Side by Side Comparison of: Rhode Island Novelty vs Amscan

Very shinny and it looks good. Much longer then I expcted but it does not bother me. Price was right.

The perfect background! I loves the black fringe, I ended up using this for a friend's bachelorette as a background for a photo booth like atmosphere.

great product they tear easily and are pretty spacy so I would recommend buying in twos or threes to full out your look

Very good product. It has a tape in the border to stick it to the wall or anything that is super strong but at the same time easy to remove and do not leave marks (like magic tape). I put them in the roof and its tape was enough to hold it for the entire day, i did not need to use extra tape or anything.

Pretty nice quality. Served perfectly as a photobooth backdrop!

This was the perfect decoration to hang over my 6yr old son's bedroom door while he was sleeping the night before his birthday. He is all into pirates, treasures and anything GOLD!!! He had a look of awe when he opened his door in the morning and walked through shimmering GOLD!!!! It was too funny when my 3yr old daughter woke up first and came running to my bedside asking where her gold curtain was!!!!! Thankfully mom planned ahead and had a shimmery pink one in the closet for her...WHEW...disaster avoided. Both kids are smitten with their shimmering strands. I would definitely purchase these again (and I might if they get tattered with time...they are soooo worth it). I will say that they are tricky to hang and quite delicate. I found that clear packaging tape has worked ok; however, I have to press it down every couple days or they start to fall. One did fall once and the tape got all stuck to the strands! It was quite a mess; however, I was able to get it all sorted out. Also, the kids had to learn the limits of their curtains and quickly found out that they would tear apart if they pulled on them. I only had to tape up a few strands (easy peasy to tape them up if the are pulled off) until they learned. Now they gently part the strands and walk through...it is too cute :-) I think I might try that blue painters tape next time the clear tape starts coming down. I think the blue tape will hold it up longer...Yup..that is the plan. The blue will stand out terribly bad I am sure, but who cares...the kids love them. Oh...and the are a tad long for standard doors and ceilings; however, 1 minute's worth of work with a pair of scissors gets them the perfect length. I would definitely...definitely...definitely buy these again! Hmmmm...maybe this will be our new birthday gift...the kids will love them!!!!

Very happy with these - nice bright colors, good quality. Easy to decorate with included/attached hangers on each one.I like that they are a plastic material as they should last for many years - I store them with other decorations in between birthdays.I may use them for other holiday decorating too...

Love them! They will be perfect for our upcoming birthday celebration, I like that they are plastic so they are will be durable.

It was a fun and easy way to decorate my front house to let guests know this is the house throwing the birthday party.

I hesitated to buy these originally; didn't think they would look as cute as photo. Wrong, was I. Adorable, love them, and the sort of soft plastic texture is durable and flexible. Each spiral has a clear plastic hook for hanging. After removing, just allow spiral to fold back into itself, then store in plastic bag. Like them enough to purchase a second set. Cute!!

Easy decorations. The double ones hung better than the single strand. Easy to take apart. They will get tangled unless you keep them separate. Used opened paper clips to put through the circle loop on the end and hang over a rope. Quick decorations. Delightful blowing in the wind.

These little swirls were a great addition to our birthday decorations. Very bright and fun. I do recommend taking some time to carefully separate each swirl since they were still partially connected in spots to keep them together better, but once you hang them up they are great. Bold colors and hung down enough but not too far to hit heads.

This worked great for hanging in a hallway. I guess I didn't read the description well enough because it seemed smaller than the picture. Be aware that the image is of the 2 packs put together! I was a little surprised when it was much shorter. However my faulty for not reading the description entirely. This worked well but it was super long for a hallway. They were dragging on the ground. This isn't a bad thing but just something to be aware of when purchasing. Measure where you want to hang it! Overall I am satisfied with this product.

Slightly disappointed that the Metallic Purple was not the same color as pictured. It was more of a fuchsia and didn't provide as much contrast to the Metallic Hot Pink as I wanted. However, I LOVED that there was double sided tape to attach to the wall, that was a big help. In my photo, the Metallic Pink is in between the two panels of Metallic Purple.

