Pipe Smoke vs Cigar Smoke Quantity?

[Pappy Coon]

I've been smoking cigars for over 30 years. Should I expect to get the same dense smoke from a pipe that I get from a cigar? I seem to get that heavy smoke when I first light the pipe but then it dwindles down to less than a cigarette. Are there different tobaccos that produce more smoke than others?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

To maximize flavour with both cigars and pipes, it’s best not to overheat the tobacco; clouds are not ideal—wisps are better, especially with pipe tobacco.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Your not going to get the same smoke volume from a pipe as you do a cigar. The draught hole in a pipe is 3 to 4 mm. The ring gage on a cigar varies from .30 to .60 inches. However, I find the volume and quality of smoke from a pipe more satisfying.

 

[Bbailey324]

Pipes are best sipped and savored. I do get more smoke from a cigar, were I to puff that much on a pipe it would get hot and lose flavor.

 

[serpentx]

Blends with cavendish seem to produce a fuller bodied smoke, although I agree with the chorus here, wisps are better than clouds

 

[proteus]

Just like smoking meat...less is more. If you smoke meat with billowing clouds of thick smoke the meat will be ruined. Thin wisps of cool smoke make the most flavor. Just enough. Not too much.

 

[andrew]

Like you can get huge clouds of smoke from a pipe, but you'll scorch your mouth badly from puffing that hard. I smoke pipes and cigars, you won't get the smoke output from a pipe if you smoke it properly

 

[Waning Embers]

To maximize flavour with both cigars and pipes, it’s best not to overheat the tobacco; clouds are not ideal—wisps are better, especially with pipe tobacco.

Yep, wisps for both.

 

[OzPiper]

To maximize flavour with both cigars and pipes, it’s best not to overheat the tobacco; clouds are not ideal—wisps are better, especially with pipe tobacco.

I came back to pipes after years of smoking cigars exclusively.
Despite repeating the above mantra to myself (and others), I find I need to reassure myself that the pipe is still lit by producing the occasional billow of smoke
Somehow thins wisps of smoke doesn't seem as satisfying

 

[kcghost]

You want wisps of smoke from a pipe unless you have a cast iron mouth.

 

[Coreios]

I also went to pipe from cigars. Smoke the pipe for a few months and slow down Then smoke a cigar. It'll be a way better cigar!

 

[AroEnglish]

Side question: Does anyone have an article that details the differences and similarities between pipe tobacco and cigar tobacco?

 

[bullet08]

Wet pine needles cause a lot of smoke. But who wants to smoke that?

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I came back to pipes after years of smoking cigars exclusively.
Despite repeating the above mantra to myself (and others), I find I need to reassure myself that the pipe is still lit by producing the occasional billow of smoke
Somehow thins wisps of smoke doesn't seem as satisfying

Sometimes not even occasional, haha - a good billow now and then keeps the bugs away!