Quote Originally Posted by herman View Post
...it takes like 2 hours for me to smoke a cigar. How hard would it be to jot a name and description down?
It's even easier with a smartphone. Just type into a note app.
Well that's the thing; I'm never just sitting around for 2 hours to smoke a cigar... don't know if I could do it - can't sit still that long without getting bored with it. If I have a cigar I'm either driving, walking, hunting, mowing, working on something, maybe even talking to someone. I'm not at a desk and I usually have my hands full (or dirty) so just jotting a few things down is a real PIA - dangerous even in the case of driving.

Random but...
I never like any cigar at first light. Always takes at least 1/2" in for me to even begin to appreciate the stick
For that matter, I never like the first bowl of a new pipe tobacco either.
If a cigar has me impressed by around the half-way mark, I take the band off and put it in my pocket.
If the stick then starts to get nasty or fall apart or whatnot, the band comes out of the pocket and goes in the trash.
If I am impressed all the way thru to the end, the band goes into the Corner of Honor in the humidor.
I almost always buy a 5 pack so a particular vitola has 5 chances to end up in the Corner of Honor.
If there's a chance of wrapper confusion, I do jot the wrapper type on the back of the band.