Enjoy Spring with Ooka Outdoor Bean Bag

Spring has sprung at last! Here at Yogibo in New England, this winter wasn’t that much fun. With too many snowstorms and too much time spent shoveling instead of skiing, snowboarding or sledding, we can’t wait to put our Tee’s on and go outside! 

Spring is the beginning of the outdoor season.  For the coolest yard on the block, forget about the boring traditional outdoor furniture and think Ooka! Our greatest outdoor bean bags collection, the Ookas, are back on the shelves (actually on the ground). The Ookas are water resistant so there’s no need to stress about lugging them indoors when spring throws us a shower!

People have been asking us if the Yogi Ooka series can be used inside as well. The answer is: "of course!” Just make sure they are not getting wet and being dragged indoors, at least the sprinklers we’re familiar with are, unfortunately, not programmed to skip them.  It’s also recommended to put them on a nice outdoor rug!  

And we have just the thing…..this week we are excited to launch our indoor-outdoor rug series perfect for your Yogibo décor. The vibrant colors really spice up a room bringing a fun, energetic ambiance with it! We like that it warms up your space, but we don’t want to push it too far with global warming, so we made sure that they are eco-friendly. The versatile rugs are made with recycled plastic fibers and are very durable (rumor has it they are even earthquake proof.)  We haven’t tested this one, and don’t really want to, we don’t recommend that you try it either. For those of you planning to take these rugs camping in Arizona in August and worry about the sun fading the vivacious colors, we’ve got you covered. Realizing sun screen would not be much help; these rugs have UV stabilizers to make sure those great colors aren’t going anywhere! For more information, check out our website at Yogibo.com.  

There is one more surprise coming up for this spring and we can’t wait to tell you about it but you’ll have to be patient for a few more weeks.  Spring is also Festival time in New England. The Yogibo tent is the best place to hang out at any festival, and festivals are the best place to purchase a Yogibo because of the unbeatable event pricing. 

So, it’s time to recharge your vitamin D battery with some golden sun and fresh air! Don’t’ forget that even if everything outside looks perfect, it doesn’t mean it can’t get more 'shockingly comfortable’! Stop by any of our stores or look for the Yogibo tent at the next festival and see how sweet Ooka can make your outdoor oasis!


Yogibo is the leading manufacturer of bean bag products for home, offices, and collages. Yogibo  offer you bean bag furniture, chair, sofa, we have them all. You can even buy through us to save you time! Get your bean bag today!

Three Reasons to Use Bamboo for Furniture

Three Reasons to Use Bamboo

Bamboo has an amazing benefit to all of us. Its impact can be seen in everything from flooring to food, even personal goods like t-shirts and towels. It’s clearly not a trend or short-term solution to the global environmental issues. It’s a real solution that we should all take a closer look at. We, at Yogibo, decided that we want to take part in this Bamboomania. No, we haven’t figured out how to make bean bags or pillows out of bamboo yet, but we have a couple of awesome products made from bamboo and we’re working on some more cool ideas related to bamboo for the future. So, why bamboo anyway?

Abundance. Growing bamboo is incredibly efficient. It can be grown in a vast number of climates and at rates of up to 4 feet per day in some species. In about four to seven years bamboo can reach full maturity, as compared to hardwood trees which might take up to 50 years. Where ‘time is money’ and patience is hard to find, are you willing to wait 50 years for the materials needed to make furniture?

Yogi Box

Clean. Bamboo does not require pesticides, fertilizers, or herbicides to grow and after its use, bamboo is 100% bio degradable. For those with allergies, you’ll be happy to know that bamboo naturally produces an anti-bacterial agent known as bamboo kun, which eliminates almost all forms of bacteria. Bamboo also releases 35% more oxygen (yes, the thing that pollution is keeping away from us) into the air then a hardwood forest of the same size. Now you’re probably thinking why Manhattan is not covered with bamboo.

Strong. Looking at the chopsticks you’re eating with, you might think that bamboo is easy to break. The surprising news is that the strongest species of bamboo have the same strength as steel or concrete. Products made with bamboo range from small boats to houses known to have survived 9.0 earthquakes (not that we make a point to test our products under those conditions, but you get the point). One thing that makes bamboo so strong is, unlike hardwood, it doesn’t have knots, which allow it to take on more stress. What bamboo also has that increases its strength is a sectional anatomy, giving it a greater structural integrity.

Seems like some pretty good reasons to choose bamboo, don’t you think? Currently, Yogibo offers the Yogibox, which incorporates bamboo together with our cool fabric. We also have the Traybo, a laptop tray made of bamboo, and currently one of our hottest items. We can’t wait to tell you about the new stuff we’re working on but it’s being perfected in our lab, so check back with Yogibo.com often to see more information is released.