I've smoked most of these or still have in my fridgeador from previous deals. The Amati is super basic everyday type of stick. Nothing really wow in this bunch but for $2 a stick and a free humidor it's a good deal. Mind you, the humidor and others like these aren't the best, you'll want to season it and you may have humidity issues because these don't always seal tight. I recommend keeping your sticks in the cellophane if using this humidor and get a boveda pack of 75
those cigars all are terrible. the La Palina, Ramon Bueso and CAO are the only "decent" ones in the group. And the humidor def sucks, im 100% sure it'll never seal well and give you more headaches.
I think I did this deal when I was just starting out and still had the mindset that more cigars is always better. I was wrong. There isn't a cigar in that group that I would pick out to smoke these days. The humidor is probably worth about $15. I got lucky and have had a really good seal on mine, and use it to this day to store some of my less exciting smokes. The rest are in boxes or organized in a wineador.
As to humidification, you'll want to season it for sure, and I also very strongly recommend using 65 or 69% packs once seasoned. I started out with 72's and it was way too high. A 75% pack, to me, would be more useful for seasoning, but I'd yank anything that humid out the second I got the humidor prepped.
If this is your intro to cigars, it's a marginal deal. Now that I'm a bit snobbier about it, I find myself gravitating towards smokes that are in the $5-6/stick range (or up) and the quality difference is so substantially better that I can't bring myself to drop down to dog rocket status.
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I've smoked most of these or still have in my fridgeador from previous deals. The Amati is super basic everyday type of stick. Nothing really wow in this bunch but for $2 a stick and a free humidor it's a good deal. Mind you, the humidor and others like these aren't the best, you'll want to season it and you may have humidity issues because these don't always seal tight. I recommend keeping your sticks in the cellophane if using this humidor and get a boveda pack of 75
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As to humidification, you'll want to season it for sure, and I also very strongly recommend using 65 or 69% packs once seasoned. I started out with 72's and it was way too high. A 75% pack, to me, would be more useful for seasoning, but I'd yank anything that humid out the second I got the humidor prepped.
If this is your intro to cigars, it's a marginal deal. Now that I'm a bit snobbier about it, I find myself gravitating towards smokes that are in the $5-6/stick range (or up) and the quality difference is so substantially better that I can't bring myself to drop down to dog rocket status.
Shipping kills this deal. Otherwise, everything else was very good.
EDIT: How on earth did they initially price their 10 cigars as $159?!