Do Padron Lovers See Quality Crash?

[TheSmokingHiker]

The only consistant problem I see with the regular Padron line is bad caps. I love them Pretty much everytime I light-up a cigar I dont enjoy, I put it out, and go smoke a Padron 2000 because I know what I am getting out if it, and I know I am going to enjoy it.

[floydp]

Originally Posted by fisherking

Why except Fuma's ? I plan to order one box of Padron Fumas, I like your comments and opinions here so want to know your opinion for The Fuma's.

If you can help me about this I will decide to order or not

Thank you

I just asked, and she doesn't know..

As for the Fuma's, I think their and excellent value. Padron flavor at a good every day smoke price. But they tend to get better with age, as most smokes. I prefer the Miami fuma's over the national line. You can only get the Miami's there. Hope this helps..

[punch]

Originally Posted by Speedmaster

Probably blasphemy around here, but I've always found Punch Rothschild Maduros to be more consistent and better tasting than Padron 2000 Maduros. They cost noticeably less too.

I don't consider it at all blasphemy. I find the Padron and the Punch to be similar in both quality and flavor. I avoided the Padron line for a long time since I tend to shy away from anything that is hyped. Too much disasppointment in the past. I ended up relenting and purchasing some Padron 2000's when a local B&M ran out of Punch cigars. I was well pleased with the flavor and performance of the 2000's, and now I keep these and the 3000's in my humidor along with the Punch and Montecristos I usually smoke.

BTW - I find the Anny 64's to be overhyped, not because they are bad, but because I find the regular line of Padrons to be just as good but less than half the price.

[APFPilot1985]

It's funny that I read this thread. I just moments ago got done with a Padron Maduro 2000 which is pretty much my go to smoke. I've been smoking from a box of them that I bought a couple of weeks ago. So far they all have been great, taste, construction draw and everything. Until today, the one that I just finished with had a great construction looked beatiful smelled great but that was where it ended. The draw was ridiculously tight, almost plugged and the taste was horrible, like dried . I let it die so I could open it and I found the problem. I peeled off the wrapper and got underneath the binder and found tons of little scrap leaf, almost looked like short filler, with a big clump of it in the middle which had been causing my jaw killing draw. I don't know what happened but with any mass hand produced item things can slip by. I am guessing that a roller had a bad day and this one sneaked its way by.