Bean Bag City® sews flat-felled seams with 2 rows of lockstitches which do not allow thread motion in the stitch holes. The 2 pieces of material are actually rolled together interlocking their edges. Both needles are always sewing through 3 or 4 layers of material. Now all the strain of the seam is on the fabric itself and not on the stitching. The stitching just holds the fold from unrolling. We use color matched dacron thread (soft but strong) for a rich appealing finish. When you sit on our chairs, the seams are designed to hold themselves together instead of pulling directly on the threads.

"Flat-Felled Seam = a seam on the face of a garment, as on the outside of the legs of blue jeans, made by overlapping or interlocking one seam allowance with the other and top-stitching them together onto the garment with two parallel rows of stitches." (Webster dictionary)

Bean Bag City® uses automotive upholstery velvets, double-ply Simsuedes, 16 oz. denims, and thicker more durable vinyl that looks and feels like real leather. This is a commercial strength fabric that is many times stronger than the thin plastic-look vinyl found in other, (imported beanbags). The budget beanbags typically split at the seams after only 2 weeks to 6 months. If you look closely and examine the seams of discount store's beanbags, you can usually find a few of them on the store shelf still in the store, already starting to rip at the seams due to their low grade seams and materials.

Our heavier materials prevent ripping at the seams and withstand years of use. We insist, where possible, on 18oz. vinyl*, and 16 oz. cottons.

*This weight is based on an actual single square yard of the material measuring 36 inches by 36 inches.

Unlike our competitors, Bean Bag City® reinforces the tops and the bottoms of all its beanbags. This reinforcing helps stabilize the material and keeps the chair from ripping in these high strain areas. We also sew around the tops 3 times, and the bottoms have 4 rows of stitching to prevent bead dust from escaping and to increase durability.

The chair on the right is a competitor's chair which shows NO reinforcements. Their sewing puts the strain 100% on a single layer of material. It has 1 row of stitching to hold in the top and only 2 rows at the bottom. Note the bunched up puckered top seam. When stretched, puckered seams tear the stitch holes and start leaking.

Competitors chair reveals no reinforcing on the inside

Bean Bag City® beanbags feature 2 hefty #5 boot zippers to keep the polystyrene bead filler…inside. All our bean bags have double zippers, one over the top of the other. These double nylon zippers always zip smoothly and do not lose their teeth. Our unique end tab design makes them childproof. The zipper sliders are hidden deep beneath 2 end tabs, and cannot be opened by curious toddlers. When it's time to add filler, they can be opened easily by using a crochet hook or a bent paperclip to "fish" out the slider from under the tab. These hide-a-way tabs also keep scratchy zippers covered up and hidden so they can never jab or scratch you or your hardwood floors.

Beanbag chairs aren’t really filled with real beans. The soft, cushiony feel comes from tiny polystyrene beads. Bean Bag City® uses 100% new modified polystyrene beans in tiny irregular shapes in all our beanbag chairs. These tiny irregular shaped beans help our beanbag retain its shape when you get up from the chair. Round beans just roll to the bottom leaving the chair to look like a formless blob. Our irregular shaped beans help the chair retain its shape and provide a level of support not found in other beanbags.

We have found some other beanbag manufacturers actually do use recycled materials from the local landfill. Some of our customers have brought in beanbags they have purchased elsewhere, and we found them filled with porous, crumbly styrene chunks (up to the size of quarters and half dollars), foam rubber, ground up athletic shoes, scraps of fabric, shredded cardboard, and all manner of foreign bits and pieces. The hazards presented by this sort of fill are obvious, not to mention the lumpy, uncomfortable seating surface they give. We absolutely do not use this type of junk in our filler. Ohio polices this, but not all states do.

Because of our thicker leather like vinyl, and our true flat-felled seams, multiple rows of stitching, and reinforced tops and bottoms, Bean Bag City® offers a 1 Year Warranty on their beanbags. For a period of one year we will guarantee all seams and workmanship from defect. If at any time within that year a seam gives out or causes a leak from your beanbag, simply return it to us freight prepaid in the original packaging or packaging that affords the same level of protection, and we will repair free. Of course, this guarantee does not cover abuse or neglect, or any sort of cut or puncture of the fabric or vinyl. The polystyrene filling material has a natural tendency to compress under pressure, in the same way that Styrofoam does. While we do offer replacement filling material at a nominal charge, the guarantee does not cover this sort of normal compressing. Other conditions and restrictions apply.

Beware of other's 10 year warrantees. Most of them have not been in business 10 years, so how do they know their chairs will last 10 years? In past years, we have seen many other websites disappear after Christmas, so then what happens with their warrantee?

We have been making bean bag chairs for 33 years and have seen first hand that our chairs are still going strong after as long as 10-15 years whether in residential homes or in public places.

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