milovany Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 What do I need to know? I can fathom the "con" if the chair got wet, but is there anything else I need to be aware of it? Very, very unlikely these chairs would get wet; they'd just be used for watching movies (the littles whose they would be can go to the kitchen if they want to drink something). We priced the packaged commercial "beans" yesterday and boy, howdy, it'll be $60-$100 to fill a couple of chairs I purchased. I can get 25# of real beans for $20. Well they be too heavy? I mean, dragging them around the room won't be hard. They won't be moved a lot. Anyway, just wondering if there's something I'm not thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I think real dried beans would be much more expensive-- you would need well over 25 pounds of dried beans to fill one bean bag chair... probably many times that. Walmart has some bean bag pellets online for $16... much more volume than 25 pounds of beans! Amazon has the same product at same price with Prime... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 Thanks, Jann! The chairs already have some filler in them, but I see what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Would mice like to eat the real beans better than the filler? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I made some beanbags for my kids about 17 years ago and they're going strong. No smells, no bugs, nothing. The grandkids play with them now. I know beanbags are different than a whole chair but I wanted to pass on how long my beans have lasted...plain old navy peas. I would think a bean filled chair would be heavy but it would feel SO GOOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymama7 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 They might be heavy. But my bigger concern would be that the beans are well sealed. Raw beans, most varieties we get in the US anyway, are extremely poisonous if chewed up or swallowed. My kids don't seem to get this, and I know a leaking or zippable beanbag chair would be an accident waiting to happen. As is, we keep our beans sealed up in containers they cannot easily open because of the toddler. The chairs may or may not also attract pests. Again it depends on how well they are sealed. You could always try it and see, but I'd be making sure the beanbag portion was well sewn. Ummm wow. How did I not know this?!?! Until we moved last year we had a bean tray for sensory play. Like a sand box but dried beans of all sizes. I had absolutely no idea they were poisonous?!?!? What the heck? I feel like I've been living under a rock and grateful none of my kids were harmed. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I thought it was only red kidney beans that are poisonous if not cooked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 We priced the packaged commercial "beans" yesterday and boy, howdy, it'll be $60-$100 to fill a couple of chairs I purchased. I can get 25# of real beans for $20. Well they be too heavy? I mean, dragging them around the room won't be hard. They won't be moved a lot. Anyway, just wondering if there's something I'm not thinking of. I think the real beans would be very heavy. You could just buy a $15 bean bag chair at Walmart and use the "beans" from that to fill your chairs. Wendy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixteen Pennies Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Use plastic shopping bags that you get from the grocery store. Don't use the ones that contained milk or meat, but the ones which just had dry products in it. And you won't need to keep buying expensive bean filler every few months. To open the beanbag, insert a paperclip in the hole of the zipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The Walmart "beans" don't last very long. We bought a chair once, and it was pretty smooshed within 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Would mice like to eat the real beans better than the filler? Nope. They won't eat maize either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Our friends used coffee beans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrichor Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Our friends used coffee beans... For beanbag chairs? They must really like the smell of coffee! Or, I would hope that they do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 :zombiechase: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Nope. They won't eat maize either. Um. They did in my house. (so embarrassing) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Um. They did in my house. (so embarrassing) Maybe there is a difference between Australian mice and California mice...:lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Um. They did in my house. (so embarrassing) Uncooked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Weavles and small beetle larvae absolutely love dried beans. Mice do eat dried maze, at least they eat the germ part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Weevils and small beetle larvae absolutely love dried beans. Mice do eat dried maze, at least they eat the germ part Edited November 23, 2017 by Melissa in Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ah. I had polenta. They don't eat that. I read somewhere it gives them cancer. I don't know if it's true or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Um. They did in my house. (so embarrassing) Squirrels ate the autumn decorative colorful corn that was hanging on my front door. We kept thinking someone was knocking on the door until we saw the squirrel hanging on to the corn and chomping away. :D 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 We had those little flying food moth things invade our dry bean stash. It was HORRIBLE to get rid of. They lay eggs in every crack and crevice of the pantry, got into all the dry goods. It took two iterations of cleaning and wondering if we'd gotten them all before they were really gone. I'm pretty sure the beans are already infested from the bulk food store, because we've never had a problem before or since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) So I read up on this bean thing and the FDA says that no cases of mortality from the toxin in kidney beans have been reported. White kidney beans seem to have about 1/3 the amount of toxin as the red and lima beans are next with 5-10% of the toxin. You'd only have to eat several raw kidney beans to get quite sick, but presumably that means you'd have to eat something like 50-100 raw lima beans. At any rate, my kids are more likely to choke on a raw bean than to eat it, so it's not like we let them have raw beans when they're in the chewing things up stage anyway. I think the real danger, as the FDA reports it anyway, seems to be from kidney beans made in slow cookers where they don't ever get quite well cooked enough (they must boil for at least 10 minutes, it says). So I would be careful with slow cookers! But I don't own one. OP, I would also worry about weevils or something. Also it would be massively expensive. ETA: on the other hand, you'd have a good source of food in case of extended supply chain interruption. Edited November 23, 2017 by eternalsummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ummm wow. How did I not know this?!?! Until we moved last year we had a bean tray for sensory play. Like a sand box but dried beans of all sizes. I had absolutely no idea they were poisonous?!?!? What the heck? I feel like I've been living under a rock and grateful none of my kids were harmed. :( No way! My toddlers have never been bad about putting things in their mouth, but my kids LOVE to try the uncooked form of pretty much any food they can. Luckily they always ask first and never asked to eat beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Our friends used coffee beans...anf I would think that would be expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Green coffee beans. They had been working at a cooperative on central America and had brought back 100 + lbs to try to give to various companies to spread the word about cooperatives, but had burned out at some point. Emily 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Green coffee beans. They had been working at a cooperative on central America and had brought back 100 + lbs to try to give to various companies to spread the word about cooperatives, but had burned out at some point. Emily ok :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Uncooked? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 My mom made us great beanbag chairs stuffed with dried pinto beans. She used a very thick material like I guess sailcloth (I don't sew so don't know) and then made covers with zippers or buttons, she made new covers several times as the bean bags lasted fine, even with all the flopping on and heaving around they endured. They weren't light, but not terribly heavy, and they were huge. My mom was very thrift, so the beans must have been dirt cheap (early 1970s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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