The first time I saw a Lovesac was at my brother’s house. He had not one, but two: surely a sign of tremendous wealth and opulence. After all, these adult-sized beanbag chairs retail for $875… for the smallest size… without a cover. How could one throw such money around for a piece of furniture? Then I realized how expensive couches are (adulthood is a wild time) and decided these things are well worth the money.

I jumped on the opportunity to test one out, despite having no idea where we could put it in our home. I also didn’t consult my husband, because who is he to tell me I can’t accept a gift of a 75-pound sack filled with a proprietary blend of recycled foam? Nobody, that’s who.

I opted for a Supersac, the second largest sac available. Here’s the breakdown:

Citysac: Fits one person, weighs 35 lbs, starts at $875
Pillowsac: Fits 1-2 people, weighs 32 lbs, starts at $950
Moviesac: Fits 1-2 people, weighs 45 lbs, starts at $1,125
Supersac: Fits 2-3 people, weighs 75 lbs, starts at $1,325
The Big One: Fits 4 people, weighs 95 lbs, starts at $1,650

There are about two dozen covers available in various fabrics, including the brand’s signature Phur. We have small kids and a chocolate Labrador so I had to put aside my desire for the impeccably white Dove Channeled Phur cover – I sacrifice so much for this family – and requested the mess-obscuring Obsidian Phur instead.

The Lovesac, which we internally refer to as The Puff, arrived on a day like any other, in a box like any other. It was heavy, but not as large as I anticipated. To be honest, I wasn’t that impressed when it arrived. It was full of hard-ish foam that hadn’t yet been aerated and would take up to 24 hours to fill out.

A day and a lot of jiggling later, The Puff was ready. We initially put it in the playroom, because it’s really for kids, right? NOPE. It spent a week in there getting straight-up abused by my children, who utilized it more as a jumping pad than a sitting area. My husband dragged it over to the den, our preferred TV-watching spot, for a movie night. It has lived there ever since.

We kept asserting that we’d put it back in the playroom. It had, after all, displaced our perfectly good Macy’s couch. Well, it’s been months. We reconfigured the entire den around this SuperSac. We curl up in it every night to watch The Valley The Studio. Its very shape forces cuddles upon me, a certified non-cuddler, and I like it.

My kids still use it, to my husband’s chagrin. (The SuperSac joined our family during a tenuous potty-training period, which is why the washable cover is clutch.) They fight over it in the mornings and we usually end up wedging a pillow between them — there’s still plenty of space to go around.

It’s become an integral part of the fabric of our household. We play Mario Kart on it as a family. “Puff Privileges” are suspended for misdeeds. I’ve napped nestled into its safe, womb-like interior. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Note: We did also get gifted a Squattoman, aka a cushioned footrest, and it’s well worth the $245. You can easily curl up solo in the SuperSac, but if there’s more than one person on it, one of you will want to extend your legs.

Here are the Phur-cased Supersacs below. Click on one to check it out, but I urge you to mosey around the website to create your own combo; they’re almost always running sales.