The Zeppelin Lounger is a dream come true. A huge beanbag specifically designed for sex, this furniture beanbag also functions as regular household furniture as well. Filled with a bed of “champagne” (polyurethane) foam that holds its shape much better than beans, the Zeppelin Lounger is one of the mid-range sized cushions from the Liberator line. The beanbag is covered in a soft, microfiber cover that easily zips off for easy washing. The external cover is available in a multitude of colors including blue, green, red, black, and more.
Setting up this beanbag is about how you’d expect. It’s totally manageable and tolerable, but it’s also a bit of a pain. It doesn’t, however, ever reach that point where you’d wish you’d never bought it. It’s honestly kinda like an adventure, and it never reaches the point where it becomes more frustrating than fun. That’s definitely a positive.
Set-up does take awhile, though. Don’t expect to be laying on your beanbag for at least 3 days – preferably longer if you can manage it. So if you’re hoping to have it ready for an event or something as a surprise that evening, the Zeppelin Lounger is really not a good choice for that. You could have it set-up as a surprise while your partner is away on a trip but not just during one of their standard workdays. This is because the beanbag takes time to “grow” – not because you’ll need to actively be trying to put it together for three whole days.
The Zeppelin Lounger came in multiple boxes. If you have issues lifting heavy boxes, you may want to let your partner or friends help. These individual boxes can weigh over 50 pounds each, so they definitely aren’t light boxes. They are pretty large in size too – about up to my waist in height.
To start the process, you’ll need to open both boxes. Inside the boxes, you’re going to find two large “cubes”. These cubes are large, packed-extremely-tightly bundles of the foam padding that will go into your beanbag. Despite being only a couple feet in size, these squares are going to expand to make the huge, 6″ long beanbag that you’re going to end up with! It’s kinda amazing!
The first step is to open up the inner, white liner. This liner is pretty light in size, and it’s going to open up pretty large. Once you have that open, you’re going to want to put both of these foam cubes right into the liner. Try and arrange it so that the liner covers as much area around these cubes as possible – and definitely put BOTH cubes into the liner at once. If you wait until later to place one of the cubes, you’re going to have a huge mess on your hands.
Right now is the most difficult part of putting together your Liberator Lounger. You’re going to need to open up these cubes. For some reason, they come packaged in a zipped up “bag”. I’m sure this was for presentation and to make the cubes of foam look more high-quality, but it causes a huge issue with actually getting them open. You see, underneath the zippered bag is the foam – which is all kept together by multiple layers of super thin plastic. As you can imagine, as you try to unzip the cubes, the plastic gets constantly caught in the zipper. In fact, it took nearly a half an hour to unzip both cubes. As a tip, getting it slightly open then sliding a knife underneath the zipper helps reduce a LOT of the snares we were getting, and that’s the only way we were able to finally opened these zippered bags. I understand Liberator’s interest in making an expensive product look like it deserves the price, but it really did make the process of putting the beanbag together much more difficult.
Once you have the zippered bags off of the foam cubes, you still have to open the cubes themselves. These cubes are covered in a thin layer of plastic that’s wrapped around – mummy-style – the foam. You’ll want to start to “unmummy” the foam cubes. Try very hard to keep the cubes inside the liner as you do this. The foam is going to start to fall out of the plastic liner as you’re unwrapping it, and as I’m sure you can imagine, it can get pretty messy pretty quickly if you aren’t careful. You also want as much foam as possible in the beanbag, so try to keep it all in the liner. You’ll want to unwrap both these cubes. Once unwrapped, you’ll see that the foam starts expanding extremely quickly.
The next step is to zip up the liner. Again, make sure to try and get as much of the foam inside the liner before zipping it up. Once the liner is completely zipped up, you’re going to have some fun with it! You need to break up the cubes of foam as much as possible. The foam will fluff up on its own, but it’s going to fluff up much better if it has more room to do so. This means you’ll need to get creative with your beanbag. Knead it, jump on it, fluff it, punch it, and whatever you want to do. The idea is to get all of the giant “chunks” to go away. You and your partner could turn this into a part of foreplay if you want, but be aware you’re not supposed to lay on it too long at this point – and that the beanbag has a very strong chemical smell as the foam is expanding, so it may not be the sexiest smell possible.
