Nub Maduro vs. DPG Firecracker

[maninblack]

Ok folks I'm contemplating my next box purchase and need your advice. Both of these are on my wishlist, but which one is better in all of your's humble opinions.

[leasingthisspace]

DPG Firecracker. I never had one but the NUB sucked IMO.
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[Mugen910]

I can take care of that Tabb...I got a few dem firecrackers laying around. IMHO Don Pepin Blue label > Nub

[maninblack]

Thanks guys, I've never had the firecracker but the reviews look promising.

[colinb913]

I wasnt a huge fan of the nub myself..

[kelmac07]

Firecracker..only because it is better than the Nub Maduro. And this coming from a maduro whore!!!

[Powers]

i've had the DPG Firecracker and loved it! IMO only go for the nub if they happen to be cheaper per box and u're trying to save a little dough. Be ready for the spice if u get the Firecracker however! :2

:tu

[Goldie]

NUB's are not for me. I just got in on a box split of DPG Firecracker's, so.....

[bookman]

DPG! And I've never even even tried one.

[Patrick B]

I'll go against the grain here. I absolutely LOVE Pepin stuff. Love it. Blue label included. I got all excited and did a box split of the firecrackers and was very dissapointed. Only 3" long so they are gone in no time and they get really hot really quickly. Not even a really good representation of how good the blue label blend is. I do think the Nub maduro is the best in the Nub line and is a solid Nic puro with a little spice thrown in. Having smoked a bunch of each I'd go with the Nub maddie.

Now if I was spending about that much on a box I'd go with Tat Angeles in a heartbeat!

[Emjaysmash]

Id go NUB maddy. The firecracker I had was so-so, and after 3 puffs it was done.

[icehog3]

I smoked a Nub Maduro once.




Once.

[Emjaysmash]

I smoked a Nub Maduro once.




Once.

Now he looks like his avatar. Nubs are scary business, folks.

[icehog3]

Now he looks like his avatar. Nubs are scary business, folks.

You mess with the hog, you get the snout.

[Emjaysmash]

You mess with the hog, you get the snout.

Sounds Kinky! ;)

[icehog3]

Sounds Kinky! ;)

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/Kinky_Friedman_jpg_600.jpg

[whodeeni]

haven't had the nub so i'll have to pull for the DPG....
It's about time to smoke and review another one!:tu

[maninblack]

Thanks for the help all. I got a fiver of the Firecrackers coming as we speak! Looks like a no go on the Nubs.

[RevSmoke]

Personally, I'm going to go against everything here - neither. Why? There are so many better smokes out there for the money.

Had a few Nubs, none of them really excited me. I have yet to smoke the maduro, but I have one. Had two Firecreackers and neither of them made me stand up and take notice, one did develop some wonderful flavors right at the end, but by that time the cigar was 3/4 gone.

Of course now, that is just my personal opinion.

[klipsch]

NUB's rely on bogus marketing to make up for the fact that they're not the greatest cigar in the world...lol.

Now that this thread caught my attention...it looks like I'll be picking up a box of Firecrackers myself. :tu

[KenyanSandBoa]

I like the idea behind the Nubs...get to the sweet spot upon lighting it, but I don't seem to experience that. I've had a few different Nubs, and none really blew me away at all. I thought they were decent smokes if I wanted a quick smoke, or for company, but I have to agree that there are many other smokes I would take over these for the price they demand.

[Jbailey]

DPG!

I tried a pre-release of the nub maduro, I wasn't digging it at all. I pulled off the maduro wrapper and it did taste a tad better.

[shilala]

I see you made the right decision. :)
Congrats on the firecrackers, they're good stuff. The nubs, not so much.

[icehog3]

I like the idea behind the Nubs...get to the sweet spot upon lighting it, but I don't seem to experience that.

Complete marketing :bs, Jim. :2

[klipsch]

I like the idea behind the Nubs...get to the sweet spot upon lighting it, but I don't seem to experience that. Send me whatever cigars you would like modified to Nubniss. I will carefully calculate where the cigar will needs to be cut so that you are lighting it right at the sweet spot. Hell...I'll extend my offer to whoever would like their favorites turned into Nubs. No point smoking the front 2/3's of the cigar if you don't need to...right? Let's get right to the good stuff.

By sending me your cigars, you accept the conditions that I keep all of the clippings. Check back for my soon to be released new line of cutting edge cigars... FRONTS!!! :D

[KenyanSandBoa]

Complete marketing :bs, Jim. :2

Exactly...kinda bothers me that they can make such a bold claim and not follow through.
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[KenyanSandBoa]

Send me whatever cigars you would like modified to Nubniss. I will carefully calculate where the cigar will needs to be cut so that you are lighting it right at the sweet spot. Hell...I'll extend my offer to whoever would like their favorites turned into Nubs. No point smoking the front 2/3's of the cigar if you don't need to...right? Let's get right to the good stuff.

By sending me your cigars, you accept the conditions that I keep all of the clippings. Check back for my soon to be released new line of cutting edge cigars... FRONTS!!! :D

I'm sold! Lol Can I send you some Fuentes to start?
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[madwilliamflint]

Love the nub but ya gotta try 'em both before picking. I can't see spending on a box of neverhads.

[dunng]

I would pick anything DPG over anything NUB! :D

[Starz26]

Sweet, spot....That is complete BS...

The sweet spot only comes from smoking a cigar down to a certain point, the burning of the tobacco and smoke from the first 1/2 or so compliments and enhances the last half. I fail to see how removing the process of burning the 1st 1/2 of a cigar and starting at the last 1/2 can get you to the sweet spot....

Complete BS.

[tomc3084]

I like the idea behind the Nubs...get to the sweet spot upon lighting it, but I don't seem to experience that. I've had a few different Nubs, and none really blew me away at all. I thought they were decent smokes if I wanted a quick smoke, or for company, but I have to agree that there are many other smokes I would take over these for the price they demand.

I've never, out of the couple Ive had, experienced this "sweet spot" right upon lighting.....Has anyone else, or is this a marketing ploy???

[icehog3]

I've never, out of the couple Ive had, experienced this "sweet spot" right upon lighting.....Has anyone else, or is this a marketing ploy???

Bingo.

[klipsch]

I was thinking that Nubs are for those people that want to appear like they smoked a whole cigar...without having smoked one.

[pennjones]

Smoked my first Firecracker yesterday, and yeah, I agree with everyone else here, go with them! It was a spicy delicious little smoke!

[Goldie]

The only sweet spot found with a nub, is the spot in your ashtray where you sit it down, and grab something else.

[KenyanSandBoa]

I've never, out of the couple Ive had, experienced this "sweet spot" right upon lighting.....Has anyone else, or is this a marketing ploy???

I've also had more issues with Nubs than most cigars...one would not stay lit, no matter how hard I tried, and my brother tried a box pressed Cameroon Nub and that thing swelled up like a balloon. I have a couple in my humi, but once those are gone I think I'm all done with Nubs. :td

I was thinking that Nubs are for those people that want to appear like they smoked a whole cigar...without having smoked one.

:r:r

[jitzy]

Complete marketing :bs, Jim. :2

so very true.

Why not grab a box of something else like a box of Tat Havana VI, the firecrackers were a little dumb (IMHO) and you'll probably be sorry you got the nubs, not that there bad but just very one dimentional and boring. There are so many other great smokes out there in the same price range.