I had a verzillion 2nd (from CBID) before dinner with a buddy of mine. I haven't smoked one of these in about 1 year, and I now remember why. They are great $1 cigars, it's just that my tastes have changed for the better. It's quite a strong smoke (which is a huge plus) but not very refined. Very charry and earthy throughout. Became somewhat sweet after the first third and mellow a tad from there. Construction and burn were impecable though. I'd prefer not to smoke another, but I have a handful left and it's decent enough to spare them.
After dinner, I had a freshly rolled Graycliff. My buddy just came back from vacation and a tour of the factory. He bough a handful of these about a week ago. This was my first fresh rolled cigar, and it was still young enough to smoke. This thing was HUGE. It must have been over 60 guage and about 7.5" LONG. Had I used a punch cutter, this thing would have been mighty PHALLIC. I CIRCUMCISED the thing with a cheap guillotine cutter, and sparked her up with a 2 flame butane lighter. Felt pretty loosely rolled, but construction turned out to be impecable. Once I lit her up, it turned out to be one of the finest cigars I've ever smoked. WOODY tones ! NUTTY tones! Sweet as honey. Lots a smoke. Medium to full flavoured, increasingly full as the experience progressed.
I've smoked a few of the red and blue label PGX's in the past, and they couldn't hold a STICK to this baby. If you find youself on vacation in the area, I would hughly recomend stopping by the factory and getting hold of a few of these.