Once you’ve broken up the cubes as much as possible, it’s time to let the beanbag sit. They recommend at least 24 hours, but I’d give it longer if you can. Periodically fluff the beanbag and move the foam around while you’re waiting this period to allow the foam to fluff out. Remember, patience now means that you’ll have a fluffier beanbag later, so you definitely want to wait as long as possible!
Once your waiting period has ended, it’s time to put on the cover. This cover is the awesome color that you chose for your beanbag. Before putting on the cover, if you want, the zipper of the inner, white liner was designed to be “broken off” to keep the beanbag from opening up. You can break it off if you want. After that, you need to slip the white linger of your beanbag into this cover. Y’know, that sounds simple, but once you start trying to do it, you’re going to realize that this is a slight Olympic challenge. After all, the beanbag is about 6″ in size, weighs about 75 pounds, and is just generally pretty huge. I highly recommend having your partner around for this.
The best way I’ve found is to get the cover laid out on the floor as best as possible, roll the white liner onto the cover, and try to pull the cover around the liner. If you have a better idea, please do let me know because this is a process you’ll need to repeat every time you want to wash the outer cover because of bodily fluids or general cleaning.
Now that you have it fully set-up, you can place the beanbag where you want. I highly recommend constructing it somewhere nearby where you want to use it, but you can move it at this point if need be. Just set-up the beanbag how you want it and enjoy having this nice piece of furniture to play with!
As a note, the best instructions possible are included on the video on the Liberator site. It includes a naked woman, but it really does show, step-by-step, how to put the beanbag together. The instructions that come with the beanbag are very, very basic in nature, and if I hadn’t already have put one of these together, I would have been entirely lost. I definitely recommend watching over the instructional video on the Liberator site to have a good idea of what you’re doing.
I’ve had about six months to find out exactly how the Liberator Lounger is going to hold up to regular use, and I have nothing but good things to report. Not only will the Lounger hold up as a fantastic sex bean bag, but it also works just fine as a standard piece of furniture. In fact, it has become one of those standard pieces of furniture that seems like it has no danger of being replaced. Since many people won’t be purchasing a larger item like this without understanding how it can work as standard furniture as well, I’ll be covering that idea along with the sexual uses.
The Liberator Lounger is easily large enough to allow for two people on lounge on it. Both my partner and I can lay out on it and do work without touching each other (if we want). We can, and have, used it for watching television to snuggle up closer together, and if you wanted, you could definitely replace your standard couch with the Liberator Lounger.
There are some things to keep in mind when using this large beanbag to replace a standard couch, though. For one, the beanbag will assume some familiarity with the person you’re sitting with. For example, if it’s you and your partner sharing the beanbag – or you and close friends – it won’t feel awkward. However, if you have your mother-in-law over, it might be uncomfortable to share the beanbag with them because of the assumed close proximity that the beanbag assumes.
Another thing to consider is that the Liberator Lounger is going to require more maintenance than your standard couch. While you sometimes will definitely need to fluff up a couch cushion to make things as comfortable as possible, the beanbag regularly requires fluffing to keep it even and comfortable. I’d say that the beanbag should be rotated, flipped, and fluffed at least on a weekly basis if you both sit on it often. You see, if you tend to sit in a specific way or a specific spot in the beanbag, the material remembers that, and it will start to get flatter in that area while still being puffy in other areas. This requires regularly fluffing to make sure that the beanbag stays relatively fluffy instead of getting flat and squished down.
Making sure that the beanbag stays relatively even is a big part of comfortable cuddling. Otherwise, one partner will be on the “higher” surface and will be rolling onto the partner who is on the “lower” surface. If you use these uneven surfaces to your advantage, though, you have some potential great sex position aids – especially if oral sex is going to be involved. For general cuddling, though, it’s much more comfortable to have the beanbag at a level surface.
The Zeppelin Lounger also works amazingly for sleep purposes as well. While I’m not 100% fond of it, my partner absolutely loves sleeping on it. In fact, he prefers sleeping on the beanbag to sleeping on the mattress. So if you want to regularly sleep on it or think it could work as a guest bed, you would be correct.
