Bean Products Premium Kapok Fill | 5 lbs | 100% Organic Kapok Fiber | Chemical Free and Hypoallergenic | Perfect for Pillows, Pet Beds, Couches & More | Made in USA

This was my first time buying this because I was looking for something more natural, eco-friendly, and non-toxic for filling my family couch cushions. It is very messy, and gets everywhere (including in my nose), but it is SO soft! It feels like rabbit fur! I take choosing products for my home very seriously. I don't like polyfill because poly is plastic based. But, I also wanted something softer than feathers and the way they can poke you. I bought a Wayfair couch that had very flat pillows, and look how beautiful of a job this did! Pricey to do 2.5 lbs for 4 pillows, although I wish I had bought more. Will definitely buy again!

My desire was to have a pillow that was pretty flat and could be scrunched into any shape, which is my preferred type of pillow. After doing a little research I chose Kapok over the other option, wool. I bought the Kapok fill to fill bed pillows. Like people advised, I filled 2 pillows OUTSIDE. It went well. I zipped up the cases, put on the outer cases and that night used them for the first time. The smell kept me awake most of the night. I was very concerned because I have a very sensitive nose and I had recently returned a different type of pillow because of the smell. Anyway, I took the pillows to a well ventilated room and unzipped them and let them sit for the day. That night I thought the smell had disappeared enough to try one of the pillows again. I zippered up the pillow then put on 2 outer pillow cases, just to see if I could smell anything. I slept through the night with no problem. I didn't smell anything. I didn't feel anything different with the extra pillow case on, so I decided to keep it on, at least for a while. Since then, I zipped up the other pillow and double cased that one as well. It's now on the bed, also with detectible smell. The Kapok went a long way. I had enough to fill 3 queen size pillows, one flat, one medium-high and one high. I had a little Kapok left, that I discarded. Although it was a little nerve-wracking, I ended up with what I wanted, a flat pillow that I could scrunch into any shape I want. The other 2 pillows are spares. I can remove some Kapok from them some day if I want to.

First, foremost, it’s organic cotton. Which is a definite plus for me. Second, it’s very fluffy. The cotton does fly all over if not careful handling. I used it for stuffing my sofa cushions, and it worked out just fine. So far so good.

I'm using Kapok fiber as an organic and planet-friendly filler for packing fragile jewelry into gift boxes. By stuffing the box with enough fiber that it must be squished down when closing, it works very well to prevent movement of the box contents. I have tried both this and another brand available here on Amazon, which is sold as "Organic Kapok Fiber - Natural". Both work equally well to serve the packing function. For my application the appearance of the fiber is also important. Overall I prefer this Bean Products Brand. It has a lighter color (creamy instead of the brown of the other product) and the fiber has mostly been fluffed and loosened already. It can be easily separated into double-handful bunches that hold together well. The downside of the Bean brand is that it could be cleaned better before shipping. There are lots of included 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch bits of papery leaf substance, and 1- inch small twigs. These must be picked out of the fiber by hand. But the bits ARE large enough to pick out easily. The other brand has no large bits, but instead contains lots of tiny dark-colored flakes that are too small to pick out, so it looks rather like dirty wool. Both brands contain some clay-like fine dust that shakes out and collects on your table as you work with the fiber. I have to keep wiping it up with a damp cloth to keep the grit from getting on the packaging materials. I assume this is soil, as the fiber is probably collected from the ground. But Bean brands seems to contain much less of this soil. As a negative, the Bean brand releases lots and lots of tiny loose fibers that will float around the room as you work. They collect on surfaces and on your clothing. If you don't want to breathe them, you'll need to wear a mask. The other brand does not seem to release these loose fibers that become airborne. The Bean brand is loosely packed compared to the other. A 5-lb bundle is about the side of a standard bed pillow. The other brand is packed more tightly into a very hard and dense cube-shaped bale that is half the size so it stores better, but you'll have to work harder to separate the fiber and use it.

I took apart a very old (as in grandparent old) upholstered wing chair cushion that I knew was filled with down feathers. i'd researched and found 100% organic Kapok fiber stuffing on Amazon and bought a 5 lb bag (just in case) as I didn't know how much I'd need. Very reasonably priced and I was delightfully amazed at how easy it was to pull apart the fibers and stuff it into the inner muslin bag until the cushion was nicely stuffed. Compared to what I had to do to get the bird feathers out first and clean the emply bag (very old and very dusty), it was a piece of cake! I now have a lovely, firm cushion that doesn't collapse in a haze of down feathers every time I sit on it. FYI I am NOT a professional seamstress, I don't have a sewing machine, but I do know how to sew a simple hem and I do have an old sewing kit. The Kaypok fiber smelled clean and fresh too - a really great find. Thank you!

Great for my pillow. Doesn't work it's way out of the linen pillowcase. Does compact some. Expect to need to add more if you're using it for something like a pillow that gets a lot of use. I ended up buying 2 pounds for one pillow. But it's very sustainable, natural, doesn't smell. I'm very happy with it.

The product was as advertised, it was clean and easy to use. I recommend viewing YouTube videos on how to fill a cushion before you use it as it can create dust if used inappropriately. Fill the cushion outside and wash your hands afterwards are the key things to remember.

Hard to love, because as much as I love the organic kapok, it came with tonnes of inorganic stuff all stuck in it. Lots of long twigs and hard stony seeds.. fine, write that off as being “organic”, but the PLASTIC raffia string in different colours?!?! I had to painstakingly pull and sort it out of the compressed cotton. I bet lots of people don’t realise there’s all that crap in it because you’d just fill it in big clumps. But once I found one, I had to get rid of all of them. Why bother to fill with organic cotton if you’re going to throw in a bunch of plastic strings?!

Good quality. Forgot how fuzzy it can get. But stuffed pillows a bit 9f vacuuming and they are great

Perfect. Lots of stuffing in package. Very soft yet substantial.

Excelente producto