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I’d like to give a big round foamy thank you to Liberator for allowing me to review their big round foam-filled Zeppelin Cocoon. The Cocoon is part of Liberator’s line of Sex Furniture. They also have Liberator Shapes including the Ramp, Wedge, Ramp/Wedge combo, Scoop, etc. These are all fantastic upgrades from lamely shoving a pillow under your hips to get a better angle. What the Cocoon is, though, and what all its larger Zeppelin siblings are, are ginormous champagne foam filled “beanbag” style furniture. Champagne foam is high quality polyurethane foam. The Cocoon is 6 feet round. The biggest Zeppelin comes 8 feet round. Can it be used as a bed? I asked. Some people have tried, but it’s not the best idea. This is foam bits, not a solid block of foam, and it’s not rated for mattress use. The foam bits settle, so you’d need to fluff it often to keep it from packing down, so it’s better for use as a snuggly seat or a big lounger or loveseat or impromptu “sexship,” as Liberator calls them. You never know when you’ll need to hitch a ride on a Zeppelin and head for Transsexual Transylvania.

The Cocoon comes in both microfiber and pebble fabrics. The pebble reminds me of nubbly sofa material, but way softer. So incredibly soft, really. I chose this glorious turquoise color that is truly more magnificent in person than pictures can ever show (It actually matches my forearm tattoo). Putting it together, I could tell this is a quality product. The foam inside is high quality polyurethane foam in a white liner, followed by a nylon liner to prevent moisture from getting into the foam and causing mildew, and then the outer pebble liner. I do use my Liberator Throe on my cocoon 100% of the time I use it for sexual purposes, but that’s because I want to preserve the niceness of the furniture aspect (and I don’t want to wash the cover all that often). With the nylon liner, though, you could have sex on it without worrying about it getting wet or lubey because you can wash the cover. I would be careful with the lighter colors and things that might stain, like lubes.

I kept a little journal of my first week with a Cocoon, and that’s going to make up the bulk of the review. For the full story, pictures and lots of details, read on!

My life with a Liberator Zeppelin Cocoon

Day 1: Arrival

My Cocoon arrived via UPS literally minutes before I had to go to work. I dragged the waist high box inside the door and discovered that it weighs fifty pounds. Holy carp! It was at this moment I determined that our UPS delivery man must seriously loathe me. I left the box downstairs and went to work. Then I came home and looked at the box for a while, dreading taking it upstairs. I enlisted assistance and finally got it into the bedroom. At this point, I looked at the box some more and tried to determine where I was going to put this thing. Failing figuring that out, I just assembled it in the center of the room because I was way too excited at that point, many many hours later. Go figure.

Inside the box are two capsules that are full of foam, two liners and the outer cover. I took the inner liner, opened it, and put a foam capsule inside and cut it open. At this point, I failed to put the plastic in the trash before getting tiny specks of foam everywhere. I put the second capsule in with more success. Not much foam lost, less even than a handful, but the floor has specks of foam on it. I picked them up and carried on. I zipped the white liner closed and twisted the zipper off (a genius touch) which keeps it from accidentally zipping open, and then put it in the slippery green liner, and did the same (twisted the zip off). At this point I tried and failed to sit on it. Two big lumps of foam? Not that supportive. I slid off and landed on my butt on the ground. Feeling like a moron, I fluffed the ever-loving shit out of it (read: beat the #%$& out of it). Then I put the Pebble liner on and looked at this giant sex bean bag. It’s enormous. Seriously, so big. It’s the sex bean bag sofa you’ve always dreamed of. But 1,000x better. I still need to rearrange the bed and stuff to make room for it to have a permanent home. It cannot live in the center of the room.

Oh, and I hear that it will expand and fluff up in the next seven days. A growing sex bean bag. JACKPOT.

Day 2: Growth

It grew. I woke up and looked down at it by the foot of my bed and the Cocoon was suddenly taller than my bed. Additionally, on day two, after it’s had 24 hours to expand, you’re supposed to fluff it more. So I did. I flipped it over, pummeled it a bit (which is a really fantastic release of extra anger if you happen to be Irish like moi), flopped on it, etc., etc. It fluffed up more as the foam got broken apart inside. I sat on it a bit, but it was still not terribly fluffy or full yet and I was busy with other things as well, so I didn’t use it too much today. The Cocoon spent the day resting up and hulking out.

