Plugged cigar poll


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This is a plugged cigar poll only and does not relate to other construction issues.

Clarification:

The poll was for seriously plugged, not totally plugged. I prefer a slightly tight draw as is the norm with a decently rolled Cuban. What I am referring to are those that really take a big effort to get airflow to the extent that it ruins the experience of the cigar..

My plugged hit rate is about 10%

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Plug issues are non existent in recent production for a few years now for me.

The issue is windtunnels, some shocking problems. It's becoming a real issue for me.

I recently grabbed singles of the new vegeros and D6 to try and all were unsmokable because of the draw.

If I want hot harsh windtunnels I'll buy NCs and save my money

Bring back they plug I say!

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I have only ever had one plugged cigar out of the 150+ Cubans I've smoked in my lifetime. I realize I don't have as many numbers under my belt but in terms of a percentage this is under 1%. I've had about a dozen with tighter draws but they were still smokable. Plugged to me means it's impossible to get through.

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I don't smoke CCs exclusively, so my experience is most likely lower than most here, but I have only had 1 completely plugged cigar, a PSDN4. It was a single I picked up so I cannot speak for the rest of the box and I didn't check the box date, but it was around 2010. This would put me below 1% easily.

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My biggest pet peeve is a plugged cigar. Nothing pisses me off worse (except for neighbors but that is another thread). I can deal with a wonky burn, a bit too loose, etc...but I can't deal with a plugged cigar.

I had a box of HURR where half the box was plugged. I've gone through several boxes of these over the past year and without fail, there is a tent peg in there somewhere.

(first person that says 'storage conditions' is having a hit put out on them lookaround.gif )

I still only put about 5% because it does not happen often but it does happen.

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It's rare, but happens. I'd have voted none, but a bad box of HURR, a couple from an RG PE box, and some Robaina Familiars skewed me just a touch closer to the 5% mark

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It's rare, but happens. I'd have voted none, but a bad box of HURR, a couple from an RG PE box, and some Robaina Familiars skewed me just a touch closer to the 5% mark

Whoever is rolling those HURR is ANGRY and needs to relax a little. I think he/she is taking it out on the tobaccy!

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I would say that my completely plugged rate is around 1% or less. I find the really tight draw even more frustrating than plugged. If its a piece of wood then I can sigh and chuck it and grab another. If the draw is way too tight I will keep trying to message it or drill it, but it is never a satisfying relaxing smoke.

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There is tight and there is plugged. I can remember exactly two cigars that were absolutely plugged with zero airflow no matter how I massaged, or prodded or poked....2...out of thousands...Tom, if your getting 2 or 3 out of every box that is plugged to zero airflow, something is very wrong....

edit: now that I think a bit more about the specific cigars, one was a Boli PC I smoked at a lounge here when you were in town last Tom. I remember you commenting how I quit on it sooner than you would have.

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There is tight and there is plugged...

Very true. However, sometimes the line is very faint between the two. I don't poke cigars or use tools to get them to smoke. If I have to use a tool to drive down the middle of my cigar...that is a plug. (I will add IMHO peace.gif )

A tight draw requires more effort than normal but still can be enjoyable. If you can't get a draw, despite a 'vigorous massage' or some time in the fridge (Thank you Rob), that is a plug. Plugs can be fixed, i.e. a poker and the like, but it is a plug none the less.

I smoke a cigar to relax. If I just get pissed trying to suck a golf ball through a garden hose, I'm going to pitch it and get another.

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There is tight and there is plugged. I can remember exactly two cigars that were absolutely plugged with zero airflow no matter how I massaged, or prodded or poked....2...out of thousands...Tom, if your getting 2 or 3 out of every box that is plugged to zero airflow, something is very wrong....

edit: now that I think a bit more about the specific cigars, one was a Boli PC I smoked at a lounge here when you were in town last Tom. I remember you commenting how I quit on it sooner than you would have.

Shlomo, The poll was for seriously plugged, not totally plugged. I prefer a slightly tight draw as is the norm with a decently rolled Cuban. What I am referring to are those that really take a big effort to get airflow to the extent that it ruins the experience of the cigar..

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Can't see the poll on Tapatalk but it would be in the 1% or less range. I store and smoke at 65% and I do smoke a fair amount of 1999 - 2002 sticks. Underfilling has been a much bigger problem for me - I'd put that at >5% of recent production (2010 onward).

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Very few cigars I smoke are plugged. I can recall 3, and that's it, off the top of my head. A 2010 Partagas presidente, an '05 monte especiales no 2 and an '11 monte 4. That said I voted 0% even though it is closer to 1%.

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Overall average is better than 1 in 100, so I rounded down to 0%

Caveat: Short filler smokes seem to have tighter draws than I prefer about 30-40% of the time.

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I must be getting all the bad boxes then as I've certainly experienced higher than 5% over time.

A recent worse case I have 8 out of the 25 Sir Winstons in a box from 2008 that are on the very edge of plugged. Also have collected almost a dozen RASCC and a dozen SC Principes across several boxes the last couple of years I am waiting/hoping will open up.

This at 63.5% humidity.

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