Am I smoking too slow?

AshMe

Ok so I was reading THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CIGARS 2nd Edition (I've only been at this for a month) and there is a section in the book that shows the different shapes and sizes along with the estimated burn time. The robustos they estimate at 20-40 minutes and coronas at 30-45 minutes. Now I gotta say. I have smoked both robustos and coronas and after an hour I am still around an inch away from reaching the band! I can't be smoking too slow because my sticks stay lit. So whats the deal with those estimated times? How long do your robustos and coronas last you? And is this estimate supposed to be to the nub? or the band? or halfway? or what?

SleevePlz

No worries, slow is good. Those estimates are very bad, imho. The Davidoff website lists smoking times for all of their cigars as well with similar numbers. Not sure if the overall trend is to smoke fast or what. If your cigar isn't going out, then you are doing just fine.

Gray4lines

Gray4lines

Oh, and you may be right that they are measuring to the band or some other arbitrary length. I think it used to be "impolite" to smoke past the band. Anyway, as long as you're enjoying it, you're doing it right.

ol_smokey1

When my buddies and I smoke, I'll have a significantly shorter cigar than they do, and I'll always be the last one smoking. No such thing as too slow as long as you're lit! I'd rather smoke slow and enjoy it than smoke fast and get tongue bite. Besides, the slower you smoke, the longer you have to kick back and relax!

rzaman

Slow smoking is a good way to enjoy a cigar. However, if you enjoy smoking fast then that's ok too. The point is to enjoy the smoke.

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The3Stogies

This idiot takes at least an hour to smoke a robusto. Used to smoke faster but learned to let the cigar set the pace not me. Sometimes I 2 hit it, instead of 3 draws, if it seems to be getting too hot. I sometimes get an inch in and it tastes so good I get carried away. Slower is better though, if it starts to go out just touch it up with a lighter.

Beaker38

The amount of time spent smoking a cigar depends on what i am doing while i smoke it. the longest i smoke a single cigar at one time was like an hour and thirty minutes which was for a robusto while at a college apartment complex's hot tub the other night. most of the time when i smoke cigars it depends on what i am doing and what i am smoking which effects the time it takes to smoke it.

Martel

I've smoked a few robustos in 45 minutes...trying to hurry or it's just burning at that rate. But for the most part 1:15 to 1:30 if nubbing it. I may set them down after an hour though, just because I can block out that much time easily without the wife wondering what I'm doing. But that's another issue entirely.

Lee.mcglynn

I've read a few articles from this book online just too see what they had to say and if I were you I wouldn't listen to a thing they wrote

rsherman24

Davidoff wants you to smoke a robusto in 30 minutes so you can light up another one. You have to find your own pace. Personally I don't like when a cigar goes out. Hate re-lighting through the ash. If I am smoking a lancero or corona need to be a little more concerned with pace. If it is a robusto or toro, they are pretty stable, but can get hot or bitter if you smoke too fast. I tend to smoke fast, but a robusto will still take me over an hour.

Amos Umwhat

There's an easy way to tell if you're smoking too slow. It goes out.

AshMe

Lee.mcglynn:

I've read a few articles from this book online just too see what they had to say and if I were you I wouldn't listen to a thing they wrote

lol Alrighty than! Advice taken!

danielzreyes

Try smoking a Liga L40. Hardest cigar to smoke IMO. Can't smoke it too fast, can't smoke it too slow. Great tasting cigar but you'll have to work for it.

kuzi16

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kuzi16:

no problem. its what i do.

True.

First Warrior

I smoke slowly because I don't want the experiance to end. Go Slow Grasshopper.

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Rhamlin

40 mins is pretty fast IMO. Liable to get butter fast. Depending on the RG a robusto for me last about an hour and a half or a little less. I usually smoke just fast enough to keep it lit.