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Porch Dweller · 02-13-2013, 10:00 PM

For $35 it's a really good deal. You're getting a variety of pretty good cigars for a really cheap price. The Cohiba itself is a $10 cigar (overpriced, IMNSHO, but that's a different story).

I order quite a bit of samplers from CI and from FSS. Through them I've discovered some of my favorite smokes. My best advice when it comes to samplers is to look up the individual cigars to see what kind of a deal you're getting. Also, generally speaking, avoid samplers that feature a large number of cigars. I've seen ones that have 40-90 cigars in them and a lot - a rather large lot - of that number are not good.

One I've ordered recently that I enjoyed quite a bit was CI's "CI Sizzler Sampler #9". For $39.99 there were some damned tasty smokes in there.

Both FSS and CI have samplers that go by tastes and regions; FSS has a crapload, actually. So if you want to try just Nicaraguan smokes, or Dominicans, or milds, or full-strengths, you have a lot of options. Some of my favorite smokes - Genesis The Project, Casa Magna Oscuro, AF Hemingway Short Story, CAO Brazilia, RP Renaissance, Pinar Del Rio Oscuro, Perdomo Lot 23 - I discovered through samplers.

02-13-2013, 10:00 PM	#4
Porch Dweller Life is for living Join Date: Oct 2012 First Name: James Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 8,565 Trading: (24)	Re: Well, What do you know about these cigars? For $35 it's a really good deal. You're getting a variety of pretty good cigars for a really cheap price. The Cohiba itself is a $10 cigar (overpriced, IMNSHO, but that's a different story). I order quite a bit of samplers from CI and from FSS. Through them I've discovered some of my favorite smokes. My best advice when it comes to samplers is to look up the individual cigars to see what kind of a deal you're getting. Also, generally speaking, avoid samplers that feature a large number of cigars. I've seen ones that have 40-90 cigars in them and a lot - a rather large lot - of that number are not good. One I've ordered recently that I enjoyed quite a bit was CI's "CI Sizzler Sampler #9". For $39.99 there were some damned tasty smokes in there. Both FSS and CI have samplers that go by tastes and regions; FSS has a crapload, actually. So if you want to try just Nicaraguan smokes, or Dominicans, or milds, or full-strengths, you have a lot of options. Some of my favorite smokes - Genesis The Project, Casa Magna Oscuro, AF Hemingway Short Story, CAO Brazilia, RP Renaissance, Pinar Del Rio Oscuro, Perdomo Lot 23 - I discovered through samplers.