Back to the conversation at hand. Nice stash, king. I'm envyous. I'm down to 4 now, but I'm workin' on it. I keep gettin' 'em, and keep smokin' 'em.

Smokozuna --- you say ... "I once recieved a box that had the new bands with only 2 rows on squares on some of the cigars. They were 100% legit."

I hate to break the news to you, but why would the factory put counterfeit bands on 'some' of their cigars? The real 'new' bands do not come with two rows ...

You guys that want to continually believe that, are just fooling yourselves.

Slimboli, bands are not the most reliable way to distinguish a fake Cohiba cigar from a real one. The one that had the new band with the 2 rows was a Cohiba DC EL. I've purchased 4 boxes of them from a very reliable vendor. It just so happened that one of the boxes had a few cigars with the 2 rows of squares, not 3. IT has to do with the way they were cut. They will use whatever they have at hand. If you'd like, I can send you one so you can be the judge.The truth is in the smoke.