Firework Purchasing Tips4737447
The 'standard' fireworks licence only permits a supplier to sell fireworks for a 3 week period before November 5th, a few days before New Year, Diwali and Chinese New Year.
If we deal with what to buy first, then the most essential thing 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 security standards. If you do not see this number, then leave well alone. These fireworks should not even be offered for sale, but sadly non compliant fireworks do nonetheless 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 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 should burn for in between 3 and 13 seconds, and it should be viewed from at least five metres away. For category three 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 display boxes, sold via mainstream suppliers' such as newsagents and supermarkets. The much more spectacular category 3 items are generally sold as individual products, and are usually to be discovered in more specialist outlets.
One very easy, but quite dependable tip for gauging the value and most likely overall performance of a firework is to feel the weight of it. Generally speaking, the heavier a firework is, the much better show it will give you. This is by no indicates 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 believe I have had a reasonable quantity of feed back on the topic 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 problem could so easily be solved with a bit of forward planning. Rather of the usual situation, exactly where six individuals all turn up with a small box of fireworks, very most likely from a non specialist outlet, that fizzle and phutt their way through a lacklustre display, why not gather an agreed amount of money from every 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 display.
We now have a regular customer base, which entrust their spending budget to us every year, and rely us to construct a memorable display for them. Initially it may be tough to persuade them to invest any where in between £40 and £140 on one firework, but almost without exception, once they have gone that route, they by no means look back!
