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How Many Giant Balloons Stops An Arrow?
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Ok, I’ll be honest, that pen was surprisingly strong
I think the screw was amazing
Stronger than the 🔨
Your right
Bro there's a science behind it the lesser the area the greater the force
My pen is even lot stronger..
i love that when the balloons pop you can see the sphere-shaped air
Jjjjjj
thats probably powder from the balloons or something
@papi9305 I thought the same
Yeah also i love it when they play it on slo mo
agree
My opinion on the rounds
0:40 pen
I wasnt expecting a pen to do that much
1:34 football
Wasnt very good
2:29 rexy
Same with football
3:31 whipper
that was a smooth throw
4:11 hammer
Most satisfying one
4:49 pitchfork
It went boing at the end
5:15 banana peel
How did it pop one
5:56 scissors
i was expecting alot more from that
6:18 kick
I mean what else would i have expected
7:00 knife
Excellent throw,somehow just as good as the pen
8:02 lure
Holy jezuz how did that one balloon do that
8:29 screws
That was so satisfying
9:37 golf bonus
That slo mo was amazing
10:20 tinfoil
Barely did anything
10:56 spitball
It said no
11:46 punch
Again what else is there to expect
12:30 needle
Didnt make it to 2
13:11 socks
Bruh
14:25 bow
BEST ONE EVER
15:27 bow 2
EVEN BETTER OH MAH GAAAAHHHHH
Tysm you saved a lot of time 🙏
The tinfoil actually went better than I would have expected
Thanks
Thanks for time save
You are a God
still surprised by how well the pen did
How did youtube comment this late
Raise the likes!!!! Happy Belated Birthday YT! 🎉
❤🇧🇷
5 likes RUclips washed up.
@RUclips bro commented 3 years late
I love how in slow-mo, it actually looks like they de-materialize, as if melting or something
Linda Like venom
LOL
👍
Same
@Shacktor yeah
Editor Jack is an international treasure and must be protected at all costs.
I agree with and in turn support this declaration.
Shuttt upp
I too, support this declaration and will wholehartedly uphold his reputation...
💯💯
I’d worry more about your freedom down under.
Emergency powers granted to government only cause governments to create emergencies to exercise those evil powers.
The part you actually want to see starts at 14:25
Thank you, finally
Thx bro
Thnx bro
G.O.A.T
and 15:26 for the climax. Alsooooooo 16:41 for the slow motion
Hey, thanks for intertaning an 83yr old lady. That looked like fun 👵🏻🤗🤗👏👏👏👏👏
One Punch Series: Serious Punch 11:58
Perfect Susano: Indra’s Arrow 15:34
Vinsmoke Sanji: Amour Shot 6:30
Killer Bee: Lightning Pen 0:40
Susan ultimate cha
Thank you!
r/suddenweeb
Ayo y sus man 0rotectin man from balloon isn't sus man supposed to protect woman's sus man is vincesmoke SaNI
THOR'S hammer-4:18
Wish we coulda seen the slow mo on the lure, was curious to see how it skipped a balloon!!
It probably ricocheted off the balloon directly in front of it and skipped over the balloon it missed, after all, only the hooks are pointy, if the body of the lure itself hit the balloon in the right way it could simply skip right over it.
There is RUclips slow mo duh
It probably went to the side. Then the line wrapped around and boom
@LucidEyes17 The last balloon was showed in slo-mo. The arrow hit all balloons and fall to the ground and skipped the 2nd to last one and then bounced back up to hit the final balloon and stick to the wall.
@LucidEyes17 iodized
Editor Jack is one of those incredibly-good-at-what-he-does, yet-still-insanely-modest, sort of people lol. Bravo on the last slowie 👏👏
dont go on my channle
@sionekiriui7716 we don’t care
Yeah he is amazing
Agree. Definitely a 9 out of 10 for tracking that arrow, great work.
Seriously 😂 how many people can record a arrow flying like show me that kinda work on a hunting show or a event
Who in 2025?
Me
ME
Meeeee🎉
Me
Me
I like how the pen is almost as OP as the dart.
basically the same thing to a weak balloon
the pen is mightier than the weedwacker, footballs, a t-rex, a hammer, a pitchfork, a peel, and presumably swords
Of Course. Ask John Wick.
@danielwilson8604 And socks
- Benjamin Franklin
The pen and the screws totally surprised me. I'd love to see some high speed footage of that.
As a guy that is completely inept of throwing anything - seriously I suck in this - I am really amazed. If I'd throw a knife, chances are I'll hurt myself.
I'm a decent archer and shooter, though. ;)
yes it is cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
and it so mash ameizg
That's why guerrilla rebels and terrorists use pressure cooker bombs full of screw, nails and whatever small pieces of metal they can find and fitted in there as tightly as possible and then detonated! They're well aware that's going to cause a lot of damage using cheap and easy to find materials!
