I like the 5 Vegas black band maduro's and the red banded classics. The white band limiteds are also good. I do not like the gold label currently. Just too mild for me.

Plugged, loose, wet, dry, bad burns, or just plain bad tasting smokes go along with hand rolled cigar territory. I've had them from both cheaper, and higher end cigars. Higher end cigars have better consistency, but it's no guarantee. You got a bad smoke? Put it out and light up another instead of suffering with the bad one. Many places will gladly offer you a replacement or refund for bad sticks.