No, I didn't somehow find out about your recent conversation with your HR rep. I'm talking touch ups/corrections on your cigars!
This is something I've kind of wondered about for a long time now. When do you decide a stick needs a little help in the burn department, and how does that make you feel?
Like most of you, when I need to kill a little time waiting for meetings, appointments, or just in a general bored mood, I start browsing the pages upon pages of cigar reviews that flood the Internet. I have a few favorite review sites, but that's neither here nor there. I read all kinds, some to help influence purchase decisions, some strictly for entertainment. No matter the author, at some point on some stick they will type on the need for burn line correction. I've come across some generally reliable reviewers that mention how 1 inch in and the stick "required several touch ups"! I personally call shenanigans on that, someone is either trying to sound superior or trying to add drama to the review, but what ever. I really only touch up if I notice tunneling, or a chunk that's not burning at all. As long as the wrapper is burning, or looks like it's going to start burning again I don't mind. When I do finally decide to grab the lighter again it doesn't really bother me, on the other side I have come across posts stating people would rather toss this stick than do a little maintenance and proceed to berate the manufacturer, roller, or some other factor. Premium cigars are a hand made product made from an agricultural product. The fact we get consistently at all is pretty amazing to me!
So where do you stand, correct at the slightest wave? Wait for 1/2 inch differance? Wait until half the stick is just hitting the second third and the other half is at the nub? Also, where do you draw the line on continuing to smoke a stick that needs some help, one and done? Give it two touches then call it a dud? No right or wrong answers here, just curious about your habits and opinions.
This is something I've kind of wondered about for a long time now. When do you decide a stick needs a little help in the burn department, and how does that make you feel?
Like most of you, when I need to kill a little time waiting for meetings, appointments, or just in a general bored mood, I start browsing the pages upon pages of cigar reviews that flood the Internet. I have a few favorite review sites, but that's neither here nor there. I read all kinds, some to help influence purchase decisions, some strictly for entertainment. No matter the author, at some point on some stick they will type on the need for burn line correction. I've come across some generally reliable reviewers that mention how 1 inch in and the stick "required several touch ups"! I personally call shenanigans on that, someone is either trying to sound superior or trying to add drama to the review, but what ever. I really only touch up if I notice tunneling, or a chunk that's not burning at all. As long as the wrapper is burning, or looks like it's going to start burning again I don't mind. When I do finally decide to grab the lighter again it doesn't really bother me, on the other side I have come across posts stating people would rather toss this stick than do a little maintenance and proceed to berate the manufacturer, roller, or some other factor. Premium cigars are a hand made product made from an agricultural product. The fact we get consistently at all is pretty amazing to me!
So where do you stand, correct at the slightest wave? Wait for 1/2 inch differance? Wait until half the stick is just hitting the second third and the other half is at the nub? Also, where do you draw the line on continuing to smoke a stick that needs some help, one and done? Give it two touches then call it a dud? No right or wrong answers here, just curious about your habits and opinions.
