Well after about a 5 month hibernation period, I awoke one of this bad boys. It was an okay looking smoke, dark and wierd looking. I love torprdos and belicosos but this shape is wierd. I clipped the end and dry smoked it for a while, not too bad. I finaly lit the sucker and it was pretty good, the strength was better than expected and had good flavors. But then it began too burn wierd and inconsistent, not enough smoke, I had to puf and puf befor I could get a good toke. Mid way through it began to burn hot, even holding it was burning my fingers, the taste was good though, the strength kept up and the flavor was still there. In the end I have to attribute the poor burn and inconsistency to the shape, perhaps a corona or robusto of this same kind would be alot better, Over all the smoke had good flavors and was strong enough, not full bodied but in between med-to-full. Try the Indian tabac maduros if you have the chance just not this shape!!!