@marwaelsabaa6212 l
Not so surprising that a pile of screws progeted at height speed around can do a lot of domages 🤔😅
Disclaimer: No balloons were hurt in the making of this video.
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balloons: 👁👄👁
Do you know Guys? kidding sometime that stadium and arena even Csgo Major Championships League can be done one day! or Events ESL One Another ESL And blast premier.
Okay, is dude just a world class, one of a kind, lethal pen thrower? I doubt I could have got more than 1, there had to be chain reaction effect.
Pens are surprisingly strong projectiles. As a teen, I'd get frustrated and vent by throwing smaller items that probably wouldn't break anything around the room to let off some steam -- the pen was one of them. Let's just say a well thrown pen can puncture some cheap plastic blinds that had some years on them =_=;; and that was with the cap on, so no pointy bit to help puncture anything - it made an almost perfect hole just barely wider than the pen's diameter in the middle of the blinds, punching straight through the plastic. And the pen used here had some more weight to it too, looking like it was metal or something instead of the much cheaper and lighter plastic one I used
For those wondering how the one with fishing rod missed a balloon in between : the hook started slipping through the floor at one point and got through the side of the 'missed' balloon but poked through the rest.
Are you 🏴🏴🏴
Here before this blows up
No one asked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@rukiazekerya6385 shut up there are some people that wanted to know
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0:38 Amazing!
3:29 Amazing!!
4:10 Amazing!!!
4:48 Amazing!!!!
6:59 Amazing!!!!!
8:02 Amazing!!!!!!
8:28 Amazing!!!!!!!
thanks bro
Y
Thanks
@rameshkarki9247 14:27
Love the 8:28
The aluminum foil was a great idea, you guys should do a whole competition of who can design the best foil weapon and pop the most balloons
+
yesss!
@megans4211 i
Y qué pasó ?
Wow...how did the bow cross the eleventh balloon?
They explain there was a tiny gap where the arrow might have passed through.
I think the Ballon looks smaller. Also, I dont think they are perfectly lined. One may be farther to the side.
That hammer is flipping huge!
Editor Jack definitely gets a 9/10 for tracking that arrow in the last slowly too
The other thing looks like a helicopter with bat-shaped main rotor and blade-shaped tail rotor.
EPIC slo-mo tracking shot!
When you said that, I instantly thought of the “Mad Batter” gizmo that was featured on Smarter Every Day.
OMFG KNIFE SCARED ME😫😫😫
What are those giant ballons . Where to buy them
I'm not even gonna lie. These three guys are some of the most genuine dudes on the planet. Super humble and funny. Would be awesome to be friends with them or just meet them for a day. Good job gents! You guys are great people.
true
🥰
You don’t even know them lol
@elibosslet1504 just because you don't know someone doesn't mean that you can't see they are good people. 🤦♂️
True
You guys gotta get these balloon makers to make these things have some actual colour! I know comments on the colour of the balloons are exactly what you want to hear hahaha. Apologies but couldn’t help it. Big fan. Think I’ve watched every video of your guy’s.🙂💛
Use
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colour?
colour?
I don’t get it
These boys are fun to watch. Ive seen their dam drops but didn’t really find them appealing until I watched the boat down the hill video. This balloon video sealed my subscription. That bow shot at the end was all I waited for. Zero disappointment. Totally satisfying
In this case, the pen was definitely mightier than the foil! Well done chaps!
Was about to comment this!
get a sword and show the difference between a pen and sword with the big balloons
What’s a chap? chapped lips? Lol
Honestly Herron getting 11 non-consecutive balloons with his bow-and-arrow attempt was even better than if he had gotten all 12! Great job Editor Jack!
EXACTLY
Stayed to the end just to see how
…
Right? I don’t think you could replicate that if you tried!
He hit 10 twice as well
Me: * has a fear of balloons popping *
Also me: * finds this somewhat satisfying *
00:08:20 handful of screws
Imagine if John Wick used a pen.
I love how some objects were gracefully vaulted while Rexy was just yeeted with pure force.
😂😂
🍑🥥🍅🍎🍈🍉🍐🍑🍒
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1:53, 6:31, 9:50 & 16:44 Not gonna lie, these parts actually satisfying in my opinion 😮
As you can tell, I find slow-mos satisfying xD
Not only you we also xD
Even i do
00:47 - "HOW MANY?".. "Doors?" 🤣 Classic!
The slowies are freaking amazing. I love the camaraderie between you all. Thanks guys. Watching and supporting from the UK.
CooL
Sad that not all of the pops had a slowy
@thatthatius .;%@@\.👒🛍👖🛍👖👗👗👗👗👗
Love how the arrow isn't going fast enough to pierce both sides of the balloon.. shows just how quick they pop!
