Please give me your opinions on CAO
- Thread starter Josh.CHI
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BrooksW
BoM June '09
Have they even been out a year? What are they, cuban? LOL!Brooks, how long did you let them sit? I heard they are an average smoke when you first get them but with a year or more they are supposed to be great... Just wondering
I let it sit about 3.5 weeks or so...
You are saying they need a year? I did not know they have even been out that long?
~brooks
twenty5
BoM 11/09, 4/10 BoY '10
lol Well they have been out for over a year, on this site alone they were being talked about since May/June of 08 and I am sure people had them before that. I am going to give mine a good 6months in the humi and then give them a shot.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
I don't think I'll be around next weekend for that:smokingbo
As far as CAO goes, I have had three of them. The CAO Black VR was good, the CAO Vision was really good but too expensive for it, and that CAO Elieens Dream I got as a freebie was horrible!!
BrooksW
BoM June '09
Well, I have 3 more I will let sit, but if they are not good after almost a month in a Vino......:disappoin
I calls it like I sees it :smokingbo
~brooks
BrooksW
BoM June '09
:barf: How a joke can go wrong. :barf:
He wishes...I'm the one pitching. :grinFU:
...I mean...I don't do those things that sissies do!...I'm straight...that.
The Brazillia has long been one of my favorite smokes. I don't think I ever go into B&M without picking up one or two sticks.
The others...I'll smoke on occassion. Smoked a LX2 Lancero yesterday. I enjoyed it more than some of the larger sizes I have previously tried.
The others...I'll smoke on occassion. Smoked a LX2 Lancero yesterday. I enjoyed it more than some of the larger sizes I have previously tried.
Back when CAO was a boutique cigar, I thought the Brazilia was the bomb. Loved those sucker. Now with so much hype and so many cigars. I have lost my taste for the. I still have a brazilia anaconda in the humi thats a few years old now.
Here's what I think of CAO - they have nicely designed boxes and cigar bands.
Well, to add my voice to the choir... CAO makes some really decent cigars. They do tend to aggressively market with garish boxes and labels but their cigars are good and they don't do as much of the insulting price schemes that some companies (coughcoughghurkacoughcough) do. Our CAO rep is an incredible guy and he is the only rep that finds our part of the country worth his while to visit on a regular basis. In fact, he is the only rep that will do events at our local b&m.
I guess that most of us, who join cigar boards, are a bit more involved in fine cigars than the average cigar smoker. The uber marketing may seem a big distraction for us, but it is very necessary and profitable for the larger cigar companies. The average cigar smoker probably goes into a humidor with no idea what kind of cigar he likes or what he might purchase. Shelf space is very limited in most stores. The casual cigar smoker will probably be drawn to the fancy boxes and labels. If he chooses CAO based on their marketing, he will get a good cigar at a probably not a rip off price.
I guess that most of us, who join cigar boards, are a bit more involved in fine cigars than the average cigar smoker. The uber marketing may seem a big distraction for us, but it is very necessary and profitable for the larger cigar companies. The average cigar smoker probably goes into a humidor with no idea what kind of cigar he likes or what he might purchase. Shelf space is very limited in most stores. The casual cigar smoker will probably be drawn to the fancy boxes and labels. If he chooses CAO based on their marketing, he will get a good cigar at a probably not a rip off price.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
While I think CAO cigars are very high quality, I find many of the blends to be bland and uninspiring. I try everything they toss out there, but really the Brazilia is the only one that I will still (somewhat) regularly pick up.