I also like the Man o War line, i generally go for the bigger vitolas

Gurkhas seem to be a decent bang for your buck smoke, i find most of them to be a little spicey, but they are good at the right times.

Dude,

There's so much to say. Need some intel from you before anything intelligent can be said or suggestions can be made.

What did you have that sucked? Was it too strong for you? Was it too weak? Was it the construction of the cigar (did it draw hard, or too open), did it run or have a hard time staying lit (humidity issues).

Have you smoked before (like cigs)--are you used to tobacco? When did you smoke it, after a meal, breakfast, etc? All these can have impacts on your experience.

There's alot of smokes in the $2-$5 range that are pretty good, but we gotta know what you like before suggesting.

fret

SMB

Give some of these a try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised about the flavor of some of these.

Good luck!

CAO Lx2

La Cuna Habano

Oliva G Maduro

Don Lino Africa (while they are still around)

This site is your friend:

http://crapnetwork.com/crapcigar/ 

It's a review site only. they aren't selling anything so hopefully the management here doesn't get bent and delete this post. Anyway, the site specialized in reviewing cheap cigars, their motto: "We smoke the **** so you don't have to".

I've found their reviews are pretty much on the money in separating the dog turds from the diamonds in the rough in cheapo cigars.

I saw a few on their list that are pretty good cigars IMO

Mayorga being one of the most overlooked gems out there

wow! someone actually agrees with me on here?!?!

I must be growing up! 🇨🇮

Pinar Del Rio Habano Sun Growns, got a 10 pac of robustos awhile back for $15 here.

Gran Habano SLS or Triples. I've won robustos, torps and churchills in the $2 a stick range here and they can be found on Joe's jambalaya or specials on CI's site for about the same.

Both are medium smokes, with enjoyable flavor and decent construction.

Diesel UHC (full)

Perdomo ESV 2nds (mild/med)

Alec Bradley 2nds

Nicaraguan 3000 (look that one up yourself....full)

+1

Go to Free Fall right now and you can win two 10 packs of Gurkha Park Avenue Churchills for under $22.00 each. That is if you want a decent priced and very smokeable very day Connecticut. Graycliff 1666 goes for about $3 a stick here. An excellent maduro. Gurkha Cuban Legacy is a good daily that goes for about $2 here. 5 Vegas Gold and Gold Maduro, 5 Vegas Classic, Series 'A' are all very good daily cigars, and go for about $2 most times. No shortage of low priced decent tasting cigars here.

+1 on the Mayorgas...

mike