Your best sub ?5

[Smallclub]

The Ramonitas is very good, but one third of my box has a very tight draw, and I have already encountered 2 cigars that were 100% unsmokable?

[EugeneSax]

Punch Margaritas & Ramon Allones Ramonitas are both available for under ?5.

I have had more of the latter than the former - all singles rather than boxes - and never had draw problems with either, nor with Monte Joyitas which are the same size (but > ?5). Thin cigars such as these aren't to everyone's taste & do have a bit of a reputation for tightness, but I think you should definitely at least try them, rather than stick solely to the larger NC's available in this price range as they'll give you a little taste of Cuba.

CGars has the Punch on their website but not the RA's, although I'm sure if you ask Mitch or Mish they will probably be able to source them for you as they're on the CGars-owned Robert Graham's Whisky site.

[HabanoSy]

For around ?5/?6 i'd have to say a balmoral corona de luxe

Never really got on with the Balmoral range...

Like eggy says, pop a review up so we can see what we're missing...!?!

Cheers, HabanoSy

[eggopp]

For around ?5/?6 i'd have to say a balmoral corona de luxe

Do you like the Balmoral range then? I find them t be tasteless, and like cardboard.

Maybe you could review one if you smoke them?

[Eoin]

For around ?5/€6 i'd have to say a balmoral corona de luxe

[Monkey Nuts]

I had a RyJ Petit Julieta at the weekend and was very impressed! Wasn't expecting great things from a smaller cigar but it gave me a highly enjoyable half an hour.

It's the only one I've ever had so I've no idea how consistently good they are - only ?4 each from Fox's.

[macker89]

Is there such a thing as a sub ?5 UK bought cigar? Erm...Hamlet, maybe??

[tippexx]

Not easy to find a largish smoke for under a fiver in the UK. But, La Rica Corona Tubos at 4.90 are OK. I wouldn't say they are top quality, but they are good and about the best you're going to get on home turf for the money

[cesara valverde]

In terms of UK pricing there's not a lot...

Personally I'm not big on the smaller cubans (ERdM Demi Tasse, HdM de Maire.) JLP PC can be lovely, but can be shit.

In that price range I would go for a NC, you'll probably get more bang for your buck, there'll be more consistency and fewer draw problems.

Around ?5 is the Oliva Serie G Robusto. (Though this probably isn't value as they're much less online)

[captain duff]

Great thread.

Ok, obviously there are ways and means of attempting to get cheap cigars that I am not going to talk about. Then there is the legit stuff via duty free etc.

But for regular cheap UK smokes that are reasonably widely available and that are at the same time reasonable quality the choices are more limited.

Just over budget would be a Diplomaticos No.5 (?5.59 @ mysmokingshop), but it is a true Cuban hand-rolled. Cheaper machine made and short fill Cubans are of course an option. The Jose L Piedra 'Country Cigars' or Guantanamerras perhaps.

But if you want hand-rolleds for less than a fiver really you are looking at non-cubans. The short fat Chinchalera Maduro (4" x 66) is good value at ?3.89, while a longer Invicta (5 1/2" x 42) is ?4.59. A tubed La Rica Corona is ?4.90. These are all good value smokes, but don't expect them to be as good as a cuban (or NC come to that) that would be 2 or 3 times more expensive.

Finally, and for day to day short smokes, they may be short fill machine mades but I'm a big fan of the Panter Mignons (tin of 10 for ?8.79) that have a lot of (good) taste for the money...

[Simon Bolivar]

Cubans:
(I don't know the UK price but these can't reasonably cost more than ?5?)

? J. L. Piedra petit cazadores
? Rafael Gonzales panatelas extra
? Por Larra?aga panatelas
? El Rey del Mundo demi tasse

Agree with all the above. These are best brought on holiday to Spain ect where they are a couple of Euros each. Not stix to pay P&P or duty on

[leperaffinity]

right now i love the CAO brazils...?4 at my local but about ?5.20 or so normally. brill smoke for the smaller robusto (pirana?)

[jibjob79]

A Don Tomas is a good sub ?5 smoke. Sure it isn't complex but it doesn't try to be, just a lot of cigar for your money.


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[Watkins]

yep it would be, I believe it's 25 posts to gain pm's

[Juniortubed]

eggopp tried to send you a PM or a visitor message but couldn't, I assume it's down to my lack of posts?