I smoked my first RP R4 I just got last week. They probably need a little more time to recover from thier trip, they were frezzing cold when i opened the box. This smoke has a very dark and toothy Maduro Wrapper. Good draw after a few test cuts, I opened it up just fine. I smoked it on the way to the park yesterday morning at about 10:30. Normally this would be way to early for me to grab a stick this dark and of this size, but since I have 20 more of them I wanted to give it a shot. I am very impressed with this stick overall. It had smooth flavors, that I can almost identify, but plenty of smoke and a great burn/custruction. Considering I got them on sale at CI for $45 for 25 including shipping, I would buy these again in a minute at that price. The MSRP is $150, but terriblt inflated as CI bought the entire production of these and can set the MSRP where ever they want. They would still be worth it at $80.