bean bag filling

fill your bean bag, your way

Our covers arrive unfilled, so here's where the beans come in. Order Fill Co beans matched to your bag and they're posted straight to your door. Prefer foam? Our shredded foam bean bag filling comes in 100L and 200L packs. Or pick up EPS beads locally from Big W or Spotlight.

which one suits you?

• Fill Co beans — Australian-made EPS beans, fire-retardant grade and lower odour. Pick the option named for your bag and you get the right amount for it. They ship separately, direct from Fill Co, in an easy-fill paper bag. Fill Co says its beans flatten 50% less than generic beans in cyclic compression tests. Like all EPS beads they're light, buoyant and quick-drying, with the familiar bean bag give, which makes them the pick for pool bean bags and anything used outdoors.
• Shredded foam — 28D polyurethane foam in 100L and 200L packs, vacuum compressed for delivery. Firmer and fuller, holds its shape longer and doesn't rustle the way beads do. Best kept indoors, as foam soaks up water and turns heavy. Dispatched from Sydney.

All of it fits our covers and inner liners, and other brands' bags too. There's nothing proprietary about filling.

a word on freight

Loose beads are almost entirely air. A 100-litre bag of beads weighs next to nothing but takes up a lot of room, and couriers price on the space a parcel takes up rather than the weight. That makes freight on beads dear, sometimes more than the beads themselves. Our shredded foam is vacuum compressed into a much smaller carton.

If you'd rather skip the freight, Big W and Spotlight sell EPS beads in store, so you can fill the same day. Shredded foam is harder to find over the counter. If you'd rather have it turn up at the door, add Fill Co beans to your cart from your bag's page, or order our shredded foam below.

how much do you need?

• 96cm bean bags: about 300 litres
• 112cm bean bags: about 500 litres
• Most adult sizes: 200–500 litres
• Kids' bean bags: 100–200 litres

Check the product page for your bag, or use our bean bag filling calculator to work out the litres from its shape and size. Foam packs down firmer than beads, so start with a little less and top up to suit. Fill Co beans are matched to your bag, so there's no maths.

filling tips

Fill the inner liner to about two-thirds and never overfill it. The filling needs room to move so the bag moulds to you. An overstuffed liner sits hard and strains the seams and the zip. Work with two people in a dry, draught-free room, as EPS beads carry static and travel fast, and keep filling away from babies, children and pets.

For more on the types of filling and what to look for, read our guide to bean bag filling in Australia.

Big W and Spotlight are independent retailers and not affiliated with Bean Bags R Us.