What are the best balloons to use?
244748
The small tennis ball sized ones. You can't really fit bigger balloons (you might but it will fall off and/or might not go very far)
244749
I don't know what brand we used... think they were "water" balloons, not birthday type gallons.
244750
We chose the Biodegradable "Water Balloons 100 pack" by Wet Products. My son lives near the beach and he didn't want the balloons to harm the environment. I understand they launched quite nicely.
1120630
you can simply fill your own balloon with flower, that is all these are. I may have "helped" a year too late.
985220
I sure would NEVER attach anything to them. You can however write a message on the balloon itself before taking it out to fly. I would think that they are very light and the "fire" is fairly small, it may not give enough hot air to lift anything weightier than the balloon.
1627573
This one will work but you have to start them first. Meaning a few breaths into the balloon and then let the pump do the rest.
1385256
It will still take some time - 250 balloons is a lot, and it takes a few pumps to inflate each balloon - but it will definitely be a far better option than inflating them using lung power!
430251
I use this balloon pump for inflating Qualitex latex twisting balloons. I do not fill any balloons with helium.
53353
Although I have not used slips of paper inside the balloons for my party, I think it can be done. The hifloat is mainly applied around the stem of the balloon where the air loss is greatest. The rest of the inside of the balloon is dry. You could put the paper in, apply the hifloat and rub it into the stem area and then flow it up. Some of the paper could stick to the hifloat, though.
1293224
They have a short, striped, yarn-like, strings at the top. The strings themselves are pretty cool, but they can be cut off if you don't like them. There are hooks on the top that I suggest you just use whatever you want to hang them. If you don't want anyone to see the strings, then go with fishing wire... and if you do want people to see the strings (added bit of whimsy), I would say buy yarn to match the color of the balloon (or mix-n-match) and it would be dynamite! You could use tacks to pin to the ceiling. Hope it helps!
1573046
The balloon is made of plastic, and these are meant to hang up from some place. We inserted a wooden dowel into our balloon so it would stand up on a table. Hope this helps.
430250
i use the qualatex brand balloons. i only use them to make balloon animals and flowers> don't know how they last in water or how long they will stay afloat
636408
In our area we have a Schnucks grocery store that has a floral department, They inflated it for me - how ever I would think that any place that sells the helium ballons would inflate it for you . Not knowing where you are at, you might check with a Deals, Dollar Tree, or a local florist shop.
1378494
I have been using them for fishing. I have found that long as I follow the instruction and twist the the end 6 or more time after inflating and the clamp in the clip while twisted they last forever. I have come back a week later and the balloons are still inflated with air only?
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It makes the balloons last longer. You still need helium. Most of mine lasted close to a month (I was very careful to coat the entire inside surface with hi-float before filling with helium)--try not to use too much though (the product is very heavy & may actually prevent the balloons from floating). tried the same balloons with no hi-float & those only lasted 18-20 hours vs 25 to 30 days with hi-float. Great product.
1129087
No,it's only an air compressor.You need to use Helium to make balloons float.
1831284
The tying portion would work regardless of what you fill the balloon with, but the filling portion is only for water. I think you can buy the tying portion as a separate item - search for "tie-not". Here is one: http://www.amazon.com/Tie-Not-Water-Balloon-Tying-Tool/dp/B004S2HYNW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1402014283&sr=8-3&keywords=tie-not
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I only used it on the thin balloons. I'm sure it will also work on the other sizes. However, it was really hard to get it to even blow up the thin balloons without exerting a lot of effort and taking a long time. I wouldn't recommend this as the best method. I'm sure there are way better pumps out there.
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Helium. I bought a helium tank (BJs, Party City) it served well for other baloons. ...last for later use.