It's a nice smoke. It's not too long a smoke, it's a relatively short smoke (compared to a Toro or in Padron's case, a #3000). You get more flavor and body with the thinner gauged sticks because it builds as you smoke it (IMO not humble). Beware drawing too hard, as stated earlier, you will make it burn hot. Oh, and you really can't beat the price on the Padron panatela (Padron is one of my all-time favorite brands BTW, so that tells you how highly I think of this cigar and cigar line).