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[karlfoxman]

I doubt any cat2 rockets would have any paper or plastic ball shell as a payload, quite a few cat 3 rockets seem to use a ball shell inside a fancy bright sparky canister. As most of us know using a ball design will allow spherical bursts and even patterns to be produced. One pattern rocket i recall is a heart shape one! This design of sticking 2.5 - 3 inch shells without time fuses is a way for the public to get pro looking bursts without needing cat 4 aerial shells which are now not avaliable to the general public. Unless you can build them yourself of course

[Creepin_pyro]

Lunig do a range of large ball head rockets with some really superb effects including a blue strobe. I've seen a few other rockets with a 3" spherical header, but can't remember the brand. Sadly, quite a few of the large, shiny headed rockets are half full of air and don't generally perform as well.

[karlfoxman]

Millennium do a 3 inch and a 2.5 inch ball head rocket, Lunig do produce wonderful rockets. I have seen videos on the freakpyromaniacs website and the amount of effects and stars they hold is very impresive

[PyroKid]

On the topic of ball head rockets (Shells on sticks), Millenium pyrotechnics produce such rockets as part of their "platinum professional range" (These are all cat 3 material) in a variety of sizes / effects ranging from 2.5" through to 3" and i believe that they have now brought out a couple of effects in a 4" version.

With regards to cat 2 (garden) versions of these rockets, there are quite a few varieties out there.
One such variety that i have used in the past and would strongly reccomend is the "apollo" rocket pack manufactured by Fireworks International.