Your Best Cigar Buy of 2025? ....and Your Best Non Cigar buy of 2025?

[El Presidente]

1.  Your Best Cigar Buy of 2025? 

 

The box/bundle/sampler you purchased that has changed your cigar trajectory in the most positive of ways. 

 

2.  Your Best Non Cigar Buy of 2025? 

 

Big or small, the thing you bought in 2025 (non cigar related) that has put the biggest smile on your face. 

[MC4]

1:  Cohiba Ambar 2024

2: none

[chasy]

1. Dress box of Punch DC, now I can stop chasing them
2. Proper Spring Break vacation to Mexico. Our daughter is now 2, so it was a lot of fun for us / IVF treatment for baby no 2 in a couple months.

[GJZDAD]

After consulting my 2025 cigar log (yeah, I know what a cigar nerd), how about I share The What, When and Who?
H Upmann Magnum 54, first enjoyed on Tuesday, 9 September. Purchased from that fine purveyor of fine smokes, Friends of Habano! Thank you friends!!
 

[Lucas Buck]

1: 2016 HdM Le Hoyo de San Juan - my cigar of the year

2: Fellow Aiden drip coffee machine - makes a crazy good cup which is great for lazy black coffee drinkers like us.

[Ford2112]

1. NCs. Been on a mission to find some favorites and so far Tatuaje and Roma Craft are vied for the top spot.

2. 10 day trip steelhead fishing. It was pretty epic. Landed more salmon than I could count, lots of steelies, beautiful scenery. Good cigars and food. It was a huge shot in the arm in what has been a tough year for my family. 

[Dlowil]

1. All the Fabrica’s consistent quality across the board. I can go deep and get Cubanesque flavors. Also allows me to build up my CC supply and let them age since I’m smoking them with a lot less frequency.

2. XL SUV to fit a family of 5 and large dog. The memories have been priceless.

[Chibearsv]

1. Nudie and MoFoh sampler. In general, they all work for me. 

2. Red Tiger rangefinder. Best I’ve ever used. It didn’t help my swing, but I knew what distance I wasn’t hitting the ball this year. 🤣

[JPark3]

1) The Fabricas I've tried this year. I still can't believe I waited so long

2) Got my friends and I tickets to an AEW pro rasslin event and it was a hell of a show. Can't beat time with the crew!

[eg133]

1. HVC La Rosa 10th Anniversary and Davidoff Winston Churchill LE 2025…both made me start delving back into new world cigars.

2. Ninja Luxe Espresso Machine from Costco. I lit up like a little kid opening up gifts on Christmas, pretty sure I have wrinkles on my smile now from every time I use it.


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[cnov]

1. FoH Sampler a few months back. Bought two, one each for a friend and I. We smoked the first on Tuesday. He doesn't have a box collection, was great to get something we can both enjoy. 

2. A car that some might suggest is a "midlife".

[El Presidente]

1. Bolivar Simones 50 cab. I purchased it from our aged portfolio. Hermosos No 4. Canada Regional 2007. Stunning then. Stunning now.  

2. Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio Stelvio. Straight into race mode each time. What a 510 HP racket, what a smile 

[Mike Mecklenburg]

1)  Dress Box of Tubes - Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations 

2)  Tour of Scotland Vacation.

[Ryan]

1) Maximo Perez Robusto Extra something. The best cigar I've ever had.

2) Application for Cuban residency.

[ElLoboLoco]

1) N1 Lancero Bundle

2) Playing Pinehurst last weekend was definitely a bucket list event.

[Goldeneye]

1) FOH Sovereign Suns and AF Don Carlos - both have really helped fill the void from CC

2) Can't really think of any big purchases for 2025, I did put a deposit on a Salmon/Halibut trip for 2026, so I guess the deposit would be my big purchase, super excited for the trip.

[chasy]

10 hours ago, El Presidente said:

1. Bolivar Simones 50 cab. I purchased it from our aged portfolio. Hermosos No 4. Canada Regional 2007. Stunning then. Stunning now.  

Some one made you purchase cigars from your own portfolio? Rob, if we were partners I would never...

[El Hoze]

Cigars: Sovereign Suns and the BR109. Both of those cigars are at the very top of my daily rotation. 

Non-Cigar: a decent meat slicer. I got it to make cheesesteaks for the super bowl and it’s been my favorite new tool in the kitchen. I actually had cheesesteaks just last night. Game changer. Cheesesteaks, carpaccios, roast beef and roast turkey for sandwiches, italian beef sandwiches, vitello tonnato, the list goes on….and I have not even really jumped down the cured meats rabbit hole yet. I got a Beswood, it was like $400 which is pretty moderate for this type of gadget and it works great. Best $400 I have spent in a long time. 

[joeypots]

Best cigar buy? QD 52 or HU #2. Time will tell.

Non Cigar buy? Not technically a 2025 but it didn't get much use until 25. Love it.

[gormag38]

19 hours ago, El Presidente said:

1. Bolivar Simones 50 cab. I purchased it from our aged portfolio. Hermosos No 4. Canada Regional 2007. Stunning then. Stunning now.  

 I now know who to hit up when my singles run out. 

[gormag38]

1. BBF SLB. Found a deal too good to pass up (in today's market). Nothing fancy but a staple in my humidor; they'll go down for a few years before breaking into 'em. 

2. A fence for my backyard. My neighbors on one side of me (city lot) are SOOOO nosy, and have been for years. This prevents some of that. No more feeling 'watched' in the backyard having a smoke. Bonus points that it allows for my kiddos to play outside and not be able to get out to the street. 

[Boxer31]

On 12/19/2025 at 11:57 AM, Lucas Buck said:

1: 2016 HdM Le Hoyo de San Juan - my cigar of the year

2: Fellow Aiden drip coffee machine - makes a crazy good cup which is great for lazy black coffee drinkers like us.

Had my last one this summer and it was great, trailing only a little behind my 2019 Lusi.

[WestCoastSmokin]

1. Two 10 count boxes of Partagas Lusitanias 

2. Honda Pilot for the growing family! 

[loose_axle]

1. Vegas Robaina Unicos Seville Jar. Helped ease my lust for cigars in jars. LFD Bulls. BR 109s. Had another last night. 3 months in and they are beginning to soar like the Concord. Can't wait to see what a few more months brings. With the 109, Femenos and Dahlia available/ becoming available all I'll need is a Mag 54 BR size and I won't need to buy Cubans apart from a few unicorn items I'll hunt when the money is there again. 

2. Steadily adding to the shares portfolio. 

 

[WestCoastSmokin]

2 hours ago, loose_axle said:

1. Vegas Robaina Unicos Seville Jar. Helped ease my lust for cigars in jars. LFD Bulls. BR 109s. Had another last night. 3 months in and they are beginning to soar like the Concord. Can't wait to see what a few more months brings. With the 109, Femenos and Dahlia available/ becoming available all I'll need is a Mag 54 BR size and I won't need to buy Cubans apart from a few unicorn items I'll hunt when the money is there again. 

2. Steadily adding to the shares portfolio. 

Cigars in jars, something I wanted when I first realized they were a thing. Still don’t have any 😂