Here are 10 of the best new July 4th fireworks to buy in Columbia SC for the holiday weekend
When it comes to celebrating Independence Day, it doesn’t get more classic than grilling out with friends and family and watching fireworks.
Lots and lots of fireworks.
And Richland County will have plenty of professional fireworks shows to choose from over the holiday weekend. But of course, if you pick those options, you’ll likely have to deal with large crowds and traffic, which can sometimes hamper the experience.
The other option is launching a few fireworks yourself at home. There’s plenty of tried and true fireworks to choose from, including bottle rockets and Roman candles.
However, every year fireworks vendors get a selection of new, spectacular products that can dazzle onlookers.
Here are 10 of the top new fireworks displays to buy in the Columbia area for 2022, according to local vendors, Casey’s Fireworks and Fireworks Supermarket.
Doctor Shocker
You’re sure to shock your family and friends with this big, colorful display. This product launches 24 shots of red, green and purple drunken comets with burst of rose, sky blue and orange with white glitter; purple, green and yellow drunken comets with bursts of red, turquoise and lemon with green glitter; and red, green and yellow drunken comets with bursts of rose, sky blue and orange with white glitter. Watch a demonstration video by clicking here.
Double Impact
This fireworks product looks pretty loaded. It launches 39 shots including wild whistling swimmers that explode into little crackling red stars, followed by four loud crackling gold coconut bursts with green glitter, then red tails that explode in large bursts of turquoise and silver.
Lick the Rainbow
This product certainly doesn’t lack for color. It launches 36 shots, including two rows of gold glitter mines that shift to blue and then explode in burst of brocades with red tips; zipper of red glitter with green glitter tails that shifts to purple stars; and a row of blue to red glitter color-changing mines. The display ends with silver whirlpool tails that shift to huge bursts of purple and yellow with silver glitter.
Watch a demonstration video by clicking here.
Electric Dreams
This product has 36 shots that starts with a zipper of silver needle chrysanthemum crackle that shifts to red, green and blue stars. Then there are rows of silver glitter mines that become red tails with large silver glitter bursts; triple color-changing mines of red to blue then green. The display ends with a row of green glitter mines that shift to red tails with bursts of silver needle chrysanthemum with red glitter.
Night King
This product’s magical display has 36 shots that start with five brocade comets that turn to suspended red, green, purple and orange stars and then burst into red and turquoise crossettes. The display continues with more similar comets and crossettes in different colors. The finale includes huge brocades of titanium and gold.
Solar Storm
Feel like you’re watching a cosmic display with this product. The 24-shot display features thick titanium gold palm tails that shift to bright gold palms of blue, lime green and lemon. The display ends with a red plum silk finale.
Puppy Power
You can light up the whole night sky with this 60-shot finale for your personal fireworks show. The display starts with glittering tail comets with red, green, orange and purple tips. Then, it gets bigger with willow tails with flower crackle breaks, finally moving to a red strobe finale.
Narwhal 20 Shot
The Narwhal features gold brocade crowns with red strobes that shift to green strobes and then white strobes that end with a finale of brocade crown with crackle.
Platypus
This platypus can put on a show. It starts with spider king willows with red strobes that shift to green strobes, blue stars and green stars. The show ends with a spider king willows mixed with green red and blue sky stars.
Burning Man
Fill up the night sky with this massive 500-gram display. This 25-shot product will delight with blasts of red, green and silver.
This story was originally published June 28, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
