Balloon collection so far

[Blue548]

Hi, I've been on a buying rampage recently haha and have accumulated some nice big balloons. The blue one to the left is 11" then the green one is 18" and the yellow one (most exiting!) is a 36" balloon.

[OverTheTop]

Re: Balloon collection so far

I have a shoebox full of balloons of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Off the top of my head:
- Bunch of jewel-tone Q24s
- Two GL500s
- Four GL700s
- Four GL1200s
- 50 or so cheap 12" ones
- 12 or so cheap 36" ones
- A few other assorted types

[Blue548]

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Just a question. How big do the 36" go. I just blew one up and measured 29-30" and could see a very small neck forming. I think the balloon had more give but am nervous about it popping as they can be pretty unpredictable.

[Jkloon]

Re: Balloon collection so far

Depends on the brand. I've found qualatex to get really hard around 40" and had an old one pop around 42" while I was trying to neck it. Cheap ones seem to stretch a lot more and I had a cheap Party City 24" get to around 50" before popping.

[Blue548]

Re: Balloon collection so far

Thanks, the brand I have is Unique

[LeeRider]

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Yeah Qualatex go HARD first and then.......BANGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

TufTex are real flexible when they are fresh and the necks blow right out.

Unique should be ok to overinflate at least a few times.

[Jkloon]

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My current collection consists of:
1 Q36"
2 unbranded 48"
2 Q24"
~40 Q16"
1 5.5' Cloudbuster
1 Gl 1200
2 Gl 700
2 unknown 17"
And misc smaller balloons.

[Blue548]

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Nice, do you over inflate the 36"?

[Jkloon]

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No, those ones seem to pop when you overinflate them and I like a semi soft ride. I've tried necking them and had limited success. When they're larger they seem to pop before necking. When I have more I may try using heat but I'm being careful with this one

[Meililoon]

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I think the only 36" that can be reliably necked is the Tuf-Tex. I haven't had the chance to try them yet myself, but I've heard people say so.
When I inflated my first 36" QTex for the first time, I also stopped before it reached its rated size because I saw it starting to get something reminding of a neck while feeling really tight. Now I try to fully inflate them on the first inflation and keep them between 25" and 30" when I'm playing with them. They're so much more enjoyable when they're softer
I currently have
4 36" QTex
1 39" Cattex
2 GL500
3 GL700
and lots of 24" and smaller of various brands.

[Blue548]

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Nice, thanks for that I do get a little nervous that I will over do it haha

[Loony liz]

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I'm curious as how balloons are measured please ?

[OverTheTop]

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I'm curious as how balloons are measured please ?

Usually by diameter when inflated. Some balloons are measured by length from neck to far end instead, or in addition to diameter.

[Bubble Boy :-P]

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Oh, geeze! I gotta think about this! Okay, here goes!
First my weather balloons!

2 vintage military ML-541A/AMs...10 to 15 feet in diameter
4 300 gram pure white space balloons, 8 foot when blown up
2 neoprene 8 foot cloud busters, one pink,one red
2 yellow neoprene 5.5 footers
3 sonic blue latex 7 foot cloud buster balloons I ordered from a lovely company in Washington state
4 150 gram cream colored 5 footers
8 100 gram red 4 footers
22 red 30 gram pilot balloons, 3 foot
And of course my baby, one 600g pure white space balloon that I've yet to inflate. She's over twenty feet when blown up!

I love meteorological balloons! So soft, squishy & durable!

Now my conventional balloons...

2 72 packs of pink Tuff-Tex 17s
1 72 pack of red TT 17s
1 25 pack of red TT 24s
25 white Q-16s
23 pink Q-16s
Over 900 CTI 12 inchers I use for blow to pops, assorted colors

now my big balloons

5 55 inch cattex hearts, pink
4 55 inch cattex hearts, red
6 baby blue big cattex dolls
7 black big cattex dolls
8 GL-1200s, 2 pink,1 white, 1 clear,2 black,1 dark pink & I had a yellow one but it developed a leak & popped :'(
6 Q-36 red hearts
12 baby blue Q-36s
15 of the old Q-24s, crystal teal
12 of those cheap Chinese 36 inch balloons
& a shit ton of mylar/foils of assorted shapes & colors!
I truly feel richer than Bill Gates...i love my balloons

[9/11 did Bush]

Re: Balloon collection so far

Well, I don't have much, but:
6 Q36's in different colours (predominately black, white and wild berry)
10 Q16" polka dots (black, pink, white and baby blue)
10 Q16" crystals (mostly crystal green, but also pink, black and clear)
8 Q24" crystals (given to by my looner cousin, predominately green, clear, black and red)
5 BSA 17's (burgundy and turquoise)

I used to have lots more black and white Q16 balloons, but I've since traded them with my cousin for the Q24's (16's are her favourite balloons)