Magic Tricks

The Qualatex brand of balloons is the standard brand that nearly all balloon professionals balloon use. The 260 means 2" wide and 60" long (2"x60"). This is the standard size to use for balloon sculptures. There are 100 balloons in this bag in various colors. This pack is also called the Qualatex Basic Assorted Colors pack.

Joe Montella mentioned in his DVD that Qualatex also makes a Entertainers' Assorted Colors pack and a Neon Assorted Colors pack. These two other packs have different colors than the basic assorted pack.

This basic assortment of colors is all that you really need but maybe if there is enough demand, Penguin Magic will carry these other two balloon assortment packs. Hint, hint Penguin Magic!

I was at first concern about the quality of these balloon because balloons are made out of latex, can have pinholes in them and can burst easily because of quality control issues but I had no problems with any of my Qualatex balloons.

Betallic (Sempertex) is the other brand of balloons that some people use for balloon sculptures but you will find that nearly all balloon professionals use Qualatex balloons.

I did some research and found out that Qualatex will stand behind their product and will replace your balloons if you have a quality problem with any of their balloons contact them.

Make sure that you buy the Balloon School with Joe Montella DVD and the Qualatex Single Action Hand Pump that Joe Montella recommends. You will need both to get started. Joe's DVD is one of my best purchases.