Hey,
Does anyone know if zorbs/giant plastic hamster balls are good for the desert?
And if so are plain ones or glowing ones better? We want it as part of display on our art work during the day and at night we'd like to roll around in them but don't know if the glowing distracts from rolling around?
Ann
Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
Well, I'm speaking from zero experience here, but something that would concern me would be the wind. A zorb is a pretty big, light thing. If a wind storm were to whip up it might be hard to restrain a zorb, with or without it's occupants. It would be hella fun, but you could wind up with some folks travelling a LONG way against their will; potentially right over the trash fence.
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If you're going to let the wind blow you around, you should have some speaker system on the orb so it makes this horrific screaming sound as it flies by.
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
At first, the vision of someone trapped in the ball and being blown across the playa was funny, but thinking about it, it could be horrific...not only to the person trapped inside, but to whoever might be bowled over when caught unsuspectedly in its path.
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
Only if they're radio controlled.Winging_it wrote:Does anyone know if zorbs/giant plastic hamster balls are good for the desert?
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
I thought Giant Hamsters were banned from the event...
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
They'd probably be incredibly hot during the day but might be ok at night. I wouldn't want to try that in high wind, haha.
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
I've seen them out there. They did something with a little water in the inside????? Wash out the sweat?
Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
Seems like they would get dusty on the outside and reduce visibility.
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
OM Fucking G!! That made me LMAO!melodiousdirge wrote:Well, I'm speaking from zero experience here, but something that would concern me would be the wind. A zorb is a pretty big, light thing. If a wind storm were to whip up it might be hard to restrain a zorb, with or without it's occupants. It would be hella fun, but you could wind up with some folks travelling a LONG way against their will; potentially right over the trash fence.
Of course they'd yak all over inside the zorb, and it they didn't? "Hello NASA?"
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
I just got this vision of a giant hamster ball blasting the music from that hamster car commercial zipping by totally out of control at about 40 MPH +
You can deal with this,
You can deal with thaaaaaaaaaa....................
The loudspeakers would help drown out the screams too.
Of course for full visual impact the occupant would need a crash hemet shaped like a giant hamster head.
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The loudspeakers would help drown out the screams too.
Of course for full visual impact the occupant would need a crash hemet shaped like a giant hamster head.
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Re: Zorbs? Giant Hamster Ball? Are they good for the desert?
BBadger wrote:If you're going to let the wind blow you around, you should have some speaker system on the orb so it makes this horrific screaming sound as it flies by.