Recommendations for myself

[Dave128]

I happen to enjoy CAO Italia's and CAO Mx2's. Also, anything Padron works out well. I've been smoking pretty regularly for a few years now and I've still not had an OpusX or a Davidoff. Both are certainly on my cigar bucket list.

[iaMkcK]

Originally Posted by CoffeeWaterBeer

Glad to hear you enjoyed the Illusione. I was oblivious to their existence until the guy at one of my regular B&M's suggested. Like you said, it almost seemed like it was rolled in sugar! Pretty powerful smoke, caught me completely off guard.

Oh yeah, my obligatory #1 for Padron x000 series

It was such a smooth smoke. I smoked the ~88~ Robust Maduro outside in high-30° weather. Didn't budge, just patiently smoked it away after a night of ice skating. Was beautiful. Soon I will possess Padrons, soon. Thanks

Originally Posted by CigarNut

If you are looking for a nice fine smoke you might give the Escencia's a try; they are made by one of our BOTLs who also makes Palio cutters.

Gullien cigars are inexpensive and are also made by one of our BOTLs.

I'll keep that in mind. If they are readily available I'll probably look into obtaining some. Thanks!

Originally Posted by T.G

When I still smoked these, I found the larger sizes to be somewhat bland in comparison to their smaller counterparts.

There are quite a few vitolas in the Opus X line, but the problem is that they aren't all released every year and it's unlikely for any B&M to get more than a few sizes in any given shipment. So you really have to take what you can get when it comes to these.

Keep an eye on the "Limited and HTF" section of Tampa Sweethearts website (or call them), they sell them at MSRP or less - sometimes bundled with other cigars like their own line, which are good cigars and nothing to steer away from.

I put myself on Tampas Newsletter on your suggestion a while back in my past "Opus X" thread. Mostly I was just trying to get back on topic. Speaking of the off-topic: Look who learned how to Multi-quote.

Originally Posted by Dave128

I happen to enjoy CAO Italia's and CAO Mx2's. Also, anything Padron works out well. I've been smoking pretty regularly for a few years now and I've still not had an OpusX or a Davidoff. Both are certainly on my cigar bucket list.

I smoked a Cx2 and really really disliked it. Maybe I wasn't experienced enough at that point, because I really do love Cameroon wraps. Something about the Cx2 killed me. I got 2 Mx2s in the Humi, have had them for quite some time. May just have to light one up. As far as Opus X and Davidoff, I think as long as you buy them online and not at a crazy mark-up that you'd get at a B&M, you'd be able to mark a few off that list.


Thanks again everyone for any and all suggestions. I smoked a La Riqueza #3 earlier, I loved it. About to smoke an AJ Fernandez and a gifted B&M cigar. That brings me up to 45 brands in 52 days. Haha. It'd be more, but honestly I didn't even bother listing any B&M brands. Meh, whatever. No loss for me :-P

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by iaMkcK

Look who learned how to Multi-quote.