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Old 08-10-2013, 06:45 AM   #2
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Default Re: Had my first experience with Tunneling on a T52.

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Originally Posted by xerais View Post
It was a pretty disappointing way to end my evening. I knew something was wrong a couple of minutes after lighting the cigar. Barely any smoke production, draw was horrible, but the foot of the cigar looked even and fully lit. I let the cigar go out and then clipped off the foot. The very center was totally black and burned a good two inches down. I re-cut it down, re-lit, and unfortunately experienced the same thing.

I know rollers aren't perfect, but this is the first higher end cigar I've had problems with since I got back into smoking on a regular basis. Honestly I think the last cigar I had a tunneling issue with was an Oliva V lancero five years ago.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what specifically causes this kind of burn problem?
I've opened them up before and it's just a hole right down the cigar, usually the center, where the cigar leaves did not appear tightly rolled. I also had a couple of T52's do this but, so far, only experienced it once with a No. 9 and it wasn't bad enough to not recover. It sucks to pay that much for a stick and have that happen.
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