Hi r/cigars - Looks like Neptune has restocked Amazon Basins in both singles and boxes. These are typically released on a limited basis once a year and are highly sought after by some.

Anybody have experience on how they've decreased their cigar page spending?

What guardrails have helped you out?

All my humidors are overflowing and have 75 cigars sitting in humibags waiting for a shelf space to open up. I have zero storage and want to buy a box off 20 RP Twentieth Maduro for $65

Do I need a therapist, psych eval, or just old fashioned discipline.

I've had both the V and EP's Honduran. The V is gonna be more peppery/spicy and the E.P Honduras is more earthy. Both solid sticks, for my taste the V edges ahead. Excited about trying the other 3!

Being a previous member of Luxury Cigar club Palladium membership for 6 plus months I swore off COTMs. I got a few good ones but mostly stuff that were so boutique I couldn’t find anything I liked. For $60 with shipping it was not worth it. A spot opened up in Small Batch for the $30 COTM so I figured for that price including shipping I would give it a try. This is my first delivery and I couldn’t be happier. A Liga that I have not tried yet and is one of my favorite brands as well as 2 other nice looking maduros. That’s all I ask. For 3 cigars 1 major label and 2 boutique. If it’s 5 cigars then 2 major label and 3 boutique. I already am trying to get waitlisted for the $50 COTM.

Thankfully finally found some shops which have a great variety to choose from, especially given that I live in the U.K., and this would’ve costed me at least 4-5x more to buy in the U.K.

How did I do?

Looking for a good spot to hang with a group, preferably they'd have TVs/a bar to watch some college football.

So I got this humidor as a gift, and it’s being seasoning for about a week now. I keep my acrylic and travel humidor at 65%Rh and I like how the cigars smoke at that temperature. For how much longer should I season this new humidor and is it bad that the humidity levels are too high rn?

I saw this super cheap sampler pack of like 25 cigars 5 of each camacho and I pulled the trigger. Then I looked online cause I'd only ever smoked one Camacho before and it was the barrel aged, and honestly wasn't impressed.

People all over say stay away from them, kinda made me regret my purchase at first. But then after I smoked them Camacho has some damn good cigars especially for the price I got them at.

Here's my brief review of them:

Connecticut-89 nutty traditional Connecticut with surprising complexity, though I'll admit I'm a bit of a cigar snob when it comes to Connecticuts and this one wasn't bold at all. But still pretty solid... Ecuador-91 I liked this one a lot. I believe i got like notes of maple, coffee, and chocolate pretty much throughout. Triple maduro-92 dark chocolate throughout, with a bit of complexity with some sweeter notes, and coffee notes. Corojo-82 this one was the worst of the bunch because it's had a lot of red pepper and fruity notes to me and it just didn't mix well. Broadleaf-93 this one was my favorite of them. Very complex with notes of cedar, chocolate, coffee, leather, spices, so complex and this one blew me away for the price.

They also were all beautifully constructed, slow burn, held an ash very well, the burn line did canoo a bit on a few of them. Maybe I just got lucky with the batch? I haven't smoked long enough to know the "old Camacho". But I got these guys for factory smokes price and they were way better leagues better than most factory smokes in my opinion. What do you guys think?

Also just to stir the pot a little, I've smoked a few Davidoffs, and was unimpressed and liked these better.

Hello people,

Anyone in Paris knows where I can find these Vegafina 8 minutos ? Struggling to find them and I miss the taste of these lovely 15min smokes.

Otherwise, any recommended alternative (same size and similar taste )

I would say these are the cigars I like the most:

• Liga Privada T52 Corona Doble
• Padron 1964 Natural Diplomatico
• Liga Privada Undercrown Shade
• Arturo Fuente Hemingway
• Arutro Fuente Sungrown 858
• Oliva Series V Melanio
• Placensia Alma Fuerte Sixto

Most of these have creeped up in price point. Shades, Melanios and Sungrowns are not bad thought.

What are you guys smoking? What do you recommend? Any tips on getting boxes of the more expensive guys on sale?

Sui Cigar Bar is a great spot in Kyoto. Having my first Cuban.

Cheers!

Hey! So im looking for eshops that shipping cigars to ireland or northern Ireland. Ideally from Spain or Germany. Germans have really good prices.. I found one eshop in Germany that shipping to Ireland and they said they clients from EU don't have problem and extra charges for customs. The shopnis Selected-Cigars Maybe someone would share their shops? Where You buy your sticks?

Hey guys im gonna be in chicago for a week is there a good cigar stores to buy some cigars bring back home ?

