From: gmg4ever@webtv.net (Gary Gabel)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:52:47 -0600 (CST)
To: balloondeco@fooledya.com
Subject: SDS vs RMS Balloon digest #99 v10

THANK YOU ! ! ! 

I have not used the SDS system, ( and probably won't due to the cost of
SDS vs RMS ).  However, I have used the RMS system many times and
absolutely LOVE IT.  The RMS is very lightweight, extremely portable,
easy to store before and after utilization, and, what I like the best
about the RMS is that the "framework" is MUCH less visible.  

Standing across a large room, it is very difficult to see any of the
framework in an RMS system.  ALL SDS designs that I have seen, both in
person as well as in the Images magazine, the "framework" is extremely
visible.  Isn't one of the tenets of balloon designers is that you
should do what you can to "hide the works" ?  

We have never needed to use spray adhesive in any of our RMS sculptures,
nor have we had any balloons explode on us due to being popped by the
framework.  To connect one RMS system to another, cable ties work great,
are inexpensive, and push comes to shove, a paper clip will work fine.

It is true that the RMS is a flexible system, can have a problem in a
free standing situation, but any designer can get around these problems.
Surely, there is room in this industry for BOTH systems, depending on
the design need for the project at hand.  

If not, then the industry is in dire need of overhaul from the top on
down.