Humidor Ivan's Box

Very good cutter - does the job precisely, much better than times more expensive cutters - if it was steel and not plastic would have been perfect. But with this price, you can afford getting new every year or often...

Very good cigar, smooth, woody and earthy taste, with some sweet creamy taste and a bit of leather. The maduro one is more sweet and leathery than this one, but the natural is kind of better balanced. The only thing is that ended for 50 min, which is not so satisfactory for churchill (and I have not overburn it)... not sure why, will try few more.

Very good cigar, not too strong, smooth taste, smooth and equal burning, very very good construction for perfecto - no issues at all. The only thing I did not like is that ended for merely an hour... want more.

So far working very good... for that money one simply cannot want more.

The cigar started very well, not too strong and quite pleasant. But there was a straw inside and in the middle of the cigar there was tar dripping on big nasty brown drops from the cut - this is the first time I see this - was not able to finish the cigar.

Very good quality, very sharp, cuts precise without tearing the cap or damaging the wrapper outside of the cut.

Very good and accurate, fits for purpose.

Quite satisfactory cigar - the taste is perfect maduro, medium to strong, yet very well balanced, so well, that the aroma is gentle... perfect! 2 remarks on the quality - first, the ash was falling on flakes, not very strong, one have to remove it more often and second, the second band, where 'Le Bijou' is written was glued to the wrapper and hard to remove, even when warm - I took it with a piece of the wrapper, which spoiled a bit the smoking experience in the last third. Overall would gladly taste again, the aroma is very fine.

Another good cigar from Alec Bradley. The taste is a bit strong for me, and not exactly my type, but the cigar was burning well and proving quite enjoyable experience - I smoked this one until it started burning my fingers. Outstanding for the price.

Good humidor, fit for purpose, especially if you season it nicely before using, but the hygrometer is 10% off from where it should be and you can't easily calibrate and adjust, as on the adjustment bolt there is a drop of lacquer and you can't twist it, nor is easy to clean the lacquer in the tiny hole... rather you should remember how much the measurement is off or change the hygrometer.

4 years ago a friend gave me a bundle of Domaine de Lavalette blue band corona cigars and they were quite decent, I shared some with friends and the cigars were overall well accepted... I took cigarworld.de page from the band and last year started ordering from the site on a regular base - the price of the cigars is same like in Bulgaria, but there is much more choice... in the first order I ordered some Domaine with red label (Nicaragua) and they were quite good, especially the robusto. I wanted to try the 660 from the maduro, since I like maduro wrappers, but it was missing for some time, meanwhile took a free sample of the 460... and the cigar is quite a no-go for me. It looks decent, but when squeezed between fingers, there are gaps, the cigar is overall lightly rolled, not enough tobacco for such a format. I lit the cigar, it was burning inconsistently, more from one side, less from the other, then cracked in the middle from the heat... the ash was falling on flakes... too much smoke, also coming from the front of the cigar, and not the typical white-blue smoke, but milky white and yellow, like chemistry... like the smokes we used to make from nitrate and newspapers to throw at the neighborhood football games. Taste was a bit of cream or chocolate, but hidden behind some bitter and sour front-taste... at 15 min smoking I felt nausea and left the cigar down... for me, this is a cigar I personally cannot smoke...

Interesting cigar, overall I liked it, though expected more based on ratings and reviews. Visually very good, nice oily maduro wrapper, looking very nobly. However, on touch not very strong rolled, even light for such cigar - the filler is probably 10% less than it should be for such caliber and this is making the quality issue - the cigar burns faster inside, while the wrapper remains, and thus it is hard to sense the wrapper taste, which is 50% of the cigar taste and in this cigar actually tastes very nice and balanced, very pleasant. After the 2nd inch (in the 2nd third of the cigar), the burning normalized a bit, probably also the tar on the leaves helped for the consistency, and I was able to enjoy the taste better. And the taste remained good till the end of the 2nd third of the cigar (which is how much I usually smoke from the cigars), so taste wise very good. I think if they had put a bit more filler or used this tobacco for 52-54 ring cigar, it would have been the perfect experience... have few more to try, so if difference, will update the comment, but meanwhile, 6,30 Euro for such caliber and taste is already very good price, despite of the quality glitch. Edit 16.02.2014 - the second one was better, still maybe needs some more tobacco inside, but burning and tasting very good.

Visually quite good, burning well, good draw. The ash is falling, you need to be careful for your lap.. also, when I cut it, a lot of small pieces fell, the cut was not clear... taste not strong, typical Dominican mild cigar, nice, though hard to feel... good for everyday. But then, if looking the price, probably the best cigar I had for 2€, Churchill format!

I am happy with it, just do not fill too much, as not working - best is 1/2 to 2/3, no more than 2/3.