gray8188 01:45 PM 08-10-2011
Just wandering if there decent cigars. I always have friends that smoke with me and I don't want to give them any of my nicer sticks. There on sale at my local cigar shop for under 30 for a box and 5 more free cigars. So 25 cigars for right around
$30 should I go for it?
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Emjaysmash 02:21 PM 08-10-2011
Never heard of them. For that cheap, I have a feeling they aren't great, but who knows?
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Tyler 02:22 PM 08-10-2011
I have never heard of them either but here is a picture I believe.
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It also looks like Thompson really pushes these. Here is a snippet from a review I found online from a fellow BOTL. (For those newer guys, I would not order from Thompson as they hound you like hell and mostly have higher prices than all other vendors. I just recently moved TWICE (due to school) and they have found me. I get a catalog every month even though I specifically have called them twice to remove myself from the list. Now I just use it as packing paper or to do any kind of dirty jobs on haha.)
Originally Posted by :
The pre-fire draw produced no flavor. The smell, nothing special, about 2 wrungs up the ladder from a Tampa Jewel, or Philly. The draw however, was one of the smoothest I'd ever experienced (though I am new to this). Every draw producing thick clouds of grey/white smoke. With hints of coffee, and chocolate. After the 1st third the coffee flavor seems to wear thin, and remind me of a cigarette, which stayed until the end. The burn was very good it stayed true through the entire cigar only getting weird once towards the end but corrected it's self before I was done.
Final thoughts. I guess it's not terrible for a $1.50 cigar, and maybe I'm snooty since the first cigar I ever smoked was a Fuente :-) kinda set the bar high from the get go.
I would smoke this again if it was gifted to me, however I would not buy them again.
Link:
http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/inde...howtopic=65865
Not much other information could be found other than it seems that they are made by Felipe Gregorio.
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Cornrow_Wallis 02:37 PM 08-10-2011
Skywalker 02:44 PM 08-10-2011
First I've heard of these!
Nothing wrong with cheapos for the mooches!
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gray8188 02:55 PM 08-10-2011
Lol yea but are they decent sticks you think?
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WittyUserName 03:03 PM 08-10-2011
For my mooches, I like to buy bundles or 2nds and hand them out like candy. My days of giving out $10 sticks to randos are over.
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Tyler 03:05 PM 08-10-2011
Sorry Rob but those seem to always be sold out in the yummy maduros.
:-)
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Tyler 03:07 PM 08-10-2011
gray8188 03:23 PM 08-10-2011
Alright thanks guys.. I was just thinking they were cheap and it would be a good filler smoke or maybe a good smoke for fishing or somthing.. Ill check that thread tho.
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Tyler 03:31 PM 08-10-2011
We have a popular saying around here, "smoke what you like, like what you smoke". The same is true here. If you try one and you enjoy it then buy a bundle. Who are we to tell you what to smoke? Everyone has unique tastes which is what makes this hobby so fun as well as keeps all of the cigar companies in business.
:-)
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NCRadioMan 04:49 PM 08-10-2011
They might be the best $1.50 NC I have smoked. Really surprising. I would recommend the Red label Sumatra.
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gray8188 05:00 PM 08-10-2011
Originally Posted by NCRadioMan:
They might be the best $1.50 NC I have smoked. Really surprising. I would recommend the Red label Sumatra.
The 809's ? Yea I was going to get the sumatras if I was to get them.
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guado 10:24 PM 08-10-2011
Tampa humidor has then for $30 a box right now. The red ones are mixed filler and the black/blue are long filler.
They are an ok stick. For a hair over a dollar they are a great stick!
Sumatra is definitely the better of the two. I keep a few on hand for moochers.
They are made by Pride cigars which here in tampa and some of florida are selling well...they arent really out in the rest of the US yet. Their new Pride Bandolero is a nice stick!
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maninblack 10:46 PM 08-10-2011
I let my buddy's smoke whatever they want, on the condition they smoke the whole thing. Thats the best part of cigars is sharing the experience and hoping one day they slip down the slippery slope like I did.
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gray8188 07:04 AM 08-11-2011
Originally Posted by guado:
Tampa humidor has then for $30 a box right now. The red ones are mixed filler and the black/blue are long filler.
They are an ok stick. For a hair over a dollar they are a great stick!
Sumatra is definitely the better of the two. I keep a few on hand for moochers.
They are made by Pride cigars which here in tampa and some of florida are selling well...they arent really out in the rest of the US yet. Their new Pride Bandolero is a nice stick!
Yep thats where I'm getting them from and I'm getting the sumatras to lol.. and I love that shop its the best I found so far. Are there any other decent cigar shops? I've been to tampahumidor and cigar castle.
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gray8188 07:05 AM 08-11-2011
Originally Posted by maninblack:
I let my buddy's smoke whatever they want, on the condition they smoke the whole thing. Thats the best part of cigars is sharing the experience and hoping one day they slip down the slippery slope like I did.
I would do that but I'm a broke student man lol I have a hard enough time keeping nice sticks in my humi for myself lol.
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dwoodward 12:14 PM 08-11-2011
NCRadioMan 05:05 PM 08-11-2011
Originally Posted by guado:
...they arent really out in the rest of the US yet.
We have had them at my shop, in NC, for a while.
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guado 07:07 AM 08-12-2011
Originally Posted by NCRadioMan:
We have had them at my shop, in NC, for a while.
They are out in a few accounts but for the most part they are not a "national" brand.
On a side note have you tried their new Bandolero? Its got a nice kick to it.
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