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My recommendation would be to buy individual brands/blends only in very minimal (ie. one or two sticks) quantities, so that you can maximize the breadth of your selection. You'll be glad later, when that one you were 50/50 on catches you by delicious surprise and when the one that looked so fantastic disappoints you and you realize that you've escaped the burden of a whole box of them.

Be careful not to write off an entire line on your experience with a single size or wrapper type. If the flavor is completely wrong for you or the performance is poor, that's one thing, but you might be surprised at how many brands feature a size that's just so-so, right next to a not-that-different size that's spectacular. Seemingly subtle distinctions can mean the world.

When you do put together a short-list of favorites from your shotgun explorations, you can try different sizes and wrappers within those brands to really wrap your mind around the blends and hone in on your favorites.