Balloons have the magic ability to delight us and are essential for any birthday party. Though balloons are fun and exciting, blowing them up isn't always fun as they require a good set of lungs or a balloon pump.  One should always use a balloon pump to inflate a balloon. Keep balloons away from eyes and face as the bursting of balloon may cause injury and do not try to inflate a balloon by mouth.  

With a huge collection of balloon pumps stacked in stores, particularly with cheap Chinese look-alike fake imports, it is difficult to choose a good quality, durable, less expensive, efficient balloon pump. Here is the guide:

What should you look for while choosing a good quality balloon pump?

1)     A good quality pump must be strong , durable,  but at the same time light weight and easy to carry.

2)      Must fit all types of balloons like modelling balloons, round balloons of different dia meters.

3)      Must inflate faster with less effort

4)      and also be maintenance-free. 

Here is our attempt to evaluate a good balloon pump we found in the market : 

A good quality Hand held Double Action Balloon Pump or Twin Action or 2- ways Balloon Pump also known as Faster Blaster balloon pump is now available in India at amazon . This twin action or 2way balloon pump can be used for inflating modelling or twisting balloons like 260, 350, 646 and also for inflating round balloons (5" to 12"), heart shaped balloons (6" and 12") and any foil balloon. This pump also inflates air mattresses, beach toys etc

This Twin Action, Faster Blaster II balloon pump is made in Sweden, exclusively for Gemar balloons, Italy for their sole official distributor in India - 'bubbly balloons' and is now offered for sale on www.amazon.in  It is more efficient than many balloon pumps available in the market as it has dual action.

This balloon pump inflates faster and with less effort because of a unique double action design where they pump air on both the push and pull strokes, which creates an even air flow. That is, the pump Inflates the balloon when you push the pump as well as when you pull the pump- bothways (twin- action), for easy, faster and effortless balloon inflation. The out stroke and in stroke give out air and this balloon pump reduces the back flow of air from the balloon to the pump.

This balloon pump is easy-to-carry, easy -to-use, and is small-sized and with light weight and hence is a good product for young adults or women of smaller build. The pump requires no special skills to operate

These balloon pumps are precision crafted from rugged durable plastic and are compact and light weight, and the nozzle is formed with a snoopy top on the handle to fit most types of balloons of different dia meters and modelling or twisting balloons without any extra adapter. 

This twin action balloon pump has a pump volume of 2 x 0.3dm³

It requires no real maintenance. To get an old pump to function like new, you can, if necessary, add a little oil that you use for preparing food. We have heard of a balloon artist who used the same for over 10 years!

This balloon pump is the same that most balloon decorators and balloon twisters use the world over. It is highly recommended for balloon decorators and also for balloon twisters, as it is durable, portable, easy to use and affordable. Have you gotten yours?

Balloon animals are a delight to children.  Every child (and adult) loves to watch as a balloon is twisted and turned as it takes shape and they are great option for entertaining children. We all know that children love balloons, but even better they love balloons created especially for them by the balloon twisters

Modelling balloons are popular at birthday parties, fairs and carnivals. Twisters also perform in restaurants, and at public and private events or functions, shop openings and  side-shows at a school fair. Balloons work extremely well as a give-away for promotions or special events. Modelling Balloons are fantastic entertainment for all ages, in  addition to face painting  and tattoos.

What is balloon modelling? Balloon modelling or balloon twisting or balloon sculpting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal   but variety of shapes that could be modelled  is limited only by imagination of the balloon artist who  does the modelling. People who create balloon animals and other twisted balloon sculptures are called Balloon Twisters, Balloon Sculpting Artists.

Two important tools of balloon twisting are special balloons and inflation device.  The Special balloons are made in various colors and are very long and very narrow and are called modelling balloons.  Balloons are classified according to sizes and are identified by a number. The most common balloons used are “160” and “260” which means that they have 1 and 2 inches in diameter respectively and have 60 inches in length and hence the names.

