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Oscur said:
Been laid up in bed. Back problems. Probly gonna be few more days at least to get back to my old self. All i could do to smoke this one. Darn good though. Thanks for asking!


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Well hope your back gets better
Hopefully smoking a nice cigar will ease the pain


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I remember seeing mentioned some sort of BOTL study regarding construction issues in CCs. Apparently a bunch of you guys were keeping track of your cigar experience and had somehow proved that the issue of plugged and/or tight CCs to be a myth. I'd like to see said experiment. And I call bullshit. Half or more of my CCs are incredibly overfilled and rock hard. Half, again, of these will split when I try to use a draw poker on them. Now, there is no way for me to say that ALL CCs have these problems, as I've never actually purchased any and have only received them through trades and bombs. So either this really is a problem, or you guys are intentionally sending me plugged/overfilled CCs . Anyway, after 10 minutes with the PerfecDraw, this is lovely. Thank you
 
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VeLoRoK said:
I remember seeing mentioned some sort of BOTL study regarding construction issues in CCs. Apparently a bunch of you guys were keeping track of your cigar experience and had somehow proved that the issue of plugged and/or tight CCs to be a myth. I'd like to see said experiment. And I call bullshit. Half or more of my CCs are incredibly overfilled and rock hard. Half, again, of these will split when I try to use a draw poker on them. Now, there is no way for me to say that ALL CCs have these problems, as I've never actually purchased any and have only received them through trades and bombs. So either this really is a problem, or you guys are intentionally sending me plugged/overfilled CCs . Anyway, after 10 minutes with the PerfecDraw, this is lovely. Thank you
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I participated in it, my experience was great concerning draw. Most of us(if not all, it was a few years ago) who were in it felt alot of draw issues concerning cc's were a result of over humidification, as I do. Many guys would test draw the cc and if it were tight, dry box it and it would likely help. .02.
Glad this one is enjoyable for you.
 
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VeLoRoK said:
I remember seeing mentioned some sort of BOTL study regarding construction issues in CCs. Apparently a bunch of you guys were keeping track of your cigar experience and had somehow proved that the issue of plugged and/or tight CCs to be a myth. I'd like to see said experiment. And I call bullshit. Half or more of my CCs are incredibly overfilled and rock hard. Half, again, of these will split when I try to use a draw poker on them. Now, there is no way for me to say that ALL CCs have these problems, as I've never actually purchased any and have only received them through trades and bombs. So either this really is a problem, or you guys are intentionally sending me plugged/overfilled CCs . Anyway, after 10 minutes with the PerfecDraw, this is lovely. Thank you
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1) I only send you shit in general ;)
W.B. said:
I participated in it, my experience was great concerning draw. Most of us(if not all, it was a few years ago) who were in it felt alot of draw issues concerning cc's were a result of over humidification, as I do. Many guys would test draw the cc and if it were tight, dry box it and it would likely help. .02.
Glad this one is enjoyable for you.
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2) i agree with this, i keep my cc humidor at 62% rh, never have a problem

Edit: false, i do have some tight cigars from time to time, but usually it's just the head, which is easy to unplug, or the foot, which i burn through the problem spot.

The flavor is worth the occasional struggle

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W.B. said:
I participated in it, my experience was great concerning draw. Most of us(if not all, it was a few years ago) who were in it felt alot of draw issues concerning cc's were a result of over humidification, as I do. Many guys would test draw the cc and if it were tight, dry box it and it would likely help. .02.
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How does one test draw? Would you cut it, test it, then let it rest in a dry box if needed? Or test one from a box and then just assume the rest would/wouldn't need dry boxing going forward? I have a very happy and stable 65% going in the wino. I see a lot of advice stating 62% being ideal for CCs. But since I've got about 8 CCs and 200 NCs in the wino, and I have no issues with NCs, I don't see any reason to switch that up
I haven't kept an actual written record, but if I had to hazard a guess I'd say I'd say I'd the 25-30 CCs I've smoked I've had 15 with draw issues, whereas in the last year smoking approximately 500 NCs I've had maybe the same amount (+/- 5) of issues, and only one that was so bad it split open when using the draw poker.
 
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