Cigars what you smoking.

[jakethesnake]

Uneven burn, or something else?

Plugs usually. I guess they get tight spots easier.

 

[JimBear]

Plugs usually. I guess they get tight spots easier.

That’s what Bryan Glynn on Cigar Obsession says also, if done properly they are great but when rolling those small diameters it’s easy to get knot. He correlates it to rolling a playdoh snake, if one hand gets ahead of the other it creates a knot.

 

[JimBear]

After doing some more looking those perfectos that I have are Rocky Patel 1990 2nds. I was amazed they are not as good as the Churchills but different sizes often creates different flavors or so I have heard.

 

[JimBear]

I had this one today while hauling corn. It was a Cohiba Red Dot. The band just came off.

 

[KS Plainsman]

I had this one today while hauling corn. It was a Cohiba Red Dot. The band just came off.

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I have yet to have any of the Cohibas I got. Might have to change that this weekend.

 

[KS Plainsman]

@JimBear How's your Newair humidor doing? Everything seem solid with it? Humidity holding good and all that?

 

[jakethesnake]

That’s an awful picture but it’s an Alec Bradley nica puro. Nothing special wouldn’t buy it but I’d smoke it again. Heard Alec Bradley just got sold like today?

 

[JimBear]

View attachment 365844That’s an awful picture but it’s an Alec Bradley nica puro. Nothing special wouldn’t buy it but I’d smoke it again. Heard Alec Bradley just got sold like today?

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Agrees To Acquire Alec Bradley Cigars For $72.5 Million | Cigar Aficionado

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG), the European concern that’s one of the world’s largest cigar companies, has agreed to acquire Alec Bradley Cigar Distributors for $72.5 million. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

 

[JimBear]

@JimBear How's your Newair humidor doing? Everything seem solid with it? Humidity holding good and all that?

I was having a hard time getting the humidity above 65%, I had already contacted the company about a broken piece of plastic on the unit.

They sent me info on how to adjust/calibrate temps & humidity so I am currently in the process of adjusting/calibrating & checking.

The reservoir lasts about 7-10 days before needing filled but I have been fanning the door regularly to add cigars & rearrange things so that may have an effect on it.
The reservoir holds about 12oz of water.

I am having a bit of a hard time with the button that shifts the adjustment from temps to humidity but the other buttons all function properly.

The humidity varies about 5% from top - bottom.
The noise is minimal, the interior lights are great, the door just opens past 90* & the drawers slide all the way out.

The humidity on the blue hygrometers need 3pts added to the humidity according to my Boveda calibration pack.

 

[KS Plainsman]

I was having a hard time getting the humidity above 65%, I had already contacted the company about a broken piece of plastic on the unit.

They sent me info on how to adjust/calibrate temps & humidity so I am currently in the process of adjusting/calibrating & checking.

The reservoir lasts about 7-10 days before needing filled but I have been fanning the door regularly to add cigars & rearrange things so that may have an effect on it.
The reservoir holds about 12oz of water.

I am having a bit of a hard time with the button that shifts the adjustment from temps to humidity but the other buttons all function properly.

The humidity varies about 5% from top - bottom.
The noise is minimal, the interior lights are great, the door just opens past 90* & the drawers slide all the way out.

The humidity on the blue hygrometers need 3pts added to the humidity according to my Boveda calibration pack.

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Hopefully, it all works out. I'd watched a video, maybe Cigars Daily, that stated they only got about a week out of it before they needed to refill things. I wish it would last longer than that.

I do really like the setup though. The lights, individual trays that roll out and keeping a more consistent temp would be nice.

Thanks for the update Jim.

 

[jakethesnake]

Good for a cheap cigar

 

[JimBear]

I had a RP 1990 Churchill this morning.

 

[JimBear]

Nicaraguan 2nd 4”x60 Cameroon, haven’t had one of these for awhile. It was pretty good.

 

[KS Plainsman]

Had my first Cohiba Red Dot this afternoon. Burn was great, draw was good and it was a good smoke. Not sure that it's 400 bucks a bundle good, but if I can get them on Free Fall for a good price, I will definitely pick up more. Overall, it was an enjoyable smoke.

 

[lohan808]

Hey fellas,
Anybody tried the Cusano 18? I had a friend recommend them many years ago, really enjoyed them. Bought a few boxes to stash in the humidor. Can't find them these days. Was told by a local shop they are gone for good. I do like the Punch Club in a Claro, a good H Upmann now and then. Smoke em when you got em.

 

[JimBear]

Had my first Cohiba Red Dot this afternoon. Burn was great, draw was good and it was a good smoke. Not sure that it's 400 bucks a bundle good, but if I can get them on Free Fall for a good price, I will definitely pick up more. Overall, it was an enjoyable smoke.
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You should be able to get them for around $100 a box/bundle on free fall.

 

[JimBear]

Hey fellas,
Anybody tried the Cusano 18? I had a friend recommend them many years ago, really enjoyed them. Bought a few boxes to stash in the humidor. Can't find them these days. Was told by a local shop they are gone for good. I do like the Punch Club in a Claro, a good H Upmann now and then. Smoke em when you got em.

I am really liking the H. Upmanns I have.

 

[JimBear]

I had this cigarillo this afternoon, it was pleasantly different; kind of like big red gum.

 

[KS Plainsman]

You should be able to get them for around $100 a box/bundle on free fall.

If I remember right, I got both the Red Dots and the Blacks for about $85/bundle. So you're right in the ballpark. The Blue's I got came in a box and I think those were still only $125 maybe, give or take. That's not bad either, I don't think. But, what they go for normally, $385, or whatever, that's crazy money for them, I think. Makes me wonder how much they aren't just selling the name.

 

[jakethesnake]

If I remember right, I got both the Red Dots and the Blacks for about $85/bundle. So you're right in the ballpark. The Blue's I got came in a box and I think those were still only $125 maybe, give or take. That's not bad either, I don't think. But, what they go for normally, $385, or whatever, that's crazy money for them, I think. Makes me wonder how much they aren't just selling the name.

That’s why I hate on them. They’re a decent cigar. Nowhere close to the same ballpark as msrp. They’ve used the Cuban cohiba name to make the cigar sound valuable.

From my experience they aren’t very consistent. One box is decent. Next box is lousy. I have a bunch of them left from when I first started buying cigars. Now I just follow the online sales from other cigar shops or use their coupons and find better smokes that are on sale.

I do still buy from cbid I’m just very selective of what I do buy.