Yes trying to choose tobacco ( unless you got money to burn) is quite a chore, Everyones taste is different, I eat foods I think are good my friends say are awful, or food I think are mild and friends think they are insanly hot.
Tobacco is the same I've had good and bad recomendations, all in all its a shot in the dark it can be frustating when you just want to find something to enjoy a simple pleasure and its become a chore,
Past couple months I think I'm 1 to 8. 7 with buyers remorse and 1 I was happy with It was from the Tinderbox, "Midnight" its all dark/black has a smokie smooth mild sweet taste to me, which means it could be awful to others
If only someone would come up with a sampler pack that offered like half a bowl portions, Just enough to see if it was worth a regular portion to buy,
Something like "The Fabulous 50 sample pack" 50 little 1/2 bowl portions of different tobaccos, just enough to get a taste with no leftovers,
I would think it would be a great way for pipe tobacco companies to markert their products, if we had a way to sample more with low initial cost we would by more in the long term,