Rolling your cigarettes: Manual Vs. Machine

[ErinKathleen]

If you're into rolling your own cigarettes, which do you prefer?

I usually just hand roll mine, but I just picked up a machine, because I feel sort of trashy if I'm rolling one up by hand at the bar[huh] Figured I could just roll a pack with the machine before I go out. But I think the hand rolled ones still taste better than the machined ones...

 

[KittyT]

I usually just hand roll mine, but I just picked up a machine, because I feel sort of trashy if I'm rolling one up by hand at the bar[huh] Figured I could just roll a pack with the machine before I go out. But I think the hand rolled ones still taste better than the machined ones...

I agree. I haven't rolled since I lived in Europe, but when I did, I liked them rolled tight and thin, so they had a natural filtering effect. Also, a machine-rolled smoke is just too much tobacco for me to handle at once. I don't think it's trashy at all to roll your smokes when you're out, it's just a bit inconvenient. To get around this in the past, I would hand roll a bunch in the evening and just put them in a pretty cigarette cash so I wouldn't have to roll on the go.

 

[Smuterella]

I smoke ready rolled but my partner and flatmate roll hand rollies with liqorice papers. yum. tight and thin definitely. (phnar, phnar)

 

[Vintage lover]

i make my own using a machine. i like being able to add pipe tobacco instead of cigarette tobacco.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I could never get the hang of the machines. The fags never came out right, so hand rolled for me. I certainly could never get the filters incorporated correctly using a machine, but it's easy to get them positioned right by hand.

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[Vintage lover]

i use pre-made cylinders, the machine simply fills the empty cigarette with the tobacco of choice

 

[BellyTank]

Those are very popular over here.


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