Website update

New Cigarette Recipe page!!!

The cigarette recipe page has been recently updated with new recipes and a more user friendly, more navigable page for viewers. Also, the new page allows users to post their own recipes to help their fellow MYO smokers find the right flavor.

Click Here to visit the new cigarette recipes website

New! Cigarette Making hints and tips page. Click Here!

Flavor Guide for MYO tobaccos. Click Here!

Cigarette Filter Tubes

They come in many varieties: full flavor, lights, full flavor 100's, lights 100's, menthol, and menthol 100's. It doesn't matter which one you select, the good news is is that they are all free of FSC(fire safety compliance chemicals). They cost between $3 and $5 per box. They must be handled with care. Creased cigarette tubes are very difficult to work with.

Manufacturer's of all brands of cigarette injectors advise using the respective brand of tubes, but this is not necessary.  A machine will make 85mm king size and 100mm size cigarettes, so the brand of tube can selected by price or flavor.  Yes, flavor.  All cigarette tubes are not created equal.  Some are made with less wood and more rice paper, resulting in a cleaner burning and less harsh flavor.  Just as homemade cigarettes can taste the same as brand name cigarettes, the tubes can taste the same as different name brands.  2 cigarettes made with the same brand of pipe tobacco can be put in two different brands of tubes, and the result will be two very differently tasting cigarettes.  To make a cigarette that tastes like a Marlboro and one that tastes like an Camel, the only difference is the tubes, for example.

Price was the driving factor in my choice of tube, and through trial and error I found that Premier cigarette tubes to be the best tasting and most versatile brand of filter tube.  They burn evenly and clean, and are smoother than many other brands, which were more expensive anyways.  Also, they are available at Amazon.com and can be purchased in bulk at a discounted rate(bulk is 5-10 boxes).  Check them out below.