Bigger Cigars?

[Cigarer]

See most people on here that like smaller sized cigars. I prefer robusto or toro sometimes. Who likes the churchills?

[droy1958]

See most people on here that like smaller sized cigars. I prefer robusto/toro. Who likes the churchills?

It's not so much the length as it is the ring gauge. I didn't mind a larger rg years ago, but as I get older, I prefer cigars no larger than fifty-ish. The problem is that a lot of the cigars I like don't come smaller than 52-54 rg. such is life......

[Brimy]

It's not so much the length as it is the ring gauge. I didn't mind a larger rg years ago, but as I get older, I prefer cigars no larger than fifty-ish. The problem is that a lot of the cigars I like don't come smaller than 52-54 rg. such is life......

I have to agree with this ^^!
I started out as a robusto/Toro smoker and still like that 5 - 6 inch cigar but look more at the rg. Ideally that 50 rg or smaller is the target, but will readily go as high as 52. Will I smoke a larger rg? Of course, but not if I have a preference.

[tjhemp]

For me it is also about RG. I prefer a smaller RG 50 or less is preferred. I'm finding that I prefer smaller cigars because I just dont often have the time to sit and enjoy the longer smokes. When I do have the time I've been enjoying having two smaller cigars back to back to really notice the differences in the cigars.

[allusred]

Me. I did like and a fair portion of cigars I smoked were Churchills.
A little explanation when I started smoking daily the Corona was a big cigar
With Perfecto and Corona by far the most popular cigar sizes.Nineteen fifty-fifty one.
Of course smoked some that I think were Toro sized. Panatelas and then the Churchills.
Smoked and liked the big old Churhills a lot.Ring Gauges were in the forties.with I think a 47 - 48, maybe 49 the largest.
Can't recall any cigar being referred to as a Robusto.
Then, maybe in the 1980s or '90s started see larger ring gauge cigars more and more often.
Seemed(to me) freakishly over sized but gradually started smoking larger Ring Gauge cigars more often.
Have come pretty much full circle and now I'm right back where I stated.
Most often smoking cigars in the five inch to six,six and a half length.
Sometimes a four inch cigar and sometimes a seven - seven and a half incher.
But the ring size stays for the most part under 50.
Some cigars I like a lot aren't made in sizes smaller than 52-54 or even 56.
So I wind up smoking those, usually in the Toro size.
I'll guess most who started smoking cigars in the Nineteen Eighties- Ninties or later see fifty Ring Gauge smokes as the "norm"
much as those who started smoking a bit farther back in time saw the Forty ring sizes as the usual.


Yup, some FOGs do tend to run on.

[FidelCastro]

I love Churchills and my grandfather taught me a little trick about 50 years ago. He'd cut the cigar in half and essentially had two cigars the size of a robusto where he'd smoke half and then use one of those cigar stems of the same RG and use for the other half at a later time. I've got 2 of those stems and they work great.

[Tombstone]

I tend to lean towards longer cigars. When I am sitting down for a short cigar its a robusto. I do dabble in smaller coronas and petite sizes. If I have not smoked it five or six times and decided I disliked it five or six times then I am going to gladly try it. If a fiver or more can't win me over then its not worth smoking. I do enjoy variety in my RG as well. I tend to lean towards the 48 to 60. I have had a few 70s and 80s. They tend to be a bit gimmicky. But I will still smoke them from time to time.

[TreySC]

I tend to prefer the smaller RG cigars, but I have had a few larger ones like a 60 that weren't bad wouldn't want to smoke all the time but occasionally they are fine.

[Cameradude]

When I first started smoking cigars I was all about the churchill. I had this image in my mind that a churchill was the perfect sized cigar. I also rationalized why would I pay for a corona or a robusto when for a buck or two more I could get almost twice the cigar. This also happened to be when I would puff down a churchill in less than 80 minutes. How times have changed.

Now that I savor a cigar, I prefer a 4.5" to 6" length cigar with a ring gauge of 54 or less. Rarely will I smoke a churchill as I don't want to sit with the same cigar for 2+ hours. Robustos are almost perfect for me as they will provide me with 80-90 minutes of enjoyment and it times out perfectly with a couple tv episodes, or a short movie on the iPad. If I am going to watch a 2 hour movie on the iPad, I will grab a toro out of the humidor.

[Emperor Zurg]

See most people on here that like smaller sized cigars. I prefer robusto or toro sometimes. Who likes the churchills?

I usually go for robusto or petit corona. Reason being, the more flavorful cigars often tend to be full strength as well and a churchill is too much vit N for me. I don't like a nic buzz at all; it just makes me dizzy and nauseated. That and I just don't have the patience to sit around long enough to smoke a churchill.