Good
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Good observation
And how big the are
You are very wise
Honestly, I was expecting them to use an actual arrow, but this?
This is better.
Balloons popping experiments like this are fun.
"Pen is mightier than a sword."
Well I'll be damned.
As a fellow B. Peel. I applaud the effort.
🍌
Haha
@C01t0n ur not funny
@ethanxu3072 ok
😑
Editor Jack is getting so good with that Phantom that he's going to give Gavin Free a run for his money soon.
I smell a Collaboration here at some point.... :-)
@NikolaHoward I’ve been dying for a How Ridiculous x Slow Mo Guys collab
06:15 "Das boot" is such an underrated line lol
Watching those balloons pop in slow motion is surprisingly endearing
Agreed
@soul-spandan6114
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Appreciate it that you took the time to make sure the lights weren't flashing in the slowy, shows how much care is put into the videos 👍
How is that done? Editing in post?
@lamarrotems cameraman has to adjust frame rate capture to a multiple of whatever the AC current of Europe is, something like that
Would love to take credit for that one, but actually that's on RAC Arena where we filmed. They recently replaced their entire lighting setup with very high quality, ultra bright, flicker free LED lighting! Otherwise it is actually impossible to eliminate the flicker from traditional bulbs due to the framerate being so high :)
Y qué pasó ?
10:20 - Okay, THAT was genius! What a fun idea!! Fresh roll of aluminum foil, 30 seconds to build the best "weapon" you can. You guys could totally create an entire game out of that concept, quickly making things out of aluminum foil.
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Disclaimer: no balloons were harmed or killed in the making of this video
Derek over here doing his best Little Mac impression. And I agree with other posters, you guys building the best things out of al foil to pop balloons sounds like a right good time!
wait theres no edges for him to side-b off of?
(bad joke, apologies c:)
I’m not looking for a new for my son
0:57 I guessed air was invisible, but I can even see it taking the shape of the balloon.
Great 👍
It's water vapor bro
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@obinna202 nope. That's the powder inside the balloons
@백은하-t7e This.
It's all because a pen, an arrow and a screw are all light weighted things helping them to have a longer reach. Also the higher you throw them, later they land.
That's my thought 🤗
They're also sharp
Like
Y qué pasó ?
It isn't actually related to their weight I think.
In theory the horizontal motion of the objects do not interfere with the vertical motion of the objects. So no matter how much their mass is, and hence their weight is, their horizontal velocity is only reduced by the balloons.
Of course, there is air resistance in real life, and I think having smaller air resistance (due to smaller surface area) is why the pen, the arrow, and the crew can fly the furthest.
I guess having a smaller surface area (being sharp) also helps in poking holes in the balls.
I'm pretty sure it's the radius of these objects which enables them to get less viscous drag, resulting in longer reach.
No sword? This would have been an ideal time to test that adage
Has anyone worked out the speed of popping?
How long does one balloon take to pop when punctured?
Depends of its pressure
Math problem for school
That pen throw actually blew my mind
😂😂
That giant balloon floating in the air is one of the oddest thing's I've ever seen, its rare to see something like that ever XD just saying
The Avengers: scratching their heads
Hawkeye:
Editor Jack, don't be so hard on yourself!! That slowie was at LEAST a 9/10 and it was a real time arrow! Not an easy track!
15:27 I’ll save you the time
Thank you
omg thank you
Hero we needed
Thanks a lot lol
Thank you
If we can ever learn something out of all of this, it's to never underestimate the power of a banana.
Banana peels: Next banned at your down under continent
I cannot agree with you more
we not gonna talk about the fact that the ballons that he popped with the lure sounded like that violin que in the song "no place i'd rather be"?
I'd like to see shovels represented in some of these to increase their list of uses.
Only the og’s would remember
You will be interested in next week's video then ;)
I like how the gasses inside the balloon form a circle it's so satisfying to watch at slow mo
Thats the powder inside them to prevent the balloon to stick when its not inflated.
@niconico3907 ohh
Shish
It's not the stuff being sharp, it's the sheer *power* they put into those throws.
P = F/A = F/pi*r*r
Decreasing the radius is much easier than increasing the force and radius has a bigger impact for increasingly the pressure (since radius is squared)
That's why almost all objects showed in this video which went through a lot of balloons have a sharp top
@srijanbhowmick9570 Bill Nye?
@srijanbhowmick9570the science guy?
@Nightmare2.03 Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!
Well sharpness does play a bit of a factor in it though. I mean imagine one of the objects was plastic cup. That likely won’t get through one balloon.
I liked my own comment because no one will
Lil bro failed Successfully
Yo who is here
Right now
I disliked your comment.
