What's in Your Bean Bag Sofa? Comparing Yesterday to Today

If you are still purchasing your bean bag sofa from local stores because it is cheap, you are probably wasting more money than you realize just by replacing each beanbag couch as it flattens out, loses form, or bursts open. If you want to purchase a beanbag couch for your child or want something larger and mores substantial for adult lounging, it is in your best interest to pay attention to what is inside your bean bag sofa.

Bean Bag Sofa of Yesterday

Your typical beanbag couch purchased from a local store or in the distant past will likely be filled with Styrofoam pellets. There are some other materials that might have been used in the past, but it will be very similar to Styrofoam balls.

The problem with bean bags made with Styrofoam is that the material is not made for continuous compression. Take one of those Styrofoam coolers made for fishing and try to sit on it while waiting for that tug on your fishing line. You are likely to be sitting on the ground before the afternoon is up, right? That's because Styrofoam is simply not made for sitting on. It compresses down under the weight and heat of your body and does not bounce back into place very quickly. Eventually, it gives out altogether.

This is why a beanbag couch in the past had to be replaced often and would only make it through childhood into adulthood with a single user if they didn't sit on it much. Also, the outer material of bean bag sofa in the past was not very strong. The seams would easily pull apart and it was too easy for puncture holes to develop, especially with children jumping and playing on a beanbag couch.

As much as children love bean bag sofas, parents have not always enjoyed them as much. The mess of cleaning up those little Styrofoam balls was a headache no parent wants to be put through.

Bean Bag Sofas of Today

So, what's different about the modern day beanbag couch? First of all, it's not like things have changed in the market as a whole. You can still purchase a beanbag couch stuffed with Styrofoam if you wanted to, but why would you?

If you want bean bag sofas that will never spring a leak or flatten down to the ground, you need to find a beanbag couch or lounge couch stuffed with polyurethane foam shreds. This material bounces back into place much faster and does not give out under the compression of your weight and body heat. This means your bean bag sofa will conform to the shape of your body for complete comfort and then bounce right back into place when you get up.

Another big difference in bean bag sofas of yesterday to today is the material and type of covering used. A high quality beanbag couch today will have the filling inside a liner, which means you can remove the cover and wash it. This keeps your beanbag couch fresh and clean but also makes it extremely unlikely that you are going to burst the furniture open and make a big mess.   

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