When choosing fireworks for a display, most people look for the loudest, most bombastic products on the market. However, ear-splitting, ground-shaking bangs, booms, explosions and whooshes aren’t everyone’s idea of a fun outdoor celebration – which is why there is a special category of quiet fireworks available.

Are quiet fireworks as good as loud ones?

Just because you don’t like the noise of fireworks, it doesn’t mean you don’t want a spectacular fireworks display. Some people think that low noise means no fun, but this really isn’t the case. Fireworks are now available for all tastes and preferences, so you can tailor a display to suit you and your audience.

Quiet fireworks are so successful and impactful because they focus on the quality of the visual more than the sonic, creating beautiful, mesmerising colours and patterns with a fraction of the usual noise. You can buy low noise Roman candles, conic fountains, cakes with exclusive golden tail effects and comets. These kinds of fireworks fizz, pop and crackle rather than going off with a loud bang in a huge explosion. Without constantly having to cover your ears to block out the noise – or worse, cringing in anticipation of it – you can relax and enjoy the colours and incredible effects against the blackness of the night sky.

There is no compromise in the quality of the display – in fact, many low noise fireworks are used in professional fireworks displays. They can help to create excitement-building contrasts between louder bursts of pyrotechnics to please the crowd, as well as in displays where noise concerns need to be taken seriously.

Quiet fireworks – great for nervous pets, young children and neighbours

Low noise fireworks actually solve a lot of the problems you might encounter when trying to plan a fireworks display, especially in a residential or built-up area. Common worries are neighbours complaining that their pets and small children are frightened, or that babies and toddlers (or they themselves) can’t sleep because of the noise. Everyone seems to think that all children absolutely love fireworks displays, but they can actually be very distressing and upsetting for some young or particularly sensitive children. Pets can become very stressed and anxious at the noise, to the extent that people end up buying anti-anxiety medication in advance of Bonfire Night and other celebrations in order to keep their pets calm.

You need to hold your fireworks display at night for maximum impact, but you don’t want to make enemies of your neighbours (and their pets and children) by making a racket that disturbs them – this is where quiet fireworks can help. They’re particularly good for home displays, which you might be holding in your back garden with neighbours surrounding your property. You still get the amazing visual effects, but without rattling everyone else’s window panes.