Looking for suggestions on Cuban cigars

So my parents know this Cuban couple who's mother will be traveling to Canada in about a week and she's offered to pick up cigars for us. I'm looking for recommendations of what brands or specific cigars, preferably medium blend, would be the best bang for the buck for native Cubans to buy at their local prices. From what I understood, a lot of the sellers try to sell their products in the US dollar peso which makes cigars far more expensive for tourists than it does for locals who are in the know and can get them from factory workers sometimes at a fraction of the cost. Also even though cuban cigars are readily available in Canada, the taxes make them about 50-100% more expensive in a lot of provinces. She can bring in about 50 cigars before any taxes are levied so I'm looking to get a few different types.

I've tried a couple of the Cohiba Siglo series (I,II and IIIs) and have found those to be just average. Romeo & Julieta's also weren't my cup of tea. I also recently got a box of Montecristo 2's which are a good smoke but also very strong. I've been looking at trying H. Upmann and possibly getting a single Behike 52 (very expensive). I also really liked the Jose L. Piedra Cazadores which are a budget cuban cigar that I discovered in Europe some years back but they tend to be inconsistent in their quality from pack to pack.