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Do the Acavallo Opera or Sprenger ISI offset stirrups have a weight limit? I have been looking at these and I don't want to spend good money on something if it's going to break because I'm a 16st lard (my horse can take it, he's a shire cross and solid as a rock).

According to ProGreen (that sells Envy at an ouch-price!), it's only suitable for a boom sprayer :(

I have about 2 acres of paddock (rented) and we're invaded by buttercups (there is plenty of docks at rosette stage as well), and I don't have the appropriate license to spray stuff like Grazon, Headland, or Thrust. What can I use that I can put my horse back on after a couple of weeks, and that...

We're about to spray our paddock with Barrier H which you don't need a license to apply. We're also getting a Rag-Fork (or similar) to deal with undesirable plants as and when we see them, as I believe I've spotted something that could be ragwort (horse promptly moveed from that paddock!)...

Hubby just bought me a set of Liveryman Harmony clippers :D to clip off my ned's feathers (feather mites and suspected mud fever), mane hogging, bib-clips, and trimming our dog. But the clippers only come with a 1mm and a 2.4mm blade, and that's going to leave my dog more or less butt-nekkid...

Wow. Not good.

I'll be looking at going to one of those regular event/show things where lots of equestrian manufacturers gather to sell their wares. Like a fair. I went to one just before Christmas, and I'll be aiming to lose enough weight in time for the next one. Hopefully there'll be someone there that can...

What's the verdict on the Point Two Air Vest, then? Suitable for chunkies like myself? Although saying that, I've decided to go back to Weight Watchers (lost 3 st with them two years ago), so it might be worthwhile sticking with the one I've got for the moment, and use that time (and money I...

I've decided to stick with my boring and plain ones, and saving up for some Sprenger ones.

True 'dat. Although I gulp more than just a little at throwing £170+ at a pair of stirrups. I think I'll just get a plain pair of offset ones and wait to win the lottery :D

Thanks for your help everyone! For clarification, the ones I've been looking at (below), are the offset Amidale ones available from both Amazon and Ebay in the colour I want (yes, I'm sad and want to match them to Big G's saddle pad and fly veil, and eventually my hoodie that I'll be buying soon...

I was looking at the Amidales :(

That's useful info, thanks!

Thanks, that's a great help! I read somewhere that the peacock stirrups or synthetic ones had a 9st limit! :mad:

Looking at the flexi stirrups that are available on eBay, and wondering if anyone knows whether they have a weight limit?