One of my favorite things about the Zeppelin Lounger is right after you fluff it. Once you do that, the beanbag is going to be extremely fluffy and moldable. You can just sit or curl up into a ball, and the beanbag will “envelop” you and curl up around you. It’s honestly one of the most cuddly pieces of furniture there is, and it’s extremely unique to this beanbag. If you’re feeling cold or sick, it’s particularly comforting. It only lasts for a day or so after fluffing the beanbag, but it’s totally worth fluffing it up when I’m cold and want to be warmer.
As far as discretion goes, I can’t say if the beanbag is discreet or not. The last beanbag I got from Liberator had a small tag with the “Liberator” logo on it. This beanbag did not. I’m not sure if it’s a difference in size, but this one would be completely safe to gift to your mother-in-law with absolutely no concern about sex mentions coming back to you. In fact, the packaging and the set-up had absolutely no mention or discussion of sex.
When it comes to sex, this beanbag is definitely a fun addition. Unlike a mattress, as you begin to sit and lay in the beanbag, it begins to change shape until you refluff it. This means that you may have a perfectly sloped area that will be great for penetration. The beanbag has a lot more “give” than a standard mattress, though, so you’ll want to be aware of that. If you tend to prefer your partner be on a harder surface in order to get deeper penetration, you’ll get even less of that with the Liberator Zeppelin Lounger than you would get with a mattress.
From my experience, the beanbag seems to work best for oral and non-penetrative activities. It can definitely work for penetration, but it seems like the beanbag may not be “long” enough to fully lay out and still get the leverage and firm surface that you’ll want for deeper thrusts. For oral and other pleasures, though, (and even for foreplay or just lounging!), it works fantastically as you really don’t need a strong, firm surface to get just as much pleasure. In fact, it’s even better because you can meld the beanbag perfectly towards the shape of your bodies – and it DOESN’T move, so when you put your partner up on a well-shaped hill in order to reduce neck stress, your partner won’t sink into the beanbag. It holds its shape in that way. It’s just when lots of weight is placed into a small area (your feet holding up your body during penetration, etc.) that the beanbag begins to give.
The outer cover is designed to be allowed to be taken off and washing in the washing machine for simple care. However, be aware that this is not a particularly “simple” task. It requires unzipping the beanbag, moving the 75 beanbag out of the cover, getting the cover off, and then repeating the process after you’ve washed it. For this reason, I recommend trying to avoid getting too many messes onto the cover. Using a Liberator Throe has alleviated a lot of the bodily fluid issues with the beanbag to reduce the annoyance of dealing with the cover. So, yes, if you both get carried away and have sex and make a mess, it’s no big deal, but it’s not something I’d want to be washing on a weekly basis.
As a random note, it IS possible to move houses/apartments with one of these. It’s definitely interesting because it’s not shaped like standard furniture, but it’s possible and the beanbag will easily survive. You definitely want more than one person to help with it, and it’s heavier than it looks. It’s awesome because it folds up and moves more easily than a huge couch – which makes getting around corners really easy. At the same time, it folds up and moves around – which makes it a hassle to keep a hold of it.
It’s also worth noting that these beanbags last a LONG time. We’ve had one of the Zeppelin sex bean bags for about 4 years now, and it still looks just as good. The colors on the cover have faded a bit, but with a quick fluff, it is just as fluffy as it was when we originally got it. As a note, if you get a bright-colored cover and have a white wall, I recommend moving the beanbag or washing the cover regularly. Our older red beanbag did leave a red tint on the white walls after sitting in the same space for a couple years. Definitely fluff and move it around often. Washing the cover a couple times before putting it down may also help reduce this problem.
Overall, the Liberator Zeppelin Lounger has become an intergral part of our lives – not just for sex, but because it also functions as an amazing piece of furniture as well. It’s large, but that makes it all the better for lounging out and getting comfortable. It’s easy to care for, and they offer a wide range of sizes, so if you only want a single-person size, you can easily get one of those while you can even get a beanbag that will fit all of your friends. Thanks to Liberator for sending out this living room beanbag for the Zeppelin Lounger review.
