Big Bertha Original

Reviews:

There are not enough beans to give the shape of the sofa that appears in the adverts. Within a day or two it's lost shape and looks like a saggy mess. The upside is the dogs love it.

The item I received was damaged. Should have been checked before shopping to customer

The product was not suitable. Too expensive for this type of item

They claim returns are hassle free…

Too expensive poor practises

The beanbag, once assembled, is very comfortable. However, as other reviewers have experienced, it is not clear from the website that you are required to fill it yourself (and similar to another reviewer, I did not have a second person available to help which made the task pretty hard). The filling gets everywhere and is a nightmare to clear up. This is not helped by the fact the box it comes in has holes and some of the filling will inevitably come out the bottom no matter how careful you are. Again, similar to other reviewers, insufficient filling was provided - I bought 2x beanbags and 1x footstool/pouffe and ended up using the filling meant for the pouffe to fill one of the beanbags so that it was sufficiently full / sturdy. I don't see why they can't ship the beanbag ready-made so assume it's a cost-cutting measure at the company's end. If you're willing to spend an hour and a half bent over with a dustpan and brush chasing tiny filling balls round the floor then the final product is good (provided you overfill with stuffing meant for e.g. a pouffe which you then won't be able to use). Otherwise I would recommend finding an alternative supplier who will ship ready-made!

Ordered a footstool and was quite surprised when it didn't arrive already assembled. If I had read the reviews fully beforehand I would have seen there was a common theme of people missing this info at the very bottom of the Features section, and also that there wasn't enough filling provided. I didn't bother opening the packages within as I knew it would be a nightmare, so I can't comment on the quality. I also had to chase for the refund which took nearly 3 weeks to go back to my account.

It would be so much better if the beanbag came ready stuffed. Doing it at home is such a faff and so many of the styrofoam beans spill out and it’s messy. I would prefer to buy from somewhere where it’s ready-stuffed professionally, so wouldn’t buy from here again or recommend.

Easy to order, arrives on time would have been 5 stars if they could package the replacement beans in a bag that doesn’t result in a high portion of the beans ending up all over the floor. Very difficult to fill. Once it’s done a great product

Polystyrene balls were loose outside packaging bag and in the box. Messy getting them in the item.

Part of order ripped. Not enough beans to fill it.

I thought for the price I wouldn't have to fill the bean bag myself, which was absolutely night mare..& when finished there was more beans on the floor then in the bag..so I actually gave up & though it away..iv have a new one which came filled.

It’s my fault for not reading the measurements but if it’s advertised as big Bertha you would expect it to be large but in reality it’s only suitable for pre teens, too late to return it. Excellent product for children though

You have to fill the bean bag yourself!!!! Been trying for an hour now and still not done, tiny polystyrene balls everywhere. An absolute nightmare product. Would never have bought if I had known!

The zip under the chair has a tacky paper clip attached rather than a proper zip. It feels like the zip is going to break. Feels and looks cheap not had it long and it's getting misshapen.

May be my fault for not reading properly but for £35 this is tiny and very annoying putting the balls in yourself with no instruction for how to do it

Bought for my 2 year old, he cant sit on it and slides out becauae the bum space is too small and he is uncomfortable.

It's nothing like the photo. Those granules are dangerous for children and difficult to stuff into the cover