What Goes Into Bean Bags?
Bean-bag chairs were made popular in the 1960s and '70s and remain so today. After being used for a while, bean bags tend to deflate because the filler inside them becomes compressed. It is easy and cheap to put more in the bag. Does this Spark an idea?
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What Is It?
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BB-sized polystyrene (Styrofoam) pellets are used to fill bean-bag chairs. Some manufacturers make smaller, perfectly round pellets, often called virgin pellets. Others simply grind up blocks of foam to make the pellets. Some people also actually use dried beans to fill their bean bags.
Cost
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The virgin pellets are slightly more expensive than the ground-up pellets. For example, a bean-bag website that sells virgin pellets for $73 for 9 cubic feet sells same amount of reground filler for $57.
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Where to Find It
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Bean-bag filler is very common. You can find it in many stores that sell furniture, at discount stores such as Wal-Mart or on the Internet.
Comfort
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Virgin pellets are thought to be more comfortable and move around to your body's contours more easily than reground pellets, but many people prefer the reground pellets. Dried beans are said to be much harder but some people prefer that texture.
How to Use It
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After you picked out a filler, all you need to do is put it in the bag. Most bags open with a zipper. Funnel the filler into the bag until it is almost full and reseal it. Your bean-bag chair will be fluffy again.
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