Bean Bag filling - advice please

[Stan]

A couple of months back i won a comp on another forum the prize for which was a tee shirt and a monster beanbag. After 2 months they finally arrived today and the question is what do i fill em'with ? - not the tee shirt that will be filled with me but the bean bag. I have heard rice can be used but what type or any other suggestions

Stan

[Doglet]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Dried peas or polystyrene balls are two suggestions I have been told.

[Stan]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Thats an idea - its a big bag so something like rice would be very heavy

Stan

[colin C]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Polystyrene balls Stan. Fill to about 80% full so you can "snuggle" the lens into a good shape.

In Africa, the one's I used in the Landrover were beans, or dried peas and they were heavy. Strangely, none of them ever 'disappeared' when the guests left!

Colin

[Stan]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Cheers Colin
Balls it is then

Stan

[colin C]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Cheers Colin
Balls it is then

May I suggest more than two Stan. :)

Colin

[Stan]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

May I suggest more than two Stan. :)

that would be a load of balls then

Stan

[djguk47]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

that would be a load of balls then

Stan

so we will see Stan at HCT in future with his little bollocks bag !!!!!! oh and a big lens!!!!!! or perhaps one should say..... Stan's big lens snuggling down on his little bag of bollocks....

[Trevoreast]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

Hi Stan,

After 2 months they finally arrived today and the question is what do i fill em'with ?

Maybe they have posted the balls/beans separately ? A monster beanless bag seems like a funny prize !

Trev

[codachrome]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

My bean bag was full of polystyrene balls these I thought were too light...I thought about dried peas and other pulses,and was afraid if they get wet they might start going soggy.
So..I went to a local plastic factory and beged for some plastic pelets these are great .and take the shape of anything I place on it..with no fear of them cooking.
The extra weight holds the tripod down when needed.

Coda

[Stan]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

It is quite a big bag around 18 inches long so it takes a lot of filling - I had some polystyrene balls so have used them to start with and see if it works. I think maybe anything else is going to be too heavy to carry around with all the kit as well

Maybe they have posted the balls/beans separately

I did buy a smaller bag a while ago and if I remember rightly there was the choice to have it filled or unfilled

Stan

[colin C]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

They were generally always filled when the post office only charged for parcels by weight, now they also charge by bulk.

Colin

[Trevoreast]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

When I posted my reply the smiles werent available on advanced options and they still arent :)

Trev

[Stan]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

When I posted my reply the smiles werent available on advanced options and they still arent :)

I had noticed that too - dont know why.
to be honest I would have expected it to come filled but Colins explanation makes sense

Stan

[colin C]

Re: Bean Bag filling - advice please

I find that on some threads too.

I suspct that it may be something to do with how the original poster's options are ticked .............. or not!

Colin