When buying fireworks from a website, it is not easy to judge the actual size
from the pictures and descriptions.
This is due
to the constraints of web page design. If the pictures were to scale
then some would be too small to be of practical value, while others would
be so large that page download times would suffer.
Many of the larger fireworks are seldom seen
in retail shops so you may have no preconception of how big they
are. To assist your choice of fireworks, this page is intended
to give some idea of the relative sizes by giving examples of actual
dimensions with a scale rule and box of Swan Vestas for comparison.
Dimensions are examples not actual and
are intended as a guide only
Left:A selection of typical fireworks available on fireworks.co.uk (actual fireworks may vary according to stocks)
Below: To the same scale. A typical retail shop Selection Box.
This one contains a total of 22 fireworks and retails at £39.99 (2006
price)
1
Small cakes:. These are typical garden cakes (batteries of roman
candles, sometimes fountains), roughly a 15cm cube. more
small cakes »
2
Some batteries of candles or fountains, and single mines as well,
come in tubes about 50cm high, bore 65 - 85 cm more
roman candle batteries »
Other factors: the size of the fireworks
is not an absolute measure of the scale of the effects which it produces,
although it is a good general principle to follow. You should also
look in the description - especially with cakes, candles and single-ignitions
- for details of the tube calibres, and for the number of tubes in
a battery.
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