I posted this some time ago over on another forum. Just thought I'd share it here, too:
Just an FYI to fellow Canuck looners; 2 retailers that are in most major areas carry giant balloons of reasonable quality. The arts and crafts store Michaels has Chinese made "paddle" shape 4 foot rounds that are remarkably thick, strong and high quality and offered in limited colors in the locations near me. They're quite expensive if I remember right but you will not be disappointed, they are very nice balloons.
The national dollar chain Dollarama used to carry Chinese-made 4 foot giants in orange, red or blue with speckled print. I've always found the quality (and smell!) of these balloons to be below sub par if you're a non-popper. Sometimes they blow up to a beautiful, giant tear-drop shape but I've had many random pops well below rated size. They seem to have discontinued those (in my area, at least) and now have these giant 4 foot smiley faced paddles that are INCREDIBLY high quality, available in red, orange, blue, pink, green and yellow. They are still Chinese produced, but the QA/QC seems to have been dramatically improved. At least the ones in my area....not sure about out east.
Anyway, something to check out.
Just an FYI to fellow Canuck looners; 2 retailers that are in most major areas carry giant balloons of reasonable quality. The arts and crafts store Michaels has Chinese made "paddle" shape 4 foot rounds that are remarkably thick, strong and high quality and offered in limited colors in the locations near me. They're quite expensive if I remember right but you will not be disappointed, they are very nice balloons.
The national dollar chain Dollarama used to carry Chinese-made 4 foot giants in orange, red or blue with speckled print. I've always found the quality (and smell!) of these balloons to be below sub par if you're a non-popper. Sometimes they blow up to a beautiful, giant tear-drop shape but I've had many random pops well below rated size. They seem to have discontinued those (in my area, at least) and now have these giant 4 foot smiley faced paddles that are INCREDIBLY high quality, available in red, orange, blue, pink, green and yellow. They are still Chinese produced, but the QA/QC seems to have been dramatically improved. At least the ones in my area....not sure about out east.
Anyway, something to check out.
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