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Are you new to fireworks, if so this area will inform you on the different types of consumer fireworks that are available to you. We have broken all consumer fireworks items into a few main groups. Within each group you will find out the height at which the item goes, price ranges, what some kits consist of, and a few of the different items in each.
| Assortments - Assortments are a great way to build your show when you
are first starting out or even if you are a veteran at this. Assortments
prices can range from $19.95 to as high as $250.00. Most of the time these
are great buys. A lot of people when shopping will pick out an assortment
that suits their tastes, some are all aerial and some are all fountains for
a nice ground display. There are a few assortments that are well rounded when it
comes to both of these types of fireworks. After they find a assortment that suits
their taste they will then start to add other pieces to put more weight on
an group or groups of items. For more information check out
Beginner Techniques for how to build a
nice show. |
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| Reloadable Mortars - Reloadable Mortars
are becoming very popular. Different kits range in price from $3.50 to
$249.95. Inside of one of these kit you will find the pipe(s) that are
used to launch these shells. Pipes will come in two ways either HDPE
or Cardboard, and will range in height from 12" to 18". Kits will also
range in the number of shells that you get, from kits at small as 6 shells to
kits that have as many as 80 shells. These kits will also contain anywhere
from 1 to 8 mortars to launch all of your shells. The cost per shell remains relatively
the same across the board for kits that have a Cardboard pipe and the ones
with HDPE pipes. The only slight change in price per shells is when comparing kits
with HDPE pipes and Cardboard. The HDPE pipe is well worth the few extra
pennies per shot. Kits will also come with shells that have either 1, 2,
3, 4, or 5 breaks to them. The diameter of shells that are available for
consumers range from 1/2" to 1.75". You cannot purchase shells larger than 1.75" from your local
firework dealer without the proper qualifications. These shells typically go from
60ft. to 150ft. |
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| Mines - Mines are a
relatively new item that is available to the consumer. These often
rare kits to find, are very impressive. A mine is a directly opposite
of a mortar shell. Instead of the shell coming out of the mortar and
braking, the canister breaks inside of the pipe. The stars and then
sent into the air all ready lit creating a geyser like effect. |
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| Roman Candle - Have 2 main types; ball and
shell. Shell Roman Candles will actually shoot a miniature shell, these
can range from 3/4" to 1 1/4". The Ball Roman Candles will shoot a little
flaming ball. The Shell Roman Candles will have larger effects. Roman
candles will shoot anywhere from 20ft to 150ft for the larger caliber
candles. You can find these mostly in packs of 1, 4, 6, or 12. The can
range in price from $9.00 for 1 to $7.50 for 12. Each candle can
contain from 5 to 20 shots a piece. |
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| Repeaters (Cakes) -
Repeaters are great if you want to sit back and enjoy the show for a
bit. What a repeater is, are multiple tubes right next to each other to form a box or a cake
like appearance, with each tube connected by a single fuse. The number of
shots range from 7 to up to 225 shot per cake. There are a number of
different effects that repeaters are capable of. Some of the cake items
are starting to shoot the shells at angles. The newest group of
repeaters are the 500 Gram Heavy Weights. The height that these get
range from 20ft. to as high as 80ft. The cost for these cakes is as
low as
$1.00 to as high as $80.00. |
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| Helicopter-Type - Helicopter-Type devices
will lay flat on the ground and normally have wings. When you light the
device it starts to spin and the wings propel the device into the sky.
These items are dangerous if you do not light them on a hard surface. These cost anywhere from $1.00 to $6.00 for one or a dozen.
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| Smoke - These items can last from 30 seconds to over 2 minutes. They
come in sticks, balls, and hand grenades. The smoke is colored particles.
Items can come in different colors from white, blue, red, yellow, and a few other colors.
Smoke ranges in price from $.25 to $15.00. |
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| Novelty - This category contains all of your tanks, ground spinners,
and other fireworks that resemble toys. A lot of the novelty things you
can get individual items or small packages of them. Prices range from
$1.00 for single items to $25.00 for boxes. |
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| Fountains - These range in all different types and sizes. Some will
last around 30 seconds to as long as over 3 minutes. Fountains will stay
low to the ground ranging from 3ft. to 15ft. These are shot at night for
best effect. A new type of fountain that they just came out with year is a
reloadable fountain. It is very similar to a reloadable mortar kit with a
few exceptions. The tube has a tray in it that holds the fountain near the
top so you can light it. The kit that I saw has 6 fountain containers with
one holder. Fountains can range in price from $1.50 to $20.00 |
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| Parachutes - Parachutes can either be shot during the day or night
depending on which one your purchase. They come in single shot versions or
a repeater version with multiple parachutes. Night parachutes contain a
flare that slowly drifts down from the sky where as day parachutes typical
contain smoke producing packages. Parachutes can range in price from $2.50
to $18.00. |
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| Firecrackers - Firecrackers come in many shapes and forms, they can
range from a single firecracker to rolls that contain as many as 16,000 or
more.
They are normally packaged as bricks or mats. On the package somewhere you
will see a number that looks like 1 1/2" 80/16. To someone new to this, it
makes no sense. Well here is the coding broken down. A package that reads
this means that each individual firecracker is 1 1/2" long and there are
80 packs of 16. Each pack contains 16 firecrackers fused together on one
string. So other numbers that you will see look like; 1 1/2" 40/16 ; 1
1/2" 10/200; and many others. Prices can range from $1.50 for a box
of water crackers to as much as $90.00 for a roll of 16,000. |
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| Aerial Tubes - Aerial Tubes are a one shot
deal. There are gigantic decorative tubes that are merely a dressed up
repeater. The larger tubes contain multiple shot and can be used for a
finale. There are other tube sizes that are numbered like; #5, #100, #200,
#300, #400, #500, #600, and #1000. #5 being the smallest and #1000 being
the largest for single shot aerial tubes. Prices range from $6.00 for a
#100 tube up to $45.00 for the larger finale tubes. |
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| Rockets - Rocket come is all sizes and
types. The smallest type of rockets are your bottle rockets these normally
come in a gross, and whistle and/or have a report. Your larger rocket have
bigger heads on them that contain the powder that is ignited to cause the
effect. You can buy the bigger rockets in assortment boxes or bags. The
prices for rockets range from $2.00 for the bottle rockets to $36.00 for a
large assortment of rockets. Some effects that rockets have are screeching
tails, ring shells, willows, parachutes. |
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| Wheels - Wheels range is size form 3
inches up to 14 inches. The center of the piece has a hole to put a nail
or pin through to attach it on to a stand or other type of holder. These
last anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Prices range from $2.00 to
$30.00. |
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| Sparklers - There are two major types of sparklers the morning glory and one color sparklers. Sparklers used to be made on wires but a lot of companies are now making them on bamboo. There are safer for younger kids and you don't have to worry about running them over with the lawn mower. You can by sparklers by the individual boxes that normally contain 6 sparklers, or by the gross. Morning glories have three different effects in each one. Prices range from $.50 for a box of 6 to $15.00 for a gross. |