Okay, lovers of the LEAF, step right up...

[T.G]

Can't. They're all 42RG.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by T.G

Can't. They're all 42RG.

Yup...skipping scores of wonderful cigars with a RG restriction.

[mikesr1963]

Feel free to start a thread for 42 ring size or smaller cigars. I, personally, don't like the smaller ring sizes. My favorite range is 43 to 52 and I'm looking for suggestions to try.

Originally Posted by icehog3

Yup...skipping scores of wonderful cigars with a RG restriction.

[RobR1205]

Originally Posted by mikesr1963

I, personally, don't like the smaller ring sizes. My favorite range is 43 to 52 and I'm looking for suggestions to try.

Out of pure curiosity, how long you been smoking cigars for, brother? I too, usually prefer the larger formats, but do love a good Panatela or Lancero on occasion. Just wondering because my taste and liking for different ring gauges has changed a lot since starting. Not sure if yours has too.

[mikesr1963]

I discovered when I quit smoking at 23 that smoking dulls the taste buds a great deal. Since I've picked cigars back up I am not going to smoke so often as to let that happen again. I'm staying away from anything that may be a quick smoke and could turn into a more often smoke. I smoked cigars for 7 years before I stopped at 23. I was in the military at 19 and got to enjoy a good variety of smokes. I love tasting a cigar with a clean palate.

Originally Posted by RobR1205

Out of pure curiosity, how long you been smoking cigars for, brother? I too, usually prefer the larger formats, but do love a good Panatela or Lancero on occasion. Just wondering because my taste and liking for different ring gauges has changed a lot since starting. Not sure if yours has too.

[AdamJoshua]

Originally Posted by mikesr1963

I discovered when I quit smoking at 23 that smoking dulls the taste buds a great deal. Since I've picked cigars back up I am not going to smoke so often as to let that happen again. I'm staying away from anything that may be a quick smoke and could turn into a more often smoke. I smoked cigars for 7 years before I stopped at 23. I was in the military at 19 and got to enjoy a good variety of smokes. I love tasting a cigar with a clean palate.

I haven't been smoking long at all and have the pallet of a billy goat, but I often find smaller sticks have more pronounced flavors, I also would rather smoke a couple smaller cigars and mix it up rather than one 2 hour cigar, again I am truly a noob and my tastes might change as well, but so far that's what I have found, ok besides that Behike 56 the other night that was really outstanding.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by mikesr1963

I discovered when I quit smoking at 23 that smoking dulls the taste buds a great deal. Since I've picked cigars back up I am not going to smoke so often as to let that happen again. I'm staying away from anything that may be a quick smoke and could turn into a more often smoke. I smoked cigars for 7 years before I stopped at 23. I was in the military at 19 and got to enjoy a good variety of smokes. I love tasting a cigar with a clean palate.

Smoked slowly, a corona or PC can last 40 or more minutes, and like Adam said, you might find some flavors that are more pronounced in the smaller format. I can understand you noty wanting it to be similar to someone with cigarettes, but you can make that happen with smaller format cigars. Do you find yourself to be a "fast smoker"?

[Zanaspus]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Smoked slowly, a corona or PC can last 40 or more minutes, and like Adam said, you might find some flavors that are more pronounced in the smaller format. I can understand you noty wanting it to be similar to someone with cigarettes, but you can make that happen with smaller format cigars. Do you find yourself to be a "fast smoker"?

Heck, I can nurse a TPC out to 40 minutes.

[mikesr1963]

I actually have kind of picky pace (OCD even). I don't want it to burn to hot and I don't want the cherry to get so low as to take to many starter puffs to get my preferred burn. I'm comfortable in the RG of 43 to 52. Before or after my hiatus I didn't/don't smoke a cigar down beyond or much beyond half way in lengths from 5 1/2 to 7 inches. That's the flavor range and pace I prefer that gives me much joy.

Originally Posted by icehog3

Smoked slowly, a corona or PC can last 40 or more minutes, and like Adam said, you might find some flavors that are more pronounced in the smaller format. I can understand you noty wanting it to be similar to someone with cigarettes, but you can make that happen with smaller format cigars. Do you find yourself to be a "fast smoker"?

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by mikesr1963

Feel free to start a thread for 42 ring size or smaller cigars.

I appreciate your permission, but I don't need other people to choose my cigars for me.