I tried one of these for the first time last night. Have to take a slightly contrarian view from most of the sentiments expressed thus far. While not a great smoke, neither was it a bad cigar. I've had much worse. It actually had some flavor too, unlike the Lone Wolfs, et. al. I found it to be a somewhat pleasant oddity whose bad rap has been overstated. Yes, it does leave a very slight black smudge on the fingers, but it was hardly like fingerpainting. No big deal. While you can do much, much better, I don't think this one belongs in the bury-it-in-the-backyard category.