Does anyone have a mainstream brand that no matter what the next new blend is, you want nothing to do with it? I try to keep an open mind with trying new things, but there is one that I make exception to and I don't really have a good reason.

For me, it's CAO. I have had a few and they don't do it for me. I see the shiny boxes and the marketing but I just have no interest in even trying them.

Discuss...

P.S. My intentions are not to start a Gurhka bashing. :-)
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We'll see how long that lasts. :-):-)



For what it's worth I've acutally liked almost all of the CAO's I've had.

I'll try just about any cigar once. It's a big world and I would hate to miss out on something just because. :-)
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RP for me. I enjoyed them years ago, but since my tastes have evolved, I can’t stomach the idea of smoking one. I tried a few years back and quickly tossed the cigar.
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Victor Sinclair - I've tried several in the past and have yet to make it through a single stick.
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Rocky Patel for me. I also had CAO on that list but for some odd reason, I tried the LX2 and I love the thing. However, I still haven't ventured into their other stuff.

I think the marketing of 100 different types of cigars is the real turn off.
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rp. there are still a few that i have that i wanna try (ex. edge sumatra, heard so much good about them), but i wont smoke another vintage or owr, just dont do it for me

stearns
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I'd have to go with RP and Gurkha. I used to like them both too, but similar to what ucla said, i really kind of get a sick feeling thinking of them, I don't really know why. I do still love the Edge though, so not all RP's...but all of them but the OWR's and Edge.
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A friend gave me an Eileen's Dream and I thought it was pretty decent (I don't mind that kind of thing) but the first thing that came to mind was CAO. There's just somethig about their label that makes me think it's an inferior product. I haven't actually heard anything bad about them I just have no attraction to the brand at all.
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Gurkha, Rolando Reyes, Victor Sinclair, Perdomo, Macanudo, Drew Estates....

I'm sure I could compile a large list if I went down a list of manufacturers.

But with the exception of Macanudo, RR, and Gurkha, I would try something from the others again if I though it had promise.
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Drew Estates for me.
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I personally like all of the RPs that I have had the pleasure of smoking. I have to admit that I like some more than others, but I haven't had one yet that would turn me off of the brand entirely. As for the CAOs, I have smoke a couple different ones, and they all seem to smell, smoke, and taste the same. Snkbyt just tossed me a CAO Soprano tonite, hopefully it will change my decreasing opinion of this brand after I smoke it down. One stoge i recently tried was the new and suppsedly up coming MR. B. After smoking it down a little half way I threw it away. I have no further use for them at all.
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Gurkah is the only one so far... every one I've had has burned horribly, or popped, cracked, etc..

Not a single good experience with at least a dozen different ones.
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For me it is any and all Rolando Reyes and Victor Sinclair.
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I forgot about Felipe Gregorio.
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For me it's Macanudo. Even their new line doesn't interest me. Boring Brand.:-)
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I've never thought much of cigars made by Nestor Plasencia. This is a personal bias going back to the mid nineties, when I bought a number of his cigars and came to the conclusion they were both tasteless and poorly constructed. Granted, back then a vast number of the boutique cigars put out fell into this category, but I thought his were among the worse.

Whatever he's making today may or may not be better, but I have no desire to find out.
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Ditto for me... except I never liked RP... and I swore after I smoked the last 1992 that I would never smoke another one... So I donated most of the RP I had to the troops and sold the last few stragglers... my humi is now a RP free zone. :-)
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Forget boring, more like vomit inducing.
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CAO, Fuente, Gurkha



I will TRY just about any cigar from any cigar maker. But there are certain brands I just won't shell out money for.
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No bias for me. I am willing to try just about any premium makers new blends. I may not buy smokes from George Rico, RP or K Hansotia, but I am always willing to give one a shot if recommended by a friend.
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