El Presidente Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Many of our members do or are forced to purchase cigars blind off the net, Out of interest and in your experience, what cigars pose the highest risk? Let us know
Maplepie Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Montecristo No. 2 Full stop. Period. End of story. Well maybe a few more: Partagas D4. Montecristo 4 Many 99-02 boxes 3
Rye Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Partagas D4 Anything Vegas Robaina Montecristo On the same topic, yet the opposite; Best luck blind IMO H Upmann Hoyo de Monterrey La Gloria Cubana (if you can find any)
Maplepie Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Anything VR!?! really!? (general curiosity question. not being snobby) Anything Vegas RobainaOn the same topic, yet the opposite;Best luck blind IMOH UpmannHoyo de MonterreyLa Gloria Cubana (if you can find any) also will add Trinidad to that line of 'Can buy blind'
Rye Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Anything VR!?! really!? (general curiosity question. not being snobby) also will add Trinidad to that line of 'Can buy blind' I've seen some pretty nasty VR. The only ones I'd buy blind would be the 2 Canadian ER's, but I've heard tales of the 09's having entire boxes of plugs. X2 on the Trinidad. I like the satin finish wrappers that don't seem to pass most visual inspections, but they've tasted superb and burnt like a dream
Maplepie Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I've seen some pretty nasty VR. The only ones I'd buy blind would be the 2 Canadian ER's, but I've heard tales of the 09's having entire boxes of plugs. X2 on the Trinidad. I like the satin finish wrappers that don't seem to pass most visual inspections, but they've tasted superb and burnt like a dream hmmmmmmmm... something to note. Cheers Ryan. i've also had some nasty looking trinidads that were borderling oscuro. never fails the taste test, though! ERDM Lonsdales. Never again. PM right now, Chris!!! I'll trade them off you IMMEDIATELY!! 1
santela Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I personally had great luck with Hoyo, H. Upmann, and San Cristobal Crap shoot with Partagas and Monte But I don't buy enough to build a convincing sample size.
Smalls Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 For me it is anything from Bolivar. I have yet to have one that made me want to buy more.
Skyfall Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 VR R&J Several Monte's I don't buy blind anymore, life is too short!
groundhog Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 For a newbie, what's the difference? The main reason I ask is that I don't know enough yet that when actually seeing cigars it would make much of a difference....
Skyfall Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 For a newbie, what's the difference? The main reason I ask is that I don't know enough yet that when actually seeing cigars it would make much of a difference.... Trust your vendor, but if you can see them yourself, each marca has different things to look for/search for. 3
forgop Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I've had 3 boxes of Monte 2 that I'd get through 5-10 out of the box and even after 5 years on them, wonder why there's any fuss over it. Decided to give a couple boxes of the recent HQ offerings to see if that will finally make me a believer. 2
thecrowder Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 All regional editions, especially if you're the type who has to have them first. So many regionals have been misses (for me at least) that it just isn't worth the risk to track them down and shell out the extra coin for them. As for regular production, I've had bad blind experience with: * Monte 4 * Monte 2 * ERDM Choix Supreme * Cohiba Robustos
polarbear Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Monte 4 Monte 2 Partagas D4s I haven't had much luck with Trinidad or RyJ either but I think that's mainly due to the fact that 95% of boxes from those marcas have been crap for years rather than just bad luck
tmac77 Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Historically Monte #4 and more recently almost any trinidad
Smallclub Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I think that's mainly due to the fact that 95% of boxes from those marcas have been crap for years rather than just bad luck Are you serious? What kind of visibility do you have on production? Do you realize that you're talking about tens of thousands of boxes? 1
TypicalSituation Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 So what exactly is everyone looking for when not buying blind? Wrapper color, heft of cigar, quality of triple cap? Enlighten me please
mikek Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Montecristo #2-#4 I have got some real dog rockets! The bad thing is those are two of my favorite cigars,I smoke alot of the #4's.Some of the others mentioned so far I have been lucky or I dont smoke them that much.I did get one horrible box of P-D-4 once but that was the vendors fault! Not just over humidified,but mold and they were supose to have been inspected!
TiminBC Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 Depends on what is meant by buying blind. I am not much for trusting to luck so I put trust in consistent repeatable service.
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