Bean Bag Chair Refills

If you need bean bag refill, you can order below. Simply click on the refill type and size you need. Or, you can contact us and a we'll be more than happy to help you!

"Your [filler] product is the magic solution!"
-D.N. (owner, design & production firm)

We offer 2 types of bean bag filling:

Virgin - BB-sized polystyrene (styrofoam) pellets that are perfectly smooth and round, about 3mm wide. The "real deal" - no cut up peanuts, no huge beads here (the huge beads squish more)! Because the beads are all the same shape, they shift around each other better when you are positioning your body in the bean bag. Virgin is also more dense than reground, so it holds its tight, round shape well. It does go flat eventually though, and how fast you have to refill depends on how much you use your bean bag and how poofy you like it. Some people refill within a few months (their kids use the bean bags as landing pads), some never refill and like them flat. Virgin costs more than reground.

Reground - Also known as "pre-consumer recycled" (our reground is not pre-used). Large blocks of polystyrene (styrofoam) are ground up to make small pellets. Most pieces are bb-size, 3-4mm pellets, but there are some pieces that are made up of several pellets stuck together. It is not dirty or used, and does NOT come from paper cups, plates, shippng peanuts, etc.! When you are positioning your body in the bean bag, it takes more effort than with virgin fill. (We don't think it takes that much more effort, though.) Most bean bags sold today are filled with reground. We like reground refill because it is better for the environment. Why make more non-biodegradeable stuff to throw in landfills? We polled a sample of 300 people from our customer base and reground was preferred 3 to 1 over producing new virgin styrofoam.

Can't decide? If your priorities are lower cost and the environment, choose reground. If you don't mind paying a little more and easy-positioning is key, choose virgin.

*Special note: people with autism or sensory deficiencies tend to prefer reground.

FAQ: How often do I have to refill? Answer: It depends on how much you use it, how you use it, and how poofy you like your chair.  If it's used a lot by kids who jump in it, then some folks call within a few months to refill.  Some never need refill because they like it flat.  The average is about a year.  The GOOD NEWS is: we almost never sell refill to the same person more than once. The fill does not disappear, it just deflates, so 1 refill normally does the job.  It's not an on-going maintenance issue.  The following chart will help you determine how much refill to buy to refill our bean bags, assuming they are about half-flat.

CAUTION: Keep bean bag filling away from children!

The boxes of refills are not heavy, but are large. Shipping companies charge extra for what they consider "oversized" packages. Please contact us to inquire about refill prices to Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii (varies depending on shipping cost). We can ship to other international destinations, but shipping costs are extremely high.

You can also purchase our bean bags without filling. We just subtract the price of the filling and shipping is only $7 instead of $22. You get the washable cover and unfilled water-repellent liner. Contact us for details.

ATTENTION Returning AHH Spot bean bag owners: if you have bought bean bag chairs from us, you receive a $25 discount on each box of bean bag refill!  You can request the discount during checkout by selecting "returning customer". *Discount will not appear at checkout.  After you submit the order (your credit card will not be charged yet), we will email you an adjusted receipt.  We reserve the right to limit the amount of refill you can purchase at a discount.

If you are refilling one of our Ahh Spot bean bag chairs, you'll find that our cores (the filled liners) have child-resistent zippers. To "unlock" the zippers, you simply insert a paperclip into the zipper head. The paperclip becomes the temporary zipper-pull and will release a tiny tension bar inside the zipper head. Once you are done adding refills, just pull completely closed and remove the paperclip. This is child-resistent, not child-proof - so be careful with anyone that may want to play with the bean bag refills (i.e. your child).