How many is a lot for you?

[Addiction]

Matt (Skibum) and I were discussing this. I have 2 boxes of a cigar and he feels like thats a lot. I think its average, I smoke one and keep one.

Does it matter what the cigar is? For instance 100 PLPCs is not a lot, but 100 Dunhill Cabinettas is a lot?

Is cost a factor?

[pnoon]

Good question, Bryan.
I think it definitely matters what the cigar is? You PLPC vs. Cabinetta is a good example. Another factor I think is how much a person smokes. Someone who smokes just a few sticks a week will have a different outlook than the guy who smokes a box a week. Finally, I think it depends on the cigar and how much you like it. For you, Cohibas most likely have a higher number. Something you like a bit less will have a smaller number.

Just my :2 and worth as much.

[Powers]

As I am a poor college student, cost is definitely a factor. For me, anything over 25 of one stick is a lot. Unless I'm planning a box split, which would knock me back down to 25 anyway

:2

[68TriShield]

The most I have of any one cigar is one opened and two full boxes.

[NCRadioMan]

Hard one, Bryan.

It reminds of the the old ruling by Justice Potter Stewart. "I can't define p-orn is but I know it when I see it".

Well, I can't tell you how many is alot but I know it when I see it. :r

[Jbailey]

I would say that cost would be a factor.

You could stock up on some go-to or everyday smokes without spending a lot of cash or even when all the sales were going on.

For me it depends on the smoke. I have some certain cigars that I will buy no matter what if I find them. I don't ever plan on selling them but just trying to keep a good stock of them for the long haul.

Not sure what I would call a lot? Maybe Eleventy Billion.:D

[Addiction]

The most I have of any one cigar is one opened and two full boxes.

I woudl have thought a lot was a higher number for you Dave given the massive amount that you smoke per week.

[Footbag]

I'd say 50 is a lot... 25+ is the safe zone. 24 or less is panic mode.

[groogs]

I would have to go with more than 100 if you are talking about a go to smoke. If you are talking about a cigar that I smoke once or twice a month I think 25 is plenty.

[Knip23]

25 is alot cost is the factor

[bobarian]

Average is a box. Goal is 1 up 1 back. But much of this depends on price and the smoke.

[Blueface]

Today, I am lucky if I have more than one box of any, primarily due to wanting to try various ones.
At one time, I had about 5 boxes of Sublimes and 6 or so Siglo VI, along with other Cohibas.

Man, those were the days indeed (sigh, followed by deeper sigh).

[G G]

I don't have more than 25 of anything. Mostly cause I rarely buy boxes, have bought a few. Just don't have the disposable income to purchase a lot, and I don't often smoke more than 2-5 a week anyway.

[massphatness]

I'm with the price sensitive crowd.
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[Vigiles]

I don't have more than 25 of anything. Mostly cause I rarely buy boxes, have bought a few. Just don't have the disposable income to purchase a lot, and I don't often smoke more than 2-5 a week anyway.

Same here. If I smoke more than 5-6 a week then i'm either on vacation or some other special occasion.

[68TriShield]

I woudl have thought a lot was a higher number for you Dave given the massive amount that you smoke per week.

Roughly a box per week.So if I order three to five boxes per month,I maintain status quo.

[stearns]

but 100 Dunhill Cabinettas is a lot?

dont be modest, how many cabinettas do you really have? :D

stearns

[SilverFox]

Given that I built a collection so that I could have some aged stuff in the coming years I bought lots of stuff I love..........stuff to smoke now and stuff to put aside.

Now I buy less just to put a box or two of this years stuff down to keep the stock rotating over the years. Oh also because I am now not working :D

[Addiction]

dont be modest, how many cabinettas do you really have? :D

stearns
0. I have no Cabinettas and no Dunhills. I also own no Davidoffs. I think I am officially out of that end of the pool as the supply of said things seems to somehow be increasing instead of decreasing and I worry about spending coin on a cigar that might be on the back side of good.

[Smokin Gator]

I have four things that I have more than four boxes. One is being discontinued and I want to have as many as I can. The others are things I smoke a good many of and want to have at least some that get some age. So I went with more than 100 is a lot.

[Tripp]

I've got a pretty modest humi, so for me 25 is a lot. I've actually only got 2 boxes, and then maybe 60 loose sticks

[Phiberglass]

Just started out, running a tupperdor. 25 of one stick is a lot to me, although I can understand how having 3 boxes is good for the regular smoke (that is what I do with my beer after all). Hoping to pickup some samplers and try new sticks before I start buying boxes.

[markem]

I have between 150-200 each of specific sticks. Some sticks smoke stellar and can be found at a good price as well as age nice. To me, picking up known good sticks for a good price beats the usual crap shoot hands down.

[0002S]

1 months + shipping/shopings time worth (usually 3-5 ea) for my favorties. Loose usually is not more than 1 or 2.

