Best first box to buy ...

[izkeh]

What about that ... http://www.cigarsinternational.com/s...mpler/#p-87014

I can only hope you're joking...

DON'T DO IT!!!!!!! Life is too short to smoke shitty, and ultra-shitty cigars.

Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Natural or Maduro - around $100-$110. Never disappointing, always consistent.

[ChiefIlliniwek]

Buy some 5 packs, and smoke them over the course of a couple of months. If you still like the cigar after smoking it 5 times, then get a box of it. If you're looking to buy in bulk, then I'd recommend some of the bigger samplers from CI or your website of choice that have some name brand, premium cigars in them. If you see Dark Shark, Hesitant Pirate, Ron Mexico, Raji's Untimely Demise in a sampler - avoid it like the plague. If you're not paying $2-3 a stick in a sampler, the cigars probably suck.

My first big cigar purchase was a Chosen One sampler from CI. It was a different one from two years ago, but I got 40 cigars for $100, plus a free 5 pack. I'm two years into seriously enjoying this hobby, and I've never bought more than 10 of the same cigar at a time.

[HIM]

If you have to ask, you shouldn't buy a box yet.

I think this pretty much sums it up. Give yourself time to figure out what you like and YOU decide what to buy a box of. No need to rush into a box purchase you could regret.

[Zeede]

I haven't yet smoked a dozen cigars in my life, so I am still very new to this, but the good advice I was told was:

1) Find a cigar you really like.
2) Try other vitolas in that blend, if available.
3) Buy a fiver of the best one.
4) Do a box split.

If you still aren't sick of that blend, buy a box

[Ropey]

This is why we need a stickied thread for noobs that lists cigars to absolutely avoid. I know nobody wants to be politically incorrect or negative, but something like that would have saved me hundreds of dollars when I first started.

That 80-cigar sampler is something out of a nightmare.

[Zeede]

Some people want quantity over quality. Plus, taste is so subjective.

[DevRider]

Alright guyz ... From what I smoked what do you recommand ...? I check with cigar aficionado and halfwheel, but it very though to choose ...

DEv

[c.ortiz108]

@StogieNinja said it all. There's no rush to buy a box, and if you were considering that crappy sampler it shows it's not time yet to make that decision. Nothing's worse than buyer's remorse after spending $100 or so on a bunch of cigars you might grow to hate.

Like the others said, stick with quality samplers (like the ones guys here are suggesting), singles and 5-packs. Read reviews, and let us know what else you've liked besides Asylum.

Having said all that, I'll bet nobody has ever regretted buying a box of Short Storys!

[DevRider]

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[izkeh]

That looks like a good selection of cigars that will most likely give you a very good foundation on what you'll like. This is how it begins....MMMWWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA