Anyone got inflatable outdoor Xmas decs?

cpu

I'm just toying with the idea of buying one of those giant inflatable Xmas fiigures ... Santa/Snowman etc.

For those that have got one or more of these, do you inflate every morning and deflate at night or just keep it inflated all the time?

Is it expensive to keep the inflator running?

Thanks for thoughts.

jussyc

yes i have 8ft inflatable polar bears from maplin, currently of offer £29.99ive have them 3 yrs and they are great , you just plug them in and they inflate in about 30 secs unplug them and they go down as simple as that, they are great and i always get loads of comments abouth them , also i have them plugged in most of the time and am on an electric card meter and dont notice that i am using much more electric at all, hope this helps
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=44630&criteria=bears&doy=26m11

Smickan

There's a house near my old primary school that has been putting massive decorations up for years and gets compliments and gawping Children from the middle of November onwards.

There's another [Anne] who lives on the road my grandad does and is known as 'Christmas Lady' as she has lots of outside decorations and flashing lights and a massive glittering tree you can see from outside. It's beautiful

cpu

Thanks to both of you for replying.

jussy...it's the Maplin's decs I've been looking at. I fancy the bears myself but the lad wants a snowman.

One other thing I forgot to ask....if you leave them plugged in 24 hours a day, is the inflator thing noisy at night? Don't want to upset my neighbours if it was to be left up all the time.

jussyc

hiya, no i have it right outside my living room window and even leave the window a little open to put the lead out , as i cant think how elese to plug it in (ideas please?anyone)and i cant hear it at all, they are very quiet and i keep mine blow up pretty much all the time, hope this helps

victory

i saw my neighbours slowly deflate(a santa on the roof) when we had a strong storm/thunder, it was funny to see but it was not me that had paid out the money for it, ha ha!!! xx

cpu

Thanks again jussy. I think I'll pop into Maplins later and get one. I'm going to get an outdoor socket put in to avoid the problems of the lead. Not a cheap solution I grant you. :rolleyes: The socket will come in handy for when I'm using the pressure washer to wash the car so I'll sell the idea of a 'multi-tasking' outdoor socket to justify the expense to my wife, lol.

Claribelle

We had a four foot inflatable santa and a snowman one year which we put on the front lawn. BIG MISTAKE!!!! One evening unbeknown to us (and whilst we were indoors watching TV.....) someone thought it would be funny to slash them to shreds. My children were heartbroken.

Now we have a couple of lit up reindeer but we put them on the garage roof nowadays to keep them out of most peoples reach!

jussyc

just put my bears up and thought of you did you ever get inflated??