We manufacture two things and we have made them for forty years. Everything you need to decide is on this page, including the numbers most sellers leave off.
The two products
| Sphere | Blimp | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.5 ft | 13 ft |
| Price | $350 | $1,526 |
| Artwork | not printed | full colour, both sides, included |
| Shipping | $27 | $135 |
| Ready in | 1-2 days if not in stock | 3-7 days after artwork approval |
| Job | marks a location | carries a name |
What is included and what is not
**Included:** the balloon, full colour printing on both sides of the blimp, and your choice of a 120-foot tether line or a 105-foot metallic pennant line.
**Not included:** shipping, listed above so you can see it, and helium, which you buy locally for far less than we could sell it to you.
There is no setup fee, no artwork fee, no plate charge and no rush fee. If a competing quote is cheaper on the headline, check those first.
The running cost, stated plainly
Helium is the only repeating expense. About $300 for a 200 cubic foot cylinder from a local welding-gas supplier, roughly $1.50 per cubic foot.
A blimp fills with about 170 cf, so around $255 from empty, then roughly $2.50 a day in top-offs. A sphere fills with about 87 cf and one cylinder runs it around two months.
You lose about one percent a day, so plan a top-off every three to seven days.
Why polyurethane
The cheap end of this market is PVC. It stiffens with age, keeps every crease from wherever it was folded, and goes brittle under ultraviolet light.
Ours are polyurethane. It stays flexible, folds and re-inflates without scarring, and tolerates sun far better. It costs more to manufacture, and it is why customers write to us still flying the same balloon after fourteen years.
If you are comparing two quotes that look identical, ask which material. That is usually the whole difference.
Ask for a quote. Call 1-800-791-1445 or email sales@arizonaballoon.com and tell us the size and whether you want it printed.
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