Hi-Float Company Ultra Hi-Float with Pump Balloon Treatment, 16 oz, Multicolor …

In preparation for my daughter's upcoming 5th birthday, I decided that I would test out this Ultra-Hifloat at our Super Bowl party. I followed the directions as included in the box, with two minor exceptions. First, the amount I put into the latex balloon was a little less than the guide recommends. In this case I uses 3/4 depression to fill an 11" balloon versus the recommended 1 full depression. And two, I did make sure to get a little into the neck of the balloon too (the instructions advise you not too). This last point did make it a little difficult to tie the balloon (slippery), but we managed just fine. You do have to inflate the balloons quite well to ensure adequate rise. I did have 1 that I under filled and the kids played with it all day, batting it around the house. That was until the Hifloat dried on the inside and the balloon started to rise! Now I would normally awake to a balloon graveyard the following morning (maybe even that night). The site of shriveled, pathetic balloons and wasted helium used to irritate me. Today I come down, and they are all still flying high, taught with helium, and show zero signs of weakening yet. This Ultra-Hifloat states it will make helium filled balloons float up to 25 times longer...I don't know if I will get 25 times longer, but so far we are on the right track. Amazing product. Will definitely use for my daughter's birthday coming up in a few months.EDIT: 2/12/12 Update - Simply Amazing. Exactly 1 week later, of 11 standard latex balloons inflated, 10 of them are still flying like the day were inflated. Midweek, the one that isn't, literally deflated before my eyes. I can't figure that one out. But the rest are still up and the kids are enjoying dragging them around the house. I will continue to update this review to give others an idea on how well this product continues to work.EDIT: 2/19/12 Update - Seriously! This stuff is now outlasting the Mylar balloons. 10 latex balloons still full and show no signs of losing helium. The 2 Mylars on the other hand are now about 1/2 full. Ultra Hi-Float is crazy good stuff!EDIT: 2/26/12 Update - OK. Whomever said this stuff doesn't work, doesn't know how to properly use it. While the 2 Mylar balloons dropped into the trash this week, I am staring at 10 full-filled latex helium balloons that are now starting to get on our nerves. They simply refuse to die. They've been up so long even the kids are bored with them. My wife asked if she could pop them so we could get rid of them. When has that ever happened with your latex balloons? I said no. I'll keep you posted. 3 weeks in and going strong.EDIT: 3/4/12 Update - Week 4 complete. The Hi-Float has started to crack and break off in some of the balloons leading to some rattling in them. As a result of the cracking, you can see that the lift to the balloons is starting to weaken and in fact 2 of the latex balloons are only flying at half height right now. I assume more will follow quickly this week. Still 8 balloons out of 11 flying at full height 4 weeks is pretty darn amazing.A little math - I've never had a untreated 9-11" latex balloon stay afloat for more than 12 hours at any one time, but it is of the general consensus that a traditional 11" latex balloon is estimated to remain afloat with helium for 18 to 24 hours. Ultra Hi-Float's guarantee of 25 times that time would equate to a staggering 18.75 - 24 days of rise. And here we are at 28 days, with roughly three quarters of my balloons still floating high! All I can say is it does work, and it does work well.EDIT: 3/11/12 Update - I can't believe I am still updating this review. I counted the balloons today that are still at full height and there are 7. We lost the 2 that were not quite as full last week plus 1 more. The balloons have been up so long at this point, I barely notice them anymore. Week five complete with an amazing 35 days of rise.EDIT: 3/18/12 Update - Well we are officially down to 3 balloons. But hey that's 3 latex balloons still floating 6 weeks after first inflation! I will say that the quality of the latex balloon must play a large part too, because we did our daughter's birthday this weekend and within the week we've already had 3 to 4 fall and I did the exact same protocol as I did in the original post. At this point though I'm so sick of balloons. I'm ready to pop them all just so I can stop editing this post.EDIT: 3/25/12 Update - Down to 2 balloons at 7 weeks. We've actually removed the remaining to to the basement since they seem so out of place. I mean they are from a Super Bowl Party. I think one of them is starting to falter so hopefully in one to 2 weeks, this review will be over. I never expected it to go this long.Late Additional Updates:EDIT: 4/1/12 Update - Down to 1 at 8 weeks.EDIT: Between 4/8 (9 weeks) and 4/15 (10 weeks) it seems the the last holdout fell. Today is 4/21 and I don't recall seeing floating earlier this week. I found it 3/4 to full will helium, resting on the basement floor. It was banished to the basement because we just couldn't stand to look at them anymore. Too funny. Who would have ever thought?So in closing 75% of the balloon made it 28 days. And a few held on for 8-10 weeks. Overall a truly remarkable product. But buyers beware. The effect generated by the Hi-Float is STRONGLY correlated to the quality of the balloons that you use. It can only help poorly made balloons so much. But it can drive you batty with good balloons as they never seem to want to die!

