The best Padillas are the 1932s, easy call. I'm running scared on those, they're a full and the new label/new box version is being touted on c-bid as a medium. I snarfed a box of the old labels which should hold me for a while.
Miamis are almost as good. Dominus, contrary to an opinion above, is a straight medium and is weaker than either the 1932 or the Miami.
Artemis is a great, smooth medium or medium-full (they seem to vary a little or maybe it's just me) with wrappers that don't burn too well. A distinctive taste though. I like 'em.
1968s are a middling medium, ditto the Cazadores.
Achilles are decent cheap cigars to share with people who don't smoke cigars much. I always thought the Obsidians were pretty okay for a $2 stick.
I totally snorked out when CI was running the 9 pack torpedo deal-o-rama of 1932s + Miamis + Dominus. Price runs $3.50-ish. If you can score a box of old 1932s at something around $3.50 to $4.00, that's the winning play.
Here is a good tip: torpedos are excellent, robustos lame when we're talking about Padilla. I don't know why, but there's a huge difference in quality.
tim
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