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    Balloon fun
    • Apr 2017
    • 136

    qualtex 24 inch memories

    How much do you miss looning with Q 24 balloons

    What are your best memories?

    What balloon did you use as a replacement?

    Will they ever start making them again?
  • BYGavia
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2017
    • 246

    #2
    Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

    Q24s were the first balloons I bought with the fetish in mind. I don’t have specific memories, but I’ll miss ‘em once my meager supply runs dry.

    As for replacements...some say the Cattex 32” longneck is the ideal replacement for the Q24. I understand what they mean because the shape and the feel are fantastic, but I don’t think it’s a perfect match for the durability of the Q24. For that, a Tuftex 24” is a good alternative, though it is a much rounder balloon.

    I am skeptical that Qualatex will manufacture it again. Perhaps another manufacturer will someday make a balloon more similar to the Q24, just as Cattex/Rifco offer longneck balloons.

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    • LondonLarry
      Could be a chat bot
      • Jul 2019
      • 512

      #3
      Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

      Qualatex 24" were the best balloon by far, inflated big and went off with a real BOOM! everything else I've tried has been so so. Many good memories with these balloons, I hope someone does something similar to them, they were so much fun.

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      • LoonerPlanet
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2018
        • 144

        #4
        Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

        The first time I saw a photo of a Q24" I laughed. That can't be real; no balloon gets that big with a huge neck. Then I ordered my first Q24's and, holy shit, it was real. The photo actually underestimated how large the balloon could get.

        My collection was never without Q24's after that. I still have some carefully tucked away--the advantage of being a non popper. Every once and awhile I'll take them out and inflate one or two. After all these years, I am still amazed how big and beautiful these balloons get.

        These days I find myself reaching most often for Tuftex balloons. They get huge, especially on the second or third inflation. They have great colors, a nice feel and can form a neck. They aren't the same, but maybe that is for the best. You can't easily recreate a legend. (I feel the same way about the Tilly 8 foot worker)

        And, no, I don't think Qtex will re-start production. Sales were too small and they don't really want to cater to our community. Right now their 3 foot balloons are popular. I would think that with helium being so expensive, there is a similar market for 24" balloons. I assume Qtex can figure that out itself. Cattex, on the other hand, is more than happy to sell to us (see the interview on balloons-united blog). Long neck balloons; no problem and we have the 32" and 3 foot long necks.

        The last batches of Q 24's Qtex produced were of lower quality. Almost like they had given up. Some prematurely popped, especially the greens, and I dumped a black that got sticky. That means my collection of the good quality Q 24's is probably approaching 10 years old and still strong (with careful storage). Just what you would expect from a legend.

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        • palloncino90
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2018
          • 391

          #5
          Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

          I loved the Q24. My first online purchase was including Q24, standard color and stars printed (anyone remember these ones?). Before my purchase, I just saw those balloons on YouTube, when I played with them for the first time, I don't know, I can't describe my feelings, they were so big, as I never seen until that Moment and that smell: unique (I still remember it such as I have one beside me) and Q24 have been the only balloons that don't make me afraid to inflate as huge as I could watch in the videos, and were the only balloons I ridden in my entire life, although I knew that the burst would be like a gun shot. Anyway, my best looning experiences with them. I now replaced (if i may use this term) them with Tuftex, I only buy this brand, and I may say that TT24 are also great balloons, perhaps I prefer their shape and softness than Q24 even if I would love to play with them again though.
          Last edited by palloncino90; 08-10-2019, 19:52. Reason: Typing errors
          I want to live surrounded of big and colorful balloons

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          • racinett
            Member
            • Aug 2016
            • 89

            #6
            Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

            They were a great balloon. I still have over 70 for sale if you are interested. Send me a message with how much per balloon. I am in Canada but of course can ship them.

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            • Danman1987
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2012
              • 145

              #7
              Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

              I still have a big box full of them. A month ago I made a bit of a balloon room of them. But my greatest memory is from 2013 where a museum was filled with Q24's. Sometimes it was very hard to walk through them. And in some chambers there was no light, so you only feel the balloons, but don't see them. Too bad Qualatex discontinued them

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              • Helium1234
                Member
                • Dec 2016
                • 43

                #8
                Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                Always loved how large they got and the pull they had with helium. Just amazing the feel just a few balloons could do when blown up that large with helium.

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                • PBK
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2019
                  • 372

                  #9
                  Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                  I really miss them. I still have a bunch but they're running out. I might fill a few with helium this weekend.
                  I especially loved the crystal "happy birthday" 24's and the white snow man 24's.

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                  • b loony
                    Member
                    • Oct 2018
                    • 99

                    #10
                    Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                    Best memory with the q24 was a day at a girl I knew who was into loons too. Gl1200s 12s 16s bit of everything finished with a q24 star race. She finished first then blew me till I finished it off.and she finished me off

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                    • PBK
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2019
                      • 372

                      #11
                      Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                      Yep. They were a wonderful balloon. I still have some. I cleaned Bargainballoons.ca out of the last snowman print 24's they had a few years ago. Still have them.

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                      • FunLooner
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2019
                        • 249

                        #12
                        Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                        Originally posted by racinett
                        They were a great balloon. I still have over 70 for sale if you are interested. Send me a message with how much per balloon. I am in Canada but of course can ship them.

                        How much you asking for them? What prints if any?

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                        • TooBigToFail
                          Junior Member
                          • Feb 2019
                          • 26

                          #13
                          Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                          Originally posted by BlueYoshi
                          I am skeptical that Qualatex will manufacture it again.
                          It would also be a huge PR nightmare to. Just google "Qualatex 24" and see what comes up. Was probably a significant factor in pulling it from production.

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                          • Will blown
                            Junior Member
                            • Jan 2020
                            • 29

                            #14
                            Re: qualtex 24 inch memories



                            By far my favorite balloons and will be devastated when they are all gone. A guy in Asia found a store with a bunch just this fall and I bought them all. Since then every 3 months I am having a balloon extravaganza in a secret cabin nearby. Making my memories and fulfilling my fantasies while I still can. Nothing even comes close. Yes, other are nice but Q24s are amazing. The perfect balloon in every way.

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                            • TheMole
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2019
                              • 214

                              #15
                              Re: qualtex 24 inch memories

                              It was one of the first balloons I ever ordered in as an upgrade from the party store when I really started getting into the fetish. They really were just the best, almost like they were made for looners.

                              I loved riding and humping them for a long time until the neck would bulge to a huge size and just explode with no warning. And i mean explode, chest thumping lol

                              Also, I've been persistently annoying Qualatex here in the USA to do a limited run or something without having to order a truckload of them. A squeaky wheel gets the grease, ya know?

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