About Us

What is Chonkers About?

We are a company built on empathy that seeks to provide our customers with convenient drug-free ways to reduce anxiety and live life to the fullest.

 

History

My name is Tom. I am one of the founders of CHONKERS and somebody who has lived with social and generalized anxiety for most of my life. Since I was young I have sought tools to help manage my anxieties and continue to do so today. In Kindergarten, I used to cut off a small piece of my favorite blanket to keep in my pocket to help me calm me down but have continued to create for effective options in the years since.

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In 2015, I discovered how the effects of deep pressure could help me calm down and began trying weighted blankets which were popular in the ASD community at the time. While I found them helpful, I also found them to be expensive, bulky, hot, and primarily made in child sizes. I worked closely with others using the products and Occupational Therapists to create more affordable and accessible options, eventually founding a company to produce high-quality sensory bedding in 2016.

Weighted blankets grew in popularity and became cheaper and better quality, but the inspiration for CHONKERS came while still looking for ways to improve on some of the challenges customers and I continued to face like overheating, portability, price, and finding/adapting to the perfect weight.

The solution ended up not being bedding at all but a stuffed animal that could utilize more natural occupational therapy techniques and be personalized to the individual. CHONKERS was a product that could be used everyday, traveled with, and was more effective to the point it replaced the use of a blanket completely for me.

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About Our Cooling Stuffed Animals - How Hot & C...

Customize Your Cool, Customize Your Calm The beauty of the CHONKERS modular design is the flexibility you have over everything about their sensory input. You may like like heat to warm you...

About Our Cooling Stuffed Animals - How Hot & C...

Customize Your Cool, Customize Your Calm The beauty of the CHONKERS modular design is the flexibility you have over everything about their sensory input. You may like like heat to warm you...

About Our Weighted Stuffed Animals

CHONKERS Weighted Stuffed Animals are a Naturally Calming Alternative to Weighted Blankets... but so much more. Learn about the benefits of weighted stuffed animals, how they work, how heavy they should...

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About Our Weighted Stuffed Animals

CHONKERS Weighted Stuffed Animals are a Naturally Calming Alternative to Weighted Blankets... but so much more. Learn about the benefits of weighted stuffed animals, how they work, how heavy they should...

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About Our Aromatherapy Scented Stuffed Animals

With the addition of one of Chonkers Scented Sensory Packs, you can take advantage of a variety of calming scents to help you relax. Using scents as a relaxation aid...

About Our Aromatherapy Scented Stuffed Animals

With the addition of one of Chonkers Scented Sensory Packs, you can take advantage of a variety of calming scents to help you relax. Using scents as a relaxation aid...

Machine Washable Weighted Stuffed Animals - Was...

All Chonkers are designed specifically to be machine-washable to allow prolonged use of your stuffed pal, letting you use your Chonker everywhere without worrying about soiling him. Most weighted products...

Machine Washable Weighted Stuffed Animals - Was...

All Chonkers are designed specifically to be machine-washable to allow prolonged use of your stuffed pal, letting you use your Chonker everywhere without worrying about soiling him. Most weighted products...

About Our Microwavable Stuffed Animals

With the simple addition of a Chonkers Microwavable Sensory Pack, you can turn your weighted stuffed animal into a cuddly weighted heating pad, a Naturally Calming Heated Stuffed Animal ....

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About Our Microwavable Stuffed Animals

With the simple addition of a Chonkers Microwavable Sensory Pack, you can turn your weighted stuffed animal into a cuddly weighted heating pad, a Naturally Calming Heated Stuffed Animal ....

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