Description

Forty-two shots sounds modest until you see the tube size. Pyro Addict 4 fires entirely from 30mm, which is full display calibre, and with 966g of powder behind it there’s serious weight in every break.

Each shot sends up a thick titanium gold coconut tail before opening into a huge Nishiki Kamuro willow — the long-hanging, slowly drifting gold effect that professional displays are built around. Vibrant multi-coloured dahlia stars burst through the gold for contrast, so you get depth and layering rather than one flat wall of sparkle. The pacing is tight and rhythmic throughout; nothing is wasted across the 30 seconds.

This is a quality-over-quantity item. If you’ve been buying 100 and 200 shot cakes and wondering why they don’t look like the displays you see online, the answer is usually calibre — and this is where you’d start fixing that. It’s loud, it reaches 30 metres, and it works equally well as a finale or as the standout piece in the middle of a show.