Grizzly Polystyrene, Poly Styrene beads, balls to fill the Grizzly MEDIUM Camera Bean Bag, Photography & Video Bean Bag, Tripod Bag, Camera Support & Sandbag, Camera Beanbag, Spotting Scope Support

I tried this product first and the only complaint I had was it is so light it becomes difficult loading the product into the Grizzly Camera Bean Bag.I tried rice as a stuffing for the Grizzly but it made the Grizzly too heavy so I went back to the Poly Styrene.

I cannot rate this product with even a single star (however, to post, I must select at least one). As soon as it arrived, I realized I made a huge mistake in ordering it. First of all, these styrene beads are lethal to our planet. They are inorganic blobs of plastic that cannot be disposed of in any responsible way. Second, they are impossible to handle, being so sensitive to static electricity as to defy handling, in spite of the instructions provided. Third, though advertised as "lightweight," they are so light as to render them nearly useless as solid base for a camera or scope. My suggestion to the vendor: Abandon this product and substitute another, say, rice hulls. Or to the consumer: Pick any alternative including rice hulls, whole grain rice, beans or anything else that will compost, can be handled easily and will furnish enough mass to stay in place and offer the support your camera and lenses require.

Once these things are in the bag, they work well. They weigh practically nothing. Great for hiking. I can clip the bag to my belt without even noticing it's there. The lack of weight means a little less stability and gripping power, but it's not a bad tradeoff, if you want to carry it around all the time.The down side. Just TRY to get the things into the bag. The static charge on them is insane. When I opened the package, they leapt out of the bag and swarmed me like bees. Both hands and my shirt and jeans were instantly coated with them. I tried to stuff them into the Wild Grozzley bag, but the bag forcibly ejected them, and they swarmed up my hands, and even up the wooden spoon I tried to use to stuff them in with. After struggling with them for some time and covering myself, the carpet and the furniture, I called for backup. That person also got swarmed by the things. Since I happen to work in a computer shop, we got creative and transferred as many as we could into an antistatic bag. This allowed them to pour after a fashion, but didn't solve the problem of the bag ejecting them.The method that worked (sort of) was to have one person pour them from the antistatic bag, a few at a time, while the other held the Grizzly bag open. Zip the bag and force the filling down, then unzip and add a few more. Each time I unzipped it, the beads would swarm back out again, and crawl up my hands but a few would stay in. I would then stick my hands into the antistatic bag and shake off the attached beads, then start the next small batch. I was never able to fill the bag to my satisfaction, but got enough in to make it work fairly well. Then I tried to clean up -- but the scattered beads swarmed all over the outside of the vacuum cleaner when I tried to vacuum them up!The upside of all this was that two of us computer techs spent half an hour laughing hysterically as we struggled to confine swarms of these little round things that clearly had a life and intelligence all their own. It brightened up an otherwise dull shift. But geeks have a notoriously weird sense of humor. You normal folks might not find the whole process so amusing. If I have to do it again. I'm going to try antistatic spray on the beads and the bag before attempting to put them next to each other.

I am giving it a 5 star even though I haven't really used it yet. I anticipate it will work since my goal was "light weight", and it is. As others have commented, filling the Grizzly, with these beads is most challenging! I would have liked to have filled more beads in my bag, but it was becoming increasingly difficult. I do feel, however, that it has enough beads in it now to do the job. Once you get the beads in the bag, which requires patience and perseverance, it's all good to go. I used a small spritz bottle to cut down on the static. That seemed to help. Prior to the polystyrene beads, I was filling my bag with garbanzo beans, but it was heavy. I want to hike with it so I am giving this a go. Best of luck to you!

I had to put them in a bowl which wasn't easy because of static electricity. Then had to put them in the bag one tablespoon at a time. I'm going to replace them with dried beans.

This is a huge bag. Way more than what you need to fill the Grizzly Medium Bean Bag. Since you need to add regular beans/seeds to the bag to get some weight, a bag half this size at a lower price would have been sufficient.

I avoided the dreaded "fly everywhere" balls by not even opening the package --- I got lucky because it slides right into my Kenesis SafariSack 4.2 and fills it completely. I cannot comment on the durability of the balls but will assume they are fine. I will update this in a few months after putting them through "field use." It should be noted that these will not satisfy the need for a heavily weighted beanbag. A technique I use on African safaris is to place my long lens on one beanbag and then place a second bag on top. For that, I usually buy beans after landing and then give the beans to my drivers --- who love them! For this use, these pellets/balls are useless. These are strictly when you must travel light (like on a weight-restricted flight between Iceland and Greenland or a bush plane in Alaska).

These beads are a total nightmare, impossible to fill the pillow with these beads due to them wanting to stick to everything and impossible to poor into the pillow. I had better luck with pinto beans.