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Seems like around 50% of CCs I smoke today have underfilled soft spots in the last half/third.  Under 46 gauge seems to be the least affected (I tend to smoke 46 and above personally so that probably contributes to seeing it more).  Many 46 and above I have to use Piggy's trusty "smash technique" around the band to prevent an inevitable tunnel issue.  Wondering if anyone else has experienced similar issues.  My humidor is 62% @68F, though I'm convinced this is manufacturing rather than condition. 

This is not detracting from my purchasing as I'm loving recent production flavor-wise.  Just an observation I wanted to share with everyone else and see if there's any others with similar experience.  Thanks.

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Hi,

In my particular experience,in the last few years the main problem that I have encountered is under filled cigars, and low quality cigars (poor quality tobacco and homogeneus  blend . 

I smoke 2 cigars daily, in the last 20 years, more than 700 cigars a year and essentially Lusitânia, 898, d4, part short Hoyo dc, epicur 2, RASS, Punch dc, founders, belicoso bolívar, sir winston, magnum 46).

ps:Sorry for my english (iam portuguese)

Cheers,

 

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I had a Cohiba Siglo VI yesterday.  I think it was from 2006, but it was borderline under filled.  It stayed lit, but needed make sure I smoked it a little slower than usual.

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4 hours ago, Cabinet 50 said:

Hi,


In my particular experience,in the last few years the main problem that I have encountered is under filled cigars, and low quality cigars (poor quality tobacco and homogeneus  blend . 

I smoke 2 cigars daily, in the last 20 years, more than 700 cigars a year and essentially Lusitânia, 898, d4, part short Hoyo dc, epicur 2, RASS, Punch dc, founders, belicoso bolívar, sir winston, magnum 46).

ps:Sorry for my english (iam portuguese)

Cheers,

 

 

No problem it was easy to understand.  I will give you a tip though.   When you are copying and pasting text from an external source to use the paste special shortcut keys. In windows you press the Ctrl + Shift + V key.   Not sure what it is on an apple keyboard.

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6 hours ago, cigaraholic said:

I haven’t smoked a under filled cigar for quite some time......I weigh all my cigars so I can avoid the 5 cigars a box that belong in the trash can.

Do you actually just trash them?  What kind of variance exists between the good and bad in a box?  Is it consistent?  I.e. do you know that a certain cigar, regardless of factory and month/year always weighs X, or do you reset your baseline for each box?

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I don’t trash them....I give them to a friend. There’s a published factory weight for every cigar and of course no two boxes are the same. I prefer heavy cigars, with a firm draw. I find the heaviest cigars in a box smoke the best, taste the best and smoke the longest.

I checked a box of R&J Mille Fleurs I just got, GOS JUN17....published weight 7.7 gr. cigar range was 7.2-9.9 gr. This is one of the best filled boxes I’ve come across in a long time, only 4 cigars under the published weight and all of them are close enough to 7.7 that I wouldn’t complain about them. But this box is the exception to what I’ve experienced for many years.

Life is too short to smoke under filled cigars?

 

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35 minutes ago, cigaraholic said:

I don’t trash them....I give them to a friend. There’s a published factory weight for every cigar and of course no two boxes are the same. I prefer heavy cigars, with a firm draw. I find the heaviest cigars in a box smoke the best, taste the best and smoke the longest.

I checked a box of R&J Mille Fleurs I just got, GOS JUN17....published weight 7.7 gr. cigar range was 7.2-9.9 gr. This is one of the best filled boxes I’ve come across in a long time, only 4 cigars under the published weight and all of them are close enough to 7.7 that I wouldn’t complain about them. But this box is the exception to what I’ve experienced for many years.

Life is too short to smoke under filled cigars?

 

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Out of curiosity where do you find the published desired weight of the cigars? I would love to know that. I despise under filled cigars as well and would rather have an overfilled tight cigar that I can correct myself. I recently got a PSP box of shorts and it felt like a brick it was so heavy. The lid would not even stay shut because the cigars were so packed it was pushing it open. I am very excited to get into that box. 

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