Firework Buying Tips8541530
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 should 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 offered for sale, but unfortunately non compliant fireworks do still slip through 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 show items, so most of what you see in the shops will be in categories two and 3.
The primary criteria for category two fireworks are that the fuse must burn for in between three 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 areas, but these are the main defining criteria. You have a tendency to get category two fireworks in the smaller sized show boxes, sold via mainstream suppliers' such as newsagents and supermarkets. The much more spectacular category 3 items are usually sold as person items, and are generally to be discovered in much more specialist outlets.
One extremely 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 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 amount 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 issue could so effortlessly be solved with a bit of forward planning. Instead of the usual situation, where six people all turn up with a small box of fireworks, very likely from a non specialist outlet, that fizzle and phutt their way via a lacklustre show, why not gather an agreed amount of money from every guest instead, and then go to a specialist retailer, and buy a few truly spectacular fireworks. Everyone will then see a shorter, but far better display.
We now have a normal customer base, which entrust their spending budget to us each year, and rely us to construct a memorable display for them. Initially it might be tough to persuade them to spend any exactly where between £40 and £140 on one firework, but nearly with out exception, once they have gone that route, they never look back!
