The best $190 you'll ever spendTake credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts. Are you a public school teacher in need of funding? Start your first project » We're a charity that makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Your gift is tax-deductible. Special Needs: Reddit Gifts for the Teachers 2016 Part of: Create Your Own EditA while back I got an email from Andrew at Sumo, asking me if I would review their bean bag chair for the blog. I struggled with the question for a while. On the one hand I was afraid to sell out. Could I maintain my integrity in the face of free stuff? On the other hand: “Yaaay, free stuff!” I accepted and my Sumo Omni arrived two weeks ago. I’ve been thoroughly testing it and the verdict is in: It’s an insanely comfortable piece of furniture. My favorite position is to lean it against a wall and sit there with my a laptop, as I’m sitting right now writing this. It works even better if you can out your feet up on something.
The material is cool to the touch even when you’ve been sitting in it for a while and the bag strikes just the right balance between firm and squishy. Also: The thing is huge! Further testing found that it is fine for two people watching a DVD together. Or, say, an episode or two of Dexter. If anything, the damn thing is too comfortable – I don’t really want to get up out of it. When they ship the Omni overseas, they do it without filling, so I had to order 400 liters of those little plastic pellets on line. This is what such a package looks like: And let me tell ya: They do look at your strangely at the post office when you pick up those kinds of parcels. My dream: Make a meeting room where all the walls are whiteboards and the only furniture is bean bag chairs in various sizes. The Omni and it’s smaller cousin The Otto would be perfect for this.How do you like to relax? How about in a bean bag chair? No I’m not talking about the bean bag chairs of our youth, or even a modern one like the Sumo bean bag chairs that we have covered here on The Gadgeteer.
I have found the supreme bean bag chair to which all other bean bag chairs should now be compared… it’s the Yogi Max from Yogibo. Let me show you more about it… Note: Images can be clicked to view a larger size. The Yogi Max is Yogibo’s largest bean bag chair. It requires about 6′ x 2′ x 2′ of floor space, but weighs less than 20 lbs, so it’s not hard to maneuver and drag around. It has a durable Cotton / Lycra cover that zips off for easy machine washing. The Yogi Max is available in 14 different colors. I was sent a green one, which I’ve christened Larry the Cucumber to stay with the theme that John started when he reviewed the red Sumo Emperor bean bag chair, which he named Bob the Tomato. The moment I plopped down on the Yogi Max, I was impressed by how comfortable it was. It has a noticeably nicer feel than the Sumo Omni bean bag that I reviewed a couple years ago. You can contort the bean bag into all sorts of shapes depending on how you want to relax in it.
The Yogi Max can make a decent bed alternative which molds to your body no matter what position you lay in. It can even double as a chair or recliner if you have a wall to prop it up against. I really like the versatility of this “chair”. The cover on the Yogibo is made of lycra which feels like a thick stretchy t-shirt or sweatshirt material. It is soft and comfy, but pet hairs do stick to it… The filler used to keep the bag fluffy and bean baggy (that’s a technical term) are little BB sized white polystyrene foam balls. These balls will compress over time, which will cause the Yogi Max to be less bean baggy and more saggy. To fix that problem, you can buy refill beads which are priced from $29 – $49 depending on the size bag you need. If you buy a Yogibo bean bag and are curious to see what the filler beads look like, be careful when you unzip the bag. I wasn’t careful and ended up with tiny white balls all over the place. To keep my cat Max from claiming the Yogi Max as his new favorite sleeping spot, I have been standing the bean bag up in the corner when it’s not being used.
It takes up less space that way too. Although the Yogi Max is pricey, it is fun and comfortable to sit on. Kids and adults who are still kids at heart will definitely enjoy relaxing, sleeping, reading, watching TV and chilling on a Yogibo bean bag chair. The Yogi Max is still standing in the corner of my basement. Since the review it’s seen very little use. Although it’s comfortable, the noise it makes whenever you shift position is annoying especially if you want to use it to take a nap. Bed and chair alternativeCons:ExpensiveWEST JORDAN, Utah — A Utah mother is looking for answers in the death of her young son, who suffocated after he crawled underneath a bean bag chair at a daycare center Thursday and was subsequently sat on by an employee. Police confirmed Friday the child suffocated after crawling under the bean bag chair, which an employee then sat on without realizing the boy was there. A GoFundMe page created on behalf of the victim’s family identifies the boy as Leonardo Sanchez, and family says the boy would have turned 2 years old later this month.
Danielle Sanchez, Leonardo’s mother, spoke to Fox 13 News, saying she doesn’t understand how the daycare could have lost track of her son and allowed this to happen. She said they hope to view the surveillance footage from the center soon. Sanchez said she isn’t personally upset with the employee who sat on the chair, but she said the daycare should have done more to keep track of the children under their care. Click here for more from Sanchez’s interview. The incident occurred sometime Thursday at West Jordan Child Center, 7195 South Redwood Road. The management at the center released the following statement Friday: “We regret deeply the tragic death of a young toddler at our daycare facility. No words adequately describe the depth of the sorrow we feel. And, of course, we do not pretend to understand how devastating this is for the family. We know the family well, we grieve with them, and we pray that God will provide them the comfort and peace they inevitably will need.”