The Great Cheap, Safe Fireworks Hunt

southerndave

No sadly not....

dcossi1

depends were you are. supermarket fireworks arnt great value for money. how far south?

southerndave

Nr Eastbourne...

dcossi1

there is a warehouse in hastings but ive never heard of the stuff they are selling. check out garden centres, discount stores. lidl is always a good choice.
sorry cant be more specific.
aldi selection boxes
http://youtu.be/krnjnM1JCCU
£35 for these 2 ,am i mad,,i must be.

m00ny

Hi Dave, you're not far from me in Brighton and I can tell you we lack good all year firework shops in the south east. Brighton Fireworks, Thunderous Fireworks (Hancross) and Frontier Fireworks (very close to you in Polegate) all seem to charge full RRP for most products.

In your shoes I would still check out http://www.frontierfireworks.co.uk/index.php and get some smaller Brothers cakes which are not too bad on price even at full RRP. I think some Planet/FireworkEmporium stuff may be good aswell but have not fired any personally. Check videos on youtube and you can see what you're getting, its the best way.

I can personally recommend Guinevere (£15) Minefield (£20) Bling Bling (£23) and Tri-Fawkes(£32) either of them 3 would make a decent finale cake, depending on how far you want your budget to go. Fabulous barrage pack for £55 would be another option giving you 9x 16 shot cakes.

Failing that I'd go to Lidl.

Feelinskint

southerndave wrote: »

Hi! We have had for the last few years a small garden display and have used fireworks from Sainsbury's spending no more than about £50. IN the main these have been fine. We did try a box and some rockets from a local shop last year but they were rubbish. This year our local Sainsbury's is closed in the run up to BFN for a refit and are selling a different brand I think, info being hard to find and the shop staff less than helpful.

Tesco seem to be doing Standard fireworks and I think for the money we can put together a couple of boxes (and get the Clubcard points!), but are they any good? Are there any safe, cheap and decent alternatives to supermarkets that don't cost the earth?

Advice please!

Dave after looking through the shops close to you and for a garden display spending £50 - I would reccomend getting over to Thunderous Fireworks and checking out the stuff they have in the 5 - 8 metre range especially "Royal Party - THE LITTLE STARS" 9 Barrage pack - it has nine very nice Cakes in it that you will not be dissapointed in then for the rest of your money speak to them as the products they stock in that range all look good for the prices quoted.

http://www.thunderous-fireworks.co.uk/index.php?c=3

Daniel_gecko

In the end I bought these cakes by Fireworks International:
Cheeky Cherries
Lemon Bombard
Whistling Ghosts
Kung Fu Frogs
Fairies from Hell
Cyborgs (Never tried this one. Heard it was alright?)
Spooky Snakes


Some Brightstar Atom Bombs & Hornets.
A couple of packs of ~£12 Brothers and Fireworks International rockets.
Two Buy 1 get 1 free £30 selection boxes by Fireworks International.


All together £130, not bad I thought.

chrispy

Hello all,

Can anyone advise if there is any firework warehouse etc establishements in the Fareham/ Southampton area or where the best place to buy fireworks in this area.
Many Thanks

Feelinskint

chrispy wrote: »

Hello all,

Can anyone advise if there is any firework warehouse etc establishements in the Fareham/ Southampton area or where the best place to buy fireworks in this area.
Many Thanks

How about;

http://www.stealthfireworks.com/pages/about-us

Feelinskint

Daniel_gecko wrote: »

In the end I bought these cakes by Fireworks International:
Cheeky Cherries
Lemon Bombard
Whistling Ghosts
Kung Fu Frogs
Fairies from Hell
Cyborgs (Never tried this one. Heard it was alright?)
Spooky Snakes


Some Brightstar Atom Bombs & Hornets.
A couple of packs of ~£12 Brothers and Fireworks International rockets.
Two Buy 1 get 1 free £30 selection boxes by Fireworks International.


All together £130, not bad I thought.

Nice stash you have there, I would save the Cyborgs for last - I love that firework!