Favorite/Least Favorite Cigar Band

[Skywalker]

There are certain colors that I think work very well on a cigar band. I really like red, green, brown, and gold or any combination of these.

On the other hand, I think there are colors or combination of colors that should not be on a cigar band.

My least favorite color on a cigar band is blue. I don't mind navy blue so much but that indigo blue sucks. Those new blue Gurkha bands look awful to me. I don't care for the CAO Italia band either.

I'm not saying anything about the quality or brand of cigars only the bands.

What is your favorite or least favorite cigar band???

[Bax]

I'm partial to the Opus Band and then the VSG band is cool too.

[icehog3]

I like the La Aroma de Cuba band best of all NC marcas.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by icehog3

I like the La Aroma de Cuba band best of all NC marcas.

forgot about these

[Skywalker]

Really like Cruzado and CAO LX2 bands!!!

[kelmac07]

La Aroma de Cuba the best "sweet pics" & Montecristo the worst "plain jane"

[Skywalker]

Other bands I don't like:
RP Fusion (blue)
RP Double Maduro (sick mint green)!!!

I love Oliva Series bands; O, G, S and V!!!

Playboy (with the bunny) is classy!!!

[Rockestone]

I like the Gran Habano Band. I also like the simple Nub cigar bands.

[taltos]

My favorite band is probably the Masterblends 3 and least favorite the Alex Bradley Pryme band.

[troutbreath]

It varies for me. I like the simplicity of the Tatuaje bands. But I also like the grandeur and complexity of the Opus X bands.

The Gurkha Class Regent and Master's Select bands look pretty sharp, as do the VSG and Padron Anniversary series.



I'm looking at a baggie of bands here on my desk. I have never noticed all of the gold medals on these bands. There are 6 on the RyJ Habana Reserve, 4 on the Fuente, 4 on the LGC Serie R . . . where do they hand all of these out?

[Snake Hips]

Originally Posted by troutbreath

I'm looking at a baggie of bands here on my desk. I have never noticed all of the gold medals on these bands. There are 6 on the RyJ Habana Reserve, 4 on the Fuente, 4 on the LGC Serie R . . . where do they hand all of these out?

If you look at the box art, all of the Cuban marca gold medals were handed out a century or more ago at various world's fairs and such. For example, Romeo y Julieta's boxes have the medals labelled Jerusalem, Melbourne, Paris, Brussels and "Alveres" handed out between 1885 and 1900. H. Upmann has Chicago, London, Paris, Vienna, Moscow, Porto and a bunch from Spain from the late 1800s as well. One of the medals on the Cuban Bolivar band says "Leopold Roi des Belge" in reference to the famous (infamous perhaps) King Leopold of Belgium. Unfortunately the ones on Partagas, Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, Por Larranaga, El Rey del Mundo, Ramon Allones, La Gloria Cubana and Fonseca art and bands are indeterminable or don't say at all. As far as non-Cuban brands like Arturo Fuente and La Aurora, I think the flanking gold medals are part of a generic, classic cigar band design that you see among lots and lots of brands like El Rico Habano, Punch, La Gloria Cubana, La Aurora, Arturo Fuente, Gran Habano and many more I can't think of right now.

As for my favorites and non-favorites, I'm a classicist, so I like the old-school Cubanesque designs, with La Aroma de Cuba [and Edicion Especial] being a favorite as well as La Riqueza, La Aurora, all Cuban Hoyo de Monterrey bands, Cuban H. Upmann (the new colored band), Cuban Punch, Cuban Romeo y Julieta and Cuban Fonseca. I dislike most generic, modernistic and cheap-looking bands. CAO, non-Cuban Dunhill, Arturo Fuente (excepting the Anejo version), Flor de Oliva, Arganese, Taboo, Drew Estates, Buccanero and Rocky Patel are the worst offenders of my taste. Contrary to logic, band art does have an affect on my buying habits. As for contemporary designs, I do have a weakness for the Ashton Magnum, Diamond Crown Maximus, Davidoff, San Cristobal and Tatuaje bands. Some of the Camacho bands are pretty cool too.

[JJG]

The Opus X band is pretty ornate as well as the Casa Fuentes. I've always though HdM and R&J bands are some of my favorite for CCs. A classic look and lots of gold are always impressive. On the other hand, understated bands like Padron, Montecristo, are cool too.

as far as my least favorite?

La Aurora barrel aged are damn ugly, but there are plenty of worse bands out there. I'm just drawing a blank right now.

[sikk50]

My favorites in no order are: Don Arturi Gran Abiverxario, Augusto Reyes City Series, Opus, and DCM

Least favorites: any RP pretty much and Tats

I like extravigent bands for some reason lol

[groogs]

I like the San Cristobal band, and I don't like the most of the RP bands, because they are on RP cigars, same goes for Gurkha.

[troutbreath]

Originally Posted by groogs

I like the San Cristobal band, and I don't like the most of the RP bands, because they are on RP cigars, same goes for Gurkha.

Forgot about this one. Beautiful!

[jjirons69]

CAO America are cool looking bands.

RP Fusion (electric blue) bands are horrible.

I think Partagas bands (round red and gold) exemplify what I see in my mind's eye when someone says cigar bands.

[Ranger_B]

I really like the ESG band its super ornate but not too over the top. I can not stand multi band cigars.

[TripleF]

Fav is clearly the Diamond Crown Maximus. Waaaaaaaaaaaay cool


Least fav belongs to one of my favorite cigars - Reserva Miraflor. Good thing the label doesn't indicate taste

[hotreds]

Originally Posted by TripleF

Fav is clearly the Diamond Crown Maximus. Waaaaaaaaaaaay cool

[WildBlueSooner]

Love the Opus X and Oliva V/O Bands....not a fan of the tats