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goin on a cruise in the mediterranean next month, wanna smoke some kick ass cigars. i am 18 and know very little about cigars but want to buy a few nice cigars in the 5-15 dollar range, if u know about cigars, what do u reccomend? and don't tell me some [censored] i gotta fly to cuba for, it has to be common so that i can get it at my local cigar shop

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Pm boomshay about it, he knows quite a bit about cigars.

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Or let him answer it here, so we can all hear the advice :P

I just recently had a Rocky Patel Vingtage 1992(3?) and it was one of my favorites, cost about $10. Had some sort of Montecristo which was about $12 and I didn't like it nearly as much as the Patel.

I think I may like the Patel just because of the movie Glengarry Glen Ross.

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just go to a cigar shop and ask the guy that works there

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good brands

--Sancho Panza Double Maduro
-Rocky Patel (anything)
-Arturo Fuente (anything except probly curly heads)4-5+
-Carlos Torano (anything) but i really like the virtuoso
-CAO i've only tried the Brazilia and the Italia... both very good and basically everything from them is good... but a bit pricy
-Punch Elite maduros are very good as well

those are my basic favorites but anyone working in a cigar shop will know what to hook you up with, and btw the higher the price of the smoke doesn't always mean its better, the sancho panzas are 2-3 bucks and some of my favorites whereas other brands can be 10+ and not come close to them

side note, anyone trying to buy cuban Cohiba cigars... if they come in a glass top box they are fakes.

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Why is it no one else talks about Rocky Patel? The one I had was great, yet I never hear anyone mention them.

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Why is it no one else talks about Rocky Patel? The one I had was great, yet I never hear anyone mention them.

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You mean no one other than 2 of the four replies before yours?

OP, there's a huge cigar thread somewhere in El Diablo's forum with tons of useful info.

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lol, well I meant people in general. It's always "montecristo montecristo montecristo."

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El D's cigar thread:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...Number=9712330

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Romeo and Julliettes - smoke em cos Churchill did, and he is cool. Churchill sized, obv.

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goin on a cruise in the mediterranean next month, wanna smoke some kick ass cigars. i am 18 and know very little about cigars but want to buy a few nice cigars in the 5-15 dollar range, if u know about cigars, what do u reccomend? and don't tell me some [censored] i gotta fly to cuba for, it has to be common so that i can get it at my local cigar shop

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Cubans aren't all that great anymore. The high end Dominicans have caught up and in four or five cases, passed them by.

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Since your in the med. wait and get them there.

I don't know about the cost overseas but try these (if they fit your budget)

In no particular order:

Arturo Fuenta
Dunhill
Davidoff Signature
cohiba esplendida

All these, except the cohiba and the davidoff, should fit in your budget.

I love the davidoff signatures. If you drag a big pot overt there you have to try them or the cohiba.

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Arturo Fuentes are great, in your price range (around $6-$10 each, depending on the size), pretty commonly available, and not so strong that they'll knock you on your ass. I like the 8-5-8s.

The Arturo Fuente Hemingway line's a little more expensive, but are even better, and are pretty cool looking too. They're a "perfecto" type cigar, fat in the middle and skinny at both ends, like the big-$$$ tycoons used to smoke in old cartoons.

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thanks to everyone for your help! the link to the thread in el d's was especially helpful

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Are you wanting to buy some cigars to take with you or are you wanting to buy some while in the Mediterranean?

Where will you be before the cruise?

Cup

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Are you wanting to buy some cigars to take with you or are you wanting to buy some while in the Mediterranean?

Where will you be before the cruise?


Cup

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i want to buy some here in the states beforehand, i'm flying into venice, staying there and sightseeing for a few days, and then departing on a 7 day cruise that travels to the greek isles and croatia. i don't want to mess around with buying cigars over there