Balloons popping in my face makes me a bit nervous, so I've only popped balloons in other ways so far. But I decided to just try it finally. I have two confetti filled balloons that I blow up. The first I'm a little more confident with (still nervous though), I wasn't expecting it to pop when it did and I wasn't anticipating it being so loud that it made my ears ring. It's the first time I've managed to blow to pop a balloon though. The second I'm a lot more nervous with, and it also just keeps getting bigger and bigger without popping. It does finally pop, although its from me grabbing it and trying to not let air out in-between breaths.