Tobacco Recommendations on a Budget?
- Thread starter cc532c
- Start date
- Status
Define 'reasonable'. Factors such as location, income, quality of the product, among others impact expenditure.
Simplest answer: buy an OTC or buy Lane's blends in bulk. Assuming you're in the US.
Simplest answer: buy an OTC or buy Lane's blends in bulk. Assuming you're in the US.
Well that depends. If you're talking about bulk versus tin, your value will almost always be better in bulk buys versus tin buys as you're not paying for the additional packaging. As always, you get what you pay for, so typically better tobaccos can cost you a little more. Then it also depends on what your looking for. Do you want English, Virginia, Balkan, Burly, aromatics?
I would highly recommend you to use the tobacco locator on Smoking Pipes website. You can use it to narrow down what you're looking for by family, blender, cut, components, tin/bulk and then you can sort it by price low to high and pick out things you might want. From just the prompt I could throw out any number of blends that are on the "reasonable" price side, but there's no grantee you'll like what I suggest.
I would highly recommend you to use the tobacco locator on Smoking Pipes website. You can use it to narrow down what you're looking for by family, blender, cut, components, tin/bulk and then you can sort it by price low to high and pick out things you might want. From just the prompt I could throw out any number of blends that are on the "reasonable" price side, but there's no grantee you'll like what I suggest.
Grand Croupier Has some bargain bulk blends, like ~$15 per pound. “Boneyard” gets good reviews, but it’s a mystery mix of various left-over English blends from what I’ve read.
I put up a thread asking about it but since I didn’t get any responses I’m guessing it’s relatively unheard of / no one has sampled it. I’m going to grab a 4oz sample with my next order from SPC.
I put up a thread asking about it but since I didn’t get any responses I’m guessing it’s relatively unheard of / no one has sampled it. I’m going to grab a 4oz sample with my next order from SPC.
What do you like to smoke? And, as Olkofri asked, what is "reasonable"?
Here's some of my faves, and prices at P&C.
Lane Ready Rubbed is a top notch burley, and is $5.23 for a 1.5 oz pouch.
For a straight Virginia flake, Sutliff Virginia Slices is excellent, and 2 ounces would cost you $5.
PS Natural Dutch Cavendish is a very nice all day sort of smoke, and 2 ounces is $4.44.
If you want a latakia blend, PS Proper English is a good choice, and will set you back $5.12 for 2 oz.
All of these are regulars in my rotation.
Lane, Sutliff, and Stokkebye all have loads of aros, if that's what floats your boat. I don't smoke those, so I will not recommend any.
Here's some of my faves, and prices at P&C.
Lane Ready Rubbed is a top notch burley, and is $5.23 for a 1.5 oz pouch.
For a straight Virginia flake, Sutliff Virginia Slices is excellent, and 2 ounces would cost you $5.
PS Natural Dutch Cavendish is a very nice all day sort of smoke, and 2 ounces is $4.44.
If you want a latakia blend, PS Proper English is a good choice, and will set you back $5.12 for 2 oz.
All of these are regulars in my rotation.
Lane, Sutliff, and Stokkebye all have loads of aros, if that's what floats your boat. I don't smoke those, so I will not recommend any.
I recommend you to buy E-cigarettes. Because it is tobacco and also healthy to use. You can get one from ECig-City Coupons. there is a huge collection of E-cigarette and vape. you can easily find one at an affordable price.
Well, I know that! but I thought that recommendation for e-cig may be useful for him.
Because from the comment it is clear that he wanted to gift pipe to someone. That's why I mentioned it.
+1 for Lane and Stokkebye. Their bulk prices are quite reasonable, even though I know that’s subjective. Between those two brands I’d be shocked if you didn’t find 2 or 3 blends that you very much enjoy. You can’t go wrong trying an English, a Virginia or VaPer, and maybe an aromatic that sounds tasty to you. And speaking of bulk, Gawith Hoggarth have some downright excellent bulk blends but they are frequently out of stock, and seem to be up closer to normal retail tin prices like $10 per 2 oz. or thereabouts.
- Status