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goldengoose7 Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 11:36 AM EST
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I bought a box of these from CBID for 40 bucks a few weeks ago and am smoking my first on e as I write this.

I am very impressed with the smoke for the $$. Since CBid offers these so often, I figured it couldn't hurt to sing their praises a bit on the ol forum. Anyone else have any thoughts on this one?
maggiepond Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 11:50 AM EST
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not too crazy about them. the draw a bit of a fight and the taste just nothing to write home about. i have four in my humi if you would like. they are figurados, 54 ring 6 long.
goldengoose7 Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 11:54 AM EST
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Really? The draw was one of the most impressive parts about the one I just smoked.

like smoking through a straw actually. almost too easy for a wide ring gar, but all in all a very good smoke.

This one got a 2 inch ash on it twice as well. Guess they must vary. Hope the rest of my box is more like mine and not like yours! ;o)

Cheers.
ducati996 Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 2:45 PM EST
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I have noticed there seem to be two types of 5 Vegas': very good ones...and VERY bad ones. Lately I have received bad ones that have a more greenish wrapper. I prefer the darker sumatra wrapper. Let me know when CI gets more of the darker wrapper torps.
goldengoose7 Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 4:44 PM EST
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I won these about two week ago and the whole box looks the same as the one I smoked today.
ceo Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 4:58 PM EST
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5 vegas are worth every penny and they only get better with age. I have a box of dbl coronas that I have been working on for three years and they have turned out to be a great smoke. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Danno114 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 5:16 PM EST
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Do they make 'em in maduro?
goldengoose7 Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 5:29 PM EST
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I am partial to Maduros myself, and I don't know if they make these in that wrapper. I have not seen any on the site. I have to say though the wrapper used on the ones I have is a nice dark, oily cameroon that looks and tastes really good.
goldengoose7 Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 5:30 PM EST
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Hmmm...One second glance, maybe its a Sumatra wrapper I have here...either way, very nice indeed.
rayder1 Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Aug 1 2002, 9:48 PM EST
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I have a few 5 Vegas Pyramides that are just taking up room in the humidor. Anyone want 'em? Wrong forum but I'll trade 'em. These seemed to really load up the longer I smoked them, probably due to the tapered shape. I just couldn't find the enjoyment in these. I'll probably bid on some torpedos and give them a shot. the pyramides had potential, just not for me.
maggiepond Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 2:02 AM EST
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rayder, thaqts exactly how i felt about these 5 vegas, just nothin to write home about when there are sooo many great smokes out there. goldengoose, let me know if you want these babies.
ducati996 Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 2:40 AM EST
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What I meant about the wrappers was one 5-pack would have the good wrappers and the later 5-pack was terrible. But the "good" 5 Vegas" was excellent, one of my top 10.
goldengoose7 Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 5:48 AM EST
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The Torpedo received a 90 on CA's ratings section, and the user input was equally high. Thats what prompted me to bid on them in the first place and I have found them to be well within that range.

I just smoked a second one from my box of 20 and it was just as good as the first.
mhollowa Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 7:15 AM EST
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I won a box of churchills @ $1 each about eight months ago and have three left. I thought I would eventually take to 'em because there was nothing bad about 'em. But I never did. I think that's because there is nothing good about them. That's a shame because they can be picked up for a good price. Maybe the other shapes bring more to the table. I'll trade them for other shapes.(Yeah, I see Slim in the catbird's seat).
goldengoose7 Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 7:37 AM EST
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I can only comment on the Torpedo, and that one is definitely a bargain at 40 bucks a box.

The 90 rating CBID refers to in all their 5 Vegas auctions is for the Torpedo I believe. With so many other brands in my humidors, I don't plan to try any other shapes from this brand, but I might very well get another box of the torpedos when these are gone. However, since I am planning to age these for a spell, that will be a long time from now, so by all means, bid away! :o)
jazzman Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 8:10 AM EST
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rayder1, what do you want for the pyramides? [email protected]
rayder1 Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 9:34 AM EST
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Response sent.
mmay Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 5:45 PM EST
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goose, I have tried the 5 Vegas coronas and the pyramides and the draw was consistently so tight I could not smoke them. They became mulch after a year or so. But the torpedos are IMHO very good and very consistent. I have a full box that has been resting for about a year, so tomorrows golf sounds like a good time to break out a couple. Before they were "discovered" again a few months ago they sold for less, but still good at $40.
GetYourOwn Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Aug 2 2002, 6:43 PM EST
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I have been smoking them for years. The torps, coronas and Churchills. Never had a tight draw or any problems. The Vintage Selection is even better, they come in a nice red box that looks too good to throw out when it is empty.
Dang prices will go up again! Can't you guys stop writing good reviews about my cigars.
goldengoose7 Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Aug 3 2002, 1:17 PM EST
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Sorry about that chief! ;o)

