Risky CC?

[Bijan]

1 hour ago, Lrabold89 said:

life is way too short to be smoking less than enjoyable cigars .....im not th etype to just smoke it anyway on principle.....id rather trash it and grab somethign else so i can actually enjoy that moment of peace with something that i dont have to struggle with and think about

Oddly if CCs were more consistent I'd be more inclined to do what you suggest and throw away the bad ones (if it was just 1 in a hundred that had issues). But sometimes as I said a whole box will be plugged or tight. Am I going to throw out a whole box? Do I dare sell a partial plugged box? I guess I could just give them away 🤔

[Bijan]

17 minutes ago, Lrabold89 said:

i would rather just throw away the whole box or give them away....sad but true ..............as far as selling, you could always try but make sure buyer is aware that the draw is tighter .......or more of a "classic cuban draw" LOL.......honestly ive done this before, and it turned out that that is what the persons preference was....i even checked back to make sure they were happy....so ya never know 

Actually maybe not a bad idea. It's only happened once or twice that I got a bad box like that. Generally it's not that bad across a whole box.

I would even say I don't get plugs that often. On the other hand probably half or more of cigars are tighter than is my preference.

I definitely get the comment about life being too short. Same sort of logic that makes me very rarely smoke quinteros or JLPs, I'd rather smoke something I'll enjoy more.

[NSXCIGAR]

Are we still having tight draw conversations in 2021? I thought we all had a Perfecdraw by now...

[Bijan]

11 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Are we still having tight draw conversations in 2021? I thought we all had a Perfecdraw by now...

Still a problem sometimes. Perfecdraw can't solve a real tent peg. It's like boring holes in a piece of solid wood, isn't going to draw properly and burn right.

Edit: Even when it does fix it, usually a cigar that naturally has a good draw to my liking will do better than a perfecdraw fixed cigar. Although I am very grateful for the perfecdraw.

[mprach024]

On 6/9/2021 at 7:14 AM, Lrabold89 said:

life is way too short to be smoking less than enjoyable cigars .....im not the type to just smoke it anyway on principle.....id rather trash it and grab something else so i can actually enjoy that moment of peace with something that i dont have to struggle with and think about

100% agree here.  I do same thing, got enough drama, don’t need cigar drama

[Shrimpchips]

On 6/9/2021 at 7:14 AM, Lrabold89 said:

life is way too short to be smoking less than enjoyable cigars .....im not the type to just smoke it anyway on principle.....id rather trash it and grab something else so i can actually enjoy that moment of peace with something that i dont have to struggle with and think about

People who keep trying “on principle”:

[Bijan]

39 minutes ago, mprach024 said:

100% agree here.  I do same thing, got enough drama, don’t need cigar drama

Part of it is superstition/bad luck on my end. A few times I've pitched the cigar, the next one was just as bad or worse... Now I have two bad cigars...

[NSXCIGAR]

2 hours ago, Bijan said:

Still a problem sometimes. Perfecdraw can't solve a real tent peg. It's like boring holes in a piece of solid wood, isn't going to draw properly and burn right.

Edit: Even when it does fix it, usually a cigar that naturally has a good draw to my liking will do better than a perfecdraw fixed cigar. Although I am very grateful for the perfecdraw.

I haven't had a cigar that wasn't salvageable by the PD in months. Maybe one this year? Either way, so few I can't recall. 9/10 times I use the PD I can't detect I used it. The anxiety about tight draws don't even occupy my mind nor do I even take it into consideration when evaluating a cigar anymore. I can happily toss the 1/200 sticks I can't salvage and the rest are fine after a PD ream. 

[mprach024]

1 hour ago, Bijan said:

Part of it is superstition/bad luck on my end. A few times I've pitched the cigar, the next one was just as bad or worse... Now I have two bad cigars...

Reality says, you already had 2 bad cigars!

[Bijan]

16 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

I haven't had a cigar that wasn't salvageable by the PD in months. Maybe one this year? Either way, so few I can't recall. 9/10 times I use the PD I can't detect I used it. The anxiety about tight draws don't even occupy my mind nor do I even take it into consideration when evaluating a cigar anymore. I can happily toss the 1/200 sticks I can't salvage and the rest are fine after a PD ream. 

Very lucky!

Not entirely my experience. I also have very few un salvageable sticks but would say I'm fully satisfied with the draw between half and 3/4 of the time but it depends highly on the specific vitola.

[BlueRidgeFly]

On 6/10/2021 at 4:46 PM, NSXCIGAR said:

I haven't had a cigar that wasn't salvageable by the PD in months. Maybe one this year? Either way, so few I can't recall. 9/10 times I use the PD I can't detect I used it. The anxiety about tight draws don't even occupy my mind nor do I even take it into consideration when evaluating a cigar anymore. I can happily toss the 1/200 sticks I can't salvage and the rest are fine after a PD ream.

Same here. Smoking a BBF right now in fact, nearly plugged and would have been trashed without the PD. Smoking just fine now. I probably use it on 20% of my CCs, usually salvages them.

[SpecialK]

If I’m Not at home and smoking with a friend somewhere else I always bring two... a backup if you will

[smbauerllc]

On 6/11/2021 at 6:46 AM, NSXCIGAR said:

I haven't had a cigar that wasn't salvageable by the PD in months. Maybe one this year? Either way, so few I can't recall. 9/10 times I use the PD I can't detect I used it. The anxiety about tight draws don't even occupy my mind nor do I even take it into consideration when evaluating a cigar anymore. I can happily toss the 1/200 sticks I can't salvage and the rest are fine after a PD ream. 

@NSXCIGAR

Have you ever used the Modus II tool?
Curious how they stack up with tight rolls, as opposed to plugs.

The Modus is great on plugs, but does little for tight rolls

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[NSXCIGAR]

2 hours ago, smbauerllc said:

Have you ever used the Modus II tool?

Many years ago and it didn't seem to help much. The PerfecDraw was a huge improvement and the first tool that actually consistently worked for me. It seems you need something that actually extracts or moves the leaf that's obstructing the draw. The one fin on the Modus really didn't grab anything. The barbs on the PD really grab and latch on. I find if you pull the PD out slowly enough it really drags out big chunks of leaf. 

[smbauerllc]

Many years ago and it didn't seem to help much. The PerfecDraw was a huge improvement and the first tool that actually consistently worked for me. It seems you need something that actually extracts or moves the leaf that's obstructing the draw. The one fin on the Modus really didn't grab anything. The barbs on the PD really grab and latch on. I find if you pull the PD out slowly enough it really drags out big chunks of leaf. 

Will have to consider picking up a perfectdraw.
The Modus works great for plugs for me, but does nothing for easing a tight roll

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