Did its job. Before getting this, balloons were falling within hours. I needed it to last at least 6 hours so I bought this. The balloons held up for days. Very easy application.

This stuff is fantastic!!! I was filling my ceiling with balloons for a cocktail party and this wonderful stuff let me do it days in advance!!! I did a test subject and it’s going on 4 weeks!!! When you are spending a fortune in helium it’s nice to know that they won’t be falling in a few hours Can’t recommend this enough!

Really not worth the money and hassle. With the treatment, the balloon barely last 48 hours. The solution was already too thick for the pump, which according to the directions means it was stored improperly, but couldn’t get a response from the seller or manufacture.

The directions say to use more to get longer results, but a half pump, if not less, is more than enough. Just make sure you massage the gel inside the entire balloon including in the nozzle you tie off. The trick is that it needs to create an entire new layer inside the balloon that's completely sealed. This one won't allow helium atoms to pass right through it. If you don't use any in the nozzle, it won't be completely sealed will it? Yes it's messy on your fingers when you're tying it off, but this makes a big difference. This gel is so effective it even repaired a torn mylar balloon and it lasted over 2 weeks. I placed a drop inside the tear, massaged it over the area, and used a piece of tape over it. The picture with R2-D2 was 12 days after I filled them, along with a close up of the repair to the mylar balloon. The third picture is of a entire month afterwards, having only lost R2-D2 and one of the blue balloons at around 3 weeks old. The balloons are physically still holding strong, although I'm not sure how much longer they'll be tolerated hanging out in the kitchen.Edit: at 8 weeks 2 more balloons came down from the ceiling. At 9 weeks four more came down, one of which is currently wandering around the house riding air flow. God only knows how long they could last if the kids weren't playing with them.Edit: the last balloon finally came down at 13 and a half weeks.

I have to say, I had a very hard time perfecting the amount of solution to pump into the balloons, and I did read the instructions first and follow the suggested amount per size balloon. For me, it did take slightly less than recommended. Any more, and the balloon would just sink or float aimlessly mid-air like a bubble, which my kids thought was hilarious (albeit not exactly my target height). Once I mastered the amount, the balloons SOARED for the ceiling. I could barely get them tied in time before they took off. Now that was the only benefit I saw. The balloons did stay at maximum height for the length of time they were originally expected to stay inflated, per the helium tank I purchased. They didn't start to "lag", so to speak, as I've noticed others do in the end. I, personally, did not benefit from any significant increase in time the balloons stayed in the air, which was what I had really been looking for. I, at best, got balloons that stayed high for about 2-3 hours longer. I probably would not recommend the product, as I didn't myself notice anything "Wow" from it and spent so much time trying to figure out the perfect amount of gel to pump in, that I didn't even have enough time left to blow up all the balloons I wanted to. It may be great for someone else. Personally, I don't have that much time to spend perfecting my "pump" when blowing up 200 balloons. I guess it depends on your situation and perfect pumping ability. I'm just a regular, imperfect mom.

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