Womp womp little bro we don't care
Most impressive part was how the arrow missed the 11th balloon
Probaly flipped over or around onto the next one as it lost momentum.
What type of material are the balloons made of, they seem to discinergrate.
Looks pretty cool.😆👍🏼
The slow motion was so satisfying! Awesome!!!
that camera is amazing
wtf 👀 8:02
Fun fact: you can buy arrows with light-up knocks (the clampy bit that goes on the string).
Also, I believe the "spitball" would be far more effective if you use a blow dart instead. And I also think an atlatl would be an interesting addition to your arsenal.
An atlatl is a very owerful and accurate weapon if you use it right
Straight up javelin would be fun too
Honestly for this kind of thing I'd use a twisted tip. They spin and allow for slightly more accuracy when fired from a recurve bow. New age bows dong have to worry about the archers paradox nearly as much.
Thes guys are Australian they would use the Australian Aboriginal version of an Atlatal called a woomera, much heavier, throws full sized hardwood spears rather than the light projectiles used with an atlatal
I can't get over how great these phantom shots have been
Rexy is so amazing that he's sitting on my desk at work.
My Rexy is guarding my personal mini-fridge at work 😆🦖
My new model logo-Rexy is guarding the old school model. Every week they both watch this.
Mine does too! I can't exist without Rexy! I have one at home too.
The Last one need to catnes afrdin
When you have the scoreboard come down, you really should make it show the previous score then tick/count up to the new score. It's really a lot more satisfying, and once you do it once in FinalCut or whatever you use, you can literally copy paste it.
I think that’s a brilliant idea
Can’t believe I have just spent 15mins of my lifetime to watch this stupid stuff 😂😂 these 3 guys are good
Very cool concept, I would like to see more similar to this in the future.
Watching the balloons pop in slo mo is SURREAL
A 7/10 from Editor Jack equals an 11/10 from anyone else.
You should bring back the guessing for double points. That added so much more strategy to the game and was a lot of fun lol.
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This was a once in a lift time experience to see these GIANT balloons :O
Killer Bee: Lightning Pen 0:40
Hey Gaunson, next time, aim up a little. The arrow would have started falling at balloon 4 or 5. If you aimed up about 5 to 10 degree's you may have ended up with more factoring in speed loss and drop of the arrow.
Exactly. I was thinking the same when first guy was aiming. I thought second guy will aim high.
I love how you guys know to keep things moving as you do more of this style video. I love this series!
"Nothing gets past my bow! "
-Quincy, son of Quincy
I'm writing on behalf of my 6 year old son - he wanted to write a comment. He likes watching your videos. He says thank you.
They make LED nocks for arrows, would make an awesome effect and show up good on slow mo too. They light up when the arrow is shot, making them easier to retrieve. Very cool.
I love watching the hunting videos with those
Great suggestion!
extra points awarded for the skill needed to skip an arrow under a ballon and hit the ballon behind. Jack that was an awesome slowmo capture. great vid guys.
11:49 one punch man?
“And the grandpas who knit too, cause that’s allowed” 😂😂 12:24
14:15 When the actual title of the video happens.
i love ppl like u
@marijanaceva3355 same
the moment gaunson wasnt aiming farther up i knew it wouldnt do the job... i have a 40lbs recurve bow as welland a little higher prolly would have gotten like 3-4 more lol! Love the vids guys!!!
I also have a 40lbs recurve, a Bear Montana, and I believe with a shot at the right angle it is easily up to the job of getting them all and a fair few more I reckon.
I love how the balloon pops faster than the arrow reaching the other side...
I was surprised by the banana
The balloon popping is definitely my favorite series on this channel.
Hi
It's gotta be the tower drops for me
I just finished a very stressful finals week at school and there is nothing better than to just lay in bed and watch How Ridiculous.
Dude perfect just hit 12 giant balloons to claim a world record. Surely you guys can crush that!
7:33 That fish is HUGE!! It's like a dinosaur fish 😮
Edit: Apparently, the fish he caught is called a Ulua.
I think balloons popping in slow motion is the coolest thing ever😂
13:50 is where he gets to the point.
7/10 isn't following an insanely fast arrow from start to finish and only missed a small portion of it. Jack that pan was sick
This is definitely one of the coolest videos I've seen these past days.
8:00 that beat though 🔥🔥
“Giant Balloons… You have failed this city!”
did any REX were injured during the video ?
The scissor throw that went wide at 5:56 that qualified for double points hurt to see! Another great video boys, this format is fun on a bun!
I think he would have been better off keeping the scissors closed before throwing them - you get a much more stable, directional throw that way.
@feuilletoniste yeah kind of use the scissors the exact same way you would use a throwing knife.
@feuilletoniste but then again having them open means if they hit handle first the blade tips will still pop them.
0:03 I feel like he is running into an endless void of darkness 😂