balloons

[Anonymous]

If you want to blow up a bunch of balloons for your child's birthday, what is the easiest way to achieve this? I'm talking about at least 100.

[Anonymous]

Get a helium tank from a party store

[Anonymous]

I bought 100 blown up balloons from Safeway - I bet other big grocery stores do it too. They corralled them in two huge plastic bags that I carried three blocks home. I decided one year my DD would enjoy waking on her birthday to a room full of balloons, so I did it. It was nuts, and she loved it. Would have been easier if I had a car, but whatever.

[Anonymous]

Air compressor. You can rent one from Home Depot or Lowes if you don't have one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Air compressor. You can rent one from Home Depot or Lowes if you don't have one.

That would be overkill. $17 on Amazon Limited-time deal: SMAYDA Electric Air Balloon Pump, Portable Dual Nozzle Electric Balloon Inflator/Blower for Party Decoration - 110V 600W [Rose Red] https://a.co/d/23ZRmFL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Air compressor. You can rent one from Home Depot or Lowes if you don't have one.

That would be overkill. $17 on Amazon Limited-time deal: SMAYDA Electric Air Balloon Pump, Portable Dual Nozzle Electric Balloon Inflator/Blower for Party Decoration - 110V 600W [Rose Red] https://a.co/d/23ZRmFL

Except that you can use the air compressor for other things instead of a single use garbage balloon pump.

[Anonymous]

So wasteful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So wasteful.

+1

[Anonymous]

I bought a $20 balloon inflator. It's loud but fast. It's harder to tie them closed fast. These were not helium balloons obviously but put together to make columns.

[Anonymous]

Party City will deliver them.

[Anonymous]

family dollar. then dispose of responsibly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So wasteful.

+1

+2
What's even worse is that balloons often fly away and get stuck in trees. At best, it's littering and at worst it kills wildlife.

[Anonymous]

Why helium balloons are bad:

https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/feature/helium-balloons-impose-toll-our-air-land-and-sea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Air compressor. You can rent one from Home Depot or Lowes if you don't have one.

That would be overkill. $17 on Amazon Limited-time deal: SMAYDA Electric Air Balloon Pump, Portable Dual Nozzle Electric Balloon Inflator/Blower for Party Decoration - 110V 600W [Rose Red] https://a.co/d/23ZRmFL

Except that you can use the air compressor for other things instead of a single use garbage balloon pump.

I mean, I’ve never needed an air compressor but I’ve used the garbage balloon pump several times a year for three years, plus loaned it out to others.

I also can’t imagine having to hold a balloon onto an air compressor while turning it on and off.