You can see in the image that there is a split in the wrapper. It didn’t affect the draw and it burned evenly. None of my cigars I smoke during a podcast get hot because I’m talking so much, but I’ve had one outside the podcast and it didn’t get hot on me. Bonus to the fast smokers there. I didn’t find any transitions, but I thought it has a very good flavor and was very smooth. This will run you about $6.50 to experience.