My experience for how to survive as beginner

[yayson]

the best way for a budget minded beginner to survive in the jungle is to get the hell out of the jungle as quickly as you possibly can. Seriously.

Around here you will pick up things, tastes, ideas; increasingly expensive things, tastes and ideas. If your will power is low and your taste for the leaf and camaraderie is high, hide out if you're not going to completely head back to civilization. Lay low. Certainly don't give Anita your address and just throw strange unsolicited USPS flat rate mailers in the bin unopened.

My advise would be to just throw caution to the wind, maybe take on a second job or mortgage and sliiiide

[Texan in Mexico]

Originally Posted by lightning9191

I like the sound of that method....I'll try that next time a telemarketer calls.

Ask them for their home phone number first just in case you get cut off

[chippewastud79]

Steps for noobs, just follow these because you will need them in the end:

Trust me, these will all save you time and money

Buy the biggest cooler you can find, or the largest cabinet (if you can afford it).

Buy a Palio or Xikar, best cutters out there, and they have lifetime warranties.

Buy beads, they are so easy to maintain and take the guess work out of maintaining proper humidity.

Buy a Blazer, or something that is weighty and nice. Ronson's are supposedly nice, but I like having something a little nicer as well.

Buy a digital hygrometer and keep it calibrated, so much better and effective than analog and more reliable.

Just get it over with and go to www.cigarbid.com/auction and place bids on everything you want. You are going to do it eventually. So, why waste time?

If you like it, nub it, if you hate it, pitch it. Not worth smoking something that isn't tasty.

Just a few suggestions from a guy who wasted time with the typical noob mistakes and now owns a 3000 count cabinet and all the afformentioned things.

[yayson]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Steps for noobs, just follow these because you will need them in the end:

$$$

cases in point

[brigey]

Originally Posted by protease

[SIZE=3]I do not have too much money to begin with. Thus, I go for a budget way.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3](1) First thing you need is get some good quality sticks. Following links are trusted place to go[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.cigar.com[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.cigarbid.com[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.cigarsinternational.com[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.famous-smoke.com[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.jrcigars.com [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Before you developed certain taste, keep away from buy a box; no matter how attractive it is. Recently, I got 30 sticks Cohiba, which is definitely good brand. However, it tasted so strong and harsh, which made me had to say NO to them. Now, I plan to send them out as gift for my friends.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3](2) Humidor, as an essential stuff, you need a qualified one. The most common question will be how large humidor I need. Personally, I would say as you are a beginner, perform like a beginner. 25~50 capacity humidor could be the best choice at beginning. You will not only have one humidor in your life. In addition, with you smoking experience increasing, you will know more about it, such as which brand you need and which size is good for you. Even you are going to buy a larger one later; you still need the smaller one as your quarantine box to keep the tobacco beetles away. It also can be the back up for the larger one. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]www.cigarsinternational.com is the place you may consider for your first humidor. The only reason is they sell quality cheap products. I compared several website, such as CI, Cigar and JRcigar. Their price is higher than cheaphumidor.com[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]In addition, if you have enough money to upgrade the hygrometer from analog to digital, which is fine, but keep in mind you can buy a much cheaper one in Walmart between 7 to 10 dollar.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]If you are not hurry for a humidor, cigarbid, is another place to get one.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3](3) Cutters, a regular scissors will do the work. In addition, there are lots of samplers providing cutters and thus, you may choose the combo instead. I will avoid spend $50 for Xikar, as I do care to put the money for the sticks.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3](4) Ligher, only need the good stuff to work. Ronson was reviewed as best lighter in Jungle by many topics. Just go to Walmart and spend no more than $3 for the Ronson JetLite butane torch lighter, a perfect lighter made in China. It never fails. Of course, do not forget to refill! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]The website (http://www.ronsonstore.com/jetLite.aspx) also sells the lighter, but much more expensive.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]There is couple topics talking about the how poor Colibri fire bird is. However, it is really depends. If you want to try and prove other people right nor not, it is fine for me. If $3 can do the job for a beginner, why pay $20?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3](5) Some devil site you need to pay attention. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]There are sooooo many negative reviews for (www.thompsoncigar.com). As I never tried there, thus I can not tell you what the real feeling is. (Actually, I nearly placed an order. However, I changed my mind right after reading the post in Jungle!). The website has some incredible combo deal, before placing the order, please think for a second, even you are really living in Jungle for a long time.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Thanks for your reading till here. As this is my some personal opinions and you may shit on it, I hope people can keep adding their idea for how to survive as beginner here[/SIZE]!

Keep in mind when you

"...Before you developed certain taste, keep away from buy a box; no matter how attractive it is. Recently, I got 30 sticks Cohiba, which is definitely good brand. However, it tasted so strong and harsh, which made me had to say NO to them...."

you can always trade another BOTL for something you may find more satisfying. Just a thought!