Cigar draw question

The ones you get at the drug store are manufactured to be dry so that they don't need to be stored in a humidor. The ones your getting at your cigar club or whatever are probably more like real premium cigars in that need to be kept humidified. As to the differences in draw, I'm not that experienced with cigars to answer that.

Tobacco grown and cured for the cigars you are referring to is much different than tobacco used in a premium cigar. The cigars you are smoking are referred to as machine made. The tobacco does not need to be cared for like premiums which is why you see them behind the counter at 711 and not in a humidor. Becuase they are cured differently the tobacco is often time more brital and is actually held together with a homogenous binder or the equivilent of rolling paper. Hopefully this answers your question. My advice would be if you are wanting to get into more premiums without breaking the bank, pick up a small humidor or cigar jar and try some house brands. The Cigar.com labels are very good and a great place to get started.

Macallan is right on all points as well as bkelm18. One thing Macallan said is worth considering. When you smoke the excrement you are getting at the drugstore counter, you risk not even smoking real tobacco. Get yourself a small humidor that holds no more than 15-20 cigars and get into smoking premiums. Since most premiums burn better when kept BELOW 70% humidity, like 62-66, then you'll have your OWN premium cigar collection and can keep them to your personal preferences.

This small collection will not cost you much and it will keep you from smoking the inferior grade rolled dog doo you are smoking now. One other thing, and rather unfortunate about premium cigars is that if kept at too high a level of humidity or improperly rolled, they will not draw well. A reputable cigar store will accept a return on a partly smoked, bad drawing cigar.

Some tips about different cigars as far as storage purposes. I find that you should avoid The Church Of The Seventy Percenters. Some Dominican cigars will burn and draw better if kept at 66-68% and ALL Cuban and Nicaraguan cigars should be kept between 60-65% humidity. Also, when you have cigars made of different tobaccos, if you know the country the filler came from, store accordingly. In other words, a cigar made with Nicaraguan filler, Mexican binder and Ecuadoran wrapper should be stored slightly dryer than others because the filler is the preponderance of tobacco in the cigar and the tobacco through which you will be experiencing the draw.

i started off smoking swishers, and black and milds. mostly cause i was under 18 and they were easy to get, and quick to smoke. yes, at one time i considered a swisher sweet to be "pretty good" rofl! trust me man, those things are garbage, your better off getting some cigarettes. i some times like to smoke al capones, they are not very good but their cheap and a real quick smoke. i just ordered some sancho panza minis from cigar.com, they should be here today, i hope they taste good. i like to have a smoke some times driving home sitting in traffic but a normal cigar lasts too long.

Great call on the sancho tin. That is one of my favorite tin smokes. So many people write off those small cigars but they really are premium. If anyone has yet to try the new tin sizes from cao gold or cao brazilia I can vouch for those as well.

One also can forget about cohiba pequnos and partagas black label prontos either.