Where do you get your info/reviews

[Hardheaded]

Sadly for reviews a Google search is often the best choice. Cigar reviews tend to be scattered among multiple sites, blogs and forums. Usually you can find one reviewer that matches what you like in a cigar profile and go from there for suggestions.

Or in the case of some newer cigars not find anything at all.

[garublador]

Sadly for reviews a Google search is often the best choice. Cigar reviews tend to be scattered among multiple sites, blogs and forums. Usually you can find one reviewer that matches what you like in a cigar profile and go from there for suggestions.

Or in the case of some newer cigars not find anything at all.

That's what I do. There's usually only a couple different blogs that post anything useful and it's just easier to figure out which cigars they've reviewed through Google than it is by searching their blogs individually.

I look on here (or Puff before) as well. I've found that my experience usually matches the reviews @Laynard does really well so his are the first ones I look for.

[herman]

here, halfwheel, and sethshumidor seem to taste what i taste

[Laynard]

I wait for our members here to put up there reviews. Very adept group here especially @Laynard .

That's what I do. There's usually only a couple different blogs that post anything useful and it's just easier to figure out which cigars they've reviewed through Google than it is by searching their blogs individually.

I look on here (or Puff before) as well. I've found that my experience usually matches the reviews @Laynard does really well so his are the first ones I look for.

Geez guys, you're making me blush. Well, you'll be happy to hear that since I have reposted nearly all the old reviews, I'll be coming out with some new content. Padilla is up first, then Crowned Heads, followed by Padron.

[Laynard]

Geez guys, you're making me blush. Well, you'll be happy to hear that since I have reposted nearly all the old reviews, I'll be coming out with some new content. Padilla is up first, then Crowned Heads, followed by Padron.

Oops...I still have some PDRs to reload and a batch of Diesels...hmmm, there doesn't seem to be an award for Diesel @Herf N Turf (hint, hint, wink, wink)

[CamoSutra]

Cigar Aficionado is good, as long as you're interested in the cigars they review and rate highly. But a lot of those cigars are Cubans (which I don't buy), and others are frankly out of my usual price range. With many of CA's highly-rated cigars, I might buy a single or two occasionally at the B&M, but generally not a five-pack or box; and I smoke often enough to make box-purchases of my affordable favorites worthwhile. What I hate is to see one my favorites reviewed and rated lower than something else I've tried and didn't care for; so I look for new-to-me cigars that are highly rated, and try to ignore what CA says about the ones I already know I like.

I read CA more for the cover story and some of the articles, same as I used to do with Playboy (cough, cough). And it's one of the few magazines I read where I don't pay much attention to the ads, because I'm not in their obvious target demographic.

Forgot to include this originally: unless an online retailer specifically mentions Cigar Aficionado, the rating they mention almost certainly isn't CA's. Most of the time, it's either based on customer reviews, sales figures or their in-house "experts".