Bigger Better?

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 09:06 AM

Come on then...
Does size ensure quality?...
Ha ha!!

**King Catfish** · 02-20-2008, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by madmak

Come on then...
Does size ensure quality?...
Ha ha!!

At the risk of sounding.. ah, funny, I like the bigger ring gauges better, all other things being equal.

**bigwhiteash** · 02-20-2008, 09:20 AM

absolutely not
dog turds come in all sizes

larger cigars tend to burn cooler, for obvious reasons, while coronas, lonsdales, etc, have a higher wrapper / filler ratio, so you generally get more flavor from the smaller rings.

I have a thing for the figurados, because, (and I forget who mentioned it on here), it takes a bit more skill to roll, so they're rolled by more experienced torcedores.

My thoughts, anyway!

-Dennis-

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by King Catfish

At the risk of sounding.. ah, funny, I like the bigger ring gauges better, all other things being equal.

Nice one .. I agrree although i,me just starting out. I,ve been smoking Villiger No 7 at work in my short coffee breaks.. Any views?

**ashauler** · 02-20-2008, 09:47 AM

I have migrated to the Toro and smaller sizes mainly although I have all sizes in my stash. Some smokes I like better in the bigger rg's, but they seem to be getting fewer and fewer. I've really gotten in a PC/corona groove lately, with a few lanceros thrown in.

**Corvin** · 02-20-2008, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by madmak

Come on then...
Does size ensure quality?...
Ha ha!!

I sure hope so, this was what I got for my birthday last year...

The cigarette was my wife's there just for comparison.

**guado** · 02-20-2008, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Corvin

I sure hope so, this was what I got for my birthday last year...

The cigarette was my wife's there just for comparison.

My cheif is still sitting in the humi. Not sure when to smoke it! LOL

I used to only smoke churchills etc....then moved onto topredo/toros. Lately I have been hitting up lanceros, londsdales, PCs, Corona, CG, etc....

I realized I get just as much or mroe flavor from the smaller RG. Although you can't smoke them as fast or they will get hot. A large cigar just doesn't do it for me anymore, I usually get bored of it due to lack of complexity. The last Large cigar I smoked was an 03 Siglo VI...now that one maintained my interest.

**Diesel Grinch** · 02-20-2008, 10:33 AM

It all comes down to taste. I like the perfecto shape best as the flavor changes to me more because of the shape. But I also really like the grand consul from JdN. I'm into perfecto and fat robusto's at the moment. This could change. When I started I liked churchill's and it use to take me about 2 hours to smoke one. Now I still have a churchill now and again but it doesn't take me that long. I smoke much faster and tend to to smoke 3 or more cigars at a sitting of a few hours. I also don't smoke much during the winter. About once a month, sometimes twice. During the warmer months this goes to weekly if I have time. I need to be comfortable and have time to enjoy my cigar. If I feel rushed even the best cigars will be missing for me. All of this influences me on what I like.

DG

**FunkyCold5** · 02-20-2008, 01:01 PM

I'm a slow smoker, so I tend to enjoy more of the PC to Figurados during the winter. I did start off smoking churchills and toros when I got into smoking, but sometimes the flavor just stops 2 or so inches left. I can't remember nubbing anything longer other than a PAN 64 that I recently had. The rest lose their flavor profile near the end to the point I just put it out.

**cigar no baka** · 02-20-2008, 01:47 PM

If you're talking about cigars, no. Quality has nothing to do with size.

**spiffykyle** · 02-20-2008, 02:13 PM

It's funny, I've noticed a lot of el cheapo cigars are rolled in some pretty large sizes...almost like they were compensating for something

If big RG's float your boat then try out the Inmenso by Perdomo. My jaw hurt after that one.

Anyways, right now i am on somewhat of a figurado kick, don't really know why. I have also been smoking a lot of coronas and PC's lately.

spiffy

**bigwhiteash** · 02-20-2008, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by spiffykyle

If big RG's float your boat then try out the Inmenso by Perdomo. My jaw hurt after that one.

I have one of these chillin in the cooler...

looks like a Pringles can

**Smoked!** · 02-20-2008, 03:07 PM

You can tell quality and flavor no matter how it's packaged. One of the elders here said it best: "Smoke what you like." Makes sense to me.

I too have migrated to quicker smokes. Time is at a premium right now. Why bother to light one up if I can't enjoy the experience at my leisure.

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Corvin

I sure hope so, this was what I got for my birthday last year...

The cigarette was my wife's there just for comparison.

Ha ha!!.. Pure mad man... Take a week off work to smoke it? ..

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by Diesel Grinch

It all comes down to taste. I like the perfecto shape best as the flavor changes to me more because of the shape. But I also really like the grand consul from JdN. I'm into perfecto and fat robusto's at the moment. This could change. When I started I liked churchill's and it use to take me about 2 hours to smoke one. Now I still have a churchill now and again but it doesn't take me that long. I smoke much faster and tend to to smoke 3 or more cigars at a sitting of a few hours. I also don't smoke much during the winter. About once a month, sometimes twice. During the warmer months this goes to weekly if I have time. I need to be comfortable and have time to enjoy my cigar. If I feel rushed even the best cigars will be missing for me. All of this influences me on what I like.

DG

Thanx .. I was going to ask if cigars are enjoyed more outside in a warm climate....

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

If you're talking about cigars, no. Quality has nothing to do with size.

Good advice my friend..
Cheers...

**madmak** · 02-20-2008, 10:11 PM

Thanx for the response... Made some notes.. friend of mine is off to the dam for the weekend... I,ll give him a shopping list so i can try some of the smokes you all recommended...
Cheers
Geoff...

**illilli** · 02-20-2008, 10:17 PM

You must have a lot of interesting cigars available in England that aren't necessarily available here in the old US of A. What kind of cigars do you find in the ol' British B&M's??

**cls515** · 02-21-2008, 01:59 AM

Absolutely not. I like bolder, more medium-full cigars, and typically the smaller ring guage cigars fit that bill because of the amount of ligero used relative to other tobacco used in the roll.

Try a Trinidad Reyes or Ramon Allones Small Club Corona, then try a larger ring guage. I think you'll find the majority of the time the smallers pack a larger punch.

The larger cigars are more macho I guess, if that's your thing.

**stjohnroe** · 02-21-2008, 06:19 AM

I'd say that the monty Edmundo (52) is a great smoke, but I also favour some smaller guage cigars, like the SCdlH El Principe, Cuaba Divinos, RASCC, Part Short and even the Fonseca Cadettes.