I won these recently and are on the way as I write. Just wondering what the prevailing opinion is on these. Never burned one before, looked good so I took a chance on them.

tim

Sorry, meant to include the link.

http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/lot.cfm?lotID=189150 

tim

Tim- I think these are very decent smokes especially since you scored them @ 50% off CI sell price..

Enjoy!

cayman2b

A good reasonably priced cigar. Not a stomp-on-your-tongue kind of maduro, like Sharks or MX2s, but a well behaved, tasty one with a natural sweetness. I have won several of those samplers and now you have me thinking of more!

I think they're pretty good. They age well too. This is a cigar that consistently sells way below retail here. Enjoy them while you can get them.

Thanks guys, sounds encouraging. Now I'm getting impatient.

tim

The Astral TVS's are a really good cigar, but like someone said, "not a stomp on your tounge cigar"!

Charlie

THL got us hooked on these. Used to get the sample here for under $10.00. Ah the good ole days....

Had a few sitting in my humi for a while... finially tried one and was really suprised at how good it was... Bid on some the next day...

Low

I, for one, was disappointed with my TVS robustos.

The construction is great, the look and feel are wonderful. I rather like the standard Astral line, so I expected a lot from this premium line. Too much, as it turns out.

I smoked one OTT and found it tasted too much like a cigarette. Grassy, tobacco-y, and not very pleasant. Smoked another with similar results. Then there was a thread here (last spring, I think) that said these need humi time. I put one into a box pass and have the other two resting. I'll try them in the fall or winter to see if they have improved.

I have purchased several fivers (robusto)on different occasions and enjoyed them. However the last couple I smoked did taste a little grassy. Perhaps my tastes are changin the longer I'm here on cbid. I currently prefer the 5 vegas over the tvs. I have some perdomo sigs restin and believe i also prefer these over the tvs. Similar bids.....

Thanks again BOTL. Now I'm itching for these babies to arrive, should be tomorrow. I hope I have the patience to stuff 'em in the humi for a few days before firing one up.

Got a new dilemma however, I received my heavyweight sampler yesterday and I think I may have to have my wife duct tape me to my chair to keep from digging in to these beauties. I feel like Ulysses being seduced by the sirens!

Yes Luke, come to the dark side...

thurs

Very decent cigar ... although I found the flavor profile to be a bit one dimensional ...