This got ugly real quick...

[mark]

Only a few puffs in, I notice a crack in the wrapper. As I continued smoking down, I actually heard it crack a couple of more times, and the damn thing looks like it's falling apart. It looks ugly, but it's still smoking okay. lol

 

[pnoguy]

Looks like it got too wet, maybe?

 

[mark]

I dunno. It's stored in a humi with 65% beads in it. These sticks have been in there at least 2-3 weeks.

 

[ninjafox99]

is that an 858 SG? i just had one and the construction was as good as AF's normally are.

 

[Clint]

Not typical of any Fuente!

Bad luck, or just an anomolly in the factory, I suppose.

 

[MaduroMan]

:ccowboy:haven't had this happen to me yet but i am sure my time will come..

 

[Thegreekone]

bummer. :cryloud:

 

[5280Duc]

I know it was mentioned before but the one time that happened to me over-humidification was the culprit. Sorry about the Fuente brother!!

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

....or it may have been dropped and that can happen to any cigar, including a Fuente.

 

[mark]

is that an 858 SG? i just had one and the construction was as good as AF's normally are.

No...it was a Don Carlos.


Perhaps it was overhumidified. The B&M I picked it up at keeps their walk-in pretty humid. They say it's at 70%, but I've never seen any hygrometers in there, so I'm not sure. I know I've gotten sticks there in the past and smoked them right away, and they were really hard to pull and kept going out. I figured that 2-3 weeks in a humi at 65% would take it down enough.

 

[cf2112]

Camroon wrappers are very fagile. A quick humidity change or slight bump can make them crack. Sorry for your loss.