Honestly, if you had such a problem why not call the customer service center. I am sure they would have made it right by you.
I have smoked Rockey Patel cigars for years. They are one of my favorites. I bought a box of R4's here. I hate to say this but they are the poorest quality cigar I have bought in 10 years. Over half of them had such a bad draw they I threw them out. The few that did have a decent draw burnt terribly. What a disappointment.
chaz812 wrote:
I must say I quite agree with this review and I would add they introduced a foul odor of ammonia to my humidor for a year. Kept them around thinking since they were a Patel they would improve and be a serviceable cigar...they never were. Not on my list to re-buy.
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And hello sachmo, why not intoduce yourself and come on in.
Maybe that Rocket Patel was doused in jet fuel?
herfidore wrote:
They didn't taste good enough for it to be jet fuel. Seriously.
I'm a big fan of Rocky Patel...and of Corojo cigars (...or at least the Punch Rare Corojo anyway.) But the 'R4' Corojo Double Coronas that came from CB last month were absolutely disgusting.
I may be more tolerant than most and will put up with a bad draw if the taste of the cigar is worth it. These tasted bad enough that I couldn’t smoke them to a point of having a problem with the draw. They came in a bundle of 20 and I’ve tried 2. Cut the second one open to see what it looked like inside, expecting to find hashed up short filler and twigs (...it tasted that bad.) But it was beautifully made; nicely bunched long filler tobacco perfectly rolled - so a little puzzling. Lit the filler without the wrapper, and it made a world of difference in the smoke quality, so the wrapper appears to be the issue.
I’ve since read other comments about aging them, but you can ad my name to the list of those that don’t think any amount of time is going to help this cigar.
Sure wish I'd stumbled on this thread before ordering.#-o
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smoked 9 different RPs back around then...
none horrible......none great.....several sorta meh....
I no longer have any RPs...........won't be buying any RPs...
Try to age a dog rocket and in a couple years you will still have a dog rocket. That's like trying to age a bottle of single barrel Boone's Farm. 🤦
JMO of course. You guys that enjoy mediocre cigars........smoke on brothers!!!!
and Merry Christmas!
Shame on you all! You know the ol saying........
knokmdwn wrote:
I learned that........................finally
but, imho, there are a few select inexpensive cigars (from well known manufacturers) that age well, and do in fact improve significantly after 12 months or so......
and, no, ya noobs.................I'm not telling ya which ones.............pay your dues!!
Ba Humbug!
my last RP purchase was 5/20/11...
KingoftheCove wrote:
This^^^^
Except for the box of RP 500 Home Run Series box I bought to support the Shpo owner in MI when I travel home.
And truth be known I think Gary's (Sheffield ) cigars are not too bad!
