Flying lanterns reduced at I want one of Those

lawrie28

They are banned in Oz.

I don't see how they can cause a fire when they come down, because they only come down when the air inside them has cooled, so there will not be a flame to start a fire, and the descent should have given them enough time to cool down.

It could happen if launched in a wind that was too strong, but then the flyer should read the instructions.

I agree with the wire could cause an animal issues, but I can't see why an animal would eat them? THey have a circle of thin bamboo, with a wire cross to support the fuel. I can't see why a cow would eat this.

If I am correct, a bale of sileage is a warm moist environment. THis would be an ideal set of conditions for the wire to rust, and with it being a very thin peice of wire, would expect this to have rusted away either before it was harvested (providing the cattle didn;t eat it), or whilst in the bale.

I may be complely wrong, but that is my thoughts on the issue. Please don't think I am looking to start a fight, I have read the newspaper reports on injuries, so aware they do happen but considering how many of these are let off every year, the livestock injuries are minimal.

And I don;t think they are any more distracting than fireworks or the police helicopter could be.

PixiePie

lawrie28 wrote: »

I agree with the wire could cause an animal issues, but I can't see why an animal would eat them? THey have a circle of thin bamboo, with a wire cross to support the fuel. I can't see why a cow would eat this.

If I am correct, a bale of sileage is a warm moist environment. THis would be an ideal set of conditions for the wire to rust, and with it being a very thin peice of wire, would expect this to have rusted away either before it was harvested (providing the cattle didn;t eat it), or whilst in the bale.

I may be complely wrong,
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Sorry, but you are (and I mean that in a completely non nasty manner btw -->> look, big hug to prove it :j:D).
1) You are crediting cows (God love 'em) with far too much intelligence. Or any farm animal for that matter (apart from Pigs. They is clever ). It's in front of them, therefore it must be worth a go at eating. Especially because it's in front of them nestled alongside some lovely juicy grass. Yum yum, new food the farmer has left for us, how exciting! Goats are well known for eating anything they can get their little teeth around (although they do have slightly more robust guts in my experience).
2) Silage is a nice warmish environment, but not left long enough for the wire to rust away to nothing, so the cow/horse/whatever just eats a nice rusty piece of wire instead of a lovely shiny piece. Still dies.
3) The newspaper reports on figures are made up, not every animal that dies gets declared in the 'right' way for these kind of stats (ie a report of a animal dying from gut rot might be caused by a number of things).

Please please do not use these unless you are going to follow them until they come down and dispose of them, or are using them in an enclosed-ish space (like the Eden project or something )

Ditto the comment about China being a very different place from the UK...

squack

sounds good... im going to get some and try to burn holes in the canopy of the eden project too

tigerlily

Also if you do for some reason think its a good idea to set these things off even after all the information in this thread and you live near the coast for gods sake let the coastguards know what you are doing as these idiotic lanterns regularly get mistaken for flares by members of the public who then dial 999 and send the emergency services on a very expensive wild goose chase when there could really be people who need their help.

greenpixie_2

Not all of them have wire in.

Some of them have been made to be more eco friendly so that they don't have wire in them any more

Troythecat

dedcided to just give these a miss :A

:eek:

quoia

Similar offers and "discussion" thread here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2251929

But if you do want to actually buy them

quoia wrote: »

The exact same "Works" HEART one ( it's fully BIO-DEGRADEABLE )



is also available at THE 99p Store

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The Lanterns cost just under a quid :rotfl: