Spongy Feel

[Niela]

Hey Everyone,

I noticed that some cigars, become super soft and spongy towards the 3rd/3rd. Other stay firm.

Any idea why that is? I couldn't see a correlation with being more or less filled and it usually only appears towards the end of the cigar.

[Simon Bolivar]

Usually a sign of under filling, becoming more common with Havana's as they try to avoid the over tight/plugged draw.

[Alexw33]

I thought it's to do with the heat, I think if you feel near the foot after smoking the first third you'll find the same thing. It just because more likely to be noticed the closer to your fingers it gets hence the reason you notice it in the last third, might be wrong but that's my assumption when I noticed the same thing.

[Budgie Smuggler]

I'd imagine it's a combination of heat and increased moisture.

Definitely more noticeable with underfilled sticks though, whereas a tighter roll can sometimes split the wrapper due to expansion.

[Alexw33]

I'd imagine it's a combination of heat and increased moisture.

Definitely more noticeable with underfilled sticks though, whereas a tighter roll can sometimes split the wrapper due to expansion.

Good point on the moisture, I occasionally blow through my sticks part way through smoking to clear any stale smoke out this probably contributes.

My monte 2 last both went spongy and split in the final third so I'm not sure how much under/over filled contributes, admittedly it must have some impact but I don't think it's the sole factor.

[Niela]

I feel it's not due to underfilling. I had sticks that were packed and had no give at all when squeezed. Rock hard. But then, as I approached the last third, they got soft as butter.

It doesn't really influence my smoking experience though.
[MENTION=941]Simon Bolivar[/MENTION] I take a slightly underfilled cigar over a plugged one any day.

[Shaun]

Its heat and moisture building up, on an underfilled cigar its more noticable because you can squidge it in more, on an overfilled cigar it often leads to the wrapper cracking or on bad days the cigar 'exploding'.

I find a truly plugged cigar very rare, rather a slight overpack than a wind tunnel especially now I have the perfecdraw

[Niela]

If the draw is too tight, I find that a cigar gives me no satisfaction at all. I started putting them away if the draw is too tight and I just get another one and write the first one off....

[Simon Bolivar]

I feel it's not due to underfilling. I had sticks that were packed and had no give at all when squeezed. Rock hard. But then, as I approached the last third, they got soft as butter.

It doesn't really influence my smoking experience though.
[MENTION=941]Simon Bolivar[/MENTION] I take a slightly underfilled cigar over a plugged one any day.

Absolutely but a trend to under filling to avoid tight daws is worrying, when they should surely be concentrating on better training to roll them better. Any now I have the perfect Draw wont"t be a problem anymore.

[Alexw33]

Absolutely but a trend to under filling to avoid tight daws is worrying, when they should surely be concentrating on better training to roll them better. Any now I have the perfect Draw wont"t be a problem anymore.

Unless it's a wind tunnel... who's inventing a tool for that?

[Simon Bolivar]