Happy Birthday Banner (3D Gold Lettering) Mylar Foil Letters | Inflatable Party Decor and Event Decorations for Kids and Adults | Reusable, Ecofriendly Fun

For the price, it does the job well. One of our letters was defective, but the seller sent us another set. To Inflate: Use your fingers to rub the entry point until you feel the two sides separate like the olden days plastic produce bags at the grocery store. Insert straw around 75% in and inflate. Save the straw to deflate. To Deflate: Use the original straw the came with the balloons. Rub your fingers around entry point to loosen it up and make sure to insert the straw almost its complete length into the balloon. At a certain point you will feel it punch through the seal layer and you will be able to deflate the balloon. Make sure to deflate completely with the straw still inserted.

I thought these were 2 balloons one said happy the other one said birthday but no, they are actually 13 individual mylar balloons. If I had known that, I would’ve gone with something else.

A little tricky to inflate and assemble, but once that was done, looked great!

This was perfect for my husband’s birthday! Glad I went with the gold, really pretty looking with any lights shining on the banner. Stayed full of air for the few days I left it up, and deflated with no problems as well. You have to stick the straw in pretty deep to get the air to start coming out, probably to get past the seal or something inside them. I have them folded up in a bag now and will save them for our next birthday occasion! :) Couple things though: the string we got to hang it up with was kinda wonky (not cut into a completely straight strip, jagged at some parts), and almost torn in one spot, so I put some tape around it to hold it together so it wouldn’t finish tearing. You can’t really tell and the main thing was the balloon letters which were very good. However, all of the letters but one had the opening for the straw on the backside. Our “R” for some reason had it on the front? Not a big deal but why? Lol

These are easy to inflate and really big. Love them. These would look awesome if you hang them, there are holes for hanging and it comes with string.

It’s pretty when it holds the air. Some of the letters lose air so you have to tape the hole to keep the shape nice. Also, be prepared to blow lots of air. It took me about an hour to spell out “happy birthday” and string them up in the right order.

They don’t show how to inflate the ballon, especially how we put the straw into the balloon

Loved the quality until I went to blow up the D . It wouldn’t inflate. It is not properly connected along the seams. Kinda upset. Doesn’t look good . But I put it up anyway .

I loved these. They are exactly as pictured. However, they were not easy to blow up - AT ALL. We ended up buying an electric balloon inflator- best $20 ever spent. From there we were rockin and rollin and got this up very fast. You have to pay attention to where youre inserting the string when stringing them together. Make sure youre using the holes at the top so they hang right. We did a couple wrong as you can see by the pic, and ended up having to attach tape to back. I loved these though, especially for the price and SIZE! Would definitely buy again.

Inflating the balloons took me a bit of time. For each letter, you need to stick the straw into the opening and blow. I found it took a fair amount of breath to blow it up. In total, probably took me ~20 minutes to blow up The balloons come with strings that you string between each letter (there are holes towards the tops of the letters). For some reason, I initially thought you were supposed to cut individual pieces of strings and tie each letter together. DO NOT do that. It makes it more difficult. Instead, blow up all the balloons and then string one big string through all the letters. Another tip - tape did not hold the letters up very well. I would recommend taping the string or tying the string to something. Overall, I was happy with my purchase and would purchase again. Next time should be a much easier assembly :)