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| Was super excited to try the Alec Bradley Maxx today. I had set aside enough time to enjoy this monster stick during a walk a few miles from the house. The Good: It's a beautiful stick. Dark oily wrapper, very well constructed, Cool Band which looked and smelled great. That's about all I could say positively. No matter what I did, I could not get a decent draw. This thing was so tightly rolled, it was literally impossible. I tried every trick in the book to get this thing going and when I did get a decent draw, it would die seconds later. Cutting a little shorter didn't help. Poker didn't help, rolling massage - nope. It wasn't due to RH or anything else. Simply a bum stick that was rolled too tight. I've had better luck sucking a Wendy's Frosty through a straw. Like you, I've had the occasional bad stick but this was Very disappointing to say the least. Well there's always tomorrow! |
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| I had this same experience with a La Aurora 100 Anos... Talk about disappointing.
Since the band had a serial number, I sent a contact form to the company about it, but no response.
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| Cigars from time to time will have a difficult draw.....they are rolled by humans and we need to understand that going in. This can be mitigated by having a good draw tool and I have 5 different brands but one brand stands out and when I have a cigar that is difficult I use that tool. It has a stainless steel rod with a hook that will catch the offending plug as you pull it out.....I've had this tool for a year and it has never failed me. |
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| It happens. Sometimes even the draw tool is not enough to save a tent peg. Frustrating, especially if it's a cigar you were really looking forward to |
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| Silverstix - 10/11/2018 8:30 AM It happens. Sometimes even the draw tool is not enough to save a tent peg. Frustrating, especially if it's a cigar you were really looking forward to Honestly....it's about the "tool"....so far...( knocking on wood ) I have not had one cigar that I couldn't correct. It's how you use the tool.....insert and without twisting and pull straight out with twisting as well....the hook will grab the plug and out it comes leaving a channel inside where the draw is almost perfect. |
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| Cigary - 10/11/2018 9:24 AM Silverstix - 10/11/2018 8:30 AM It happens. Sometimes even the draw tool is not enough to save a tent peg. Frustrating, especially if it's a cigar you were really looking forward to Honestly....it's about the "tool"....so far...( knocking on wood ) I have not had one cigar that I couldn't correct. It's how you use the tool.....insert and without twisting and pull straight out with twisting as well....the hook will grab the plug and out it comes leaving a channel inside where the draw is almost perfect. 98% of the time, that works. It worked for me last night and saved a cigar where I could feel the knot in the tobacco. But there have been a handful of cigars that, no matter how much twisting and pulling I did, just couldn't be saved. |
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