Helium Gas – we’ll take care of everything!
- Helium is non-flammable, non-explosive and non-toxic and is completely safe to use both indoors and outdoors. Helium gas should not be inhaled.
- B-Loony will arrange delivery and collection of your cylinder.
- Balloon gas comes in 3 sizes of cylinder and we will advise on the best size for the number of balloons you have ordered.
Cylinder Rental
If you are using helium gas regularly we can offer an annual rental contract which is very cost effective and allows you to keep the cylinders on-site, being replaced on demand.
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Disposable Cylinders
B-Loony supply cost-effective disposable cylinders which are safe and easy to handle and transport for small displays and events.
Video: How to Use a Disposable Helium Cylinder
Helium Gas – The Facts
Helium for balloons is not the same as pure helium used for medical purposes. It’s important to be aware that there is a distinction between pure, liquid helium and impure, gaseous helium.
Helium suppliers prioritise supplies of pure, liquid helium for critical medical uses e.g. MRI scanners in hospitals, ensuring that they can remain fully operational.
Helium for balloons is a different product – it is impure and gaseous and recovered as a by-product of supplying liquid helium for the MRI market – a market which makes up about half of the helium business in the UK. Impure, gaseous helium cannot be used directly in medical MRI scanners or in other applications that use super-conducting magnets. Impure helium can also be recovered by the customer and reprocessed for use in the balloon market. B-Loony fully supports the recovery and reprocessing of helium to ensure that every opportunity is taken to recycle and reuse this important resource.
Helium – Is there a Shortage?
For the future, there is still plenty of helium on our planet, however, much of it is in locations and environments that are not currently financially viable to extract from. Increasing demand for helium and continuing pressure on existing sources will force the market price for helium to continue rising and when this happens it will become economically viable to open up new sources. Making this investment will mean that helium will continue to be available for many years to come. Rising prices in the market will also drive an increase in investment in the means by which customers can recover more of their own helium.
