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Review on Happy Birthday Balloons Party Decoration by Katie Ortiz

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Fine, but there are flaws

Balloons in the house will never bother. The birthday is approaching and it can be difficult to get to the store to quickly find some decent looking balloons. I'll start positively, the colors are pleasant, the pressure is very good, the pressure is from all sides and from above. Because they are "vertically" printed they are best used with helium or taped to the wall. Because they must be partially inflated to be printed, printed balloons tend to have a much lower failure rate. I had no pops when inflating. They inflate to a good size, definitely 12 inches, and keep a fairly round shape even when fully inflated. But there were also major downsides. The colors weren't even remotely evenly distributed. In this bag I had 1 light green, 2 dark green, 2 orange, 2 purple, 3 dark blue, 4 sky blue, 4 dark red (burgundy?), 9 yellow, 9 pink and 14 red. If I were to use all/most for a party it would be very pink, yellow and red. The second major downside is the smell. Latex balloons have an odor and printed balloons sometimes smell like ink. They have a very, very strong smell of ink. I wouldn't normally complain about the smell, but when you take them out of your pocket and pump up 3 of them, the room smells like body shop (oil). I've inflated them for several hours now and either the smell has dissipated or I'm getting used to it. I would suggest inflating them outside a few hours before the party and then leaving them outside to dissipate the smell before bringing them inside. So balloons are of good quality, but the lack of combination of colors and smell are serious disadvantages.

Pros
  • I hold my fists
Cons
  • All is not as good as it is written