Shredded Memory Foam Filling 5lbs for Bean Bag Filler, Without Added Gel Particles, Premium Soft Refill and Great for Stuffing, Multi Color and Shape

Useful for every age in classrooms (elementary)

Pros:- it works, after opening the air sealed bag and letting the foam gain some air, it expanded nicely of which I then placed into the bean bag.- when the foam expanded, 1 bag (5lbs) expands into about a standard pillowcase worth of foam, I used about 2.25 bags to fill the blue bean bag chair (see image) along with the existing fill the blue chair already had.- it's comfortable and seems to hold it's shape, I can see the foam collecting air back and regaining its structure.- not sure if this is a "pro", but it does smell exactly like a freshly unsealed memory foam mattress, this smell gives me confidence that it'll likely maintain it's shape for awhile (I hope)- the kids seems to be enjoying the once sad bean bag but now that it's gain some volume the kids are playing with it more again.Cons:- some of the foam pieces has plastic attached to it, which depending on your bean bag it could impact comfort, it doesn't effect mines though.- not necessarily a con, but I thought it was strange that there was no information that came along with the foam, no packaging, no upc code, no brand, no piece of paper that says "don't return this product to your retailer, call this number instead!" I'm all in for cheaper products and less packaging waste but having zero information is definitely sketchy.Other thoughts:- if your bean bag is like mines, the zipper to unopen the bean bag might appear broken, it is not! I used a fork to enter the eye of the zipper and was able to maneuver the zipper with ease.- The bean bag was a gift from my best friend to my kids, but my best friend have since passed away. I didn't want to throw the bean bag chair away since it has sentimental value, so I decided to give it a second life and am not disappointed with how this turned out. I'm sure my best friend is happy with how this turned out too if they were still around to see it as it's brought smiles back to my kids faces.

My boys like that this is a bit firmer than what normally comes in the big joe's. I will warn you that when you open the bag the smell will hit you like a ton of bricks! It smells awful and make sure you open it inside the bean bag/ big joe or on a flat surface b/c once it's open it starts expanding and going everywhere!

They came in super compact bags. It took a long time to break up the foam and separate the pieces...all in all very happy with the purchase. Comfy and soft.Update: CS sent me a message in relation to my first review. I did not expect to hear from them as I review products here and there--BUT I was pleasantly surprised to hear from this company. Very nice customer service. Very pleasant to work with them and a stand up company who back up their products. I will definitely purchase again.All in all I'm more happy with my purchase and so is my granddaughter- loving her homemade bean bag chair made with memory foam from this outstanding company. Thank you.

Avoid this product. There should be a way to leave less than 1-star reviews for products that are this bad. This material is pretty much the exact opposite of what the product description says. It hardly expanded at all after opening, see the photos of the stuff at 12 hours and 24 hours after putting them in boxes to expand as suggested by the seller. The picture with the two slabs in the box is after 12 hours, and the picture with one slab lying flat in the box is after 24 hours. I placed a ruler in the pictures to show just how compressed the product remained after being removed from the packaging. The small amount that did expand is still stuck together and is tacky to your touch. It can be separated by hand into loose individual pieces of foam, but if you squeeze a handful of that stuff, it clumps together and keeps the squished shape, and it does not expand back into separate pieces of foam. That’s shown in the picture of me holding the clump by my fingertips. While everything in the material appears to be foam, much of it is ribbon-thin waste that has no expansion capability at all, as if it was shaved and not cut. This stuff is totally unusable as a bean bag filler, and I don’t know what else it could possibly be used for, it’s just plain trash. I did return this for a full refund, but the seller did require that it be sent back. That wasn’t a problem at all as it fit back into the shipping box it arrived it because it didn’t expand very much at all after 24 hours.

Comfort

Package arrived just as expected. Nice and compact and easy to hide since this part of a Christmas present. The color was different than show above. Instead of what was in the description I did get greys, black and red. If that’s an issue for you take that into consideration. As for me, I used it for stuffing so the color didn’t matter. Packaging was easy to open. I’ve dealt with compacted items before so I knew to allow it to set for at least 24hrs. I had just received it 2 days before I needed it. Upon opening the package the smell was strong. I’m glad I opened it to allow it to air out. That alone is why it got stars taken away. Which made me glad I had opened it to allow it to air out for more than 24hrs. Other than that, it started to plump up quickly. And plumped even faster when I broke all the pieces apart. I could have used it straight away if it weren’t for the smell. 10lbs was enough for me to fill a kids grappling dummy. The stuffing was easy to use and held well in the dummy. Firm enough to be able to try out moves. But soft enough so the kids would probably sleep on it. Price point wasn’t bad. You get what you paid for.

We used it to help make large 24"x24" by 10" high throw pillows for our families screened porch.