Re: Cigar Thread
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JR Cigars offers JR Alternatives which are supposed to be brand named cigars but without the brand at low low prices.
This is how they describe them:
"JR ALTERNATIVE CIGARS
Handmade DR/NIC/HON
Wrapper: VARIED Binder: VARIED Filler: VARIED
Medium Bodied
Why would anyone in the world buy some crappy seconds when, for a lot less money, they could buy J•R Alternatives instead? All of these cigars are long-filler, handmade firsts rolled at the best factories - sans the fancy boxes and bands. We have them made in humungous quantities and pass along the savings to smokers. For over a quarter of a century, these have been the very best value in the whole cigar world! "
Has anyone tried these?
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I've tried a few and thought they were decent for the price. I never did a completely blind test which IMO is the only way to get rid of selection bias (although in my case my prejudice would tend to be FOR the less expensive alternative [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]). Did compare some JR Alternatives versus the real thing from a JR 5-pack (the 5-packs are a great way to try out cigars without breaking the bank); at the time I thought the real thing was a bit better.
In a blind test against the cigar they are supposed to imitate I'd guess people would favor the real thing by about a 2-1 margin. A cigar smoke out would be fun to try but I don't think anyone would want to host it.
~ Rick
PS Continue to have good luck with Don Diego cigars ordered from JR. In a previous post I mentioned they compare favorably with the Macanudo brand yet are quite a bit cheaper.
Next order may repeat my Don Diego order along with a 5-pack of a similar Macanudo and a similar JR Alternative (just noticed there are JR Alternatives for Don Diego and Macanudo; what to do, what to do [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).
~ Rick
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