On my trip to NY, I picked up a Bobken style ashtray (in thought of being able to smoke on the way) and decided to write up a little review for y'all.
For those who do not know, Bobken ashtrays are designed to capture ash and self extinguish smoky treats....Both cigar and cigarette. That being said they have several styles designed for the different sized sticks. They are designed to fit in either a cup holder or hang on the window frame of a vehicle. The Cigar style boasts a large ribbed holder for the cigar and a large funnel to drop the ash in. Their website is
http://bobken.com/Down to the nitty gritty. I love the concept of this ash tray. In theory it is a user friendly device to trap the oder and ash making it a luxury for smoking on the go. In practice I found several problems in the theory. My biggest issue was the ash constantly falling from the cigar while it was on the window frame, which was only a small annoyance. It faired much better in a cup holder. The next downside was the part of the funnel that goes down into the cup. It could only take about a 54 ring gauge of cigar, once again a small annoyance. My biggest beef with it was the fact that one cigar starts to plug up the system. There simply is just not enough room in the holder and the funnel is way to long.
The pros are pretty cool. It does have a pretty large ash holder (before it falls thorough the tunnel) The cigar rest is pretty deep and holds the cigar really well. Ive tried to roll it out by moving the tray and driving more than aggressively. The ribs and the length of the rest really holds it in place.
All in all it is an ok ashtray for 5 bucks. I am gonna try to modify it by cutting the funnel down to improve space. Hopefully this will allow two sticks to be disposed of before it needs to be emptied. For home use, I'm gonna stick with my two finger 5 Vegas Limitada ash tray.
