dpmrpa
Indiscriminate Bomber
Thanks Pete. Will do
Tatuaje tubo verocu misfire
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Wait, wait, what? Uh no all the blacks split. Yeah had a turrible time with the Blacks.:stretchgr :stretchgr
You are a good man Pete.
Phiberglass
Robusto
Have never had a Tat personally, but I've heard good things. Look forward to purchasing one soon.
BrandonJ
I <3 Eric.
I have had great luck with my Tubos so far.
I had a few reds with shipping damage on the cap, but nothing past where I would usually cut.
The saddest part for me is when I smoke the red I just really long for a OG Westie, I dunno what it was about that cigar.... But come to think of it the last westie I had from the cab was split head to foot, still managed to smoke most of it though!
I had a few reds with shipping damage on the cap, but nothing past where I would usually cut.
The saddest part for me is when I smoke the red I just really long for a OG Westie, I dunno what it was about that cigar.... But come to think of it the last westie I had from the cab was split head to foot, still managed to smoke most of it though!
I asked my tobacconist if he's heard any complaints about the reds and he hasn't heard about an undue number of issues...
Unfortunately, some of these boxes may have been mishandled at some point between Pete and you.
Unfortunately, some of these boxes may have been mishandled at some point between Pete and you.
I have 3 or 4 red tubos and a box of the black. I haven't tried any yet as it's cold up here in Central WI as I am waiting for at least spring. I did try a Drac in December and it had draw issues to which I was disappointed. As long as that was the only one that I have issues with I won't be too disappointed as I understand that manufacturer's can have an occasional snafu.
njstone
BoM January 2010
This winter is tough. The measures I'm taking are:
1) I have a full-home humidifier now, actually picked it up last winter. I have to fill it once or twice a day (when it's really cold/dry), but it keeps the whole house near 65%, and it cost less than $100. This obviously helps cigars, but it helps our health even more--I typically get nose bleeds all winter, but have not had any this year.
2) The room I leave my cigars in is usually like 50-55 degrees in the winter, but now I leave that door open to let the heat from the house in, and it's over 60 in there now. I know that some people don't think cold alone effects cigars, but last winter I had dozens of cracked cigars by spring, and can't attribute it to anything else.
I have 12 Red Tubos right now, 2 arrived with very minor cracks, but nothing obscene. They have not gotten worse, and I'm storing them w/o caps to get them to my preferred 65%.
1) I have a full-home humidifier now, actually picked it up last winter. I have to fill it once or twice a day (when it's really cold/dry), but it keeps the whole house near 65%, and it cost less than $100. This obviously helps cigars, but it helps our health even more--I typically get nose bleeds all winter, but have not had any this year.
2) The room I leave my cigars in is usually like 50-55 degrees in the winter, but now I leave that door open to let the heat from the house in, and it's over 60 in there now. I know that some people don't think cold alone effects cigars, but last winter I had dozens of cracked cigars by spring, and can't attribute it to anything else.
I have 12 Red Tubos right now, 2 arrived with very minor cracks, but nothing obscene. They have not gotten worse, and I'm storing them w/o caps to get them to my preferred 65%.
Dang, it would be pretty awesome to not have to worry about humidification in my whole house... It would be like living in the DR, haha.
My main problem is overhumidification during the warm months.
My main problem is overhumidification during the warm months.
I do the same thing with a full house humidifier. I have a humdior upstairs with about 200 sticks and a coolidor downstairs. I just setup my small hydra in coolidor and it's working great. In the summertime when it gets muggy I will take out the hydra and use my 65% beads to suck up the moisture.
I will try taking off the caps and that should help. I haven't really inspected the cigars in the tubos but will check them out tonight.
You posted some really good tips, thanks.
njstone
BoM January 2010
oh, just to be clear, I still have the awesome Heartfelt beads in my tupperdors. But they don't have to "work" nearly as hard and recover very quickly because the humidity in the house isn't 20%.
Speedbump
BoM June '10
if you could take them out i bet it would work better
Just smoked my first back tubo today. A great stick when I was able to get it to smoke right. The first third was awesome. Then I had some burning, drawing, and had to relight the hell out of it for the last third. I finally gave up and chucked it. I'm hoping the rest of my box will get better with more rest.
Interesting reading here. I bought my first red today...was going to smoke it tomorrow. Sounds like it might be better to sit for awhile. What would I do without this message board!?!?!?!?!
I guess smoke a cigar that tastes great with small cracks?
I guess smoke a cigar that tastes great with small cracks?
mthhurley
BoM December 2011
I've had great luck with my reds so far....check out the most recent review from today:
http://smokingstogie.com/
Good read...I appreciate the link. I had heard that it was close to the VI, which is why I bought it. VI Artistas topedo is my go to stick. I have a feeling if I have good luck as you did with it I will be making a larger order.