Balloon models can be made from just one balloon but there are models that demand two or more. Single balloon sculptures are basic four-legged animals like a poodle, giraffe, monkey , bear, hat, sword , flower among others. Some of the multi-balloon models are: monkey on palm tree, flowers, octopus and turtle. 

We at bubbly balloons offer all of the sizes, shapes and colours you want  and what’s more our modelling balloons comply with CE EN 71 Toy Safety Standards and TUV safety standards. They adhere to the highest quality standards and will not disappoint you.  Not only do the balloons are safe and look fantastic but they will also keep you amused long after the twisting has finished.

Bubbly Balloons stock the widest range of Modelling Balloons in India. Made in Italy by Gemar balloons, these awesome quality balloons  come in a fantastic colour range! We offer all of the sizes, shapes and colours that withstand the twists and turns of entertaining balloons.  Bubbly’s   sale of modeling balloons has broken all records!

Larger than life animals, cartoon characters, and big fat penguins, you name it and Bubbly balloons  make it happen! It is the perfect way to take your party to a whole new, memorable level!  At Bubbly balloons  the balloon modelling artists are  AMAZING and you will find the kids in absolute awe of  our creations! For birthday parties, we can make the birthday child a larger scale design based around something the child likes like princesses, pirates, spiderman etc  and as with all our products, if you have a theme in mind, we can design balloons around your theme. 

Lots of the kid’s mums have said their kids came home asking for bubbly balloons  at their next party! 

Do something different at your children's party. Bubbly balloon artists are  the balloon modelling and party balloon experts, call 98942 98924 to find out more about our fantastic balloon modelling & balloon décor. Available for birthday parties,  weddings, christenings & private and corporate events, we can create something totally unique that will WOW the crowd!

We can also provide  balloon workshops for small groups. visit us at www.merabubbly.com

Event on the 6th April at a leading hotel in our City. Occasion is first birthday girl.  Event manager convinced the customer to accept gold and red color balloons , reason he only had gold and red LED lights to make a banner. Note: Its not the customer's choice but the event manager's!!

What has the event manager promised the customer? 4 balloon poles , one arch and 6 sets of Helium bouquets for Rs10000. He said he had great difficulty convincing the customer to accept this budget stating he is going to use imported balloons and the customer expected more number of balloons for this price.

We on our part suggested as shown in the image 

This is how the event manager responded: " dont want all those accents, foil balloons... just make simple columns with only round balloons . Customer doesnt know anything about foil balloons or how incomplete the columns will look without foil balloons... customer expects 'more quantity'  than 'quality' and so just fill more balloons and match it with the budget!" Onceagain I could see my logic was not what he wanted to hear. We at bubbly balloons refused to accept the job as we do not do substandard balloon decoration jobs!   

Onceagain , we wonder why people flock to such knucklehead event managers?

visit us at www.merabubblty.com

There was a call last week from a customer, who wanted a Minnie theme balloon decoration. We asked her to take a look at our photo gallery in our web site www.merabubbly.com

The customer chose one ( the image displayed here) and wanted a quote so that she could compare the prices with other decorators in our city in India

In the image, for the Minnie balloon column, we used ( from top) :
Super shape Minnie Foil balloon
5” Round Black balloons
5” Round Pink Balloons
11” Round Polka dots Pink
9” Round white in middle of polka dot balloons
160Q modelling balloons Pink used as bubble around the centre white balloon
For the hands: 350Q onyx black modelling balloon used, apart from 160Q white modelling balloon, 5” Round white for the gloves
Then below polka skirt, 260Q modeling balloon Pink
260Q modeling balloon Pearl Magenta
10” Round balloon Baby Pink
12” Round balloon Fuchsia

Its impossible for any other local balloon decorator in India to create a similar décor with just the round balloons available in the market. This being so, we wonder how one can compare a good balloon decoration with a substandard one!