Where do you get your info/reviews

[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".