The big sizes are real products with real buyers. They are also the most commonly over-bought thing we sell.
What the extra size actually buys
Reading distance, and nothing else. A 21-foot blimp carries lettering readable to about half a mile; a 13-foot to about 500 feet.
If your approach is a quarter mile of highway, that gap is the whole purchase. If your approach is 300 feet of a 35 mph street, you are paying $2,561 for something a $975 blimp already did.
The gas bill is the real difference
This is what surprises people. A 13-foot fills on 170 cubic feet, about $255. A 30-foot fills on 1,510, over seven cylinders and more than two thousand dollars.
That is per fill. The purchase price is once; the helium is every time. Work out your annual gas cost before you choose the size, not after.
Handling changes too
A 13-foot blimp is a one-person job. An 18-foot needs two. A 30-foot needs a crew, space to lay it out, and somewhere sensible to store it.
If putting it up is awkward, it gets flown less, and a balloon that is not flying is not advertising. That is the quiet failure mode of the big sizes.
Who should buy big
Highway frontage with a long approach. Large sites where the building sits far back. Car dealerships, distribution, anything on an interstate service road.
For those, 18 feet at $1,813 through 25 feet at $4,208 is exactly right and the smaller sizes are a waste of money. It is a narrow but real category.
Ask for a quote. Call 1-800-791-1445 or email sales@arizonaballoon.com and tell us the size and whether you want it printed.
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