Is there a practical difference between the jump bottles?

[Bologna Prime]

I got a blizzard and a cloud and I don't know if there's a difference. Also, why use bottles when you can have boots?

[OmniWatrbear]

they have different effects, but the most important is that the 3 bottles are used with 3 balloons to create a really powerful mobility item

[bigdgaff]

I personally prefer to use blizzard in a balloon early game. It works well with my hermes boots to start sprinting immediately rather than building up to a run. It gives a nice speed boost on the double jump beyond the cloud in a balloon.

[Cyborgt]

Originally posted by OmniHyperDimensionalWaterbearSr.:

they have different effects, but the most important is that the 3 bottles are used with 3 balloons to create a really powerful mobility item

Yeah, basically it goes cloud, blizzard, sandstorm in order of least to most effective double jump item. They can also be combined into a single balloon combo with a lucky horseshoe to provide fall damage protection but if you can manage 3 balloons and all 3 bottle items then that's a significant boost to your jumping ability.

As for why use them, why not? The more jumping power you have the higher you can get and you can't equip multiple of a single flight item so until you get later into the game the bottles are the only way to add extra height to your flight.