Cigar Humidor & More

With all of the options available for your favorite cigars. A important accessory to make sure to have in your collection is your lighter. To buy lighters that are specifically for cigars, you don’t want to use your typical bic, or zippo, you will want to research what is best for you.  When lighting a cigar, you need to make sure that it is a butane lighter.  You don’t want to use any other type of fuel, because even when just lighting the cigar, you will taste the fuel when you are smoking the cigar.  Butane does not have that taste or smell that will ruin a cigar. Your goal is light the end as evenly as possible. When lighting the cigar, it is best when you apply as little of the flame to the end of the cigar as possible. This will prevent the tobacco from getting carbonized or charred and imparting an unpleasant taste unto it. To do this, hold the flame about 2 inches away from the cigar, and slowly draw long puffs of air through the cigar. The flame should jump up to the cigar. With each new puff, rotate the cigar about a quarter of a turn. Continue this for 4-5 puffs and then inspect your work. If there is a tiny unlit spot, you can blow on it to accelerate the glowing coal to drift over to it. Then, take 1 or 2 slow and steady puffs. Then leave the cigar alone for about 2 minutes, as the first 1/8th to 3/16th of ash builds. This information on lighting your cigars properly, will help you buy lighters that are suitable for your cigar smoking needs.

I have been a long time smoker of white owl cigars and recently have been online to see if I could find them for less than what I get them for locally. Just by searching, I came across many reviews of the White Owl Cigars that just tore the brand apart.  I may not be a cigar snob, but I think that many of these people are over reacting.  My favorite is the Ranger, which is a longer machine made cigar, I think the ring size is 6 x 34.  It has a natural tobacco flavor, with mixed fillers and is a very mild cigar. I typically smoke about 3-4 cigars a day, so I don’t want to spend the money on premium cigars, for many reasons.  Premium cigars tend to be a bit to strong for me, they take forever just to finish one, and they are ridiculously expensive.  Call me cheap, but when you smoke so many a day, the cost of getting premium cigars would be out of my budget.  I have never come across any problems with the boxes I have bought. They are always fresh and a great everyday smoke. I have read many reviews on the other flavors of the White Owl Cigars, like pineapple and grape, and all of them are negative.  It may just be that the cigar is flavored in the first place. When I was young, I adventured out to flavored cigars, but they never were as good as a plain tobacco flavored cigar.  I am not a big fan of sweets, so I have stayed away from the grapes and pineapples since then.  I will continue to smoke my White Owl Cigars on a daily basis, and I recommend them to anyone who wants a mild, everyday smoke.