A Quick Cigar Smoker Census, Among Pipers

[doctorbob]

2-3 a year, curated by a good friend. I really know nothing about cigars so a guide is a must.
Doc

 

[daveinlax]

I smoke 5 to 8 large hand Rolled Cigars a week. I like mild to medium cigars at least 6x50 and larger. I love smoking cigars when I'm out and about and on my long daily commute. I smoke my pipe at home and to most of the world I'm a Cigar Smoker and they don't have any idea about the pipe collection! 8O

 

[rmpeeps]

Since early in 2012 I’ve had about 3 cigars a year. For 15 years before that I averaged 1 per day.

I’m still sitting on a few boxes of favorites, it’s just hard to let them go. For me the go-to cigar was a Punch SS #2.

 

[mso489]

When I smoked more cigars, I preferred Dominicans. When I could get Cubans, on travel status in Canada, I still preferred Dominicans, though perhaps it was because I had a wider choice of them. But I wasn't fussy. Sometimes a newsstand cigar (not premium) tastes pretty good.

 

[warren]

More in summer than in winter. I can only do justice to a pig on the fire without a cigar going at the same time. So, maybe ... at most, a hundred plus/minus in a years time.

 

[jazz]

Good cigars are prohibitively expensive in the UK. Well, as far as I'm concerned anyway and when I was in Cuba nearly 10 years ago I found I had expensive taste in them so this means I rarely smoke them. I may burn 4 a year. If I were a wealthier chap I would almost certainly smoke more but I would still be a pipe man primarily. I'm sure of that.

 

[sallow]

I keep a dozen or so stocked in a mason jar.
During the summer one every two weeks or so, while grilling or drinking. I like the short 60 gauge.

 

[craiginthecorn]

Maybe one every couple of months. I have a dozen or so in my humidified locker at the tobacco shop.

 

[gecko13]

I probably smoke 3-4 cigars a week, and have about 600 in my humidors.

 

[saltedplug]

I like cigars but only smoke them due to cost. $5 is my minimum buy while 50 cents gets me a bowl of pipe tobacco.

 

[skydog]

I range from 2-3 a week to 1 every few months. I used to smoke at least 1 a day but enjoy a pipe much more nowadays. I still have a small collection in my humidor but it pales in comparison to my pipe tobacco cellar now ::

 

[philobeddoe]

I keep a small humidor with 25-30 cigars in it and I smoke maybe 40 per year, mostly in the summer, they seem to taste better with the summer heat.

 

[d4k23]

For the last 7 years, I would smoke 1-2 a month, before that 1 every other day through college and a little after (before kids). After starting pipes 6 months ago I've smoked 1 or two.
Kudos to the Oliva Maduros (Serie V), one of my favorite cigars. Those and Padrons were always my favorites.
And might I also say some of y'all have a lot of extra time, or awesome jobs, that you have time to smoke so much! Very jealous!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

There is one cigar that I would smoke on a regular basis if I could get them. That cigar is the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Lanceros.

Im a Cameroon connoisseur.. and thats one Ive never been able to get a hold of. Many of the Don Carlos line are the measuring sticks for me. Just last week I had one of the recently released Eye of the Sharks.. I would have completely missed out but the owner of the store knows I love them and saved one for me. Woof.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

Interesting to see how many cigar smokers there are. For me, it's not much different than a pipe in that I don't inhale, so I never feel guilty with one. I tend to get some nice flavour out of the cigars I smoke, but I'm down to pretty much one brand. There's just something about Bolivar (Cuba) that I love. It starts out so different from where it ends that I feel like I get 2-3 cigars in one. In Brazil, they make a good cigar called Dona Flor (Selecao) that is worth a try. I think it is available in the U.S. for a reasonable price and it was designed by a very, very famous Cuban who helped put them on the map.
I usually pick up Bolivars in Germany, because outside of Cuba, they are less expensive there than anywhere else I visit. Some EU countries seem to charge a fortune, and I can't understand why Germans get them so cheap?
I only get in one or two a month. One a day in Brazil if my pipe tobacco hits a snag at the border.
There is a very good cigar store in Victoria, B.C. Canada. It's on Fort street. The guy there stocks some interesting cigars, and he specializes in rarities. Unfortunately, you have to spend in Canadian prices, which tacks on an extra few hundred a box. I once bought the Russian edition of Bolivar -they make special cigars for select countries- and it laid me out. Seemed like it was about a foot and a half long and I couldn't help feeling like it was marketed to gangsters or oligarchs. I am neither, especially by cigar standards.
I don't remember exactly what I paid, but it was somewhere around double the usual price for a cigar, maybe a bit more. In Canada, it was a one off for me. Also bought the Brazilian edition when I was in Brazil (at a hugely inflated price, but just to try), and honestly, I think their humidor was a bit off and I didn't enjoy it. Bought from a well known tobacconist there. Meh. Maybe it was how it was supposed to be, but it didn't have the same flavour.
But, the point here is that if anyone here likes full flavoured pipe tobacco with a bit of spice, if you can get your hands on a Bolivar, I think you will find it money well spent. The Royal Corona is their flagship, but the tubos #1 is pretty solid. It has an interesting flavour, especially picking up around the last third. Beware of counterfeits though. In Germany, I think it is very rare and you can always check the barcode online if you buy a whole box. But elsewhere, I'd be careful who you buy from.
Cigrmaster- I'm guessing you have tried the Royal Corona. Didn't you find it to have a whack of flavour that kept changing? For me, it consistently delivers a pretty unique smoke in that way.

 

[mikefu]

I smoke one per year, on average. I have a friend who always comes up with a Romeo y Julieta or two from Cuba or sometimes a La Gloria and if he offers, I accept! But I really don’t enjoy them like I enjoy a pipe.

 

[jvnshr]

I visit local cigar lounge once (sometimes twice) in a month and smoke one there alone if not with a friend. I also smoke 1-2 cigars per week (usually on the weekends) at home if there is nobody around. I smoke more in summer than winter as some of you guys have mentioned above.

 

[davet]

Only three or four a year for me, but they're usually these Cubans

 

[Civil War]

Daily. I enjoy both and find it is easier to smoke a cigar on my walks than a pipe. I enjoy a pipe when I can sit down.

 

[tslex]

Cigars often work better at the range, so maybe one a week or so.