I figured that since CBID sells these so often it couldn't hurt to talk them up a bit. I still wrestle with that fine line between getting a good deal/wanting to keep a great smoke a secret and helping to support our good friends at CBID with some positive word of mouth.
aberdeen Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Aug 3 2002, 6:23 PM EST
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I have smoked about every type of this brand as well, and I did find the pyramides to be the most problematic with the draw, which should be obvious by just looking at it, it has to be rolled near perfect for the draw to work. I thought the vintage line too weak for my taste. But when I first started smoking these they tasted like a terrible cigarette. These must be aged!! As now the ones I smoke have an average of 2 to 3 years of aging on them, and their flavor is always consistent and very nice. It's really an easy cigar to enjoy. I did a test with the first box I won, and naturally it also depends how long they were aged before they went to market, but I smoked one of these very two weeks and the taste really didn't get refined until 6 months, and even better by the time I finished the box. It really is amazing how a cigar can taste just so terrible and then taste so much better after aging. Some cigars like Macanudo aging really won't make a heck of a difference, but with 5 Vegas it's a must.
calavera Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Aug 3 2002, 6:46 PM EST
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I think that aberdeen nailed it right on the head. My first 5 Vegas were a five pack of panatelas that I won here for 5 bucks. The cello on them were incredibly yellow, indicating to me that they had at least a little age on them. They were great. Picked up a box for 21 bucks, and the cellos were perfectly clear. They were not nearly as good as the five pack. Put them away, and now 4 months later they are starting to get the same flavour as the aged ones. Another 8 months or so and they will be perfection.
goldengoose7 Offline
#23 Posted: Sat, Aug 3 2002, 8:05 PM EST
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Interesting...The celllo on my box of torps was VERY yellow. Probably why I liked the two I smoked so much practically out of the box.

I took akk the rest out of the cello and have them in one half of one of my 120 capacity humidors where I plan to keep them for at least 6 months or longer. I bet they will be really good by then!
jd1 Offline
#24 Posted: Sat, Aug 3 2002, 10:53 PM EST
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I've got a box of the torps with a little over a year's age on it; not sure what I paid on Cbid, but it was definitely a deal; I've smoked all but two of the loose ones I have and they've had smoked great; not as full-bodied as I like but a good change of pace; good nutty taste but I've only smoked the torps; the rest I don't like. Checked the box of torps and all the cello is yellow, so I think I'll pull them into the rotation.
cruiser Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Aug 4 2002, 2:56 AM EST
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I digged one out and smoked one yesterday because of all the talking,IMO nice draw med to strong gar,however you can have a hard draw if you cut to far at the end,so what I to if the cut is hard I just cut another half inch.IMO the ends of some torpdos generaly are very tight, so you have to cut further in to get a good draw!Amen
Slimboli Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Aug 5 2002, 12:46 PM EST
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Regardless of what anyone says ... at one time (and may still be) 5 Vegas is Cigarinternational's best selling cigar.

There has to be a reason ...
goldengoose7 Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, Aug 14 2002, 12:02 PM EST
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Just wanted to BUMP this and mention that CBID has posted 8 boxes of these bad boys today!

Happy bidding! :o)
Fubar69 Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Aug 15 2002, 6:49 AM EST
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There are two different types? of 5 Vegas cigars. There was the "Vintage 5 Vegas" that CI had advertised in a (it looks like) Christmas catolog that I still have. It had a "Brazillian wrapper" purported to be "milder and sweeter then the regular 5 Vegas line." They were going for about $25 per box.

Then there was the "regular" 5 Vegas line in the same catalog that had a "Sumatra" wrapper and was going for about $50 per box.

This may be the cause of the different reactions to 5 Vegas cigars....69
goldengoose7 Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Aug 15 2002, 7:27 AM EST
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The ones on auction right now are the SUMATRA wrappered product. As I mentioned above, I have only tried the Torpedo shape and love them as a better than everyday smoke. Seems the shape has a lot to do with the quality with this brand. Different rollers?
Fubar69 Offline
#30 Posted: Thu, Aug 15 2002, 8:54 AM EST
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Also the Vintage 5 Vegas came in a spring loaded box and had two bands on them....69
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