would visit your local brick and mortar shop and taste a variety of cigars. Once you find “the one”, buy a box and enjoy at your leisure.

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • Mako
    Mako Posts: 3 ✭

    @OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
    Ok I’ll bite.

    I wish I could, unequivocally, say spending more money equals better flavor and experience. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. For a newer palette, I would be surprised if you could tell $100 stick from a $15 stick IMHO. If money is a non issue, knock yourself out and enjoy the experience of spending the money to acquire and smoke a “luxury” cigar. If taste and enjoyment during the smoking experience is a higher premium, I would visit your local brick and mortar shop and taste a variety of cigars. Once you find “the one”, buy a box and enjoy at your leisure.

    I appreciate your honest response. By no means do I want to waste money. I only put a budget there because I’m heavily involved in other hobbies/forums and when someone needs a recommendation it’s hard to point them in the right direction without knowing their budget.

    My pallet probably wont know the difference but the folks I share them with very well may.

  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mako said:

    @OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
    Ok I’ll bite.

    I wish I could, unequivocally, say spending more money equals better flavor and experience. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. For a newer palette, I would be surprised if you could tell $100 stick from a $15 stick IMHO. If money is a non issue, knock yourself out and enjoy the experience of spending the money to acquire and smoke a “luxury” cigar. If taste and enjoyment during the smoking experience is a higher premium, I would visit your local brick and mortar shop and taste a variety of cigars. Once you find “the one”, buy a box and enjoy at your leisure.

    I appreciate your honest response. By no means do I want to waste money. I only put a budget there because I’m heavily involved in other hobbies/forums and when someone needs a recommendation it’s hard to point them in the right direction without knowing their budget.

    My pallet probably wont know the difference but the folks I share them with very well may.

    Understood. That being said, I second what @Rdp77 said above. I would add Arturo Fuente Opus X, El Séptimo and limited editions of well known brands.

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • VegasFrank
    VegasFrank Posts: 20,405 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2024

    This is the correct storage answer:

    https://a.co/d/gDDFt6m

    And get a 65 or 69% boveda pack. Done.

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • Mako
    Mako Posts: 3 ✭

    Thank you

  • Cigarandpipesmoker
    Cigarandpipesmoker Posts: 7 ✭

    Padron 80th panatella, Liga Privada 10th Toro, any Ernest Carrillo, LFD Andalusian Bull, Opus X, My Father's any, LA Aurora Preferido CT, Romeo & Julieta 135th Nic, Perdomo 30th.

    Gives you a wide assortment from light to full bodied. The Bull, Opus and 30th Perdomo are crazy hard to find. The others are available at any decent smoke shop. Pricing between $12 and $30.

  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank, please remind me to ask about this on vHerf tonight so I can get a handle on what's going on here.

    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I mean... I've had a cigar roller at a party before and it was really cool, but this was just a poor-taste ad.

    "Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."

    At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
  • Stubble
    Stubble Posts: 10,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CheapSmoke said:

    @Stubble said:

    >
    Does your dog bite?

    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • CheapSmoke
    CheapSmoke Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Stubble said:

    >
    Do you have a ruume

  • VegasFrank
    VegasFrank Posts: 20,405 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:
    Add far as I can tell, a new user joined today and necro-spammed this thread. Frank quoted the spam which has now disappeared after garnering enough flags.

    Thanks for figuring this out Chris cuz I was going crazy this morning. I was like, did I just quote The first post in this thread? I thought there was something that had just posted!

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 

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