When smoking at the local b&m - I always remove the band.
Last week, before I lit up my "carry in" cigar, the owner offered me a CAO LX2. I put way my unbanded cigar and smoked the proffered one.
Fast forward one week.
I'm smoking the unbanded robusto - but don't remember whether it was a Mag46, or Epi#1 or RGCE. Smoking it I figured it to be the Epi, but I'll have to comparison test.
Looking for some suggestions ... what option do you folks use to identify unbanded cigars?