I've now realized that I cannot justify myself buying the super cheap cigars. It hurts me as much as it hurts my wallet. After a couple of years only smoking the bargain bin selection, I have invested in some high end cigars, and it has changed what I now expect from a cigar. I'm sorry food and gas you'll now have to compete with high end cigars. :closedmou
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I've Just Come To a Realization, and it Saddens Me
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jmatkins
BoM January 08
Yes and no, I do have a ton of higer end cigars nowdays. However I have found a handful of cigars which are good value and a nice smoke as well. Just keep trying cigars, you will find the ones that fit your profile the best.
I was really low on money one summer and I kept going into several shops and I would never pay more than $5 a stick. I found some that I still smoke till today. JUst keep trying.
I was really low on money one summer and I kept going into several shops and I would never pay more than $5 a stick. I found some that I still smoke till today. JUst keep trying.
Kinda went through the same deal. When I started out smoking not too long ago I bought every bundle and every cheap deal under the sun. I ended up with a whole lotta stuff I really didn't like smoking very much. Then I got pickier, buying a few nicer sticks, oneseys or a fiver at a time. These still aren't expensive, $5-6 is really my max. I splurge on a real nice stick or 2 now and then. I don't have super premiums like the big boys around here, but I now have a small fridgeador stocked with Pepin and Ashton and CAO and Fuente and Perdomo and Rocky and La Aurora and LFD and others and I like to smoke nearly all of them. No yardgars, no dog sticks. No GOFs or Davidoff Annis either though 
Up to a point, I think you get what you pay for, at least as a general rule. However, there are quite a few $2-5 smokes out there that are excellent and that I believe would hold their own against much more expensive sticks in a blind taste test. Our friend Lew Rothman used to say that the difference between a $2 cigar and a $10 cigar was $8. I think inflation may have changed those numbers somewhat, but I think that the concept is about right.
i started on the opposite side of that...only bought the expensive name brand smokes that were more often than not "supposed" to be good. Som eof them were, some of them werent'. Then i started buying cheaper smokes that were made by the same people that madde the expensive ones that i liked and it turns out, i liked the cheap ones too. And then i started, adn still do, smoke a wide vriety of stuff to find what i like. I've rpetty much narrowed down the flavors i like in cigars, and will research various cigars and read reviews to see if they might match my flavor profile preferences. if they do, i give em a shot. And i'm most certainly looking for bargains as most of the sticks with the profiles i like are in the $6 - $15 range. The wife doesn't like those numbers too well, so i'm always looking for cheaper smokes.
But the key for me is exploration and research. And for me, cheaper means $2-5 a stick. I'm of the opinion that there are very few good cigars that cost less than $2 each. I know of a couple, but that price only comes from cbad and auction sites. retial for those sticks is around $3.
Regardless, enjoy your new sticks and flavors.
But the key for me is exploration and research. And for me, cheaper means $2-5 a stick. I'm of the opinion that there are very few good cigars that cost less than $2 each. I know of a couple, but that price only comes from cbad and auction sites. retial for those sticks is around $3.
Regardless, enjoy your new sticks and flavors.
Very nice rationalization Toast. I don't smoke much of the cheap stuff anymore either but that does not mean I stop looking for value.
I don't really search for the deals but definitely pay attention to potential cheap buys. My favorite cheapie that I buy a box of every so often is the Mayorga Hi-Octanes. You can usually buy a box of 27 for $40ish on cbad, or $40-50 for a plain box of 20. They're a real good low cost Nic. cigar. Give them a try. That's the only cheap buy that's a regular for me.
Other than those I don't have any cheaper regulars in my rotation. When I was offered the Pepin koolaid I drank my glass and then finished rest of the pitcher. I would say my vices right now are Padillas, VSGs, and Camachos. We all fall victim eventually if you surf around on sites like this. I only used to pop on Cbad once/twice a year and buy 5-7 boxes in a pop then not go back for a while. Now I'm always checking it and other sites!
Other than those I don't have any cheaper regulars in my rotation. When I was offered the Pepin koolaid I drank my glass and then finished rest of the pitcher. I would say my vices right now are Padillas, VSGs, and Camachos. We all fall victim eventually if you surf around on sites like this. I only used to pop on Cbad once/twice a year and buy 5-7 boxes in a pop then not go back for a while. Now I'm always checking it and other sites!
i figured i was in the same boat,,,, then i lit up an AF 858 maduro, and the AF chateau sungrown, and the LGC series R, and the montesino sungrown pyrimad, and the punch maduro maduro.... good stuff!!