Since I smoke no more than 2 a week, more than 50 total is A LOT for me at anyone time. After than I usually start to find people to smoke them with and bring the number down.

I am a creature of habit and usually don't branch out unless somebody suggests a new one. Then if I like it, it will go into the rotation.

[Da Klugs]

Where is the option for ... Over 5% of the known world supply?

:)

I think the most I own of any cigar is 8-900. Party shorts through the years.

[elderboy02]

Where is the option for ... Over 5% of the known world supply?

:)

I think the most I own of any cigar is 8-900. Party shorts through the years.

:r Holy crap!

[stearns]

Where is the option for ... Over 5% of the known world supply?

:)

I think the most I own of any cigar is 8-900. Party shorts through the years.

...damn, i dont even wanna know the code on the oldest

stearns

[Brooks W]

How many is too many?

I have 6 Vinotemps fairly full...no idea how many total...

Prob 500 singles and 50ish boxes...

Prob too many :)

~brooks

[Salvelinus]

Aside from cost being a factor I am relatively new to cigars (smoking them for years but only now thinking about what I smoke) so I want to sample things. More than 10 of any cigar would be a lot for me. I don't currently have more than 5 of any one smoke. I will buy a box once I find something I want to be a more everyday smoke.

[landhoney]

I think over 100+ is a lot. My thinking is that you can go through a cab of 50 in no time smoking, gifting, and trading them through the 'normal course' of events (say in a year). Having two cabs of one cigar, one to do the above with, and the other to age, is a 'good' amount.
More than that and you enter into "a lot" IMO. Not saying "a lot" is bad, it's good, but less than 100 can go very quickly. Not too many cigars I can say I have "a lot" of, wish there were more but I value variety at this point a little more than quantity (that's changing though).

[Addiction]

Where is the option for ... Over 5% of the known world supply?

:)

I think the most I own of any cigar is 8-900. Party shorts through the years.

I didn't actually think we could accommodate your choices her Klugs so I left the 5% or more category out.

[wayner123]

What we fail to recognize is that Addiction's definition of a box = a master case. :r




But I would say "a lot" is anything over 2 boxes. For the various reasons the previous posters have mentioned.

[DBall]

I have four things that I have more than four boxes. One is being discontinued and I want to have as many as I can. The others are things I smoke a good many of and want to have at least some that get some age. So I went with more than 100 is a lot.

Pretty much what he said... I have a few things I possess more than 4 boxes of, but I can hardly bear to purchase only one box of things... I always try for a double so I can stash one.

[Smoking Q]

My Humi only holds about 100 cigars so any more than 1 box of anything is too much for me, plus I only smoke 2 or 3 cigars per week

[CigarNut]

It's rare for me to have more than one box of any one cigar -- I don't have that much space right now. I also tend to go for a wider variety of cigars rather than a quantity of a specific cigar.

Having said that, I have purchased mutiple boxes of a brand (Perdomo, Nub, Oliva, etc.) at one time.

[SilverFox]

Hmmmm

I have actually looked as opposed to my first off the cuff answer.

Seems I have 200+ of 4 diff kinds and 100+ in about 6 others the remainder are a box or box plus a partial.

There are very few that I only have a box of. I have a hard time opening a box if I don't have another one sitting and aging.

Like Dball I like to get 2 at a time.

[Addiction]

Hmmmm

I have actually looked as opposed to my first off the cuff answer.

Seems I have 200+ of 4 diff kinds and 100+ in about 6 others the remainder are a box or box plus a partial.
......
Thats close to my answer, except for me its like 4 where I have somewhere between 100-150, another 4 parked right at 100 and then a few things with smatterings of this and that. I think the most I've ever owned of a cigar is 100, that was Punch RS12s but I smoked through the majority of those.

[GreekGodX]

For me I try to have a box open for smoking and a box for aging. This fits my budget and how much I smoke. I only get a chance for about a cigar per week during the winter and probably 3-4 during the summer. If I had more money and smoked more I'd definitely keep a lot more around.

[skibumdc]

Well since I found out he posted thsi question without my knowledge, I'll try to clarify

Bry has 2 CAB's(50 cigars) of the Bolivar Colosales, the German RE. $$

Personally, I consider 2 cab's a pretty good amount, but when you start to gi high in price and somewhat rare/hard to find....I believe this equal A LOT for this cigar.

[RevSmoke]

I have multiple boxes, but of different cigars. If I find a *GREAT* on a particular cigar then I may buy more than one box. But I don't buy cigars and put them up to age.

However, if I had known what was going to happen, I'd have bought cases of boxes of my favorites in the late 80s early 90s. An now, I could be flush and even helping to supply some to you all today.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

[mikeyj23]

If there's something I really like, or something that can be had for a good value, I'll always buy 2 of it at once. One box goes on my smoking shelf, one box goes up high to be untouched for several years. If I can't afford 2 of it at a time, I usually won't bother.

