Rocky Patel R4

[BDurrani]

Thanks, I'm going to check c-bid to see if I can get my hands on some.

[WeldonSmokin]

Well, I thought I might chime-in here, since I have had a few of these Torpedo R4's over the past few weeks.
The number 1 (negative) issue I have experienced is: Tight Draw. VERY Tight. I ordered a bundle of R4's from CI about 6 weeks ago. Of course, I jumped right on one as soon as UPS rang the doorbell. I couldn't help it. Well, that was not a very satisfactory smoke session. So, OK I thought: let's put these babies to bed for a while a see if we can improve their condition. So, after about 2 weeks, I gave it a go just to see if there was any change. Right away, I noticed that the hardness of the cigar was beyond any others in my collection and had not really improved much. Smoke number 2 was a repeat of the first; hard to draw, difficult to keep lit, and a little uneven with the burn. If it sat in the ashtray for more than 2 minutes, it would die out.
On the positive side: When you do get it going, it's a decent smoke. I like the hint of cedar and woodyness together with the peppery spice. I figure that it's still worth some effort to get the results.
My 3rd try yesterday went much better. Although, I still can't let it sit for more than a minute or two. So I am thinking that 6 weeks in the humi has really helped this stick and, hopefully, the remainder of the smokes will not be so dang ornery.
Would I buy RP R4's again? No, but, I'm not giving up on these yet. If anything changes, I'll come back to this thread with an update, otherwise, I've got about 15 of these guys to burn and I'm going to keep on puffing.