I see a lot of posts expressing disappointment from the sactionals but nothing on the beanbags. Am I just doing it wrong or are they pretty underwhelming? I bought the moviesac and let it expand for 3 days after rotating and fluffing regularly. It just feels clumpy and not nearly as comfortable as I'd hoped for a $1200 beanbag.
The cover is actually phenomenal and I love it, but the stuffing kinda sucks imo.
Any tips or suggestions to improve this or should I just return it?
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A few years ago I bought a Comfy Sack for my theater, but it was killed by a flooded basement. I'm finally ready to replace it, but I see there are quite a few players in the market I hadn't seen before. Other than Lovesac (which I'm not willing to spend the money for), who makes the "best" large memory foam beanbag right now? Comfy Sack? Cozy Sack? Big Joes? Ultimate Sack? Someone else? Looking for a 6' one.
I own 2 LoveSacs. A CitySac (which has gotten heavy use) and a SuperSac which still resides packed up not opened in my basement. Wait for their crazy sales where it's almost 70% off. They're worth it quality wise.
The Sumo, Comfy and other competitors I've seen seem to wear too easily. Never pay full price.
I'm happy with my Sumo products. They've held up remarkably well.
This is such an odd question, I'll be surprised but grateful if there's any insight for me.
I have an off brand foam beanbag made by Jaxx that is 6x6X2 feet and roughly analogous to the "Big One" from LoveSac. I'd like to purchase one of the nice covers from LoveSac but the dimensions are a little more ambiguous on their products.
Does anyone happen to have experience with using the covers on different brand or size bags/sacs?
Related question - If someone were to purchase "the big one" and later on decide to downgrade to smaller size. Would it be practical to simply remove foam and then put the under filled liner into a smaller cover?
Hi everyone. I have a giant 5 foot bean bag that I must shrink to move. I've seen videos and such, I don't think the shrink kit it worth it. So I was thinking of getting a huge plastic drop and wrap it around the bean bag. However, I don't know if my regular vacuum will work? Or would it just take a while to shrink it down. If anyone has any tips or suggestions please :)
Hey Lovesac people!
I’m looking for a waterproof cover for an 8ft lovesac.
I’d prefer it to be lovesac brand but they don’t seem to offer them. I’m open to buying from a custom/mom and pop seller (Etsy?) if that’s a thing?
Any recommendations are appreciated and if you’ve personally purchased one let me know how it worked out for you!
Cheers everybody and thanks! 🍻
SuperSac w/ footrest bundle is $910 right now. 5' Ultimate Sack w/ footrest is $164 (1st party site w/ coupon)
I can't reconcile the $750 difference, despite preferring the LoveSac options.
I know the LoveSac is probably somewhat higher quality and maybe has better longevity. The fit and finish is superior from images online. That doesn't make up the difference.
Any firsthand accounts and distinctions for LoveSac are appreciated.
Hey GV,
I live in an upper floor apartment with narrow stairways and no elevator. I narrowly managed to get a smaller couch in, and dont want to deal with the hassle of that again, so I am looking for one of the 2-3 person sofa sized LoveSac couches available.
Does anyone have any recommendations on a good value option? It wont be moved around a lot, and a washable cover would be a plus.
Is it worth it to buy the original (sort of pricy), or are there just as good alternatives for a better price?
Thanks GV!
Has anyone ever tried to make their own sewing patterns for covers? I love our sactional but would like covers made from sunbrella type material.
I am just wondering about replacing covers on the sacs. I just got one used and was curious about getting a new cover. Then I looked at the website and saw it was listed for like $550 dollars. I guess I mistakenly assumed the money would be in replacing the inside not the cover so much. Anyway is there is third party at all or something I am missing to make it more affordable? I don’t mind spending a couple hundred if necessary but that seems excessive.
I recently got my Lovesac and I'm quite pleased with it, but I wonder how well the way cheaper ones you see on Amazon like Chillsack or Ultimate sack compare. Anyone have experience with both?
I am looking for a big comfortable bean bag that isn't going to tear or break.
Thank you in advance.
Hi all. I just discovered Lovesac a few days ago, don't know where I've been. My daughter requested a bean bag chair for Christmas, and down the rabbit hole I went. I originally was going to buy from FB marketplace, a realtor has two Citys used for staging only listed for $375 each or $700 both, they are in snow owl phur. Last minute I decided to go to the actual store to check out fabrics. I didn't love the feel of the snow owl. Don't get me wrong, it is soft, but something about not being able to rub it backwards easily felt weird to me. I absolutely loved the new northern lights fabrics, but was steered away from the grizzly bear b/c apparently it's super heavy. I sat in the snow leopard, and it was so soft, I couldn't stop running my hands back and forth. I don't love how it looks with the spots, but the feel was incredible. I know wombat is probably the most popular, but it costs over $100 more. I also see a lot of clearance phur covers on their site, but am assuming they aren't as popular/possibly shed more? Just looking for user input on the phurs before I make the purchase. I know I'm not buying the sactional, so minor investment comparatively, but when you tell your husband you want to buy a $500 chair for your kid, you better do your homework. TIA!
If you could pick a new fabric for your lovesac which one would it be? I plan on buying a lovesac later this year and I want to make sure I pick the right fabric.
It depends on who is living with you and if you’re a texture kind of person. Also, are you talking about the sac/bean bag or the sactional/couch covers?