[Lucky_Hippo]

I smoke on average 6 to 10 cigars a week during the summer, and 4 or 5 a week in the winter . I try to fit as many different varieties of smokes into my cabinet humidor as possible so I stay away from the extra large or "unique shaped" boxes when I can. I buy a box of 20/25 of somthing and replace it when it gets low unless I'm tired of the flavor and want something different. Then the spot goes to something else. I smoke NC cigars 99% of the time and don't have to worry about extended aging on most of my stock so it works out pretty well.

[Montano]

I think a brazillion is too many !

Cigars and money, one can never have too much of either.

[okieRob]

I only smoke a few a week so a box is a lot to me. Although I can see owning a 2 or 3 boxes if I found the right deal.

[rizzle]

Two boxes of the same is a lot. It takes me a long time to get through a whole box of anything, so to have another box in reserve of a particular stick is a lot of them. For me.
:)

[njstone]

I'd say 50 of a single cigar is a lot. I have over 50 of only a few, and that's counting multiple vitolas (and as you know, in the case of some sticks like the Tatuaje Miami, that really shouldn't even count):

Padilla 1932
Perdomo ESV
Tatuaje Havana VI
Tatuaje Miami
Tatuaje Verocu
Tatuaje Monster Series

[Ashcan Bill]

I think over 100+ is a lot. My thinking is that you can go through a cab of 50 in no time smoking, gifting, and trading them through the 'normal course' of events (say in a year). Having two cabs of one cigar, one to do the above with, and the other to age, is a 'good' amount.
More than that and you enter into "a lot" IMO. Not saying "a lot" is bad, it's good, but less than 100 can go very quickly. Not too many cigars I can say I have "a lot" of, wish there were more but I value variety at this point a little more than quantity (that's changing though).

I have to agree. Of the cigars I really like, I try to keep around 4 boxes/2 cabs on hand. Anything less and it goes on the reorder list - anything more is "a lot" and just surplus. Part of it has to do with short term aging, part with the fact the more I have, the longer I can wait and cherry pick the sales.

[Cigargal]

If money were not a consideration I would keep 2 boxes of my favs around, but I can't and don't. I have partial boxes of my favs and keep waiting for my rich uncle to die....oh, wait...no rich uncle...

[markem]

If money were not a consideration I would keep 2 boxes of my favs around, but I can't and don't. I have partial boxes of my favs and keep waiting for my rich uncle to die....oh, wait...no rich uncle...

Do like me. Every year I send a letter to Bill Gates asking if he is adopting. I'm willing to paint fences and mow the lawn. I know that he's considering it because he has never written to say 'no'. :D

[Ashcan Bill]

If money were not a consideration I would keep 2 boxes of my favs around, but I can't and don't. I have partial boxes of my favs and keep waiting for my rich uncle to die....oh, wait...no rich uncle...

Rich uncles are over rated.

I actually had one years back who did die.

Left all of us squat. :r

[ucla695]

There's no such thing as too many cigars, so I picked >100. Now, I just have to get the wife to believe this. :ss

[issues]

I say anything over 2 boxes unless they're very rare or you have a very large humidor...

I voted for 50 but 2 30-count boxes aren't bad.

[markem]

I say anything over 2 boxes unless they're very rare or you have a very large humidor...

That's the problem, you said 'humidor' not 'humidors'

3 vinotemps, a 110 qt and 55 qt cooler in service at the moment. :D

[issues]

That's the problem, you said 'humidor' not 'humidors'

3 vinotemps, a 110 qt and 55 qt cooler in service at the moment. :D

LOL, good point!

I currently have a 400ct and a 25ct to go along with a small 10ct travel one as well.

[UPHOTO]

I think the answers are all going to very on what you smoke.

CC compared to NC.

CC smokers are probably going to have more multiple boxes of a smoke then a NC because of the need to age a CC.

A few years on some NC cigars just changes them too much for me.

[NeverEnoughStick]

As many have said it varies but smoke, price, CC, NC, etc. For me you can never have to many. Although right now I am a college student so 10 - 25 is a lot based on storage capabilties and available capital. I still believe you can never have to many because if properly maintained they never go bad and can even be used as heirlooms! :tu

Just my :2

-NES

[pnoon]

CC smokers are probably going to have more multiple boxes of a smoke then a NC because of the need to age a CC.



I disagree on 2 points.

1 - "CC smokers are probably going to have more multiple boxes of a smoke then a NC because of the need to age a CC." Assuming there IS a need to age CCs, vintage cigars are readily available for purchase much like vintage wines. So a CC smoker would not necessarily have multiple boxes for aging.

2 - "because of the need to age a CC." Nothing could be further from the truth. Fresh (young) CCs are delightful. (So are aged ones). Most Cubans think the rest of the smoking world is nuts for aging their cigars. Cubans smoke their cigars fresh.