This product is really really festive and looks great as long as it isn't touched / moved much. It's very flimsy (as expected for the price) and doesn't work well in a doorway (will look bald by the end of the party, and might fall down if anyone who walks through snags it with their clothes). The best use for something like this is to tack to a wall for a photo area, where no one is walking through it. It would also work great if two were used on either side of a walkway like curtains, but with a clear path in the middle. That way you still get the festive look and bright color without it being snagged and ripped to shreds. I didn't expect it to be very heavy duty, so I wasn't disappointed when it wasn't. You just have to use it right. :)

Colorful and fun but also delicate. Be careful not to rip the top while setting up. Had to trim the bottom because it is so long (used for a work party..didn't want anyone tripping on it) and some of the color rubbed off onto my hands. After use I reinforced it on the top with some shipping tape to make it more durable and able to be used next year ! Got tons of compliments on it :)

This is not as full as it might appear in the picture but it was fine for our needs (6 year old party). You have to be careful unfolding it for two reasons: 1. it can tear easily (it also is easily repaired with tape); and 2. it tangles easily (not easy to detangle but if you hang it you can gently finger comb). Also the length is nice (most others i saw were too short) which is why I give it four stars. It was a one time use item for us cause like a said, it tangles easily and so cannot be stored once opened. I wouldn't get it for boys, they tear it down in a hurry.

I got this for my twin three year old daughters birthday party. Despite their fascination and almost constant playing with the fringe by the toddlers (running through it, pulling on it, etc) it held up nicely for three days (one of my daughters loved it so much we had to keep it up for a couple of days after the party). We eventually took it down and it was only then just starting to look a little worse for wear. The only reason I'm not giving this five stars is because a small section along the top was torn and I had to repair it before I put it up. I know that section would have ripped completely off pretty quickly if I hadn't seen it and fixed it with scotch tape.

Would have given a 5 star if there were more variations in the package.

Fun and stayed up and nice looking for a long time.

Great item

These are shiny plastic coils. I thought they would be larger. But overall, they were colorful and festive and added a lot to the decorations. I was able to flatten them back out afterward so I could use them again another time.

I bought these for my daughter's graduation party in the rainbow colors and they were awesome. They are plastic so the fact that they got rained on the day of the party was no big deal. They added some visual interest hanging next to our lights and paper lanterns. Best thing is that they dried off well and were packed away for use another day. The only caution and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that when you are trying to separate the discs into the spirals, if you aren't careful you could tear the plastic. Love it when things last longer than 1 use. I'd buy these again.

These were great - very fun to have on the ceiling above the birthday table. The only problem I had was getting them to stay. I didn't want to put holes in the ceiling to hang them, so used packing tape (scotch tape wasn't strong enough) but then ended up dropping one by one. I'll have to come up with something better to hang them with next year. Very colorful, and they if I remember correctly, the diameter is between 6-7".

A bit flimsy and tears easily but my daughter was in her absolute glory when I surprised her with it - placed on her bedroom door! It is very long in length but I just cut it to the length I needed, not easy or neat but so long as my daughter was happy, that's all that matters.

It was not as I thought it was going to be. Wanted to make curtains out of this but couldnt no loop at the top as I thought & returned it for refund where is my refund? Thanks

I ordered this item and it was delivered in a timely manner and was the right shade of pink as pictured, however it doesn't hold up well once put up. I had the pieces breaking off of the doorway all day long even before the party started. You'll have a house full of pink shreds in an about an hour. Then again it didn't cost too much....so you decide which is better.

This item served it's intended purpose, but it's very plastic-like, and just not durable at all.I had this item for a baby shower, and right out of the package tons of the streamers were just falling off.It was okay.

Although this curtain look beautiful, it was not folded and two of them were big enough for a nice solid photo booth background, the color comes off on your hands. Even though I obsessively wash my hands after each time I came in contact with the metallic curtain, my hands were tied pink for the entire weekend. There was no soap or bleach that could get it off. So maybe if you purchase this, you can wear disposable rubber gloves while hanging it and taking it out of the package. Otherwise I thought it was a great value.

