Upto this date, the Power Ranger is by far my favorite Opus X and that is even over hte BBMF I smoke. Not to take away from the BBMF, its a great smoke but the Power Ranger offered me what I was looking for in an Opus. From my experience, the initial taste seems like it will be a strong smoke, but not from my experience. Not strong whatsoever even on an empty stomach. But to make this fair since more dont know me here, I really dont have any taste buds nor a sense of smell. I can still appreciate a good smoke tho but cant really tell ya much about it. Loved the review tho. Makes me want to pull out an Opus and torch it right now.