opinion on budget smoke decision

[Homebrewer]

If the Famous Nic 3000s are considered a "bundle" I would get those. They are great IMO.

Tatuaje series P are great smokes for a cheap price. According to this video review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJABxg2bX0U you can pick up a box of 31 for 70$ from Atlantic cigars if you call (i have not verified though). I bought 3 boxes from tex cigars at ~100 a piece and at a little over 3 bucks a cigar they are great.

[smokin5]

I've not had the Flor de Olivas, so can't say.
The La Floriditas are 'just OK', nothing special.

If you like the fuller smokes, though, you might consider either
5 Vegas Series 'A' (I get 'em on CigarBid for $1.50-$1.70@ after factoring in shipping) Or

Diablos (Can get the Robustos for $40 plus shipping for a box/25 or the Petite Coronas $50 for box/40 right now, and they're often on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 at $80 - this is a Famous Smoke exclusive) Or

Fumadores, if you like Pepins (a Holts exclusive made by Pepin, usually about $42 a box/20, often on sale for $30 a box/20, plus shipping) Or

La Vieja Habana Fumas (Cameroons are my favorite, but they also come in Corojo, can get them in various sizes for about $1.50-$1.60@ on Cigarbid)

PM me & I'll send you a couple of each.

Originally Posted by fuubar

Tatuaje series P are great smokes for a cheap price. According to this video review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJABxg2bX0U you can pick up a box of 31 for 70$ from Atlantic cigars if you call (i have not verified though). I bought 3 boxes from tex cigars at ~100 a piece and at a little over 3 bucks a cigar they are great.

If anyone does this or calls them, let us know how it goes, because that review is almost 2 years old. It's actually for the StogieReview: http://www.stogiereview.com/2007/02/...uaje-series-p/

[Pat1075]

CFO #7 good smoke. And if you factor in the 75 cent price tag per stick great smoke. I'll echo the SP double Maduros as well I like the alicante personally I think it tastes relatively close to a padron.

[borndead1]

Originally Posted by Homebrewer

If the Famous Nic 3000s are considered a "bundle" I would get those. They are great IMO.

Hell yeah, another vote for the Nic 3000. I like the La Floridita maduros, still waiting to form an opinion on the nats because I got some recently and they were WAY too moist, almost unsmokeable.


I am a cheap NC kinda guy. I smoke a lot of cheap NCs to balance out the cost of the CCs. Here is a list of some of my favorite bundle smokes:


MILD: Dominico by Torano, Flor de Oliva Gold, Famous Honduran 5000

MEDIUM: El Mejor Emerald (box but under $2 a stick on cbid), Perdomo Fresh-Rolled wheels

FULL: Nic 3000, Indian Tabac Maduro, Indian Tabac Super Fuerte (nat, dont care for the mad), Perdomo Remainders Habano wrap -- they have these at Famous.

If you are gonna order from Famous, I'd say go for the FDO corojos and a bundle of Nic 3000s. Good combo right there.


Man...I almost forgot. If you like the Padron thousand series, I find that the Omar Ortez Original tastes very similar. JMO though.