Wow. I have a few pipes, but no "high-end" stuff until now. I loaded up some 1Q and it just smoked perfectly all the way to the bottom, right out of the box, with minimal effort on my part. Now I know what they mean when they say a pipe smokes itself. PAD is seriously through the roof right now. I have a feeling my cigars are going to spend a lot of time aging in the near future.