Day 3: Curiosity

Aside from jumping on it and fluffing it, I have mostly just been moving the Cocoon around my bedroom to find an ideal location for it where it wouldn’t be too smashed into the wall so it had all the room it needed to expand and take the shape it wanted. Okay, so maybe in my head the Cocoon is alive and has its own needs. Everyone has their little weirdnesses, so shush. Today I found the ideal location for my Cocoon, arranged it, jumped in and settled down. I realized that I could likely sleep on this Cocoon. Maybe not all the time, because it doesn’t have the same support that a bed does, but it’s comfortable and I was curious. I slept on the Cocoon in the name of science so I could report back about its potential as a guest bed or even a full time bed. I grabbed some blankets and my pillow and hunkered down and fell asleep comfortably cradled on my awesome round foam Cocoon. I slept most of the night without waking up, but at some point seemed to have turned around so my legs were higher than my head and the foam had all compressed down and I was uncomfortable and crawled into bed. The answer? Good for naps, not for sleeping.

Also, curious what the foam looks like? See the accompanying picture in this section to see the heavenly fluffy champagne foam for yourself.

Day 4: Testing

The Cocoon is fluffed to full size, I think, I’ve napped on it, now seemed to be the ideal time to fully test the thing. Lacking the opportunity today to try it with a friend, I had a solo masturbatory Cocoon experience which was awesome. Do you ever masturbate with a toy and you grab a few pillows to prop up a bit comfortably, or want your legs a little higher? Basically, do you ever just want to not be flat on a bed? Well, the Cocoon cradles you. You can easily settle in so you’re sitting up a bit, with your legs up a bit, feet pressed against the edges. It’s utterly perfect for masturbation. Utterly. Perfect.

I find it hard to believe that I’ve managed to get by masturbating on beds up till now. Cocoon, where have you been all my life? Cocoon, I want to steal away with you to a desert island where it can just be you and I. Cocoon, your pebble texture calls out to me when I walk by and I cannot resist your siren song, and sink into your blue depths. Cocoon… I think I love you.

Day 5: Calling in sick to work

I refuse to leave the Cocoon. I’ve been sitting here for a while on my Cocoon in my newly rearranged bedroom, arranged to appease the Cocoon. You may laugh, but it was the right thing to do. I’ve determined that with the Cocoon up close to my bed, which does not currently have a frame (what? It’s boho-chic, shush your mouth) I could easily crawl back and forth from the Cocoon to the bed. Not that I need to get onto the bed. There’s plenty of room on the Cocoon for a second person, even though I’m a larger gal (BONUS). However, I’m not planning to share the Cocoon. Well, I might be persuaded to.

Day 6: Remorse

I had to go to work today, and I spent the day missing the Cocoon. When I got home I got reacquainted with the Cocoon and I discovered that the cocoon is just as awesome on its side (see accompanying picture). On its round base, it’s like a big round bed. On its side, it smushes down into the actual “cocoon” shape, which is awesome. The picture shows that while it’s on its side, there seems to be a lot of extra material that bunches. Once you leap into it, you don’t notice the extra fabric at the top. However, once I sat on it like this I really really wasn’t getting up. It took some effort, let me tell you.

Day 7: Redecorating

I am considering throwing caution to the wind and throwing my bed out and getting more Zeppelins in different colors. I like the pepper color – it’s a spicey orange. I have intentions to collect a number of these “sexships” as Liberator calls them and form my own sexship fleet. How awesome would it be to have one acting as a landing pad for sexy fun, another on its side being a love seat, one as a floor pillow, all looking innocent in a rainbow of colors waiting to come to life as beautiful, supportive, comfortable “sexships”?

Come with me to the future. We have Zeppelins.

Thank you again to Liberator for letting me review the Cocoon! Get one here. For the price this is a really good deal, considering it acts as a chair, love seat, lounger, floor pillow and sexship in one. At the moment it’s $170, and there’s a Labor Day Promotion going on so if you hurry you should be able to save even more if you go buy one this weekend. If the Cocoon is too small or the wrong shape for you, check out the Zeppelin Lounger which is more oblong or the Zeppelin which is hugamungous and would totally rock in a funky modern loft apartment. Or if these are too big, try the Zeppelin Pillow, which is like a big floor pillow meant for sex.