The Great Cheap, Safe Fireworks Hunt

BorisTheSpider_3

This company looks good

http://www.e-fireworks.co.uk/

Nice selection of fountains and garden fireworks.

They sell Kimbolton, which are the best-rated brand, winner of most of the UKFR awards, at some decent discounts off RRP, particularly the Sapphire Selection box, £69.99 RRP, selling for £34.99 - and this a genuine discount, not like the supermarket BS - according to The Independent, top ten fireworks (rated at full price of £70): "Kimbolton's quality means decent lighting cord, a spark-proof box and mines, barrages and fountains filled with powder, not cheap filler. "

They sell the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in Fireworks Review garden firework of the year, and the 1kg 330mm Mammoth cone, which is the best fountain you can buy.

Delivery £20 to £75, £15 to £125, £10 to £150, free above £150. £10 extra for next-day delivery.

Based in Southampton (free collection).

Definitely a goer if you can collect, £35 for the Sapphire, plus another £20-£30 for some add-ons, would make a nice family display.

BorisTheSpider_3

btw, this is what less-honest manufacturers do (i.e. not Kimbolton). THis is from Sainsburys Standard Fireworks £30 box:



Don't be fooled! Firework material is expensive, you don't need that much powder to make a decent firework.

Declan_2

Prestonboi wrote: »

Cosmos and Rainbow Storm yes get them!

However i have read that the Rainbow Storm is hollow in the middle and very window dressed. There is a lot of window dressing in the Black Nebula Box to.

last year and the year before, rainbow storm was very window dressed, but the one i have here now isnt. it is much smaller than last years, but the tubes are the same size and it has the same amount of shots - 90. it looks like they have just got rid of the big gap in the middle.

howmuchcaniget

City Sport in the market place had a sign in the window saying buy one get one free on all fireworks.

Prestonboi

BorisTheSpider wrote: »

btw, this is what less-honest manufacturers do (i.e. not Kimbolton). THis is from Sainsburys Standard Fireworks £30 box:



Don't be fooled! Firework material is expensive, you don't need that much powder to make a decent firework.

Good point. I would be fuming if i bought that box and it had stuff like that in it.

BorisTheSpider_3

Prestonboi wrote: »

Good point. I would be fuming if i bought that box and it had stuff like that in it.

Nearly all boxes are like that. If you buy a selection box, just cut the paper off the top of one of the fireworks (not the tiny ones, but certainly the ones that don't look like a round tube). All fireworks are made of cylindrical tubes, and those tubes are basically a few mm across, nothng like as big as the average selection box.

Prestonboi

BorisTheSpider wrote: »

Nearly all boxes are like that. If you buy a selection box, just cut the paper off the top of one of the fireworks (not the tiny ones, but certainly the ones that don't look like a round tube). All fireworks are made of cylindrical tubes, and those tubes are basically a few mm across, nothng like as big as the average selection box.

For the price i meant. £30 for that. Pfft.

I have a box and there are one or two big fountains in that are window dressed the rest are small ones.

BorisTheSpider_3

If anyone can find it, the BEST family selection box is the Kimbolton Gold box, £20 RRP, which isn't the cheapest, and less chance of discount, but they are GARDEN fireworks, which means they are safe - most people DO NOT have 25 metres radius to let off display fireworks, and watching quality garden fireworks from 5 metres gives a nice affect.

And the Sainsburys one? It looks like it's a variation of this:

Magical Theatre

http://blackcatfireworks.ltd.uk/fireworks/standard/selection-boxes/?id=250

I guess it's worth £12.

bluenose1

I used Tesco's ones last year and they were rubbish, -hardly any sparkle to them. We had had Aldi's the year before and they were far better.
Have bought them from them again this year.

pulliptears

Reiterating what I said last year!

JTF have some great selection boxes in again,

http://www.jtf-wholesale.co.uk/fireworks

We have had this brand for 3 years now and they are excellent value for money, and good quality too! The website doesnt show the selection boxes very clearly, but at something like £5 for a big box you cant go wrong.