Leave Cigar Band ON or OFF?

[kuma]

When smoking at my local cigar bar I leave it on so as to show off, yes I'm vain.  It either pisses the locals off in the bar

or it becomes a conversation item.  Either way the owner does not care much what I bring in to smoke

as long as I buy something to drink or eat and toss him a Habanos.  I guess I keep it on.

[CopperHeaD]

On 1/23/2017 at 9:48 PM, JR Kipling said:

I leave it on. As the burn gets closer to the band it heats up the glue so (usually) I find it easier to remove. I have nicked a few wrappers trying to remove the band before lighting up.

+1 for me as well.  If it is slip sliding to start, though, off it comes.

[busdriver]

I heard a well know reviewer once mention bands affecting the draw.  I thought that was a bit odd however I could see big bands creating a local zone of higher RH if you were dry boxing for a short period of time like an hour or two.

Any of yall ever heard of this?

[boopdeep]

12 hours ago, golfgar said:

Normally at the office I leave the band on for a while in case it might start to unravel, then remove it to finish.

At the office?!?! Where do you work and are y'all hiring???

[golfgar]

20 hours ago, boopdeep said:

At the office?!?! Where do you work and are y'all hiring???

I am the owner so I do what I want.  Basically the customer relations person telecommutes and the supervisor is in the shop in the back back and he smokes darts (cigarettes) anyway.   When the customer relationship manager comes in I refrain.

[LGC]

The wrapper doesn't affect the taste or my perception of the cigar. So, it goes if not glued to the wrapper

[boopdeep]

16 hours ago, golfgar said:

I am the owner so I do what I want.  Basically the customer relations person telecommutes and the supervisor is in the shop in the back back and he smokes darts (cigarettes) anyway.   When the customer relationship manager comes in I refrain.

....so, are yall hiring? 

[oside]

I usually leave the band on because I'm usually done by the time I reach it

[scap99]

3 hours ago, boopdeep said:

....so, are yall hiring? 

Long commute from TX to MO.

 

[golfgar]

4 hours ago, boopdeep said:

....so, are yall hiring? 

We're always looking for a few good men people.  How do you do with heights of like 40 stories?

[Guest gorob23]

I take it off as soon as possible. I just do, 

 

Rob 

[boopdeep]

2 hours ago, golfgar said:

We're always looking for a few good men people.  How do you do with heights of like 40 stories?

I'm just fine with heights as long as there's a cigar in my mouth!!! 

 

[JamesNYC]

If the band is loose out of the box, I just take it off before I start smoking.

Most of the time I leave it on until I am smoking down to the band, then I'll twist it, and if that doesn't do the trick, I have a keychain that has a knife and a small pair of scissors and I'll use one or the other to remove the band rather than risk damaging the cigar.

[dtrott]

Usually leave it on but sometimes I'll remove and "date and rate" the stick on the back of the band.

[Lant63]

I only smoke from discontinued 50 cabs that came with out bands, and custom rolls.....  No band is the new band.  

[SaintMickey®]

3 hours ago, Lant63 said:

Well with that post I think we know we've seen all there is to see here!

[Lotusguy]

I usually smoke it

[puromaniac]

Wait, what, are we talking about the first or second band? I really do try and take off the first band before it starts burning. Can tend to ruin the taste.

[forgop]

I wish there was a sure fire method for removing the band short of an exacto knife without tearing the band or wrapper in the process.