Anyone know when they will be released this year? Saw that they’re supposed to do it again this year but haven’t seen them for sale anywhere yet.

Arturo Fuente Special Selection. It's quickly becoming a fast favorite of mine. Simply divine, somber & deep.

I feel it an appropriate stick to cheers the brethren & sistren that smoked on sticks in trenches, hospitals, parades and in subtler times. In calmer winds & fairer skies, for the grace go I, cheers!

What’s the deal with the lack of variety in cigarillos (cheroots included)? I mean there’s a lot of them out there, and a good amount of variety, but a surprisingly small amount compared to the numbers of full size cigars. Factory Smokes, for example. A widely popular cigar, supposedly the best thing since navy flake but there’s no cigarillo?? I’d love to try one but I rarely have the time for a full cigar. I would think that cigarillos would be great for business. Want to try a cigar but don’t want to drop big bucks sampling? Get a tin of 10-20 for 20 dollars or so and you’ve got 10-20 chances to see if you like it without crazy commitment of money or time. I’d think it would solve the whole “what good cheap cigars can I get for my wedding” problem, because then there’s no reason to drop 200-300 dollars on 100 cigars that people are invariably going to light and throw away when you could get 100 for 50 dollars, and maybe more people will enjoy them when they don’t have to spend a crazy amount of time with them. Thanks to Bandidos for offering something quality and cheap. Also, thank you to Monterrey de Hoya for offering an Excalibur mini that’s well affordable. My favorite cigar and I can’t wait to try the cigarillos. Yes, I know there’s plenty of cigarillos out there, but it seems like so many brands just don’t take advantage of them, they go for the whole bigger means better quality thing when sometimes the most relaxing cigar is the one you don’t have to stress about wasting half of.

Due to my workload and the cold weather coming to the Midwest, I'm able to maybe get in a cigar a week if I'm lucky. My favorite cigar I've had so far has been the Padron 1964 Principe Maduro. Thanks to the Padron blind buys, I've been able to venture out on the different vitolas the lineup has to offer. I'm fond of the size of a torpedo, but this one didn't really hit me hard body wise. I did find it to be very smooth though!

Won this cigar bundle in a raffle but have no idea what it should be valued at? Please help, TIA.

I’ve had a need one cooling humidor for a little over a year and I’ve been having an issue with mold for a couple months now. I want to buy a new humidor because no matter what humidity (boveda) I use I keep running into the same issue whether it’s 65 6769 or 72. It’s all the same. I’m guessing it’s got something to do with the ventilation system regardless can you guys suggest a new one that won’t break the bank anywhere between the 100 to 250 range. thanks guys

Hey guys,

Looking for a cigar lounge with liquor license in Charlotte. Any suggestions? Ideally without a membership fee, cover is fine.

Hi, we purchased this humidor a few months ago and have had the hardest time getting this right. This is our first humidor and any help would be appreciated.

We’ve been in contact with their customer service but they have been less than helpful. They keep telling us to set at 66 degrees but it does not go past 65. After a few weeks we see mold spots on the cigars.

Any advice on getting this set up would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Currently stored with 69 boveda pack in an air tupperdor (glass) but my Govee is reading 73% humidity

So I’ve got 5 humidors. Recently had 7 and it was just a lot. Gifted 2 to my brothers but needed some more space after a shopping spree. Bought a tuper and it worked great when I lived in OKC. It stayed 68° and 65RH. Moved to South Florida and now I can’t get my tuper below 74° but my humidors stay 68-70° both 65RH (boveda) what am I doing wrong? What can I do to lower the temp? Noticing bad flavors coming from the smoked now in the tuper unless I let them sit on my oak desk for a day or 2 before I smoked them (house stays 72° and 65-70 rh)

Thinking of just going fully back to the Humis but looking for some let help before I do.

PFA.

TIA!

First Lounge Visit Experience

Tried my first cigar lounge near me. Cool place. Great owner. First time I had seen any DTT cigars so was excited about that.

Enjoyed a Umbagog w the gold label. Had some real nice conversations. Met someone who worked in my industry. All real nice.

As much as I enjoyed those aspects of the experience, I don’t think I can do the 2nd hand smoke of a lounge. I am pretty Nic sensitive and was sweating driving home. 😂

And the smell. My skin stunk of smoke. Had to take a full shower to avoid passing the smell onto anything on anyone I came in contact with.

I guess this means I won’t enjoy any kind of indoor cigar meetup type of stuff.

Ohh well. We live and learn. I now know how to drive me wife away if needed. 😂