Cigar 101 noob question

[ashauler]

I wish I had known that before buying a Padron Sampler a couple of months ago. As far as I'm concerned, it's not much of a sampler if the only diff is the shape.

So, cigars should come in only one size? Which one would that be? Do you always have time to smoke a churchill size? Does a PC always satisfy?

Why don't you smoke more cigars of various sizes and revisit this thread someday when you feel like smacking your forehead.

[hed]

So, cigars should come in only one size? Which one would that be? Do you always have time to smoke a churchill size? Does a PC always satisfy?

Why don't you smoke more cigars of various sizes and revisit this thread someday when you feel like smacking your forehead.

Absolutely not. That's not at all what I'm saying. What I am saying is that I can save myself a few bucks by avoiding samples that taste identical and the only difference is .75". Cigars are expensive for me. Taste comes first. If I like the taste then I can find the size of that taste that suits me.

[ggiese]

Absolutely not. That's not at all what I'm saying. What I am saying is that I can save myself a few bucks by avoiding samples that taste identical and the only difference is .75". Cigars are expensive for me. Taste comes first. If I like the taste then I can find the size of that taste that suits me.

It's all about personal preferences. The cigar manufacturers create a blend of tobacco's for a "line" of cigars. They then create several different shapes and sizes within that blend. There are subtle differences between vitola, but from the sounds of it you're likely too new to smoking cigars to discern any differences in vitola's within the same blend. In that case - if it's only about cost and you're not influenced by the subtle differences between vitola - choose the blend you prefer and forget about the size of the cigar.

Personally - a "few bucks" is insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I'm about smoking what I enjoy and want to enjoy what I'm smoking, so I don't pay a lot of mind to the pricetag. I have also gravitated to a certain set of vitola's, so I go to those first when trying a new cigar.

[ashauler]

snip...... I'm about smoking what I enjoy and want to enjoy what I'm smoking, so I don't pay a lot of mind to the pricetag. I have also gravitated to a certain set of vitola's, so I go to those first when trying a new cigar.

Absolutely!! I would guess that most smokers tend to gravitate towards smaller, or less freakish anyway, RG's than the other way around. That's what I've done, and typically 50rg is about the largest I'll pick up any more.

[heftysmokes]

Absolutely!! I would guess that most smokers tend to gravitate towards smaller, or less freakish anyway, RG's than the other way around. That's what I've done, and typically 50rg is about the largest I'll pick up any more.

I'm of the same mindset, but have you noticed a lot of makers aren't even offering anything under a 50-52 anymore? I can pick up all kinds of retarded 60 rg dog turds but the PC seems to be few and far between.

[hed]

Why don't you smoke more cigars of various sizes and revisit this thread someday when you feel like smacking your forehead.

I have returned. Consider my forehead smacked!

[Mangyrat]

Don't rule out the smaller cigars when sampling to find what you like.
One of my favorite quick smoke is Trinidad Maduro Trini Petites 4x33 and the taste is so much more intense in the smaller cigars.
Time is a big factor when I'm picking a cigar to smoke if i don't have 2 hrs to sit back and enjoy a cigar i pick something smaller like a robusto.

You may want to have a humidor full of different sized cigars so you always have the right size for the right amount of time.
If I'm rushed to smoke a cigar i don't enjoy it as much and i hate to waste a good cigar by leaving half of it in the ashtray.