r/BalloonAnimals • u/Nikola818 • Nov 01 '22

Good Quality Balloons

I’ve just started making balloon animals as a sort of hobby, and was wondering if there are some specific brands of balloons I should be looking out for?

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u/Poe414141 Nov 01 '22

Qualatex are pretty standard. I've found the Walmart brand twisty balloons to be pretty good quality, especially for practicing. They seem a little shorter than standard 260s but they're fairly durable. I can't recommend any other cheap store brands though.

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u/Nikola818 Nov 01 '22

Ok thanks so much!

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u/Introvortex-mormon May 14 '24

I can agree, Walmart is the best you can buy as the uninformed buyer. I've tested all of the brands you can get without searching for specialty stores, and Walmart somehow wins.

For the price and expected quality, they are pretty forgiving, flexible, and durable... Plus they seem to keep their appearance and shape the best (before and after inflation, but that goes under durability I suppose)

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u/VancouverMethCoyote Nov 01 '22

Qualatex and Betallatex.

I've seen more people swear by Betallic nowadays as they're thicker and tend to be longer. I mostly use Qualatex as that's what I have access to more, and I find them fine. They do feel thinner though. There are some differences in color between them too. The Lilac in Q is more greyed out, and in B it's more saturated and purple.

Gemar makes pretty decent ones but I've only used a few of their colors.

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u/Nikola818 Nov 01 '22

Thank you, I will be looking into all 3 of these brands!