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| sarahjo |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 08:34:44 AM
Hi
Does anyone use them? Which brand? Do they make much difference? Just wondered if they are worth the money?
Thanks
Sarah |
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| AnnaMaisy25 |
Posted - 30 Sep 2013 : 2:58:39 PM
My Jeffries one isn't elasticated.
There are 3 variations - one without, one with elastic one side, and then one with it both sides.
We have the non elasticated one. xx |
| kath |
Posted - 30 Sep 2013 : 10:41:28 AM
I'm really interested in this thread as i am keen to get some kind of 'comfort' girth for Gus, but i refuse to use elasticated ones as i think they affect the fit of the saddle. Do any of the above mentioned not have elastic inserts? |
| Callisto |
Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 7:26:19 PM
Aargh! Shouldn't have read this thread - Lily now has a Kentaur Dijon girth arriving Tuesday...... |
| Barefoot Unicorn |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 5:51:03 PM
The Flexi girth is fantastic. I use it for distance riding on a treeless and a Strada saddle, the dressage type. At first you think it is too thin, but it doesn't need over tightening and never leaves a sweat mark when removed.My mare can be girthy, not with this girth, and it keeps the saddle secure but sits well back from the elbow area.It washes easily and is about £30..
Have been pleasantly surprised with how effective this girth is.
Forward girth groove put me onto Dream Team C girth, curved and with buckle guards, ok but a big girth.
Albion shaped and padded leather was another lovely soft and effective girth.....eBay! |
| Callisto |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 11:50:57 PM
I also use shaped girths, with elastic both sides, I was warned against using girths with elastic on just one side by my saddler. I have both leather and the aerborn waffle type. |
| Vik1 |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 11:00:56 PM
Funnily enough Ive been researching girths after reading about the fairfax but at £240 its out my budget for the moment. I had been using a humane girth but started to think if one strap broke then I was screwed as there would be nothing to hold the saddle on with. He had also not been going forward very well and I started to read about the width of a girth, shaped, ones that have a wider part in the middle to reduce pressure and elastic at both ends.
So instead of splashing out on a KenTaur (which I have my beady eye on) i thought Id try a cheaper version to see if I noticed a difference with just that...it was like a lightbulb! Couldnt believe it! I bought the aerborn waffle atherstone girth. My boy seems much happier, striding out better and more relaxed.
So hes getting his saddle checked again in couple of weeks...as long as it doesnt need changed, which I dont think it will, I will be buying that KenTaur Dijon (or the Lauria Garrelli). |
| sarahjo |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 10:29:58 PM
Hi
Thanks for the replies. I've always used a Thorowgood one. I wondering more on whether it made a difference on how your horse went.
I have recently purchased a new saddle (I'm sure a few of you feel my pain at getting the right one) but my saddler (who i've used for a number of years) keeps going on about getting a shaped girth so that the saddle isnt pulled down at the front or the back as my lad is sensitive and mardy! 
Any views would be great.
Thanks
Sarah |
| Ari |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 8:27:44 PM
I use a Shires shaped neoprene girth as Ari's summer coat is so fine on thin skin and it doesn't rub at all. They are not expensive but wash and wear so well, other neoprene brands cost more. The Wintec girths were good but when we got into riding for longer I noticed a little bald patch and switched to neoprene. |
| Nichole Waller |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 3:41:11 PM
This is the Kentaur girth. |
| Nichole Waller |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 3:32:46 PM
I have the shaped Kentaur for both of mine as well. Lovely girth that still looks like new 4 years later. Not cheap but worth the money IMO  |
| BOULTONS |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 3:16:35 PM
WINTEC SHAPED ELASTIC COMFORT GIRTH. Easy to clean and to insert a heart rate strap for endurance |
| heathermcbreen |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 3:07:12 PM
I use the Thorowgood Airoform ones, slightly shaped, they are brilliant, comfy for horse and easy to keep clean. they look good and are half elasticated by the buckles at one end. They are about £23 on line ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281152409929?var=580215869427&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 |
| pinkvboots |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 2:53:05 PM
I have a shaped Kentaur one its very good and it has never rubbed. |
| Faracat |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 10:24:08 AM
I have a Dream team W girth for my grey. A straight girth rubbed behind her elbows, but this is great. I will probably make a sheepskin cover for it when she starts to do longer rides.
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| AnnaMaisy25 |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 09:48:21 AM
Jeffries!! Ah, thank you!
Yes, mine is the GP girth from Jeffries!
It's early still xx |
| Kes |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 09:15:34 AM
I use one for Kes, I have the Jeffries shortie as I ride in a dressage saddle. I love it, as apart from being shaped, it's synthetic so easily cleaned, it's breathable, and padded with the humane system at the buckles. I have used other girths which have lead to rubbing, this one has never rubbed him. |
| AnnaMaisy25 |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 08:50:30 AM
We use one with Splash for all riding, can't for the life of me remember which brand though! It's leather, and we've had it for about 8 years now, and after a quick wipe down, it looks brand new again  Doesn't rub her, it's padded and breathable, and if we try to use a different girth she will always kick up a fuss, then we go back to her shaped leather and she stands quiet as a mouse.
Freya has one, but I'm introducing her to it slowly, as it's thicker and heavier than her Aerborn Humane girth, and I don't want her being a nuisance when you do the girth up... Which she can be sometimes [that time of the month]
I say well worth the money, and I'll find out what make ours is xx
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