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  • Black_Bear
    Senior Member
    • May 2013
    • 141

    #16
    Re: Popping

    It depends on what you like about b2p to be honest. For me it's loudness, size, reliability and violence of the pop. So for me, the perfect balloons are Qualatex 16". You just have to find a balloon with a solid lip that you can grip onto the whole time.
    Loudness: Their design gets them really stretched out evenly, and they have one of the loudest pops of any balloon. There is.
    Size: Not too big so that it's a workout, but big enough to where it's a challenge, fun, and if done in public, draws attention.
    Reliability: Printed ones for sure, and for myself decorating with them, they are the most reliable brand period. I'd say 1 out of every 100 in 260, 5", 11", 16", 24", and 36" pop by defect. So almost every single Qualatex 16" would be good for b2p.
    Violence of the pop: The higher quality a balloon is with no defects, the bigger it goes beyond its size, the more the stress levels are pushed to their absolute maximum, the shape of the balloon being pear shaped, the rock hard tightness they get after their neck is fully inflated, and as a result the balloons shred into sometimes hundreds if not thousands of shreds. I love that part about them. They are meant for decorators only, not toys, so they are hard and fairly fragile at 16". So when you push them they are as hard as a rock, get massive, are super loud when they pop, and shatter into bits. Certain colors shred better than other with Qualatex. Jewel Yellow, Clear, Rose, Light Blue, Jewel Magenta, White, Jewel Orange, Black, Jewel Green, and Jewel Red shred the best from experience.
    Other sizes and brands have unique differences, but q16s are my favorite.
    Last edited by Black_Bear; 20-03-2015, 01:41. Reason: Make b2p sound even more fun!

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    • marja

      #17
      Re: Popping

      I really like both sit to pop and blow to pop. Blow to pop a little bit more, especially with (or against) others.
      On my own I also like to lay on a balloon and inflate that one until it burst, but that is quite difficult sometimes.

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      • Meililoon
        aka lyckr
        • Sep 2014
        • 700

        #18
        Re: Popping

        Sit to pop for me. I'm usually too scared to do blow to pops, although I've managed to do a few with 16" Uniques and I can see myself getting into it if I was able to do it more regularly. I've often chickened out when the neck starts to inflate, let out a bit of air and tied them off.

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        • teaganxer
          Junior Member
          • Jun 2015
          • 12

          #19
          Re: Popping

          Blow to pop & sit to pop!

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          • wildheart
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2015
            • 859

            #20
            Re: Popping

            I blow to pop plastic bags, the clear thin ones stretch loads before they pop. You should try it if you've never done it before.
            How big will it go? Only one way to find out...
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            • Steve_inflator
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2013
              • 110

              #21
              Re: Popping

              Originally posted by wildheart
              I blow to pop plastic bags, the clear thin ones stretch loads before they pop. You should try it if you've never done it before.
              Yes, the old Subway bags come to mind. Large bread bags were good if they didn't have little holes in the seams. Sometimes I'd get a work uniform item delivered in a soft plastic bag in the box that was very fun to blow up and burst.

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              • Alan
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2014
                • 130

                #22
                Re: Popping

                I like watching balloons get squeezed by females bare feet or if she's wearing tights: they make such a loud bang, and swell up

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                • Slugamano
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2016
                  • 209

                  #23
                  Re: Popping

                  Originally posted by Yacapo2
                  I actually prefer pin popping or even snipping the neck with scissors to let them deflate. *^_^* It's just such an innocent and bittersweet feeling knowing that they have to be cleaned up. :-/
                  Snipping the neck with scissors... Brrrr.. What a petty... The purpose of balloons is to be popped :-)...

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                  • LoudPopper
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2016
                    • 228

                    #24
                    Re: Popping

                    Originally posted by Black_Bear
                    It depends on what you like about b2p to be honest. For me it's loudness, size, reliability and violence of the pop. So for me, the perfect balloons are Qualatex 16". You just have to find a balloon with a solid lip that you can grip onto the whole time.
                    Loudness: Their design gets them really stretched out evenly, and they have one of the loudest pops of any balloon. There is.
                    Size: Not too big so that it's a workout, but big enough to where it's a challenge, fun, and if done in public, draws attention.
                    Reliability: Printed ones for sure, and for myself decorating with them, they are the most reliable brand period. I'd say 1 out of every 100 in 260, 5", 11", 16", 24", and 36" pop by defect. So almost every single Qualatex 16" would be good for b2p.
                    Violence of the pop: The higher quality a balloon is with no defects, the bigger it goes beyond its size, the more the stress levels are pushed to their absolute maximum, the shape of the balloon being pear shaped, the rock hard tightness they get after their neck is fully inflated, and as a result the balloons shred into sometimes hundreds if not thousands of shreds. I love that part about them. They are meant for decorators only, not toys, so they are hard and fairly fragile at 16". So when you push them they are as hard as a rock, get massive, are super loud when they pop, and shatter into bits. Certain colors shred better than other with Qualatex. Jewel Yellow, Clear, Rose, Light Blue, Jewel Magenta, White, Jewel Orange, Black, Jewel Green, and Jewel Red shred the best from experience.
                    Other sizes and brands have unique differences, but q16s are my favorite.
                    That's a great summary of the Q16 balloon for B2P. I personally prefer U16 and TT17, but Q16 are awesome to pop for their loudness and violence of the pop ("shredding factor"). I think this would be an awesome thread to start for people to give a profile for balloons on how they pop. Even non-poppers could use this profile to describe balloons.

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                    • Slugamano
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2016
                      • 209

                      #25
                      Re: Popping

                      My birthday was yesterday and my wife decorated the living room with some balloons and, in addition, left some uninflated one in a corner. This morning I blew "wakening" in the morning sunshine with two spotted orange 14-er...

                      I felt good :-)))

                      then some morning gymnastics together... :-)))

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                      • lilolover82
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2014
                        • 196

                        #26
                        Re: Popping

                        Do you count making a tiny leak in the stem, letting it deflate, and then cutting the end of the stem off so it can be reinflated popping? Or is it something entirely different?
                        Washington State, United States

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                        • lionlooner
                          Member
                          • Apr 2016
                          • 92

                          #27
                          Re: Popping

                          Originally posted by lilolover82
                          Do you count making a tiny leak in the stem, letting it deflate, and then cutting the end of the stem off so it can be reinflated popping? Or is it something entirely different?
                          Others may think differently, but I would say this is not popping. If you pop it, it's gone. Shreds. Can't be reinflated.

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                          • Claire123
                            Member
                            • Oct 2016
                            • 49

                            #28
                            Re: Popping

                            Originally posted by Marcin
                            I'm a Popper though just for fun. I prefer to Sit to Pop balloons of any size but what would you prefer and why?

                            Blow to Pop or Sit to Pop?
                            Blow to pop all the way!

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                            • 9/11 did Bush
                              Member
                              • Nov 2016
                              • 89

                              #29
                              Re: Popping

                              Definitely ride to pop, generally I try not to pop it, but when a balloon does it's still fun. As other people have said, I do enjoy watching blow to pop, but I get scared when trying it myself (without earplugs anyway)

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                              • LoonLover1999

                                #30
                                Re: Popping

                                Definitely prefere to sit pop or even grind, generally naked. Nothing nicer that feeling that lovely latex rubbing against your skin before you blow your load

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