Tobaccoreviews.com - What A Joke

[wyfbane]

I will have to do that. (Favoriting certain folks)
Til now I have just scrolled down to see if people I know had reviewed them.

 

[disinformatique]

I am a frequent visitor to the website, I've come across some crazy reviews, but as all things online I take it with a pinch of salt. I do my research and then go for the tobacco. I have written 2-3 reviews on the site till date and you will find my honest first impression on the blend as I am a relatively new smoker and dont have the knowledge or the palate to do a detailed technical review. My reviews are under the name The Pipe Monk.

 

[cobguy]

Another function I like using at TR is the advanced search.
Under the Search tab, click the link to "show more search fields".
You can search by many different variables including "by reviewer".

 

[curl]

I'm still pretty new at this pipe smoking thing, so I use the review site mostly as a database to look for blends I'm likely to enjoy. And I'm likely to enjoy blends that most other pipers like best. When I search, I usually filter by highly recommended and with over 50 reviews. I'm ambivalent about the actual reviews. If over a 100 people highly recommend a blend, I'll give it a try.

 

[oldtoby]

@Mr. Lowercase, delivers what?
For someone to post that many in the UK (and the US) go "against the grain in all they do" is totally biased and unfair. Cannon Plug is pretty popular with many there and here. Sure, he's supposedly reviewed 1000+ blends, but this is just wrong. Not a very helpful review, imo.

 

[misterlowercase]

Pipestud always delivers an entertaining read and I've found him to be a reliable source for denoting if a baccy has proper strength - alot of reviewers use the word "strong" but are off the mark, I also seem to enjoy many of the flavor profiles he likes too, I enjoy scented/cased stuff and I can rely on him to steer me right, as with Hastings for example, but with the Cannon it was the "strange mood" written bit that I enjoyed, and although I do like some of the Lakeland scents, some of them are just too strange/odd/offputting olde worlde snuff flavours which I'd rather avoid...
...his review was actually mild in tone compared to some of the others.
And he's not infallible of course,

how could he write this about my wonderful Warrior Plug?!?!?!?

"Yikes! - I can see why balding men like this tobacco. It puts hair everywhere. Strong and very harsh Virginia leaf plastered my palate and the added casing (no clue what it is), wouldn't even come off my tooth brush. I do thank the fellow tobaccoreviews.com reviewer who gifted me a couple of bowls of Warrior Plug but I do ask gently that he doesn't send me any more."

There's no such thing as right or wrong in a subjective review.
All our tastes differ and that's why TR is only a rough guide,

what C&D said was 100% on the mark:

It's like anything worthwhile on the web, a valuable tool dependent on the effort YOU put into using it.

 

[mortonbriar]

Entertaining thread!

I have not really read the actual reviews too much, i more just use it for the statistics...so when i am looking for a list of recommended straight Virginia flakes, i do a search for that and sort by number of reviews. Its no guarantee that the tobacco is to my liking but at least I can see it is tested by many and given an average rating. SG full virginia flake comes out with 450 reviews and an average rating of 3.5, thats a pretty easy way for me to decide its worth a try...

I also find it handy to be able to exclude perique in my searches, since the pepper does not seem to agree with me, or I to it.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I agree those posts of, "I'm an English smoker so this aromatic was freakin' terrible." are pretty pointless. Not many people on that site actually review blends for what they are. I will say mortonbriar is right though, it is good to see how many reviews and how many stars a blend has to get a good idea if that Va or VaPer etc. is worth buying a tin to try.