Unique Party 55645 - 18" Foil Glitz Blue Happy 1st Birthday Balloon

Don't be fooled by the photo for this product, which is the same as the picture on the packaging. You think you're getting at least two different sizes of number (as the photo depicts), but this is a very manipulated piece of advertising. What you actually get is six strings, each having eight numbers on it. However, all the numbers on the string are just under 8cm in height; there are no large ones as the photo shows, all are small.

not a curtain of numbers as looks like in picture but individual stings. At first I thought, how stupid however now realise if it had been one big curtain of numbers I would have been cursing more and attacking it with scissors! I would recommend opening an hanging at leisure and NOT frantically at 6am, without your glasses on and with little light. Looks cool and had the desired effect I was looking for. Would definitely recommend. The "black" ones are not black but weird grey colour however as for a boy better than accidently sending pink! Really like and despite my early morning grumblings I do recommend. I bought two packs. One pack enough for one average door way so if you want a more crowded effect get two packs.

They looked really good once hung up. You have to take your time unravelling each string. The numbers are strung together with a length of fine string (or whatever) between them and you need to have good eyesight and a bit of patience to unwind them. Once you've started to unravel the string the rest of the string's unravelling is just a matter of unrolling the next number. Please take your time, it is well worth being patient. If you rush at it you'll get them tangled. These are really simple but well made. We hung the individual strigs on bare walls in the function room we were using for the party. They really looked lovely and helped create the party feel of the room. Once the party was finished our god daughters took down each string a rolled them up carefully. I was going to throw them away but they said they could come in useful the next time a relative is 90! Hope we do get another rellie making it to 90! :-)

These make a good effect when decorating for a party, however, I don't think they will last very long - the string is quite low quality, so you have to be very careful when initially unravelling them. They take a little bit of patience - they need to be unwrapped very careful, but they tangle easily and on most of them, the holes in the letters (such as 'p' and 'b' etc) aren't always fully cut out, so you have to pierce them out yourself. I would recommend this product; however, they do require a little bit of time.

Exactly what I needed for my Dad's birthday. The self-sealing mechanism is really good. It doesn't actually tell you anywhere how it works, but basically you insert your helium canister nozzle and inflate, then when it's full it automatically seals itself shut when you remove the nozzle. Stayed full throughout the whole party, no leaks.

Really effective & a bit different to what I could find in the shops. A lovely mid-blue shiny finish. Easy to hang in a doorway or somewhere like a stairwell or balcony. Can also be hung on a wall but wouldn't move & catch the light as much. Used this for two different birthday celebrations without breakage s(o quite robust despite being really thin almost invisible) thread between numbers.

There were great, they expand into really big balloons, easy to blow up by mouth and secure and lasted for a week before I filly popped them. Had lots of fun bopping them around the room and the black/white, silver/white, white/black contrast printing is excellent. You don't get very many in a pack but the quality of the balloons is really good. I ordered 2 packs, and that was enough for what we needed

Well, these things looked a lot better than I thought they would. Actually created quite a nice effect with them hanging all around the walls, although it probably helps that we have a picture rail to hang them from. I clearly didn't read the description properly as I was surprised to have 6 of them in the packet. Thought they were good value for money.