What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

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  • softsquishyballoon
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2020
    • 204

    What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

    I figured I should ask in this forum, since I figured that poppers aren't usually that interested in keeping their balloons around as long as possible.

    So... at which point do you figure that the balloon should finally be thrown in the trash? I still have the rescued balloon that started it all, but it's now gotten very small - and you can't really throw that balloon around anyone. If I try to untie and reinflate it, the latex is probably too weak to sustain that. I think it could still be used as a soft squishy stress ball, though. At least, I now have other soft squishy balloons to also enjoy - and are also larger with stronger latex.
  • Danniballoon
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2018
    • 553

    #2
    Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

    I've had them inflated for 6 months or more. They lose a bit of air, but if you try re-inflating after this time, they generally pop quite easily.

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    • ThatOneLooner
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2016
      • 294

      #3
      Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

      I can’t really keep any blown up, so it’s more a question of how many reuses I can get out of one balloon. (Usually I can get quite a lot of mileage out of one balloon.)

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      • Slugamano
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2016
        • 209

        #4
        Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

        About three weeks...

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        • NEKOCC
          Junior Member
          • Mar 2020
          • 25

          #5
          Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

          4weeks or more? I'm not very sure. Most of my balloons can survive more than 3 weeks, and pop accident during re-inflating or playing

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          • PBK
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2019
            • 372

            #6
            Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

            Probably over a year. I've had Italian blimps and giants survive for over a year and even take several re-inflations over the course of that time.

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            • Seasidelad
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2018
              • 191

              #7
              Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

              I kept a balloon inflated for well over a year. When I first found it left in a mall it was inflated to the max bigger than what I would have blown it up to so I rescued it. When I finally threw it away it was smaller than a tennis ball.

              Previously I has only managed to keep a balloon for 17 weeks then it suddenly went down. It is good to see how long one can last. I once saw a balloon stand in a restaurant they were mostly small ones but one top was much bigger and over inflated I wanted to take it but though it may pop as I walked outside.

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              • loonerlee
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2018
                • 154

                #8
                Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                I have a 36" belbal blown up for 3 weeks now, I find belbal balloons to be least vulnerable to decaying, and a cattex Gl1200 I've had about 3 years, blown up several times and deflated and stored. I Don't often use the larger GLs

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                • Exaturbo
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2021
                  • 158

                  #9
                  Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                  Well over 12 months for an inflated cattex 55”

                  Usually I underinflate to around 1/2 rated size so they remain soft and squishy.
                  But they last for ages.

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                  • tebe2hu
                    Member
                    • Jan 2017
                    • 91

                    #10
                    Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                    Doubtlessly, the longest time I kept inflated three 24" Melloc balloons. I even remember the dates: I blew them up 14th March to represent the national tricolor. Kept them in my living room and discarded them 28th June. They were still in one piece but started to weaken and deflate. It happened in 2006. The funny thing that generally Melloc balloons not considered to be the best. For the reason above I still liked them

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                    • JCB
                      Member
                      • Feb 2021
                      • 91

                      #11
                      Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                      I have a couple of Tuftex 24 which I inflated tight with necks bout 6 weeks ago and still looking good & tight. Love the look & feel of them hopefully they'll stay that way for many more weeks.

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                      • Little Looner
                        MADAM BANGS
                        • Jan 2019
                        • 96

                        #12
                        Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                        3 months and still counting - TT36
                        Keep puffing her up!!
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                        • Wynonna302
                          Member
                          • Apr 2021
                          • 52

                          #13
                          Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                          About a week. The cheap ones start getting soft and small and stinky after that. I'm a clothing suffer, and I store them in the stuffing clothes, but space is a premium, so when they start to shrink and smell funny, out they go!

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                          • Jolooner
                            Junior Member
                            • Apr 2021
                            • 4

                            #14
                            Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                            I've currently got a green TT17" that's been inflated since the start of January and it's still surprisingly firm. Normally I find that 1-2 months is about max for holding my weight if they aren't visibly oxidised.

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                            • Blustrkuk86
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2015
                              • 146

                              #15
                              Re: What's the longest you've kept an inflated balloon?

                              these days in the bedroom i tend to leave a few days so if i get in the mood during the night i can snuggle or just get things out of my system

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