Cigar bands-on or off

[SFG75]

Yeah, what the title says...



On for me

[razrbakcrzy]

Probably lite it with the band on and get it stoked real good, then remove the band it just gets in the way.

Jim

[CoventryCat86]

OFF.

Most of the cigars I smoke don't have any bands but think that will change since new CABs will have bands starting sometime in '04.

The bands get in the way so I remove them even before I light the cigar.

[Drake]

i remove it unless it seems to be sticking to the cigar. then i wait til i've smoked it for about 5 minutes and it usually come off pretty easily. i rather take it off at the beginning than it interrupt me when its getting better.

[mithril]

i voted that keep it on, but this is only because i smoked them before i knew that is was more proper to remove them. so, my next smokes will be smoked without the bands.

[labmonkey]

I always take it off....to particular reason i guess.

[CoventryCat86]

i remove it unless it seems to be sticking to the cigar. then i wait til i've smoked it for about 5 minutes and it usually come off pretty easily. i rather take it off at the beginning than it interrupt me when its getting better.

That's an excellent suggestion Drake. I'm usually too clumsy or I don't have my reading glasses on when I'm peeling the band off and when they are indeed stuck to the wrapper, I don't realize it until it's too late so if you ever see me smoking a cigar with a patch or wraper missing where the band used to be, you'll know why

[jaewing]

I voted that I keep it on . . . that is until I get to smoking down to the nub and it get in the way. No reason for keeping it on really . . . never really occurred to me.

Also for some reason I have kept the band of almost every cigar I have smoked.

[QuietC]

i usually seem to leave it on until 1/3 through then take it off, sometimes it comes off easier just as drake said, plus i usually smoke past the band anyways also i save the new bands.

[Hambo]

I am a poor student so I take my bands off so nobody can tell how cheap my cigar is.

[JStrider]

I voted for both... sometimes i'll smoke it with the band on untill its about to get burned then i take it off, and sometimes i take it off right away...


ive read that historically if you were smoking with a group and someone was smoking a less expensive cigar then you then you were supposed to take your band off so the guy wouldnt feel bad for being unable to afford more expensive cigars.

I generally try to keep to that... dont smoke with groups much... but when i do i follow that rule...

[CoventryCat86]

I voted for both... sometimes i'll smoke it with the band on untill its about to get burned then i take it off, and sometimes i take it off right away...


ive read that historically if you were smoking with a group and someone was smoking a less expensive cigar then you then you were supposed to take your band off so the guy wouldnt feel bad for being unable to afford more expensive cigars.
I generally try to keep to that... dont smoke with groups much... but when i do i follow that rule...

Can't say that I run into that problem much since nobody likes me so I only smoke alone. I don't know why though......ya think it may have something to do with my sparkling personality?

[CoventryCat86]

MULTIPLE CHOICE POLL?

I didn't know we had such an option.

[cigarsarge]

Can't say that I run into that problem much since nobody likes me so I only smoke alone. I don't know why though......ya think it may have something to do with my sparkling personality?

CC...Do ya drink alone too?

[cigarsarge]

By the way..I did not vote because the "don't really care" choice was not available.

[SFG75]

By the way..I did not vote because the "don't really care" choice was not available.

:smartass:


:fu:

[ggiese]

By the way..I did not vote because the "don't really care" choice was not available.

Man - you do an awful lot of not caring... Where's the love, brother!!!

[SFG75]

CC...Do ya drink alone too?

Excellent song!! George Thoroughgood is awesome!.

[CoventryCat86]

CC...Do ya drink alone too?

How'd you know?

[Diesel Grinch]

Off for me before I even lite it.