Buying Habits... Size-wise

[jacksfull]

What's the make-up of size selections in your humidor?

I had a little too much time on my hands today, so I did a quick & dirty analysis of my current stock of CC's. Here's what I found, in round numbers:

Small & Thin = 10%

(Short Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 20%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 40%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 15%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 10%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 5%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas)

Expected:

No surprise that the middle two categories account for over 50%. I smoke more PC's than anything, and to me the Minutos are just an abbreviated trip down the same road.

Surprises:

I hadn't realized that the larger RG's of the last two categories were such a small portion of my current collection of CC's. Maybe I smoked them up? No, not so much as to influence the numbers to that degree. I guess I just don't buy them as much as I thought.

On that same note, I really had no idea the Small & Thins would outdistance the Big & Talls by double. I write that off to price, more than anything. Time is also a factor.

I was considerably more surprised at having twice as many Long Skinnies as Robustos (in CC's). With NC's, Robustos & Torpedos tend to be my "go to" sizes lately. Maybe it's just that decent NC's in smaller RG's seem harder to find nowadays, so I gravitate toward them in CC's where they shine (same issue would seem to apply to PC/Corona/CG's that were once my bread & butter NC's).

[cadillacdoc]

Never Really thought about this but if I had to guess? Mine would be..........

Small & Thin = 1%

(Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 1%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 13%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 0%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 30%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 55%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas

[Jesuscookies]

Interesting

10% Shorties

Petite Corona's

10%Minutos

Half Coronas

50% Short and Plump

Robusto's

25% Traditional Medium Sizes

PC Corona Gordas

5% Big and Tall

Churchills/Piramides

[mkz]

Small & Thin = 5%

(Short Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 0%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 80%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 5%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 5%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 5%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas)

[ChanceSchmerr]

If you're looking at my buying habits, best to see my Online Locker, that i've been filling up since January this year....17 boxes so far this year. I'll add a couple of boxes from a friend in Cuba....plus some purchases from other sources... The breakdown since January 2010...

Total cigars - 22 boxes - 500 cigars

Small & Thin = 0%

(Short Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 30%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 46%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 0%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 4%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 20%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas)

The numbers are skewed because I'm stocking up on discontinueds.....but it does mirror my preferences of late!

[Colt45]

I'm a little to lazy to do the math, but I lean toward these formats and similar: churchill, dalia, corona gorda.

[dicko]

I would say 50% petit corona or tres-petit corona.

30% robusto

15% corona gorda/lonsdale etc

5% long-skinny

I would like to expand my corona gorda/lonsdale and long skinny category. I like the 42-46 ring guage and a bit of length. I just seem to buy more robustos and petit corona because they are the cigars that always go on special, widely available etc.

I think my example is one where the market is leading the buyer to an extent!!

Also want to try more DC's churchills but time/money are mitigating factors.

Thanks for the thread!

[Omskakas]

Mine:

Small & Thin = 7%

(Short Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 10%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 33%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 5%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 15%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 30%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas)

Nothing surprising. I'm smoking mostly petit coronas or "big & tall" smokes, robustos coming third and it looks like I've bought smokes I like.

[mazolaman]

for me it's

Stangard sizes,ie corona 40%

robusto etc 50%

Bigguns 10%

[Warren]

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Well I found a place in the city that has a good stock and one size fits all.

[bassman]

I have a good amount of everything with two noticable anomolies. I don't buy anything less than 38 ring gauge or over 50, and I have a lot more DCs & Churchills than most people. Being retired, I have the time for long leasurely smokes.

[samb]

The majority of my smokes are PC to robusto coronas.

[LeafLover]

Corona gorda, petite coronas, marevas, minutos (quantity in that order from most to least) comprises 95% of my CC inventory.

Remaining 5 percent are pyramides.

[MrGlass]

Traditional Medium Sizes = 90%

Long Skinnies = 10%

It wasn't until I started buying cigars that I realised how time poor I was. I love larger cigars, but until I can get to a stage where I'm buying stock to put away, my buying habits will probably continue in a similar fashion.

[Cubanface]

50% Churchills, Pyramides.

30% Short and Plump.

10% Long and Skinny.

10% Short and Skinny.

[Cambridge1]

Mine...

I plan on buying more medium and tall in the near future.

Small & Thin = 10%

(Panatelas/Chicos)

Long Skinnies = 10%

(Laguito 1 & 2/Dalias/etc..)

Traditional Medium Sizes = 20%

(PC/Corona/CG)

Shorties = 8%

(Minutos/Perlas)

Short & Plump = 35%

(Robustos/Hermosos no.4)

Big & Tall = 17%

(Churchills/DC/Piramides/Campanas