Worst Cigar Names and Ugliest Bands

[Romulus Cogswell]

Drew estate, Camacho, and Caldwell. .

So are you saying the company name or all of their products? Because your answer covers a ton of cigars.

DE, well not all products, but they have a lot of horrid names, as well as some gaudy tasteless bands/art.

I've got a large coffee table in my living room of their "tasteless" art.

 

[Monsterdg]

I really hate "Swag" such a douche hipster word. Good smoke though!

 

[Senor Perfecto]

Inspired by a couple of other threads lately....

Ugliest bands:
AB Maxx (looks like something you'd buy out of a gas station condom machine in the 80s)
Nub (looks like something you'd buy out of a gas station condom machine in the 90s)

It sounds like someone has a lot of experience with gas station condom machines !
( and for over 2 decades !! )

LOL!

Worst bands:
-Anything by LFD. Just an ugly color scheme with lazy font choice.
-Anything by Alec Bradley
-Anything by Gurkha
-Anything with a non-embossed, glossy image on a thick band, like the CAO stuff last year, Evil Snowman or whatever that was. Just awful.

Agree on all points; how does LFD not get someone to upgrade their look?? It's not like they're a tiny company. Smacks of an overly ambitious and hands-on owner who doesn't want to delegate or update...

 

[Merovius]

Psyko 7 is pretty obnoxious

 

[StogieNinja]

I discovered that I actually enjoy the KFC sticks but I also liked the bands and the branding from the moment I saw them.

Interesting. I tried the Lecca black and couldn't stand the charcoal/bbq flavor, and from what I heard, the KFC has that in spades.

Emilio consistently has the worst bands. Almost all of the smokes are delicious, though.

Yeah, that's one of those head-scratchers. Can't help but wonder how much those terrible bands are holding 'em back. They make pretty consistently decent cigars.

Agree on all points; how does LFD not get someone to upgrade their look?? It's not like they're a tiny company. Smacks of an overly ambitious and hands-on owner who doesn't want to delegate or update...

Exactly!

 

[javelin377]

I discovered that I actually enjoy the KFC sticks but I also liked the bands and the branding from the moment I saw them.

Me too. Being from that area of KY that produces that dark fire cured tobacco, I had to try one. Jkittle bombed me with one and I was hooked.

 

[Highlander]

I always thought Jr genuine imitation Cuban was the worst nsme

 

[sullen]

Oh let's not forget about the old nica libre 'dollar store Padron' bands

 

[Bill]

This thread is awesome. I like a lot of cigars with stupid names and bands I guess! I guess my vote is for Obsidian white noise. I have some mini coronas that look like tampons, and I'd imagine they taste similar as well (total suck sticks IMHO)

 

[shadowcam]

I would have to say the entire Ortega wild bunch series. The whole series was executed poorly. The bands... The names... If they were giving away the cigars, I don't think I would take one. The marketing was so bad that I don't want anything to do with the cigars. Might taint my collection

 

[Undercrown509]

I'm a huge fan of Drew Estate but some of their names and bands are just bad.
The My Uzi Weighs A Ton...should have just been Uzi
Acid is a bad name for a line although they sell a bunch.
The Natural line has a blah band.

H.Upmann The Banker..dumb name & label

Helix..looks cheap.

 

[Big Tex]

La Sirena with the huge bands. They say that you should not smoke a cigar past the band so I guess you're not supposed to smoke much of the La Sirenas. Never liked the cigar anyway.....

 

[3/5King]

They say that you should not smoke a cigar past the band[/QUOTE]

I don't know who came up this idea but it's a really horrible one. (Nothing on you Big Tex) I love smoking past the band, as long as you're smoking it properly.

 

[Bondo 440]

Donkey Droppings by Good Karma. It's bandless but the box actually has a donkey on a commode. Not sure what the target demographic is there.

 

[c.ortiz108]

H.Upmann The Banker..dumb name & label

+1. Like the Obsidian, why the hell would anyone cover almost a whole cigar in paper, rather than, oh... cedar?

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

The gurkha band is lame to me not to mention some names like widow maker... sounds like heroin branding

 

[UnBanded]

Cohiba CC Band


Modeled after another 'Holy' Band

 

[Ducttapegonewild]

Cohiba CC Band
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Modeled after another 'Holy' Band
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Oh, that's funny.

 

[Bondo 440]

Cohiba CC Band
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Modeled after another 'Holy' Band
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LOL who is that ? quiet riot ? the bees? I don't even .. LOL !

 

[sullen]

Stryper!