Once this chair is opened up, it will never go back into the box it came in - haha. The chair comes super vacuumed sealed in plastic. The box is 18” x 19 3/4” x 12 1/2”, and this big bean bag chair easily fit into it. Be careful when opening the box, since you don’t want to accidentally cut the fabric. They did put a rectangle shaped piece of vinyl cloth on top of the chair, under the top box opening, I’m guessing to protect against cuts. There was a lighter vacuumed sealed bag on the exterior and then a thicker one inside of it. I cut them open carefully with a pair of scissors. I was expecting the chair to balloon into a large chair quickly at this point, but it didn’t. It’ll take about 24 hours to expand to full size. There’s a zipper around the base which allows the cover to be removed and washed. It took me a minute to find the zipper pull since it was slid into a pocket, which I then thought was a great idea since the metal pull wouldn’t scratch my floor. Inside the bean bag I found the there’s cloth dividers to keep the individual foam chuck bags separated and in the correct positions.Now for the important part after the chair fully expanded. It’s extremely comfy and I melt right into it. The back support works well when I’m sitting more upright or in a slouched position. The arm rests are another nice touch. Normal bean bags don’t have this feature, but it makes it more like a real chair that you can rest your arms on. Plus, I can sit in multiple positions and still keep my head somewhat up. The material is very soft and plush. There’s a pocket on either side of the arm rests that is about 12” wide and 11” deep. The pocket goes down to the floor, so don’t drop anything fragile into it since it’ll hit the floor. The only bad thing is getting out of the chair, since it’s so comfortable, plus since I’m closer to the floor I actually have to work to get out of it.