I have had these before and I actually do like them(or remember liking them, been a while) and I think for $4 a stick they are a good mild-medium bodied cigar. Smooth. Poor mans Davidoff. I agree not worth $16, but I have never paid that for them. I think the most I paid was $5.50 a stick back in 2015... and yes, I bought some this time around... I have friends that will go for these before my medium to full sticks, which is fine by me... I hate sharing those. But these, I can smoke them and hand them out and they will love them.