Smoking Time Fail.

[Doctorossi]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. You might want to try my approach- I always carry two lighters, as I fear running out of fluid halfway through a light and ruining the burn-line in the time it takes to go dig another lighter out.

Meanwhile, while I'm not much of a maduro guy, I echo the comments about the 858 maduro being the way to go.

Here's an opinion to chew on: the 858 may be my favorite cigar that I never buy any more.

Make of that what you will.

[Vigiles]

Thats a sad story brother, hopefully your next smoke makes up for it!

Sorry to hear about that. Hope the laptop wasn't damaged by the rain. Only incident I've had a few times was laying a cigar down for a moment and the wind blowing it off of what it was sitting on. Usually no harm. Worse one was I had a Montecristo White Toro that I had just lit. Set it down for a second at work and the wind blew it off the ledge, landed foot first on the sidewalk. Split the foot open and pretty much ruined the smoke. I even cut about 2 inches off of it to try and save it, but it was ruined.

[markem]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. You might want to try my approach- I always carry two lighters, as I fear running out of fluid halfway through a light and ruining the burn-line in the time it takes to go dig another lighter out.

I used to do that, now I use a lighter with a clear tank. I don't use this specific model, but here is a link to a butane torch lighter for $2.78 including shipping. I bought 10 of the model like this one (but flame coming out of the top, not at an angle) last year, expecting them to be short lived, but they are surprisingly sturdy.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1320

I've given most of mine away and several locals use theirs as their primary lighter as do I.

late breaking news: found the one that I use: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4179

[weak_link]

Originally Posted by markem

late breaking news: found the one that I use: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4179

Those are the best lighters I've ever used. Sad when the expensive and fancy looking ones sit in a box while the $3.00 jobbies get all the action. Bottom line: they work when you push the button. That's hard to beat.