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Helium Balloons - how long do they stay inflated?

  • 20-07-2010 10:43PM
    #1
    music.babe75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭


    Hi All

    I'm looking to get a couple of helium balloons at the weekend - want to buy them and get them blown up. Where is the best place to get these - the party shops in Heatons or Woodies.

    How long do helium balloon stay inflated when they are blown up. Heatons said they stay for at least a week but some friends say a max of 16 hours??

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Yourself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 341 ✭✭Yourself


    I think it depends on the type, I got someone those huge number shaped foil balloons for their birthday in Card Gallery, about a tenner a number but they stayed inflated for a few weeks!

    Probably obvious but make sure they inflate them when youre there and not pre-inflated samples as they wont last long. I think your traditional non-foil balloons last around the 12hr mark.


  • #3
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Yeah the foil ones are the ones that last a week, normal balloons don't last long, you'd inflate them in the afternoon just to last the evening really.

    The large Tescos sell cylinders of helium, I haven't tried them myself but I bet they'd work well.


  • #4
    Rockery Woman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Rockery Woman


    I got one of the foil ones for my grannys 95th and It stayed up for a week - better than any man;););)


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