filling & emptying beanbags without spilling

[robertson]

Has anyone got a foolproof method of filling or emptying beanbags (with those tiny polystyrene balls) without spilling the damn things?

[joko]

gaffer tape the two edges together to seal any gaps, and tip upside down. if the edges are too awkward perhaps make a cylinder out of cardboard and gaffer each end to the bags

but if you do spill any, take the back off your dustbuster and gaffer the bag onto it and hoover directly into the bag.

not all DBs will let you use them without the collection container attached though.

[robertson]

Thank you joko. I did actually spill loads recently and they went everywhere, including all over my garden. Tried one of those garden hoovers but there's way too many and now they're embedded in the grass/earth. Any suggestions?

[philandlil]

Put the entire beanbag inside a large black binliner and unzip it whilst it is in there upside down and slowly as the beanbag emptys take the cover out. to fill it use a black binliner again and knot the open end, then open the bean bag cover a little, cut a small opening across one corner of the binliner and insert this corner into the the bean bag cover and pour in.