Amazon Basics Extra Large Bean Bag Chair Lounger, 5 ft Memory Foam Filled, Microfiber Cover, Pink, Solid

Awesome purchase
I am ashamed to admit it took me way longer than it should have to have really read the instructions. The container it comes in makes it look like the chair but it’s really squished into this tiny cube. Let it out and it is an amazingly large chair that is durable and comfy. It is in my classroom calm down corner and so far my students have yet to demolish it!

Ok but…
I got the red 6’ lounger. So, I managed to roll it up the stairs one step at a time, by myself, in the zip fabric bag that is inside the box, to the upstairs room. I’m a girl and old (lol 57), not hard to do on your own, definitely do-able. Once inside the room, unzipped the fabric shipping bag to reveal the lounger air shrunk inside a clear plastic bag. Released it from the plastic bag but no immediate “poof” as you would expect from something shrink wrapped (all the air sucked out to make it smaller for shipping). I started to pick at the fabric cover, it was slow going, and once I got the cover looser, eventually had to get inside the red fabric cover to break apart the compacted foam bits. If you read the inserts, the zipper tab has been removed for child safety (very frustrating but ok, I guess, probably a dumb consumer law). I bent open a large paper clip, as per the instructions (READ them!), and it unzipped easily. I dove my arms into the cover and used them like salad tossers to break apart the bits of foam that were packed together due to the shrink wrap shipping process. Ugh…what a mess. Highly recommend you place a large sheet or plastic under the bean bag before you unzip and begin the break apart process. That way it might be easier to clean up, the foam bits and bobs go everywhere and stick to everything. Once I was happy with the foam bits (the stuffing) being separated sufficiently, I zipped it up using the large paper clip. Then…clean up begins. Quite a mess and time consuming but with a good vacuum, it does happen eventually. I rolled the bag around, tossed it about, to fluff it up. It did get pretty fluffy. I actually spent the night on it even though I wanted to let it puff up more for a few days—but my husband was ill so I chose to isolate. The main takeaway is that you do smush it down with body weight but it will puff up again if you just roll it back and forth, flip it over and back. I guess it could use more filling, too. Biggest complaint is the chemical smell coming from the bits of foam inside…again, this is only 24 hours in so we will see, but that smell better relax and dissipate over time. Overall…not bad for the price IF that smell dissipates. Pretty comfy for watching tv, using a tablet, reading, etc. Sleeping is ok…I am 5’5” and my feet dangled over the edge a bit. I like it. I might try to procure more foam stuffing…it could use a bit more, IMHO. UPDATE: After several days and daily rolling and flipping, the foam stuffing has puffed up a great deal more and the pod is huge! YAY. The weird chemical smell from the stuffing seems to be dissipating but very slowly.

Definitely not what I expected!!
This is a great chair!! Was a bit skeptical as I read through the reviews. This came in box with the chair vacuum packed, inside of a zipper bag. I thought there’s no way this will get very large! Once I took it out of the bag and took off the protective plastic covering, I then just pulled (loosened) the outside of the bag away from the block of memory foam on the inside; I pulled it loose all the way around. Then all you have to do is break up the memory foam. I punched it, squeezed it and then continued to break up the larger pieces with my hands. You have to let it sit for 4 or 5 days. This thing is like 5 times the size it was when it came out of the bag! Plenty big for an adult (and a dog at the same time 🙂 ) It is really comfortable and has nice soft material. Each time I am done using it, I fluff it up and move the insides around so it can “relax and re-puff”.