I personally didn’t like the velvet covers because the texture was strange to me, but a lot of people seem to love it. I also didn’t want to go with a faux cover because I get sweaty easily in the summer and didn’t want to feel even more hot in the summer. There is a Lovesac buy and for sale page on Facebook with a lot of photos. I got grey slub tweed covers for my sactional as I work on being able to afford the more expensive fabrics, but it is also ideal for people with no pet claws to worry about. The sales reps would say the velvet covers are best if you have pets and kids.
We went to the store and the softest and best one to us was the wombat cover. It feels like a really soft blanket
My living room is massive, and the couch at the back of the room is too far away to fully enjoy my massive LG OLED.
Wife won't let me move the furniture since, y'know, she's the boss... And her reasoning makes sense, our downstairs is open plan and having the couch at the optimal viewing distance is going to break that up.
Anyway, I'm the only one that cares to sit at the optimal viewing distance and I usually do so when she's not around and I'm eating cereal in my Y fronts..
So she's allowing me to buy a bean bag, or some sort of seating that I can store in the corner of the room or in the closet.
I've been doing some research and lots of people on here recommend lovesac, but I cannot get my head around paying nearly $1k for a bean bag.
Some people have recommended moon pods, but the reviews are iffy, some people love it, some say the quality is garbage.
The problem with all of these is that I'd have to buy sight unseen, and they all proclaim returns are on your dime (most people in the reviews quote $150+ to return such large items).
So I'm kinda stumped.
Comfort means a lot to me (I fucked my back last year, and had no problem spending a lot of money on a proper orthopedic office chair)... But at the same time, I'm also looking for a damn bean bag. So.. kinda why the lovesac seems a crazy price to me.
Hoping hometheatre can come to my rescue with some suggestions as I hate sitting like 12ft away from my TV at nights.
Also, before anyone suggests it divorce is unfortunately not the answer. I'm punching way above my weight already.
I've been interested in making one of those floor poufs/ottoman things recently. This weekend at a friend's house I had my first experience sitting in a Lovesac and am now DYING for one.
Is this a feasible thing to crochet? I guess my concern is what to stuff it with to make it possible to relax in without smushing it TOO much. I think beans/beads would just fall out constantly. Any recommendations for yarn type/thickness and stuffing?
Interior:
Old pillow cases, stuffed with whatever you want, stitched shut at the ends. Stick them together with duct tape during the forming process. You can buy them cheap at yard sales and some thrift stores, because you're not going to care about stains. When it's done, use one of those mattress pad covers in foam to give it a soft covering. This also ties together the final shape and makes it softer for usage. This method gives you a firmer pillow with the least amount of shifting bits.
Alternately, buy an old sheet and use it to make your lining. Because you're going to cover this, you don't have to sew pretty seams. Lay out the sheet, draw a giant circle. Run Strong Thread (yarn/fishing line/something that doesn't break easy) up and down around the circle. Slowly start gathering it together. Once you're sure you're not going to break your thread - cut off the material outside the circle. Stuff the sheet. Pellets are expensive in bulk. Dead stuffed animals however aren't. Also, again, old shirts, rags, sheets, or anything can be cut into strips and used here. Pull the thread until the opening is as gone as you can make it go. Tuck raw ends to the inside as you're doing this step. When the opening is closed, put a few stitches across the opening to ensure it won't open again. Knot it well, then cut off the thread. Boom, one wrinkled but finished inner layer. This method gives you the more traditional bean-bag feeling.
Exterior:
Now, depending on how cheap you want to go on the outer covering - either double or triple strand yarn in a series of half-double crochet stitches. This gives you a uniform and thick stitch which is the least likely to leave gaps in your work. Make your giant ball covering the surface, and decide if you want to continue it in the round shape, or an oval shape, or round on top and flat on the bottom to finish it nicely.
Options include adding decorative stitch layers on top of that work, as though it's a mandala, or making it in patches, aka globe shaped or beach ball, to give it different colored sections. You can even do it in the beach ball fashion while using deliberate colorways if you're using scraps to have a variegated stripes effect.
If you're thinking of using t-shirt material, talk to your local thrift stores about when they have bulk sales. Because you'd be cutting up the shirts, you're again, less worried about stains and holes, which means they might work with you. Where I live, there are bag days, where you buy as much as you can stuff in a bag for less than a good skein of yarn would cost. And, check yard sales and flea markets, especially towards the end of the day. Often, folks just don't want to haul stuff home again.
Whatever you choose, I'd suggest you ensure you've got your most solid part on the bottom where it meets the floor. Friction does a number on material over time.
I hope anything in this wall of text helps.
If you did something the styrofoam pellets or plastic beans, you'd need a lining so they wouldn't fall out. You could use a bulky weight to make the project work up quickly.
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I have a bean bag similar to a Lovesac. It's huge & takes up a lot of space. Has anyone ever attempted to re-vacuum seal it? In other words, get a giant vacuum seal bag, put the lovesac in it, and suck all the air out so it takes up a smaller amount of space again? I wouldn't expect it to be anywhere near as small as how it came when it was new but still, seems like it should be possible. I have seen that they have bags like this for putting in a mattress and making it smaller for transport, but couldn't find any for bean bags which was a little surprising. I realize this probably sounds silly and maybe I should just get rid of it, but was thinking about how, even if I kept it, transporting it in its current state is a massive hassle as well, so even just to move it to another location or give it to a family member or friend is not feasible with a normal size car. Any thoughts?