The sticky peel back provided, left a pink stain and peeled some paint off the wall. Would not recommend using the sticker provided on painted walls. I would use Command tape or painters tape to secure onto wall. The pink was a really pretty color, but not all the shades were the same in my 3 pack :(

LOVE

They're nice...

cute décor for party

just ok.

I thought these swirl decorations would be a bit wider (so I could add stickers onto them) but they are still cute.

Although they say plastic, 10/12 were actually paper. They still worked for our needs but probably won't be useable beyond one party. They are very bright colored and what I was looking for.

I was very disappointed with the product. I did not think I would need to open to check the product before my event which was in July 2017. I was very shocked when I open the item it was torn. I had to tape it again because it had torn in a copy of places. Not sure if I would order again in the future. Just because product cost less it does not mean the product should be crappy.

Quality is fine. I use a lot of foil fringe for parties, so I know how to handle it;however, the color is COMPLETELY off. I ordered the hot pink and received a dull, ashy, pale pink color. The color I received it pretty, but it definitely does not work with the party theme I planned.

I bought the purple version as a decoration for my bachelorette party, and although they looked fabulous, the purple coloring used to dye the foil got EVERYWHERE. My dress is stained pink, my walls are pink, my hands were pink.... When I wasn't looking, my cat tried to nibble on them -- so now my cat's cheeks, paws, and mouth are all pink (thankfully he wasn't poisoned, but that had be worried for the rest of the night). I was able to get most of the pink stuff out with bleach and elbow grease, but it was a bit of a nightmare.Lesson learned: Use these outside, use disposable gloves whenever you touch them, put up a guard around them so any children don't touch them, and keep any curious kitties away too!2 stars bc they looked great and had a handy adhesive strip at the top to stick to the wall. Installation and tear down were a breeze (esp once I put on gloves).

Some pieces r really short and the entire thing is cut at the top 2 times n tape is on it to hold it together...for the price tho I ordered a black one and plan to just hang them together so make it more full n less noticable plus it's just for a party and doesn't have to be perfect. Not the best quality tho depending on what you need it for

This product stains everything it touches. I bought these as decoration for my 1 year olds birthday party. I didn't notice immediately, but when I looked at my hands a little later they were PINK. We then noticed that my mother's brand new wood chairs had pink handprints stained on them. When we realized that the fringe banners were what causedan the stains we took them down and noticed that the walls had pink stains as well. The stand do not want to come off. Just wanted to warn other buyers about this issue!

After reading reviews, I decided to get this one for a birthday party. Based on other reviews, I was aware that I needed to carefully remove it from the packaging. Despite doing that, half of the strands were disconnected after removing. The kids did not mind, but it was so cheap and hardly worth the money. It was not quite wide enough for a doorway and much too long, the kids tripped over it before finally ripping it down. Not worth it.

The sticky tape behind it is useless. We could only keep this up with thumbtacks.

The adhesive on the product did not work very well and it tore very easily. I wore gloves as a precaution since I read the color stains-it did not stain. They were so pretty I wish they worked out better.

BEAWARE! Hanging this product dyed our clothes and our hands. Soap and scrubbing didn't get off the dye. We got them for my daughters birthday party and all the kids clothes, their hair, our walls, all pink! Kids bathed their children before putting them in the car and the bath water was bright pink. Unfortunately two hair washes haven't cleared out the pink from their hair either (touching streamers than hair). Unfortunately this one will cost us some good money because the Birthday clothes are ruined.

Worst product ever! As I was hanging this thing up, it started to run off on my hands. My hands were covered in purple mess from it rubbing off. I couldn't even wash the stuff off! It stained my hands so bad. It bled all over everything it touched. I couldn't use it and had to throw it away, because it was leaving such a mess.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. It tore right out the package. The little piece that stayed intact had shed so much, I didn't even use it for my daughter's party. Such a waste.

I never post reviews for products I purchase. However, this is a total waste of money. I purchased this item for a bachelorette party and when I took the product out of the package, it was not as full as anticipated and the strings were half gone, I have never been so disappointed with a product I have bought from Amazon until now. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

The swirls were all stuck together in the package and when you tried to separate them they broke. It was a waste of money when you only get pieces of the swirls to hang up.

Very small and flimsy. Disappointing decorations.