Firework Buying Tips7720342
The 'standard' fireworks licence only permits a supplier to sell fireworks for a 3 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 thing to look for is that the fireworks comply with British Regular BS7114. This number must be printed on the box or firework, and shows that the product complies with strict safety requirements. If you don't see this number, then leave nicely alone. These fireworks should not even be provided for sale, but unfortunately non compliant fireworks do still slip via the net.
Fireworks are divided into four categories, only two of which really concern us here. Category one is for such things as indoor fireworks, and category four is for professional display items, 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 should burn for in between 3 and 13 seconds, and it must be viewed from at least five metres away. For category 3 the fuse is five to 15 seconds, and the viewing distance 25 metres. There are also criteria for debris fallout locations, but these are the main defining criteria. You have a tendency to get category two fireworks in the smaller show boxes, sold through mainstream suppliers' such as newsagents and supermarkets. The much more spectacular category 3 products are generally sold as person items, and are usually to be discovered in more specialist outlets.
One extremely simple, but quite reliable tip for gauging the worth and likely performance of a firework is to feel the weight of it. Usually speaking, the heavier a firework is, the better display it will give you. This is by no means a hard and quick rule, but it is a very good rule of thumb.
Getting been in the trade for 40 years now, I like to think I have had a reasonable amount of feed back on the topic of DIY firework displays, and the thing that crops up time and again is that most displays last for too long, with as well many 'same again' fireworks! The issue could so effortlessly be solved with a bit of forward planning. Rather of the usual situation, where six individuals all turn up with a small box of fireworks, extremely 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 every guest rather, and then go to a specialist retailer, and buy a few truly spectacular fireworks. Everybody will then see a shorter, but far better display.
We now have a regular customer base, which entrust their budget to us each year, and rely us to construct a memorable show for them. Initially it may be difficult to persuade them to invest any where between £40 and £140 on one firework, but almost with out exception, once they have gone that route, they never look back!
