Camera bean bag

[WildGrizzly]

Question for all the photographers...who uses a camera/video bean bag and what are your experiences with them? What improvements could be made? What other products would you like to see?

Wild Grizzly Products has manufactured a new Camera Bean Bag (named Grizzly Bean Bag of course) and would like to get feedback and design ideas. They're always looking to improve on the gadgets in the marketplace and would like to hear from other photographers. The bean bags are currently used by outdoor and studio photographers, as well as eBay and Amazon sellers. Sharing any pros and cons can help to manufacture a better product.

[Birdsnapper]

Don't talk to me about bean bags! The last one I bought was a Tokoshima Super Pro-Level Bean Bag. I took it with me to the Rockies to photograph grizzlies; I thought that if it was full of beans it would make an ideal emergency food supply. Well, to cut a long story short, I managed to strangle the 700 lb bear with my remaining good hand, but not after sustaining some quite serious injuries to my back and legs. I couldn't but hobble a few yards. Although my mobile (cell, to Yanks) phone had been damaged in the struggle, I wasn't too concerned as I was sure that I would be missed by Attenborough and the rest of my back-up crew and would shortly be rescued. I had food and water for a couple of days, and also by bean bag if things got desperate. My main concern was other bears who might have been attracted by the smell of blood. I had come prepared for encounters with dangerous animals, but both the bazooka and flame-thrower had been knocked over the escarpment when I flung the lifeless body of the grizzly down the gorge.
After four days, I had not been rescued and had consumed my rations. I ate nothing for the following two days, being reluctant to damage the Tokoshima as it had cost me £80 ($54 US), but hunger overcame my avarice and I ripped open the bag, but to my dismay, found not edible beans, but some artificial material. I eventually passed out, overcome with hunger.
Obviously I was rescued and returned to safety or I would not be writing this.
My point is that, ideally, a bean bag should contain natural high-energy beans, and the fabric of the bag made from some self-igniting material that would heat and cook the beans.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to communicate directly with a bean bag manufacturer.

p.s. I hope that the bear was no relation of yours and that you do not hold a grudge because I killed one of your species.

[Lee]

lmao , mike you make me grin

[Tugboat]

funny man Mike, you have a good imagination...gave me a good laugh

[steve2005]

What a terrible ordeal, you did well to survive Mike. Did you get a refund on the bag?