archosaur Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 First off I should clarify that this cigar is not suspect. It is a Cohiba Robusto (A/T), MUO JUL 14. Not from host but a well respected vendor. This is more informational to document variation in the fancy new Cohiba bands. Was curious if others have seen any printing issues with the new bands - in particular here, you can see the alignment of the holographic head is not perfect. Cigar came from a 5x3 of tubos, two of the 3 packs had the printing issues, the others were dead on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Interesting. I wouldn't want to talk for others but I for one have gotten paranoid over slight irregularities once or twice. So nice to have details of what can be expected or about your personal findings. Thanks for taking the time to share! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosaur Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 I have to be honest that I did a double take myself when I first saw this. But putting it all together...respected vendor, construction and aroma are both excellent, the rest of the packaging totally in order (tubos, cardboard packs & outer box, the holographic printing), I'm 100% confident this is a minor printing alignment problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo17pip Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Good observation and thanks for the pic. Check out this band and how poor it is. Definitely a fake that was given to me by some drunk dude at a bar who told me he got them in Cuba. Terrible fake but smells good and probably rolled from cuban tobacco. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosaur Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 ^ Can't fault the counterfeiters for effort! Funny that they seem to be having the same alignment issues too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthson Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I stopped worrying about the appearance of the bands several years ago when I saw both NC and cheap CC with printing irregularities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've also seen the same from a 3-pack of Tubos. They were 100% a genuine CoRo and smoked amazingly. I wouldn't worry if I was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinz Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Apparently, the Cohiba anti-counterfeit bands are so well designed that not even they can reliably reproduce them I am lucky (but now poor, too) and have three full boxes of CORO from our host. With a quick inspection, I was able to find at least one similar band misprint in each box (BOR AGO 15, ROM AGO 15, EML MAY 15). So, I'm 100% convinced this is another case of "Cuba being Cuba". Here's an image of three examples from my BOR AGO 15 box: Now, my whole kitchen smells like fresh CORO and I'm salivating ceaselessly. The sacrifices we make in the name of science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosaur Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Appreciate that comparison, Phinz. Great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUBANO Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks for posting. That's why is important to trust your source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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