Firework Purchasing Tips7599023
The 'standard' fireworks licence only permits a supplier to sell fireworks for a three week period before November 5th, a couple of days before New Year, Diwali and Chinese New Year.
If we deal with what to buy first, then the most important factor to look for is that the fireworks comply with British Regular BS7114. This number should be printed on the box or firework, and shows that the product complies with strict safety standards. If you do not see this number, then leave nicely alone. These fireworks should not even be offered for sale, but sadly non compliant fireworks do still slip via the net.
Fireworks are divided into four categories, only two of which really concern us right here. Category one is for such things as indoor fireworks, and category four is for professional display products, so most of what you see in the shops will be in categories two and three.
The primary criteria for category two fireworks are that the fuse must burn for in between 3 and 13 seconds, and it should be viewed from at least 5 metres away. For category 3 the fuse is 5 to 15 seconds, and the viewing distance 25 metres. There are also criteria for debris fallout areas, but these are the main defining criteria. You tend to get category two fireworks in the smaller sized show boxes, sold through mainstream suppliers' such as newsagents and supermarkets. The much more spectacular category three items are generally sold as person items, and are usually to be discovered in more specialist outlets.
One extremely easy, but fairly dependable tip for gauging the worth and most likely performance of a firework is to really feel the weight of it. Usually speaking, the heavier a firework is, the much better display it will give you. This is by no indicates a hard and fast rule, but it is a extremely good rule of thumb.
Having been in the trade for 40 years now, I like to believe I have had a reasonable quantity of feed back on the subject of DIY firework displays, and the factor that crops up time and once more is that most displays last for too long, with as well many 'same again' fireworks! The issue could so easily be solved with a bit of forward planning. Instead of the usual situation, where six individuals all turn up with a small box of fireworks, extremely most likely from a non specialist outlet, that fizzle and phutt their way through a lacklustre show, why not collect an agreed amount of money from each guest rather, and then go to a specialist retailer, and buy a couple of really spectacular fireworks. Everyone will then see a shorter, but far better show.
We now have a regular customer base, which entrust their spending budget to us each year, and rely us to construct a memorable show for them. Initially it may be tough to persuade them to spend any exactly where in between £40 and £140 on one firework, but nearly without exception, once they have gone that route, they by no means look back!
