LA Balloons 37547 Qualatex 18" Diamond Clear Latex Balloons (25 Pack)

I have been searching all over for stuffing balloon that 1.) you can actually put on a stuffing machine 2.) ones that do not rip or tear when putting them on the machine 3.) do not pop after, especially when you put vinyal decals on them.I have tired the Bobo ballons and I don't like them at all! First, it drives me nuts that there is a seam in the balloon. That is not a real balloon, so I am not sure why they are so popular other than they are thicker plastic, but still not a real balloon with the seam in them. Plus the seam always seems to rip when being stretched. Plus the prestretching part is super hard. I can't ever seem to pull enough. Hence to say I went back to my search for real stuffing machine balloons!This ballon, while not perfectly clear as depicted in the picture stood up to all the other things I needed. It took me several attempts to get it on the stuffing machine since I am newer to stuffing ballons and do not yet have a balloon stretcher to help me. BUT not once did the balloon tear after it took me a good 6- 8 tries to get it on the stuffing machine.Aslo.. my first one was just a test where I blew it up and put vinyl on it. It is still floating around my house several days later and it is still the same size! There is nothing inside, but I did put vinyl on it to see if it would make it pop and it has not! Yay!The next one, I didn't put a ton of stuff in it, but I did put a fair amount of things and it made it to its destination without popping! And it was dropped after being received as people passed it around looking at it and trying to guess what was inside. It still did not pop!The items inside were a family share size of rolos, family share size of twix, a stuff cat, a hand towel, a gift card, decortive cut up paper in 3 colors, metalic confettie, white "snowflake" confetti, a small jar of candy, a small tin can of hot chocolate.... and I think that is it. But as you can see it did not pop at all and there were many things inside.I was a tad disappointed that it was not clear like the picture, instead it is a yellowish hue, but overall it worked fantastic and was well received. I will be ordering more since we will be using these for gifts for our guest at our hotel for specialy occasions.Would I recomend this product! Definitely! It stood up for exactly what I needed.Recommendations: I will be investing in some of the shine product to make it more appealing looking. Without it is seem a bit dull with fingerprints and such. I think once that it done it will be nearly perfect.

These are a little shabby to use as stuffing balloons since the neck area tears easily. These used to be incredibly tough and durable in the past decade, but have thinned out noticeably in the newest batches. Still, as long as you avoid overinflating them, they are wonderful to be used as ordinary balloons for decorations or games (rather than as gift stuffers).

Did the job.

Some still pop, some came torn in the bag and they are not very clear as I’d like them to be. Elasticity is still good overall

Have to really be careful when filling the balloon, but great quality.