Review Notes: On the comment on krevo81: Don't chew on your cigar, to start with. When you chew on the cigar you're applying the saliva as well, soaking the head of the cigar. This will wet the tobacco making it harder on the puffs, therefore making you think you're having a plugged cigar. The cigar is not meant to be chewed but smoked. Yes, it's ok to do a pre-light draw. I work in a well known cigar store in FL, and I've seen this problem. Besides of all this, when you chew on the cigar of course it might unravel, or maybe cracked. One of the main reasons cigars crack: you may be smoking it too fast, or when choosing your cigar at the shop, you squeeze for softness, but sometimes as I have seen, smokers will grab the cigar, and squeeze it to hard until it cracks... and of course it will, it's basically dry leaves pressed together! Now as the Padron cigars, that is the "regular" line, I'll say a couple of things. First, the Padron Family is not very concerned about the asthetics of their cigars, they're concerned about the consistency, and the quality of the roll, that is, no hard draw, cosmetic problems etc. I have recomended this cigars so many times to customer, they keep coming back for more. As a matter of fact I had a customer that happens to be cuban, told me it was years he did not smoke but cigarettes, bought a Padron 3000 Natural, when I checked on him for feedback, he swore the smoke's aroma and taste reminded him the ones his grandfather used to smoke. So, to be concerned about a porous cigar, ugly etc, that would be poor judgement. There are many "premium cigars" out there that claim to be the best thing. You know what I found out? They looked so perfect that you think they came from the same leave (Maduro) but their wrapper was being dyed. So do I smoke an ugly cigar which happens to be one of the most consistent cigars or a "good looking, oo-la-la premium cigar". Another thing that could happened to your cigar; maybe it was handled and squeeze too many times by customer. The best way to judge or rate a cigar? Buy a box, or at least a few, watch what you eat, drink and smoke before you smoke it, any of that could affect your palate (taste buds), and then judge. If you want to find out about consistency, then after smoking all those, either wait some time and buy more from another store, or a recent batch or inventory, smoke them again, if they taste the same... that is consistency.

Review Notes: Nutty is the word that comes to mind when I think of this cigar. A smooth draw with loads of smoke from the stick I had.

Review Notes: Just got done with this one and I must say that it was worth every penny. Great taste throughout the entire cigar. Great mix of spice and a hint of some grassy undertones. I had to remove the band and nub this one. Great cigar with an easy draw and awesome burn. My one complaint, it only lasted 3 holes on the golf course. This is a must try and I will be purchasing more.

Review Notes: I'm relatively new to cigar smoking, but I've had my share of awesome 5.00 dollar smokes. This one wasn't as good as I've heard. I gave it a sniff, it smelled like your average medium bodied smoke. Nothing to write home about. Construction on the one I had was sub par. It was lumpy, porous, and just plain ugly. I could almost sense it was going to just downright unravel on me. I chewed it on the way home from the shop. It had a nice spice from the pre light draw. After it was sparked, it began to run wild on me. Although I didn't need to correct it, it seemed to get out of control on a few occasions. The wrapper began to crack in a few spots midway through. No biggie. The cigar tasted excellent for the money, though. It was medium throughout, also not as much smoke as expected from a thicker stick. The smoke was very faint, even when I'd give it a few puffs. I smoked it down to right past the label, and all in all, it was one dimensional. Pretty straight forward cigar. (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) I will say though, for you money, there are better every day smokes out there.

Review Notes: 1/8 of an inch shorter than a montecristo edmundo. Always burn great, very consistant, medium complexity. At $80 a box delivered these are hard to beat.