Comments on: Have you ever read Cigar Insider?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:01:50 +0000

That’s true.

What kinds of jobs have you held in the cigar biz, purolover?

By: purolover

purolover — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:21:29 +0000

Having been associated with the cigar industry, in one way or another, for 50+years, I find CI to be both interesting and informative.

If you subscribe to CA, the cost is only $25.00 per year for the twice monthly on-line publication. From my standpoint, it is well worth the cost.

By: Matt Caruso aka The Daily Doormatt

Matt Caruso aka The Daily Doormatt — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:38:23 +0000

I like it because they have a decent understanding of what’s going on at the factories, and I kind of use it as a guide of what to buy for the month.

By: lucky7

lucky7 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:00:37 +0000

I subscribed for a year but I’m kinda like JoeBob above. Industry cigar ratings rarely reflect my opinion of a cigar anymore and I have come to rely on my own instincts. I will say one thing that I find interesting in CI is the vertical tastings. Even if their rating varies from mine, I can usually decipher which vitola I may prefer from the discussion. And rarely can I afford to buy each size in a line to make that choice efficiently.

By: JoeBob

JoeBob — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:49:34 +0000

When I first started getting REALLY into cigars and cigar smoking, I subscribed.
I really liked the publication, but found it to be not worth the fee, especially when much of the same information was delivered to my doorstep in the form of Cigar Aficionado Magazine slightly after it appeared in Cigar Insider.

Now that I’m a more experienced smoker, I rely much less on how other people and publications rate cigars….so I’m no longer a subscriber. But there is definitely value for some people in Cigar Insider.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:21 +0000

A local retailer subscribes and prints out for folks in the lounge to peruse. It’s interesting, but the content seems primarily geared towards cigar retailers, rather than cigar consumers. If I owned a cigar shop, I would probably subscribe, as there’s a lot of good market information in there.