Quote Originally Posted by hed View Post
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.